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'India-Lanka accord key to political solution'
IE,
Jan 16.
COLOMBO: Appreciating the continued "understanding of India on issues of mutual concern", Sri Lanka said Friday that the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka accord is still the key to seeking a political solution to the island's ethnic conflict.
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon here Friday.
Coinciding with his visit, India Friday announced the second instalment of humanitarian assistance amounting to 40 million (Sri Lankan) rupees for the war-affected civilians in Sri Lanka's north.
"Reiterating that the Sri Lankan government perceives the Indo-Lanka Accord as the key to seeking a political solution to the conflict, the minister observed that the present juncture offers a window of opportunity to implement the accord, given the decisive victories gained by the government in combating the LTTE terror on all fronts," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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Published: Fri Jan 16 22:11:54 EST 2009
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Civilians fleeing Sri Lanka fighting have no safe passage: ICRC
google.com,
16 January.
COLOMBO (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people are on the run because of fighting between troops and Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka where civilians have no safe passage, the Red Cross said Friday.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was "extremely concerned" that the warring parties had not agreed on a safe route for civilians since January 9.
"This has put at risk the lives of patients who cannot receive suitable treatment on the spot and therefore need to be transferred to Vavuniya Hospital, in government-controlled territory," the ICRC said in a statement
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Published: Fri Jan 16 08:29:04 EST 2009
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Sri Lanka Army Corners Rebels
wsj.com,
16 Jan 2009.
COLOMBO -- Sri Lankan armed forces have surrounded a shrinking number of Tamil Tiger rebels in the northeastern part of the country in a bid to crush the separatist movement and end Asia's longest-running civil war.
On Thursday, the army built on recent advances, taking control of a makeshift airstrip used by Tamil Tiger aircraft in recent bombing raids. The military also captured a village about 12 miles from the remaining rebel stronghold Mullaittivu, said Brig. V.U.B. Nanayakkara, a spokesman for the Sri Lankan military.
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Published: Fri Jan 16 23:53:12 EST 2009
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