Recent News Summary
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SRI
LANKA MONITORING MISSION THREATENS TO RE-WRITE THE CEASEFIRE
AGREEMENT AS LTTE DRAGS ITS FEET TO RELEASE PRISONERSBy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-Full
Story-
(Lankaweb-28/02/03)
Ranil
to meet Vajpayee, Sonia .-Full
Story-
(The
Hindu-28/02/03).
Norwegian
Foreign Minister, Balasingham to visit Vanni for pre-talks consultation.-Full
Story-
(The Island-28/02/03).
Sri
Lankan Govt hopeful of peace process; Tamil Tigers.-Full
Story-
(The
Hindustan Times-28/02/03).
Sri
Lanka to sign IT agreement with India .-Full
Story-
(The
Asian Tribune-28/02/03).
IOC
plans pipeline to Sri Lanka for exports .-Full
Story-
(yahoo-28/02/03).
Insects
threaten Mahabodhi tree .-Full
Story-
(The
Times of India-28/02/03).
Sri
Lanka: European Commission funding plans 2003-2005 .-Full
Story-
(EU-28/02/03)
Boom-or-bust
time for Sri Lanka, West Indies-Full
Story-
(The
Times of India-28/02/03)
LTTE
JOURNAL TAMIL GUARDIAN CALLS THE ACTION OF THE COURTS OF APPEAL
“SCALING NEW HEIGHTS FOR FARCE”By
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-Full
Story-
(Lankaweb-27/02/03)
Lankan
Loss A Shocker! Suni
The Seeing Eye - Sightscreens Unlimited For LankaWeb..-Full
Story-
(Lankaweb-27/02/03)
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LTTE
JOURNAL TAMIL GUARDIAN CALLS THE ACTION OF THE COURTS OF APPEAL
“SCALING NEW HEIGHTS FOR FARCE”By
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-Full
Story-
(Lankaweb-27/02/03)
Lankan
Loss A Shocker! Suni
The Seeing Eye - Sightscreens Unlimited For LankaWeb..-Full
Story-
(Lankaweb-27/02/03)
Lanka
govt, LTTE meet shifted over arms issue -Full
Story-
(The Times of India-27/02/03).
Sri
Lanka asks media to lower expectations of Tamil peace -Full
Story-
(ptd-27/02/03).
Lanka
sets up VIP security modelled on India .-Full
Story-
(The
Times of India-27/02/03).
India
backs Sri Lanka peace bid with cash: Minister.-Full
Story-
(pti-27/02/03).
Sri
Lanka Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper .-Full
Story-
(imf-27/02/03).
Arab
daily compares Osama with Gandhi .-Full
Story-
(The Times of India-27/02/03)
SRI
LANKA HIT BY FIXING JIBE .-Full
Story-
(TS-27/02/03)
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LTTE
BECOMING DANGEROUSLY STRONG MILITARILY WHILE GOVERNMENT DECEIVING
PEOPLE PROMISING PEACE CHARGES MONKby
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles .-Full
Story-
(Lankaweb-26/02/03)
Sri
Lankan passport for Prabhakaran's son .-Full
Story-(The
Times of India-26/02/03).
What's
in a passport?.-Full
Story-(The
Island-26/02/03)
Sri
Lanka 2002 trade deficit widens to $1.41 bln.-Full
Story-(borsaitalia-26/02/03)
Sri
Lankan PM vows greater freedom, responsibility for press .-Full
Story-(ptd-26/02/03)
Thai
men stopped in Sri Lanka with precious stones in stomachs .-Full
Story-(ptd-26/02/03)."
Gestational
Diabetes Program Benefits Tamil Women .-Full
Story-(Newswire-26/02/03).
Lanka
troops to keep vigil despite talks.-Full
Story-(Gulf
News-26/02/03).
Sri
Lanka mines take toll.-Full
Story-(BBC-26/02/03).
Sri
Lanka union battles peace dividend reforms .-Full
Story-(The
Times of India-26/02/03).
Rats,
cockroaches, earthworms, lizards and politicians .-Full
Story-(The
Hindustan Times-26/02/03)
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GALABODA
THERO AND LOKUBANDARA EUPHORIC ABOUT PEACE WHILE S.L.GUNASEKERA
CALLS IT A FARCEBy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-25/02/03)
Sri
Lankan Marxists Protest Release of Tiger Rebels .-Full
Story-(Teheran
Times-25/02/03).
Balasingham
slated to meet Prabakaran on March 2 .-Full
Story-(The
Hindu-25/02/03)
Sri
Lanka union battles peace dividend reforms.-Full
Story-(The
Times of India-25/02/03).
Sri
Lanka PM to visit India .-Full
Story-(pti-25/02/03)Kadirgamar
says in London that Norway did not get involve for the love
of Sri Lanka Unfortunately
they were lenient to the LTTE, he chargedBy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-24/02/03)
We are not kneeling
before the LTTE: Ranil-Full
Story-(The
Hindu - 24/02/03)
Sri Lanka averts
flare up of fresh fighting-Full
Story-(PTD
- 24/02/03)
PEOPLE'S
ALLIANC VEHEMENTLY CONDEMNS THE ATTACK ON THE JVP RALLY AND
THE JOURNALISTS WHO COVERED THE EVENT BRUTALLYBy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-24/02/03)
Local cease-fire
monitor obtains bail for LTTE abductors of schoolgirls.-Full
Story-(The
Island - 24/02/03)
Troops confront Tigers
checking pilgrims-Full
Story-(The
Island - 24/02/03)
Call LTTE's bluff
.-Full
Story-(The
Island - 24/02/03)
Sri
Lanka seeks foreign pressure to tame Tigers-Full
Story-(Asian
Tribune - 24/02/03)
Tamils
protest against failure of Lanka truce.-Full
Story-(Times
of India - 24/02/03)
Sri
Lanka banks on foreign pressure for peace deal.-Full
Story-(PTD
- 24/02/03)
New
Norwegian chief of international peace monitors arrives in Sri
Lanka.
-Full Story-(Asian
Tribune - 24/02/03)
Tamils
cite shortcomings of Sri Lankas year-old truce"
-Full
Story-(Asian
Tribune - 24/02/03)
New Hindu-Buddhist cooperation forum
to be set up in UK. -Full
Story-(Hindustan
Times - 24/02/03)
Democracy
Violated! Are We Due for More Bloodshed?By
Noordeen-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-24/02/03)
RANIL
WICKREMESINGHE GOVERNMENT ACTION TO BREAK UP THE JVP RALLY AND
ATTACK JOURNALISTS CONDEMNED BY PRAJATHANTHRABy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-23/02/03)
A
CATNAP COST THE POLICE CONSTABLE HIS FREEDOM, THANKS TO THE
CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT OF RANIL AND PRABHABy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-23/02/03)
DESPITE
THE 10,000 ADDITIONAL TROOPS RECRUITED DURING LAST YEAR THAMIL
SELVAN SAYS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE ABOUT CEASEFIREBy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-23/02/03)
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Lanka
celebrates truce anniversary; hartal in Eastern parts-Full
Story-(Deepika
Global -23/02/03)
Sri
Lanka to Light Lamps for Truce Anniversary-Full
Story-(Tehran
Times -23/02/03)
Sri
Lanka striving to become India's Hong Kong-Full
Story-(Seattle
Times -23/02/03)
Sri
Lanka marks truce anniversary-Full
Story-(BBC
-23/02/03)
Tamils
celebrate truce anniversary, ignoring boycott calls-Full
Story-(PTI
News -23/02/03)
Mixed
response to Lanka's ceasefire anniversary-Full
Story-(The
Hindu -23/02/03)
Sri
Lanka Observes First Anniversary of Cease-Fire-Full
Story-(VOA
-23/02/03)
Comply
Fully With U.N. Resolution, Sri Lanka Tells Iraq-Full
Story-(Bernama
-23/02/03)
De
Silva looking forward to playing Kenya-Full
Story-(Times
of India -23/02/03)
Sinhalese
party opposes talks with LTTE -Full
Story-(Dawn
- 23/02/03)
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Japanese
PM to discuss Iraq resolution with Colin Powell-Full
Story-(Ximhua
-22/02/03)
Sri
Lankan School - a saga of many successes-Full
Story-(Times
of Oman -22/02/03)
Uncertainty
looms over Jaffna residents-Full
Story-(The
Hindu -22/02/03)
Extremists,
scepticism biggest obstacles to peace in Sri Lanka-Full
Story-(Outlook
India -22/02/03)
Sri
Lanka given police guard-Full
Story-(BBC
-22/02/03)
Beware
the sleeping Lions of Sri Lanka-Full
Story-(SMH
-22/02/03)
LTTE
chief Prabhakaran asked to appear before court -Full
Story-(ptinews-21/02/03)
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Elusive
Tiger supremo asked to go to court -Full
Story-(Ptd-21/02/03)
Sri
Lanka PM upbeat on peace but sees hurdles ahead
.-Full
Story-(yahoo-21/02/03)
S.Lanka
PM upbeat on peace but sees hurdles ahead.-Full
Story-(msnbc-21/02/03)
Police
break up anti-truce demo in Sri Lankan capital -Full
Story-(ptd-21/02/03)
.
After
peace Sri Lanka looks for prosperity -Full
Story-(The
Times of India-21/02/03) .
Sri
Lankan police drag out hearings over LTTE's threats against
SEP .-Full
Story-(The
Asian Tribune-21/02/03) .
The
Peace Process - An Assessment is Needed-Full
Story-(The
Island-21/02/03) .
Sri
Lanka marks truce anniversary with hopes of foreign cash .-Full
Story-(ptd-21/02/03)
Sri
Lanka marks truce anniversary with hopes of foreign cash -Full
Story-(The
Hindustan Times-21/02/03) .
Ratan
Tata to hold talks with Sri Lanka premier-Full
Story-(The
Asian Tribune-21/02/03)
JVP,
PA seek to block flow of foreign aid Full
Story-(Hoover
News-21/02/03)
Guerrillas
fail to show up at government meeting to bring together ethnic
groups in Sri Lanka-Full
Story-(The
Asian Tribune-21/02/03) .
Experts:
Sri Lanka to depend heavily on foreign aid to rebuild country
.-Full
Story-(The
Asian Tribune-21/02/03)
- LTTE
ATTEMPTS TO ASSASINATE OPPOSITION LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMAN OF
A TAMIL POLITICAL PARTY IN EASTERN PROVINCEBy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-Full
Story-(The
LankaWeb-20/02/03)
World
Bank releases more money for Sri Lanka de-mining .-Full
Story-(ptd-20/02/03)
.
Red
Cross dusts-off old files of 11,000 missing in Sri Lanka.-Full
Story-(ptd-20/02/03)
.
Over
20,000 missing in Lanka: Red Cross
.-Full Story-(The
Hindu-20/02/03)
Lanka
prepares for war amid talks: Minister.-Full
Story-(The
Times of India-19/02/03)
ARREST
WARRANT AGAINST LTTE AREA LEADER WHO WANTED TO DEFY SRI LANKA
JUDICIARY RECALLED AND CASE AGAINST HIM DISMISSEDBy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-19/02/03)
Sri
Lanka prepared for war or peace with foreign support: minister
.-Full
Story-(ptd-19/02/03)
Will
peace talks collapse? .-Full
Story-(The
Island-19/02/03)
Balasingham's
View on MOU
(In Sinhala).-Full
Story-(Divaina-19/02/03)
Sri
Lanka: The Judiciary and Human Rights .-Full
Story-(The
Asian Tribune-19/02/03)
Hand
over son or face death', LTTE threatens mother .-Full
Story-(The
Island -19/02/03)
Leather
limbs hallmark of Sri Lanka rebel aid group.-Full
Story-(Reuters-19/02/03)
Diplomatic
passports for Sri Lanka's tea traders .-Full
Story-(ptd-19/02/03)
Security
measures not lax '.-Full
Story-(The
Hindu-19/02/03).
Chandrika
inaugurates online distance-learning project .-Full
Story-(The
Hindu-19/02/03).
Sparks
likely to fly on no-faith motion on Marapana.-Full
Story-(The
Asian Tribune-19/02/03).
Norway
nearly triples financial aid to Sri Lanka.-Full
Story-(The
Asian Tribune-19/02/03).
Sri
Lanka's leather legged rebels. .-Full
Story-(The
Swiss Info-19/02/03).
Sri
Lanka's leather legged rebels .-Full
Story-(The
Reuters News-19/02/03).
Monitors
work out truce arrangements.-Full
Story-(The
Gulf News-19/02/03).
Rebel strike paralyses towns in Sri Lanka.-Full
Story-(The
Gulf Daily News-19/02/03)
- VOT
BROADCASTERS HOIST THE SEPARATIST TIGER FLAG, BEFORE A HELPLESS
ARMY OVER GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED TOWN OF VAVUNIYA By
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-Full
Story-(Lankaweb-18/02/03)
Monitors
in Sri Lanka peace call.-Full
Story-(BBC
-18/02/03)
Waiting
to Exhale.-Full
Story-(TIME
-18/02/03)
UNDER
PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT BY THE LTTE TRINCOMALEE MAGISTRATE
RELEASES TWO CHILD ABDUCTORS WHO TOOK TWO 14 YEAR OLD GIRLSBy
Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles.-FullStory-(Lankaweb-18/02/03)
Sri
Lanka bus sell-off hits the skids.-Full
Story-(BBC
-18/02/03)
Sri
Lanka's Shell raises prices on global hike.-Full
Story-(Yahoo
-18/02/03)
Tamil
gang deportations under appeal.-Full
Story-(The
Star -18/02/03)
Norway
triples financial aid to Lanka.-Full
Story-(Times
of India -18/02/03)
US
offers considering taking LTTE off from FTTO list.-Full
Story-(PTI
News -18/02/03)
Sri
Lanka mulls replacing injured bowler Gunaratne-Full
Story-(CNN
-18/02/03)
Newlands
to go maroon for Windies?-Full
Story-(IOL
-18/02/03)
- Tamil
rebels kill army soldier-Full
Story-(BBC
-17/02/03)
Trooper
shot dead amid concerns for Sri Lanka peace-Full
Story-(GoAsiaPacific
-17/02/03)
Army
rejects LTTE claim over killing of soldier-Full
Story-(The
Island -17/02/03)
LTTE
women not to wear belts in govt areas-Full
Story-(Times
of India -17/02/03)
LTTE
kill soldier as truce under strain-Full
Story-(Times
of India -17/02/03)
No
two armies or two navies in united Lanka, Armitage tells LTTE-Full
Story-(Asian
Truibune -17/02/03)
Ranil
promises citizenship for disenfranchised Tamils-Full
Story-(The
Hindu -17/02/03)
Trooper
shot dead as US, Japan voice concern for Sri Lanka peace-Full
Story-(PTD
-17/02/03)
Women's
belts off to ease Sri Lanka truce tension-Full
Story-(PTD
-17/02/03)
Aid
boost to Sri Lanka peace hopes-Full
Story-(CNN
-17/02/03)
Ranil
assures citizenship to Sri Lankans of Indian origin-Full
Story-(Deepika
Global -17/02/03)
The
LTTE and the US ban-Full
Story-(The
Island -17/02/03)
- U.S.
to delist LTTE if it renounces violence-Full
Story-(The
Hindu -16/02/03)
India
to widen support for upcountry Tamils in Sri Lanka
-Full Story-(The
Hindu -16/02/03)
Donors
voice Sri Lanka fears-Full
Story-(BBC
-16/02/03)
Japan
fears Iraq war could hurt Lankan peace process-Full
Story-(PTI
News -16/02/03)
Japan
worried war in Iraq will divert attention from Sri Lanka-Full
Story-(Zawya
-16/02/03)
U.S.
Pushes Both Sides in Sri Lanka Peace Talks-Full
Story-(ABC
News -16/02/03)
Jayasuriya
reclaims No.1 ranking-Full
Story-(The
Australian -16/02/03)
Pacer
Vaas back in record books with unique hat trick-Full
Story-(Dawn
-16/02/03)
India
decides not to take part in SAF Games-Full
Story-(Hindustan
Times -16/02/03)
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