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Armitage Says U.S., Other Nations Have Role in Ending Sri Lankan Conflict
Wahington File,
February 15.
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says the United States and
other nations have a role to play in settling the conflict in Sri
Lanka.
"The United States should be playing a role in concert with other
nations, committing our human and financial resources to settling this
conflict because it can be done. And because it's the right thing to
do," Armitage said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies in Washington February 14.The conflict in Sri Lanka has claimed 65,000 lives over the last 20
years.Armitage praised the government of Norway for bringing the warring
parties to the negotiating table. He also praised Sri Lankan President
Kumaratunga for her 1995 peace plan.
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Published: Sat Feb 15 05:50:21 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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US holds out prize to Tamil Tiger rebels
ProLog,
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (AFP) .
The United States will consider removing the Tamil Tigers from its list of terrorist organisations if the Sri Lankan rebel group proves it has renounced violence, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Friday. He also warned that the country's drive to end a civil war which has claimed 60,000 lives also depended on unity in the government in Colombo, which has been wracked by infighting.
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Published: Fri Feb 14 21:30:14 EST 2003
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Girls in School Uniform abducted by the LTTE
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
SLT 2.45 p.m Saturday 15 February.
Two Fourteen Year old girls in school uniform have been abducted by four
female LTTE cadres yesterday military spokesman Brigadier Sanath Karunaratne
told The Lanka Academic. He said that they were apprehended by the Navy at
the Sampalathivu checkpoint in Trincomalee last evening and the two
schoolgirls told the Navy that they were abducted when they were returning
from school. The Navy had later questioned the female LTTE cadres and handed
them over to the Uppuveli police station with the two schoolgirls. According
to Karunaratne the Police had made arrangements to hand over the girls to
their parents and also reported the matter to the Sri Lanka Monitoring
Mission. Brigadier Karunaratne said that the LTTE continues to recruit
school children despite all the assurance given to the international
community.
Published: Sat Feb 15 03:51:11 EST 2003
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