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Tigers launch drive against failure to disarm groups
Gulf News, April 1. Colombo : Tamil Tiger rebels have launched a campaign against the government's failure to disarm rival groups in keeping with the ceasefire agreement. The 36-month old fragile ceasefire agreement was signed under a Norwegian backed peace process. A delegation led by the political wing leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Thamil Selvam, currently on tour of eight European countries, has focused mainly on the threats to their group from rival armed groups reportedly operating with the assistance of the security forces. The latest meeting with representatives of foreign countries came on Wednesday when the LTTE met Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Erkki Tuomioja, in Helsinki. More...
Published: Fri Apr 1 21:45:30 EST 2005
Sri Lanka Monks party opposed to federalism
Yahoo, April 02, 2005. Sri Lanka's all Buddhist Monk party is opposed to the moves to introduce a federal constitution to the country, a top official said Friday. Ven Dr Omalpe Sobhitha, general secretary of the JHU, or the Heritage Party, said that a resolution was adopted at the party's first national convention held on Thursday that Sri Lanka must remain a unitary state. The party is to oppose vehemently the moves to change the unitary character of the country by way of a constitutional amendment or through a referendum, Ven Sobhitha stressed. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga is believed to be considering a move to hold a national referendum on constitutional reform -- among the changes sought is to have a federal constitution and to abolish the present presidential style of government. More...
Published: Fri Apr 1 23:12:08 EST 2005 Back to the top
Army: Suspected Tamil rebels kill man in eastern Sri Lanka
Associated Press, Fri April 1, 2005 12:30 EST . - - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead a man in eastern Sri Lanka - Friday amid growing violence in the region, the military said. The Tamil Tigers have been accused of killing dozens of rival group members despite a Norway-brokered cease-fire signed in 2002. The violence escalated in eastern Sri Lanka - since an unprecedented split within the group last year led by a senior commander from the region.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam rebels have fought the government since 1983 to create a separate state for ethnic minority Tamils, accusing the majority Sinhalese of discrimination. The conflict killed 65,000 people before the truce.
Published: Fri Apr 1 17:49:47 EST 2005 Back to the top

Sea turtles return to Sri Lanka
 bbc.co.uk, April 1, 2005, 21:15 EDT. Many turtle conservation sites and hatcheries along Sri Lanka's southern and western coasts were wiped out in last December's tsunami... Back to the top
Sri Lanka’s tsunami debt relief is a long-term problem -- analyst
 Charles Pathirana in Colombo, April 1st Thursday 8.53 pm SLT. Sri Lanka is the only one of the substantially tsunami hit countries which agreed to debt relief, and therefore Sri Lanka will suffer from conditionalities imposed by international lending organizations... Back to the top
Texan helps Sri Lanka develop foster care program
 baptiststandard.com, April 1, 2005, 21:15 EDT. Sri Lanka's government has invited a Baptist agency to shape the country's first child protective services program, and the man who got Texas Baptists involved in tsunami relief will lead the effort... Back to the top
MERCY TRUCKS REACH SRI LANKA
 hexham-courant.co.uk, April 1, 2005, 17:50 EDT. A HEXHAM-BASED charity has finally begun its mission to help rebuild villages destroyed by the tsunami on Boxing Day... Back to the top
India pooled with Lanka in World Cup
 thestatesman.net, April 1, 2005, 21:15 EDT. India pooled with Lanka in World Cup LONDON, April 1. — India have continental rivals Sri Lanka and Bangladesh besides a qualifier in their pool in the 2007 World Cup after the International Cricket Council today confirmed the seedings for the mega event... Back to the top
Indigent tsunami survivors who lost eyeglasses to get new ones from relief agency
 Associated Press, Fri April 1, 2005 02:59 EST . - - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) An international relief organization has focused its attention on a largely overlooked post-tsunami problem survivors who lost eyeglasses and can't afford to replace them... Back to the top
Canada says it must address the issue of Child Soldiers in Sri Lanka
 Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo, SLT 6.30 P.M Friday 1 April 2005. Canadian Federal Parliament has taken up the use of child soldiers by the LTTE for the first time... Back to the top
Solheim Expected in Lanka after New Year- His Third Visit in 2005
 Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo, SLT 12.40 P.M Friday 1 April 2005. Norwegian Peace Envoy Erik Solheim is expected to visit Sri Lanka after the Sinhala and Tamil New Year... Back to the top
Post-tsunami re-construction slow in Lanka: EU
 hindustantimes.com, March 31. The European Union (EU) has found the post-tsunami reconstruction work in Sri Lanka to be very slow, and has called for the setting up of co-ordination mechanisms at the provincial level to speed up the process... Back to the top
Sri Lanka finds the remains of three people from train disaster site
 Associated Press, Fri April 1, 2005 02:03 EST . - - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) The skeletal remains of three people have been found near the site where the Dec... Back to the top
S.Lanka stocks end at third consecutive record high
 Yahoo, April 1, 2005, 07:30 EDT. advertisement Friday April 1, 9:54 AM S.Lanka stocks end at third consecutive record high COLOMBO, April 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka stocks rose to a third consecutive closing high on Friday as investors bought bluechips and second-tier shares across the board expecting profits in the coming weeks, brokers said. The key Colombo all-share index rose a provisional 0.48 percent, or 8.43 points, to 1,760.31 points... Back to the top
A holiday in Sri Lanka will help tsunami victims
 Yahoo, April 1, 2005, 07:30 EDT. COSTUME designer Andrea Galer has gone to Sri Lanka to make a documentary about the tsunami disaster (Heathman's Diary March 11)... Back to the top
Need to help takes woman to Sri Lanka
 www.signonsandiego.com, April 1, 2005, 07:30 EDT. RANCHO PENASQUITOS – Among crayon renderings of birthday cakes and flowers, one drawing stands out... Back to the top
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