The Lanka Academic
 
JANUARY 8, 2003 EST, USA
 
A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY LACNET
 
VOL. 3, NO. 277
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JVP opposes concessions to Tamil rebels
Leo de Lile in Colombo, 6.45pm, SLT Jan. 08, 2003. Members of the Sri Lanka's Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, JVP march during a protest in Colombo on Jan. 8, 2003. More than ten thousand people marched toward Colombo town hall and staged an anti-government rally accusing the government of giving too many concessions to the Tamil Tiger rebels. The Tamil rebels and the government are holding fourth round of Norwegian brokered peace talks in Thailand to end the 19 year long civil war which has cost more than 64, 000 lives.

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Published: Wed Jan 8 11:01:48 EST 2003

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 Massive JVP rally condemns peace talks  - tamilnet
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 Sri Lankan Marxists vow to topple government over peace deal  - ProLog
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 Marxist party opposes concessions to Tamil rebels in Sri Lankan peace talks  - Associated Press
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 Sri Lankan Marxist party holds rally to oppose government concessions to Tamil rebels  - Associated Press
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 Sri Lanka Marxists protest against peace bid  - Yahoo India
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Sri Lanka launches diplomatic offensive against anti-Buddhist movie
ProLog, COLOMBO, Jan 8 (AFP) . Majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka has begun a diplomatic offensive against a movie it considers blasphemous, Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando said Wednesday. Fernando has directed the Sri Lankan High Commissioner (ambassador) in London to take up the matter with the British authorities to prevent "In the Name of the Buddha" from being screened in Britain. More...
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Tamil Tigers want peace, worried about president
Yahoo India, January 8, 8:22 PM. Tamil Tiger rebels said on Wednesday they were committed to end two decades of civil war in Sri Lanka but voiced concern that the island's president could try to scuttle a growing peace process. More...
Published: Wed Jan 8 12:26:01 EST 2003 Back to the top
Sri Lanka 's president says Tamil rebels should disband `Black Tigers' suicide squad
 Associated Press, Wed January 8, 2003 05:13 EST . DILIP GANGULY - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga wants Tamil rebels engaged in peace talks with the government to disband their ``Black Tigers'' suicide squad to show sincerity... Back to the top
Sri Lankan president rejects LTTE claim she is trying to scuttle peace
 ProLog, COLOMBO, Jan 8 (AFP) . Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga Wednesday rejected claims by Tamil Tiger rebels that she was trying to scuttle the ongoing peace process... Back to the top
Sri Lanka cuts interest rates
 BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 7 January, 2003, 10:07 GMT . Lower inflation in Sri Lanka has paved the way for a cut in interest rates, as peace talks encourage an economic recovery in the country... Back to the top
Kaluwitharana determined to continue until 2007 World Cup
 Associated Press, Wed January 8, 2003 13:03 EST . KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Romesh Kaluwitharana, left off of Sri Lanka - 's World Cup team, said Wednesday he will not retire from international cricket until the 2007 tournament... Back to the top
Tamil journalist's home attacked in eastern Sri Lanka
 Associated Press, Wed January 8, 2003 02:18 EST . DILIP GANGULY - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Assailants threw grenades at and tried to burn down the house of a Tamil journalist, according to the Web site for which the reporter works... Back to the top
Sri Lanka's Norwegian envoy to continue despite president protest
 ProLog, COLOMBO, Jan 8 (AFP) . The Sri Lankan government has extended the term of Colombo's Norwegian ambassador despite protests by President Chandrika Kumaratunga, officials said Wednesday... Back to the top
Sri Lanka peace talks make progress amid clouds cast by domestic politics
 Associated Press, Wed January 8, 2003 08:26 EST . SHIMALI SENANAYAKE - Associated Press Writer - The two sides agreed to appoint the World Bank as the custodian of international aid that Sri Lanka - will receive for rebuilding areas ravaged by their 19-year civil war, chief government negotiator G... Back to the top
Sri Lanka peace negotiators agree to let World Bank take custody of international aid money
 Associated Press, Wed January 8, 2003 02:37 EST . SHIMALI SENANAYAKE - Associated Press Writer - NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AP) The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels agreed Wednesday to appoint the World Bank as the custodian of international aid for rebuilding areas ravaged by their 19-year civil war... Back to the top
Muralitharan is world's best bowler, Ponting says
 Yahoo India, Jan 8. Australia one-day captain Ricky Ponting believes Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is the world's best bowler and playing against him is largely guesswork... Back to the top
Sri Lankan government plays down setback, carries on peace talks to discuss rehabilitation
 Associated Press, Tue January 7, 2003 23:09 EST . SHIMALI SENANAYAKE - Associated Press Writer - Tuesday's setback centered on the issue of demilitarizing the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka - , where most of the fighting has taken place... Back to the top
Thai hosts offer exotic flower cuisine to Sri Lanka 's peace negotiators
 Associated Press, Wed January 8, 2003 02:24 EST . SHIMALI SENANAYAKE - Associated Press Writer - NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AP) Sri Lankan government peace negotiators have more to chew on than their differences with Tamil Tigers at the current peace talks... Back to the top
Diplomatic damage control for Sri Lanka peace talks
 ProLog, NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand, Jan 8 (AFP) . Peace broker Norway moved to bring Tamil Tiger rebels back on board Wednesday, a day after they walked out of a panel responsible for winding down Sri Lanka's separatist war, officials said... Back to the top
SLMM says the LTTE is continuing to recruit child soldiers
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 11.10 a.m. SLT Wednesday January 9. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission says the LTTE is continuing to recruit child soldiers... Back to the top
Norway's ambassador to Colombo to remain till April
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 7 a.m. SLT Wednesday January 8. The transfer of Jon Westborg, Norway's Ambassador in Colombo, has been postponed to April this year... Back to the top
Cohabitation politics hit Sri Lanka peace talks
 ProLog, NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand, Jan 8 (AFP) . Sri Lanka's warring parties are meeting at a river-side resort here to make peace, but cohabitation politics at home is threatening to undermine the Norwegian-backed initiative... Back to the top
SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT REACHES ACCORD WITH REBELS TO EXPEDITE RECONSTRUCTION
 Nothern Light, Tuesday, January 07, 2003 5:14 PM EST . KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 7, 2003 (QNA via COMTEX) -- The Sri Lankan government and the rebel Tamil Tigers agreed on their first day of talks in Thailand's Northeast city of Nakhon Phnom on Monday to expedite development projects to lay the groundwork for the next donors' meeting in Japan in June, press reports said on Tuesday. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed with the government that they had to make a quick decision to obtain funds which were pledged in Oslo in November for humanitarian and rehabilitation needs... Back to the top
Sri Lanka rebels recruiting children despite truce
 Yahoo India, 07 December. COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are still recruiting child soldiers despite months of peace talks and past promises to stop the practice, aid workers and truce monitors said on Tuesday... Back to the top
Sri Lanka Peace Talks Side-Step Disarming Issue
 ABC News, 07 December. NAKORN PATHOM, Thailand (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers Tuesday side-stepped the divisive issue of disarming the rebels inside military zones during peace talks to end the island's two-decade ethnic war... Back to the top
New Round of Sri Lanka Peace Talks Expected to be Toughest Yet
 VOANews, 06 Jan 2003. The fourth round of peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels are expected to be the toughest yet... Back to the top
Sri Lanka peace negotiators to consider report from Indian general
 ProLog, Thailand, Jan 7 (AFP) . Sri Lanka's peace negotiators Tuesday agreed to consider a report from a retired Indian army general on reducing military camps in the island's embattled regions, officials said... Back to the top
Political solution in Sri Lanka said constitutionally impossible
 TamilNet, January 06, 2003 . The nationhood of Tamils and their right to self-determination are non-negotiable... Back to the top
Heroin worth Rs 7.5 crores seized in Madurai, five held
 Yahoo India, 07 December. Madurai, Jan 7 (ANI): Heroin worth Rs 7.5 crores was seized from a city hotel by the Narcotics Control Bureau and five persons suspected to be involved in the case have been arrested... Back to the top
Tamil Tiger rebels accuse government of discrimination in education, begin program to rebuild schools
 Associated Press, Tue January 7, 2003 02:09 EST . DILIP GANGULY - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Accusing successive Sri Lankan governments of discrimination in education, Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday launched a program to provide better schools in the northeast, home to most of the ethnic Tamil minority... Back to the top
Sri Lanka's deadly peace
 BBC South Asia, Tuesday, 7 January, 2003, 13:21 GMT . Lying in Mallavi hospital in Sri Lanka and with only one leg, Selliah Marimuththu, is one of the latest victims of peace on the island... Back to the top
Cash carrot to keep Sri Lanka foes at talks table
 ProLog, NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand, Jan 7 (AFP) . Sri Lanka's ongoing peace talks here have hit turbulence but the prospect of millions of dollars in foreign aid could keep the island from slipping back into war... Back to the top
Australia A thrash Sri Lanka by 10 wickets
 Yahoo India, Tuesday January 7, 1:30 PM . Australia A handed Sri Lanka a humiliating 10-wicket defeat on Tuesday as the touring side's inability to handle bouncy pitches was evident once again as they were bundled out for just 65 in their one-day match... Back to the top
Japan FM grants mine-clearing assistance to Sri Lanka north
 ProLog, COLOMBO, Jan 6 (AFP) . Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi Monday visited Sri Lanka's embattled northern Jaffna peninsula and announced 1.25 million dollars in aid to rid the region of landmines... Back to the top
US sets sights on Lankan port: India asked to act as proxy
 Dawn, january 7. The United States is looking to India, its new found strategic ally, to covertly expand its vital naval influence in South Asia to bolster its growing military presence in the region... Back to the top
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