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MARCH 20, 2005 EST, USA
 
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VOL. 5, NO. 348
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First U.N. Peacekeeper Killed in Haiti
Reuters, March 21. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - A U.N. soldier from Sri Lanka and two other people were killed in a gunfight on Sunday as U.N troops and Haitian police evicted rebel former soldiers from a police station they occupied for months. The Sri Lankan soldier was the first U.N. peacekeeper killed by violence since the international forces were sent in June to help stabilize Haiti after a revolt drove President Jean-Bertrand Aristide into exile last year. Police and U.N. troops moved in before dawn to drive the rebel former soldiers out of the police station they used as a base in the southern town of Petit-Goave, said the police director for the region, Renan Etienne. More...
Published: Sun Mar 20 18:25:36 EST 2005
Sri Lanka s opposition says no to referendum plans
xinhuanet.com, March 20, 2005, 11:45 EDT. COLOMBO, March 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Sri Lanka's main opposition is set to oppose a reported plan by Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga to hold a national referendum on the need to change the country's constitution. Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) told party gatherings Sunday in the northwestern Puttalam district that Kumaratunga's plan is a wasteful exercise which is going to cost the country a large amount of money. Although there is no official statement on the president's intention, the political circles are abuzz with the plan. More...
Published: Sun Mar 20 11:41:04 EST 2005 Back to the top
Business March 21, 2005 'Club Med' blocks EU deal with tsunami-hit countries
London Times , March 21. HOPES of a quick deal to end EU trade barriers for the tsunamiravaged countries of Asia have been dashed after Italy and France blocked reform plans. A campaign by the European Commission to secure preferential tariffs for Sri Lanka and other Asian countries that export textiles to the Continent has been obstructed by member states fearful of a surge in cheap clothing imports. Peter Mandelson, the EU Trade Commissioner, has criticised EU governments after their meeting last week ended in deadlock, scuppering hopes of the introduction of zero tariffs for Sri Lanka from April 1. More...
Published: Sun Mar 20 18:31:19 EST 2005 Back to the top
Charities defend help given to tsunami victims
 Scotland Today, March 21. Charities have reacted with disbelief to claims that not enough is being done to help the victims of the Asian tsunami... Back to the top
Buddhists blast carrot-and-stick compassion
 Asiantribune, March 21. Buddha Sasana Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake blasted bible-toting bogus charities that were exploiting the tsunami disaster... Back to the top
Sri Lanka: Resilient and rebuilding
 Salt Lake Tribune, March 21. Disasters are always devastating, but the timing of the Indian Ocean tsunami for Sri Lanka was particularly cruel... Back to the top
Sri Lankan UN soldier killed in Haiti
 tdg.ch, march 20. Sri Lankan UN soldier killed in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 20 (AFP) A soldier from Sri Lanka serving with UN peacekeeping forces in Haiti was killed Sunday, during an operation to regain control of a police station that had been occupied by former Haitian soldiers in southern Haiti, officials said... Back to the top
Renegade LTTE Commander s camps in govt-held areas: Media
 deepikaglobal.com, March 20, 2005, 11:45 EDT. Colombo, Mar 20 (UNI) The loyalists of the renegade Eastern Commander of the LTTE, well-known as 'Colonel' Karuna, have been operating from a camp in Government-held Polonnaruwa district, local media reported today... Back to the top
U.N. troops clash with ex-soldiers in Haiti; one peacekeeper killed
 Associated Press, Sun March 20, 2005 12:44 EST . STEVENSON JACOBS - Associated Press Writer - Lanka - ... Back to the top
Somawansa laughs at President – says she is 11 years late
 Charles Pathirana in Colombo, March 19 Saturday 2.40 pm SLT. JVP leader Sosmawnasa Amarasinghe said it’s a bit of a joke that the President is now charging ahead with plans to abolish the Executive Presidency, when she should have done so in 1994 when she was elected President... Back to the top
Dhanapala ‘deadlocked but trying’ over Joint Mechanism
 Charles Pathirana in Colombo, March 19 Saturday 2.40 pm SLT. Peace Secretariat head Jayantha Dhanapala was locked in discussions yesterday with the President to find ways to overcome the deadlock over the joint mechanism with the LTTE for distribution of tsunami aid... Back to the top
Coca Cola Kwanza trains Sri Lanka Entrepreneurs
 183.227.156, March 20, 2005, 11:45 EDT. Coca Cola Kwanza Bottlers Limited has sent two Tanzanian experts to train small business operators in the formal and informal sector in Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Muralitharan s absence saps Sri Lanka s bowling armoury
 stuff.co.nz, 20 March 2005. Without star bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka faces a massive task on next month's tour of New Zealand - especially with the Black Caps hardened by the series against Australia... Back to the top
Foreign newsmen face curbs in Lanka: agency
 Dawn, COLOMBO, March 19. Sri Lanka's media watchdog has criticized the government for imposing 'unacceptable restrictions' on foreign journalists covering tsunami relief efforts... Back to the top
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