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Tiger Aircraft – Britain Says It is a dangerous development
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
LT 7.00 P.M Tuesday 15 March 2005.
By Bandula Jayasekara in London -Britain has acknowledged that the LTTE
owning an aircraft is a very dangerous development and a matter of grave
concern. British Foreign Secretary , Jack Straw told his Sri Lankan
counterpart Foreign Minister , Lakshman Kadirgamar when he met him in London
that the British government understood the danger of an unauthorised
aircraft in the hands of a non state party in the dangerous context of
terrorism today. Straw expressed his concerns on the development and assured
Kadirgamar that Britain would look in to it seriously. Kadirgamar who met
Straw on Monday said that it was avery serious security concern and the
government had informed the members of the security council, the United
States, UK, France, Russia, China and also India, Japan, the EU and Norway
about the Sri Lankan governments concern of the new developments.
Kadirgamar who met with Jack Straw also conveyed the appreciation of the
government and the people of Sri Lanka to the British government and its
people for their magnificent support when Tsunami struck. British government
has provided debt relief of over 80 million US$ over a period of 10 years to
Sri Lanka and agreed to pay up 10% of Sri Lanka's debts interest
commitments. Kadirgamr described it as a great and a fine gesture in the
bi-lateral relations between the two countries. During the meeting Straw
also expressed his concern that the rate of absorption is too slow on the
question of repatriation on failed asylum seekers. Kadirgmar said that Sri
Lanka’s problems was the proper identification and also assured Straw that
the Sri Lankan government would look in to it soon. A team from the British
Home office is due to visit Sri Lanka soon to study the situation.
Published: Tue Mar 15 13:56:49 EST 2005
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Norway denies suspension of role as facilitator in Sri Lankan ...
xinhuanet.com,
Tues 15th Mar 16:21GMT.
The Norwegian embassy in Sri Lanka Tuesday denied that Norway has conveyed a warning to the SriLankan government and international donors that it is considering a suspension of its role as facilitator in the Sri Lankan peace process.
Issuing a press release referring to local media reports quoting anonymous sources, the embassy said, "We can only assume that these so-called sources neither wish the post-tsunami rebuilding efforts or the peace process well."
The media reports said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) may withdraw from the ceasefire agreement and Norway may suspend its role as facilitator if the government fails to setup a joint mechanism with the LTTE before the end of April to handle tsunami rebuilding in the northeast.
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Published: Tue Mar 15 11:22:10 EST 2005
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Police probe Sri Lanka killings
bbc.co.uk,
Tuesday, 15 March, 2005, 16:16 GMT .
Police near the central Sri Lankan town of Welikanda say they are investigating the killing of two youths in the area late on Monday night.
They say unidentified gunmen wearing combat fatigues took the youths from their homes and shot them dead.
One of the victims was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the head.
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Published: Tue Mar 15 13:34:39 EST 2005
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Police attack tsunami protest in East
