The Lanka Academic
 
MARCH 25, 2002 EST, USA
 
A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY LACNET
 
VOL. 2, NO. 353
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Anton arrives in rebel-Lanka to Colombo protests
The Indian Express, March 25. The chief negotiator for Sri Lanka’s LTTE flew by seaplane into rebel-held territory on Monday to help the guerrillas prepare for peace talks with the government, diplomats and military officials said. Balasingham’s visit, unthinkable before the rebels and government signed a ceasefire agreement last month, met with protests in Colombo. The hardline People’s Liberation Front (JVP) that has stridently opposed the truce said Balasingham should have been kept out of the country because the LTTE is an outlawed group. More...
Published: Mon Mar 25 20:07:03 EST 2002
Related News Stories
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 Norway facilitated his re-entry  - The Hindu (International)
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 Balasingham comes out of cold for Lanka talks  - Times of India
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 Boost for Sri Lanka peace hopes  - BBC South Asia
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 Anton Balasingham arrives  - Frederica Jansz in Colombo
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 Tamil Tiger spokesman arrives in northern Sri Lanka  - Yahoo India
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 Tamil rebel returns home  - BBC South Asia
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 Sri Lanka's top Tiger negotiator ends three-year exile  - The Hindustan Times
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 Tiger leader ends exile, returns to Lanka  - Times of India
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Muslims demand bigger say in peace process
 Lucien Rajakarunanayake in Colombo, Monday, March 25, 2002 3:00pm SLT. Muslims who have undergone great hardship due to Sri Lanka's separatist war are demanding a greater role in the current peace process... Back to the top
Minorities fear LTTE rule
 Hindustan Times, Macrh 24, 2002. A visit to the Muslim and Sinhala enclaves in the eastern districts of Batticalao and Trincomalee revealed that the people here feared that they might lose their human rights, privileges, property and even the right to stay on, if the government were to implement its plan to hand over the provincial administration to the LTTE as a confidence building measure in the on-going peace process... Back to the top
President appoints nominee to council
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 9 p.m. SLT Monday March 25 . President Chandrika Kumaratunge today appointed President's Counsel, H... Back to the top
Elections conducted smoothly at Ampara
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 1 p.m. SLT Monday March 25. Elections in Ampara today were conducted peacefully without any untoward incidents... Back to the top
Lanka seeks UN help to rehabilitate island
 Times of India, MONDAY, MARCH 25, . Sri Lanka is seeking help from the United Nations to rebuild parts of the war-ravaged island, Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando said Monday... Back to the top
SriLankan to add a flight to Colombo
 Gulf-News, 26 March 2002. SriLankan Airlines' schedule for the summer will have six flights each week between Dubai and Colombo, including a new Friday flight, with common departure times... Back to the top
Cutting edge
 Gulf-News, 26 March 2002. Near the rear of the Sri Lankan pavilion a gem-cutter displays his unique skills - a livelihood that supports thousands of people in the island republic of South Asia... Back to the top
CISCO OPENS OFFICE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
 Nothern Light, Monday, March 25, 2002 5:44 AM EST . NEW DELHI, Mar 25, 2002 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- United States-based networking giant Cisco Systems has announced the opening of its new office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, saying it also plans to set up five 'Cisco Networking Academies' across the country over the next few months... Back to the top
India plans tea campaign
 BBC South Asia, Monday, 25 March, 2002, 12:46 GMT . The country is the world's biggest producer of tea, growing about 870 million kilogrammes a year... Back to the top
Sri Lanka cash in on success
 BBC South Asia, 25 March, 2002. Sri Lankan cricket has been boosted by the signing of a TV rights deal worth US $13.9m (£9.7m)... Back to the top
Taj TV to air sports channel from April
 Yahoo India, March 25. Taj Television, the UAE-based television services and content provider has decided to unveil Ten Sports, a 24-hour exclusive sports channel for the Indian subcontinent on April 1... Back to the top
Elections to Be Held for Eight More Sri Lankan Local Bodies
 Nothern Light, Sunday, March 24, 2002 11:02 PM EST . COLOMBO, Mar 25, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Elections for eight more local bodies in Sri Lanka will be held on Monday following the elections for 222 others held last Wednesday with the ruling United National Party winning a landslide victory by securing 217 of them... Back to the top
Balasingham arrives today for talks with Prabakaran
 The Hindu (International), march 25. The arrival of the senior member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Anton Balasingham, from London on Monday has heightened expectations of an acceleration in the ongoing Norwegian-backed peace process in Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Lanka govt to investigate corruption in arms deals
 Times of India, March 24. COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government will set up a committee to investigate corruption in arms acquisition deals by the nation's armed forces and police, a newspaper reported Sunday... Back to the top
Discussion on Sri Lankan soon: minister
 Gulf-News, 25 March 2002. A Sri Lankan minister yesterday said his government will meet with Emirates Group representatives shortly to discuss SriLankan airline... Back to the top
No one talks about our wins: Muralitharan
 Yahoo India, march 25. Muttiah Muralitharan has all kinds of things said about his bowling style... Back to the top
Prabhakaran to meet international media: Report
 TOI/PTI, March 24. LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran will meet the national and international media at a "gigantic" press conference before mid-April, shedding years of reclusive existence, a report quoting LTTE spokesman Anton Balasingham said here on Sunday... Back to the top
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger Rebels Against Repatriation
 People's Daily, march 25. Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels have urged European countries not to repatriate members of the Tamil community harboring there in view of an indefinite ceasefire agreement entered into with the government... Back to the top
EPDP surrenders arms
 chennaionline, march 25. A Sri Lankan Tamil party today handed over its weapons to the Army just in time to meet a deadline in the government-LTTE truce accord under which all non-LTTE groups will have to disarm... Back to the top
Lanka in bid to boost ties with the UAE
 Gulf-News, 25 March 2002. Sri Lanka is working towards establishing an avoidance of double taxation treaty and an investment promotion protection treaty with the UAE... Back to the top
Lanka woos foreign investors
 The Pioneer, March 24. Sri Lanka has opened the door to foreign investors in a bid to jump-start an economy reeling from a recession and fund the re-building of areas battered by years of a dragging ethnic war... Back to the top
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