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SL navy ship rams Indian fishing boats
Frederica Jansz in Colombo,
9.05 a.m. SLT Wednesday February 5.
The Indian government is reported to be probing an incident which occurred
on the border of Kachchativu in the Palk Strait on Monday night when a Sri
Lankan Navy ship rammed two Indian fishing boats.
The nine fishermen on board had been rescued by other Indian fishing boats
in the area. The fishermen have lodged a complaint at Rameshwaran in South
India alleging they were attacked despite not being beyond the
international borders of the two neighbouring countries.
Government authorities are now trying to ascertain if indeed the Indian
fishing boats had strayed into Sri Lanka's territorial waters as has
frequently happened in the past.
Published: Tue Feb 4 22:07:42 EST 2003
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ASK DR. SWAMY!
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Dr. Subramanian Swamy
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ANSWERS 1-24 NOW AVAILABLE
[HERE]
The Lanka Academic is delighted to announce its next guest in its
series of Q & A sessions: Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President,
Janata Party, India. We are indeed gratified by his appearence at The
Lanka Academic to answer questions from our readers.
We hope our readers would avail themselves of this opportunity to
educate themselves on the Indian perspective on the on-going peace
process and the other developments in all spheres of politics
with respect to India and Sri Lanka.
Submit your questions for Dr. Swamy and view his answers here. As usual, we will forward your questions to him
in batches and will post the answers as they arrive.
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Government negotiators leave for Berlin
Frederica Jansz in Colombo,
8.50 a.m. SLT Wednesday February 5.
Government negotiators left Sri Lanka early this morning for talks in
Berlin to begin on the 7th with the LTTE.
Economic Affairs Minister Milinda Moragoda left from the Bandaranaike
International Airport at 1.30 a.m. while his counterpart, Prof. G. L.
Peiris followed at 4.30 a.m. with Defence Secretary, Austin Fernando.
The LTTE delegation left for Germany on Monday. The issue of child
conscription by the LTTE and resettling Tamil Internally Displaced Persons
in government High Security Zones in Jaffna is expected to dominate the
talks this time.
The next round of discussions, which will be the sixth between the
government and the LTTE is scheduled to be held in Japan.
Published: Tue Feb 4 22:07:42 EST 2003
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Sri Lanka president asks for peace plan on freedom anniversary
ProLog,
COLOMBO, Feb 4 (AFP) .
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga Tuesday asked her government to unveil its plans for a final peace deal with Tamil Tiger rebels as the country marked the 55th anniversary of its independence. Kumaratunga, who is bitterly opposed to her cohabitation administration's handling of the Norwegian-backed peace process, said it was time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe revealed his plans to the nation.
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Published: Tue Feb 4 10:44:26 EST 2003
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