The Lanka Academic
 
MARCH 6, 2003 EST, USA
 
A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY LACNET
 
VOL. 3, NO. 334
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Jaya writes to PM to take-up the issue with the Sri Lankan government
NewIndPress, March 6. The issue of over 100 Tamil Nadu fishermen being captured by the Sri Lankan police was raised by both the AIADMK and the DMK MPs in and outside the Parliament on Thursday. While 76 fishermen were captured by the Sri Lankan police on March 3, 42 more were abducted on the very next day.AIADMK MP P H Pandian raised the issue in the Lok Sabha informing that Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has written to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on this issue on Wednesday. He said that the Sri Lankan fishermen attacked Tamil Nadu fishermen on the high sea and later they were detained by the Sri Lankan police More...
Published: Thu Mar 6 22:19:25 EST 2003
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IT'S NOT CRICKET, STUPID, IT'S COMPUTERS, LOVELY COMPUTERS Fulbright Scholar Brings Computers to Urban Disadvantaged Children in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
By Chulie de Silva, Colombo. You would think on a warm Saturday morning, children in Sri Lanka would be watching a cricket match and cheering on their heroes. No, not in Kew Road, Slave Island, a multi-ethnic enclave just five minutes away from the exclusive Trans Asia Hotel in Colombo's central down town area. The cricket match played on at the Malay Cricket Club, on Saturday 25, January but thirty children were flocked round five computers in a little rectangular room of the Vocational Training Center (VTC) run by the Sri Lanka Malay Association's (SLMA) Rupee Fund. [More...]
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Sri Lanka 's new opposition alliance seeks to oust government
Associated Press, Thu March 6, 2003 08:32 EST . - - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Accusing the Sri Lankan government of giving too many concessions to Tamil Tiger rebels and failing to control prices, the country's new opposition alliance will launch a campaign to unseat the regime, a lawmaker said Thursday. Importation of aircraft parts without relevant permits is an offense in Sri Lanka - . There was no immediate response from the government.

The main opposition People's Alliance and Marxist People's Liberation Front decided to join hands last month.

Both parties together control 93 seats in the 225-member parliament, and the ruling United National Front coalition's has 114 seats. The remaining seats are controlled by Tamil political parties that back the ruling coalition.

Bandaranaike said the new opposition expects 500,000 people to participate in an anti-government rally Monday.

The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels signed a cease-fire on Feb. 22, 2002, aimed at ending a 19-year ethnic conflict that killed 65,000 people.
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21 more TN fishermen land in Sri Lankan custody
Press Trust of India, Ramanathapuram,Thursday, March 06, 2003. In yet another incident of Indian fishermen landing in troubled waters, 21 fishermen from Nagapattinam district were taken into custody at mid-sea by Sri Lankan Navy today even as 93 others arrested earlier this week were set free by a court in the Island nation. More...
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World Cup: Sri Lankans have no hard feelings toward Lehmann
 Associated Press, Thu March 6, 2003 11:37 EST . SANDEEP NAKAI - Associated Press Writer - PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) Australian batsman Darren Lehmann will have the spotlight focused on him in Friday's World Cup match against Sri Lanka - at Centurion for something he'd like to forget... Back to the top
Ideology, religion, promises of help for families draw potential suicide terrorists
 Associated Press, Thu March 6, 2003 13:51 EST . MATT KELLEY - Associated Press Writer - Most of the Sept. 11 attackers were well-educated men from relatively prosperous families, and the same can be said of many of the Palestinian suicide bombers in Israel and Tamil suicide attackers in Sri Lanka, said terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman. ``Suicide bombing is an instrument of warfare... Back to the top
Marapone resigns from special bribery committee
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 7.10 p.m. SLT Wednesday March 5. Defence Minister Tilak Marapone today resigned from a special parliamentary committee appointed to probe the conduct of Kingsley Wickremasuriya, Commissioner to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption... Back to the top
LTTE releases prisoners
 Frederica Jansz in Colombo, 5.45 p.m. SLT Wednesday March 5. The LTTE today released an army soldier and a policeman in its custody, after weeks of a tense standoff with the government on this issue... Back to the top
Maids relive Gulf War fears
 BBC News, 6 March, 2003. As preparations are underway for war in the Middle East some migrant workers caught up in the last Gulf War are still in the process of receiving compensation for lost income and injuries... Back to the top
Government to initiate complete change in existing political environment
 PRIU, March 6, 2003. The Government hopes to initiate a complete change in the existing political environment, by establishing seventeen Oversight Committees, aimed at securing better co-operation in Parliament... Back to the top
ADB President Begins Visit to Sri Lanka Today
 Yahoo Singapore, Thursday March 6, 9:47 AM. MANILA, March 6 Asia Pulse - The President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Tadao Chino, will visit Sri Lanka from 6-8 March to reaffirm ADB's support for the peace process and the Bank's commitment to reducing poverty throughout the country... Back to the top
Sri Lankan court orders release of 93 Indian fishermen
 Press Trust of India, Ramanathapuram,Thursday, March 06, 2003. A court in Sri Lanka has ordered release of 93 Indian fishermen while ordering detention of 24 skippers, official sources said here today... Back to the top
Japan-Sri-Lanka 3-6 0226 Japan to host Sri Lanka p
 Associated Press, Thu March 6, 2003 06:09 EST . The peace process in Sri Lanka - will hopefully be advanced with the talks in Japan, ministry officials said... Back to the top
Centre, State Govt. begin crisis defusing exercise
 The Hindu (Southern States), March 5. With another 42 fishermen from Rameswaram taken away by Sri Lankan fishermen and handed over to the island nation's authority, tension along coastal fishing hamlets has risen sharply in the past two days... Back to the top
Prabhakaran is using the state of Sri Lanka as a convenience-Kadiragamar
 Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo, SLT 7.35 a.m Thursday 6 March. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Lakshman Kadiragamar says that LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran is Clearly using the state of Sri Lanka as a convenience... Back to the top
Ericsson wins Sri Lanka network order
 Yahoo Singapore, Thursday March 6, 7:11 PM. STOCKHOLM, March 6 (Reuters) - Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson said on Thursday it received an order for a GSM/GPRS mobile network from Sri Lankan operator Mobitel... Back to the top
Bad blood as Aussies face Sri Lanka
 Yahoo Singapore, Thursday March 6, 5:19 PM. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Australia and Sri Lanka go through their paces at Centurion, smiling at the right people and saying the right things... Back to the top
Pakistan Exporters Voice Concern Over Delay in Fta With Sri Lanka
 Yahoo Singapore, Thursday March 6, 8:45 AM. LAHORE, March 6 Asia Pulse - With no possibility of a regional trade agreement in South Asia, Pakistani exporters have expressed concern over a delay in the signing a free trade agreement with Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Sri Lanka Army Soldier and Police Constable released from LTTE custody
 SLMM, March 5. A Sri Lanka Army Soldier and Sri Lanka Police Constable were released from Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) custody in Kilinochchi on Wednesday afternoon 05th of March... Back to the top
Debate rages over Kenya's progress at World Cup
 Associated Press, Wed March 5, 2003 10:40 EST . IHITHISHAM KAMARDEEN - Associated Press Writer - Not only did it advance but, under a complicated formula, Kenya took 10 points into second round from its results in the first... Back to the top
Sri Lanka Telecom proposes 250 percent hike on call charges
 Vasana Wickremasena in Colombo, 18:40 SLT, Wednesday March 5,2003. Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has proposed a 250 percent tariff hike on call charges on its domestic and middle level business users... Back to the top
Sri Lanka arrests more Indian fishermen
 Press Trust of India, Colombo,Wednesday, March 05, 2003. Sri Lankan authorities today arrested 42 Indian fishermen allegedly poaching in the island's territorial waters even as another 75 were still in custody, local officials said... Back to the top
Sri Lanka 's cease-fire monitors' meet top Tamil Tiger rebel leaders over truce violations
 Associated Press, Wed March 5, 2003 01:54 EST . - - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) European truce monitors on Wednesday accused Tamil rebels of undermining their authority by refusing to abide by the monitors' request to release a government soldier and a policeman... Back to the top
Sri Lanka army seeks image overhaul with rights drive
 ProLog, RATMALANA, Sri Lanka, March 5 (AFP) . Sri Lanka's military has begun a drive aimed at preventing troops from committing human rights abuses, in a bid to win back the respect of the international community, the army chief said Wednesday... Back to the top
Tigers, UNICEF agree on checking child recruitment
 The Hindu (International), 05 March. COLOMBO. MARCH 4. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the UNICEF today agreed on a set of measures to be taken by the rebels to address the sensitive issue of child recruitment by the Tigers... Back to the top
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