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      • HISTORIC MARCH AGAINST RANIL WICKREMESINGHE'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL WAS MORE THAN 20 MILES LONG YESTERDAYBy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 30/09/03)
        UN Leader Kofi Annan's Visit To Sri Lanka If It Includes Meeting Terrorist Leader, Highly Irregular!Periscope - Global Sinhala Village For LankaWeb -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 30/09/03)
        Pulidevan caught sneaking into Jaffna-Full Story- (EPDP News - 30/09/03)
        Sri Lanka Talks Mediator `Confident' Sides to Weigh Rebel Plan
        -Full Story- (Bloomberg - 30/09/03)
        Lanka pushes for a new US-EU friendly world grouping
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 30/09/03)
        Torn between Govt and LTTE, Annan rethinks Lanka visit
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 30/09/03)
        India rushed ammunition to Lanka to meet crisis: Report
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 30/09/03)
        Indian author sets record in Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 30/09/03)
        Indian author sets record in Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 30/09/03)
        Monks help scientists study brain
        -Full Story- (BBC - 30/09/03)
        Bollywood star weds
        -Full Story- (BBC - 30/09/03)
        UN agency to set up halfway home to demobilise Sri Lanka child soldiers
        -Full Story- (yahoo - 30/09/03)
        The govt. has messed up the N-E conflict and shattered the economy – President
        -Full Story- (The Island - 30/09/03)
        Sri Lanka Talks Mediator `Confident' Sides to Weigh Rebel Plan
        -Full Story- (Bloomberg - 30/09/03)
        Catholics and Muslims clash in northwest Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (msnbc - 30/09/03)
        Annan may call off Lanka trip in row over visiting Tiger town
        -Full Story- (The Peninsula - 30/09/03)
        UN Chief’s Sri Lanka Visit Runs Into Storm
        -Full Story- (The Arabnews - 30/09/03)
        Tough Tamil Tiger takes over rebel reins in Sri Lanka’s peace negotiations
        -Full Story- (Khaleej Times - 30/09/03)
        Cyprus Airways spread its wings to Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (ameinfo - 30/09/03)
        Lankan medical council expels two Indian doctors
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 30/09/03)
        Muslim-Christian tensions grip Sri Lanka town
        -Full Story- (ptd - 30/09/03)
        UN agency to set up halfway home to demobilise Sri Lanka child soldiers
        -Full Story- (ptd - 30/09/03)

      • THE NAVAL RATING IN THE CUSTODY OF THE LTTE ESCAPES HIS CAPTORS AND REACHES NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN TRINCOMALEEBy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 29/09/03)
        SLFP LEADERS JOIN KANDY COLOMBO MARATHON PROTEST MARCH BY JVP, MEP AND OTHER NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AGAINST GOVERNMENT
        By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 29/09/03)
        SLFP, JVP, MEP walk against division-More Photos- (The LankaWeb - 29/09/03)

        President firm on Devolution
        -Full Story- (EPDP News - 29/09/03)
        Torn between Govt and LTTE, Annan rethinks Lanka visit
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 29/09/03)
        Sri Lankan optimistic about talks with LTTE
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 29/09/03)
        Annan’s Lanka visit uncertain
        -Full Story- (The Deccan Herald - 29/09/03)
        Annan’s Lanka visit runs into storm over meeting with Tigers
        -Full Story- (Khaleej Times - 29/09/03)
        Kofi Annan's Sri Lanka visit runs into storm over meeting with Tigers
        -Full Story- (ptd - 29/09/03)

      • IN A COMPLETE DEVIATION FROM SL’S FORMER NON-ALIGNED FOREIGN POLICY RANIL WICKREMESINGHE ENDORSES IRAQ INVASION BY US & UK By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 28/09/03)
        LTTE's track record does not hold out much hope: experts -Full Story- (The Hindu - 28/09/03)
        India must play more active role in Sri Lanka: Rasgotra -Full Story- (Newindpress.com - 28/09/03)
        UK officials, LTTE discuss human rights -Full Story- (The Hindu - 28/09/03)
        Lanka beat India in Emerging Trophy opener -Full Story- (Times of India - 28/09/03)
        Federalism offers strong salve for ethnic conflict -Full Story- (Swiss Info - 28/09/03)
        Sri Lankan leader vows to revive peace talks-Full Story- (ABC News - 28/09/03)
        Cultural Center Proposed in Sri Lanka Town -Full Story- (Arab News - 28/09/03)
        Sri Lankan optimistic about talks with LTTE -Full Story- (Times of India - 28/09/03)
        WHILE EUROPEAN UNION REMOVES LTTE FROM THEIR TERRORIST LIST THE GROUP CONTINUES TO KILL THEIR TAMIL POLITICAL RIVALS By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 27/09/03)
        ILLUSIONS OF “GENERATIONAL CHANGE” IN THE LTTEH. L. D. Mahindapala -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 27/09/03)
        "Pongu Thamil" Or "Ponga Ranil !"
        Duttagamini Singhaputra World Council Of Sinhala Peers Sri Lanka, USA, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany and Australia For Lanka Web -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 27/09/03)

      • Sri Lankan PM gives UN optimistic report on stalled peace process-Full Story- (ptd - 27/09/03)
        War, if no Interim Council -Full Story- (EPDP News - 27/09/03)
        Human security: Sri Lanka-Full Story- (The Daily News - 27/09/03)
        Rehab Centres for LTTE Child Soldiers Spark Debate -Full Story- (One world - 27/09/03)
        Cultural Center Proposed in Sri Lanka Town
        -Full Story- (Arab News - 27/09/03)
        Where does an elephant go when it's sick?-Full Story- (The Globe & Mail - 27/09/03)
        Sri Lanka Seeks Sovereign Rating to Draw Overseas Investors -Full Story- (Bloomberg - 27/09/03)
        Charting a course -Full Story- (The Front Line - 27/09/03)
        Gearing up for polls -Full Story- (The Front Line - 27/09/03)
        Sri Lankan leader vows to revive peace talks -Full Story- (msnbc - 27/09/03)

      • Saving elephants from cops and culls -Full Story- (ptd - 27/09/03)
        ‘Train in peace time' CBK urges forces
        -Full Story- (The Island - 27/09/03)
        PNM wants SLFP to join hands to thwart division of country
        -Full Story- (The Island - 27/09/03)
        LTTE IS TO HOLD ITS PONGU THAMIL FESTIVAL AGAINST SRI LANKA ARMY WITH THE ACTIVE SUPPORT OF RANIL WICKREMESINGHE GOVT. By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 25/09/03)

        The 3rd SUMMIT OF THE JATHIKA SANGHA SAMMELANAYA ON 23-09-03
        -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 25/09/03)
        Prabhakaran orders arrest of OIC of LTTE Police -Full Story- (EPDP News - 25/09/03)
        Lankan Muslims arming against LTTE: Chandrika -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 25/09/03)
        Former minister escapes murder bid -Full Story- (The Gulf News - 25/09/03)

        JVP ready for talks on alliance
        -Full Story- (The Gulf News - 25/09/03)
        LTTE employs students to clean graveyard: Report -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 25/09/03)
        Nepal Accuses Tamil Tigers of Training Maoists-Full Story- (The pacific News - 25/09/03)

        In War And Peace, Reforms Transform Sri Lanka’s Economy
        -Full Story- (panos - 25/09/03)
        Suicide Bombings More Widespread Than Generally Perceived
        -Full Story- (VOA - 25/09/03)
        Brown sugar worth Rs 6 cr seized
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 25/09/03)
        'Toy' grenade kills kid, mom
        -Full Story- (News24 - 25/09/03)
        Sri Lanka Stock Exchange May Offer Index, Tea Futures
        -Full Story- (Bloomberg - 25/09/03)
        Lanka launches massive cricket development plan
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 25/09/03)
        Sri Lanka's cricket world cup hero joins anti-peace process march
        -Full Story- (yahoo - 25/09/03)
        Muslims taking up arms in Sri Lanka, claims president
        -Full Story- (yahoo - 25/09/03)
        Lankan Muslims arming against LTTE: Chandrika
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 25/09/03)
        LTTE employs students to clean graveyard: Report
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 25/09/03)
        UK intelligence chief admits he redrafted dossier
        -Full Story- (The Deccan Herald - 25/09/03)
        Kelly: Hutton inquiry winds up hearings
        -Full Story- (The Hindu - 25/09/03)
        First ever election rigging in Norway
        -Full Story- (The Island - 25/09/03)
        Sangha Sammelanaya’s three proposals for the well-being of the nation
        -Full Story- (The Island - 25/09/03)
        British IBIS bus company non-existent says Harim Peiris
        -Full Story- (The Island - 25/09/03)
        US trains first batch of Sri Lankan troops in mine removal
        -Full Story- (ptd - 25/09/03)
        Sri Lankan PM keeps date with Kerala astrologer
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 25/09/03)
        22 Kuwait-bound women detained at Gaya airport

        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 25/09/03)

      • WHILE PRO-UNP PRESS CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE PROTEST MARCH FROM KANDY TO COLOMBO MAMMOTH CROWDS EXPECTED, SAY OBSERVERSBy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 24/09/03)
        Sri Lanka's Buddhists Take Assertive Stand-Full Story- (yahoo - 24/09/03)
        Christian Church Rules Lanka! Buddhists for True Democracy-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 18/09/03)

        THE SUCCESSOR TO MADIHE PANNASEEHA ATTACKS NORWAY AND ENDORSES OMALPE SOBHITHA WHO WANTS TO PROTEST MAHANAYAKAS
        -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 23/09/03)
        Where India stands while our politicians go begging -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 24/09/03)
        Sri Lanka ditched India, joined US-EU bloc at Cancun -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 24/09/03)
        Sri Lanka seeks two billion-dollar investment for tourism boom-Full Story- (yahoo - 24/09/03)

        Traders refuse LTTE Demand
        -LTTE preparing Transfer List for Grama Sevakas-Full Story- (EPDP News - 24/09/03)
        Sri Lanka's explosive Muslim factor
        -Full Story- (The Asian Times - 24/09/03)
        TN Govt decides to slap POTA against Union Minister
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 24/09/03)
        Thai officials 'sold arms to Tigers'
        -Full Story- (BBC - 24/09/03)
        Thai military, police officers arrested for selling guns to Sri Lanka rebels
        -Full Story- (The Star - 24/09/03)
        LTTE holds meet to frame counter-proposals
        -Full Story- (The Hindu - 24/09/03)
        LTTE not in EU’s new terror list
        -Full Story- (The Island - 24/09/03)
        European duplicity and perfidy
        -Full Story- (The Island Editorial - 24/09/03)
        Boom time for Sri Lanka tourism
        -Full Story- (BBC - 24/09/03)
        Sri Lanka Stock Exchange May Offer Index, Stock, Tea Futures
        -Full Story- (Bloomberg - 24/09/03)
        Nine surrender over alleged firearms deal -Full Story- (The Bangkok Post - 24/09/03)

      • THE SUCCESSOR TO MADIHE PANNASEEHA ATTACKS NORWAY AND ENDORSES OMALPE SOBHITHA WHO WANTS TO PROTEST MAHANAYAKASBy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 23/09/03)
        Minister Chandrasekheran Postulates On Contemplations About the Conjectured Extinction Of The Tamil Race As An Excuse Towards Justifying Eelam!Duttagamini Singhaputra World Council Of Sinhala Peers - London, Paris, Melbourne,Montreal,Toronto, Ottawa and ColomboFor LankaWeb -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 23/09/03)
        Sri Lanka ditched India, joined US-EU bloc at Cancun -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 23/09/03)
        Arrest warrants sought over `gun sales to Tamil Tigers' Nine policemen also questioned
        -Full Story- (The Bangkok Post - 23/09/03)
        TN govt's decision politically motivated:
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 23/09/03)
        IOC runs into rough weather in Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 23/09/03)
        Inside the elusive mind of Prabakaran
        -Full Story- (The Island - 23/09/03)
        Will Ranil’s strategy work?
        -Full Story- (The Island Editorial - 23/09/03)
        Sri Lanka's past turns out a bargain
        -Full Story- (The Financial Review - 23/09/03)
        Sri Lanka seeks two billion-dollar investment for tourism boom
        -Full Story- (ptd - 23/09/03)

      • AUSTRALIANS PROTEST NORWAY'S AND JAPAN'S BETRAYAL OF SRI LANKA AND DEMAND STOP HANDING OVER COUNTRY TO TERRORISTSBy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 22/09/03)
        TAMIL - MUSLIM RELATIONS IN THE EASTBy Tamil Democracy -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 21/09/03)
        Junior officer sold pistols to Tamil Tigers Suspect met buyers at massage parlour-Full Story- (The Bangkok Post - 22/09/03)

        No recovery without tackling root of the problem Sri Lanka tourism arrivals up as Maoist disruptions hurt Nepal
        -Full Story- (The Bangkok Post - 22/09/03)
        Sri Lanka peace precarious; truce has brought no unity
        -Full Story- (The Seattle News - 22/09/03)
        Letter from Chennai: Wind is blowing against BJP, Jaya
        -Full Story- (The Gulf News - 22/09/03)
        Peace first, then sport - Tigers
        . -Full Story- (The Gulf News - 22/09/03)
        Apollo Hospitals eyes global expansion
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 22/09/03)
        Gun shops `trading illegally' Info from Sri Lanka leads to crackdown
        -Full Story- (The Bangkok Post - 22/09/03)
        Rebels ban national sports festival in northern Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (Khaleej Times - 22/09/03)
        Jumbo meet seeks UN help to save elephants
        -Full Story- (ptd - 22/09/03)
        TORTURED POLICEMEN WERE RELEASED AFTER RANIL WICKREMESINGHE GOVERNMENT AGREED TO LET TIGERS RIDE WITHOUT LICENSES
        By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 21/09/03)
        In northern Sri Lanka, hoping for peace in a land ruled by Tamil Tiger rebels-Full Story- (CBS - 21/09/03)
        Lanka turns down request on troops withdrawal-Full Story- (Khaleej Times - 21/09/03)

        EPDP distressed over Japan’s Appeasement of LTTE
        -Full Story- (EPDP News - 21/09/03)
        It is ‘We and They’ with the LTTE says Tamil Expatriate'
        -Full Story- (EPDP News - 21/09/03)
        Delhi to Hanoi? Possible, says Railways
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 21/09/03)
        Delhi to Hanoi? Possible, says Railways
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 21/09/03)
        Respecting India's sensitivity, Lankan Prez avoids Pak Gen
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 21/09/03)
        London witnesses rise in violence among Tamils
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 21/09/03)
        Gun shops `trading illegally' Info from Sri Lanka leads to crackdown
        -Full Story- (Bangkok Post - 21/09/03)
        LTTE denies plan to attack Trincomalee, IOC tanks
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 21/09/03)
        LTTE denies setting up new camps
        -Full Story- (The Hindu - 21/09/03)
        Indian-style voting inflicts defeat on Labour
        -Full Story- (The Hindu - 21/09/03)
        Apollo Hospital to launch health cover for NRIs
        -Full Story- (The Peninsula - 21/09/03)
        Dateline Colombo: PM for US to attend UN meet
        -Full Story- (Khaleej Times - 21/09/03)
        BETRAYAL OF KING DON JUAN IN 1505 WAS COMPARATIVELY BETTER THAN THAT OF RANIL WICKREMESINGHE SAYS BHIKSHU PERAMUNABy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 20/09/03)
        TAMIL TIGERS KIDNAP TWO POLICE CONSTABLES OF KUCHCHEVELI POLICE WITH THEIR MOTOR BIKE AND TAKE LAW INTO THEIR HANDS
        By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 20/09/03)
        Presidential Cautions About National Security Seem Very Realistic As The Wickremasinghe UNF Downplays Them.
        Periscope-Global Sinhala Village For LankaWeb -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 20/09/03)
        Asian framework sought -Thailand pushes for Bimst-Ec formation -Full Story- (The Bangkok Post - 20/09/03)
        Poorer nations celebrate trade talks failure. -Full Story- (The Asian Times - 20/09/03)

        Sri Lankan President's party says LTTE ready to bomb Colombo
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 20/09/03)
        Norway says next steps in Sri Lanka peace historic
        -Full Story- (msbc - 20/09/03)
        Saving the Asian elephant
        -Full Story- (BBC - 20/09/03)
        Strain grows between Sri Lanka president, PM
        -Full Story- (msbc - 20/09/03)
        DISPLACED NOT RETURNING, STILL TOO MANY MINED ZONES
        -Full Story- (misna.org - 20/09/03)
        Govt wants to certify export products now
        -Full Story- (The EconomicTimes - 20/09/03)
        Norway says next steps in Sri Lanka peace historic
        -Full Story- (yahoo - 20/09/03)
        Strain grows between Sri Lanka president, PM-Full Story- (yahoo - 20/09/03)
        Sri Lanka's security ensured by friends says PM
        -Full Story- (GoAsia Pacific - 20/09/03)
        Ex-Soviet states sign economic pact
        -Full Story- (The Hindu - 20/09/03
        Sri Lanka opposition warns Tamil Tigers preparing suicide attacks -Full Story- (ptd - 20/09/03)

        Elephant meet turns to religion and culture for conservation
        -Full Story- (ptd - 20/09/03)

      • TWO ARRESTED LTTE TERRORISTS REVEALED THEY WERE INVOLVED IN A CONSPIRACY TO A LARGE SCALE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN COLOMBOBy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Colombo-Full Story- (The Lankaweb - 19/09/03)
        Sri Lanka banks on US, Indian military support for "territorial integrity" -Full Story- (ptd - 19/09/03)
        Sri Lanka talks prospect dims as Tiger seek more time-Full Story- (PTI - 19/09/03)
        Sri Lanka extends army recruitment drive amid lukewarm response-Full Story- (yahoo - 19/09/03)
        Why peace is illusive-Full Story- (The Island Editorial - 19/09/03)

        LTTE abducts Policemen returning after duty
        -Full Story- (EPDP News - 19/09/03)
        Sri Lankan minister warns Tamils of 'extinction' -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 19/09/03)

        Tamil Tigers Delay Response to Sri Lankan Government Proposal
        -Full Story- (VOA - 19/09/03)
        I am not afraid of arrest: Kannappan
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 19/09/03)
        TV controversy in Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 19/09/03)
        TN plans action under POTA against union ministers
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 19/09/03)
        Norway Dy FM starts new bid to save Lanka peace process
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 19/09/03)
        Tamil Tiger rebels seek more time to consider peace offer
        -Full Story- (GoAsia Pacific - 19/09/03)
        Norway says Sri Lanka talks may resume after mid-Oct
        -Full Story- (yahoo - 19/09/03)
        Tamil Tigers should abandon terrorism, make realistic demands
        -Full Story- (The Independent-Bangladesh - 19/09/03)
        Sri Lanka peace talks delayed as Tigers seek more time
        -Full Story- (yahoo - 19/09/03)
        Norway makes new bid to salvage Sri Lanka talks
        -Full Story- (yahoo - 19/09/03)
        LTTE counter-proposals by mid-Oct.
        -Full Story- (The Hindu - 19/09/03)
        Sri Lanka peace talks delayed as Tigers seek more time
        -Full Story- (ptd - 19/09/03)
        Sri Lanka pours in troops to man hospitals hit by strike
        -Full Story- (ptd - 19/09/03)
        Norway makes new bid to salvage Sri Lanka talks
        -Full Story- (ptd - 19/09/03)

      • LTTE’S THAMILSELVAN REITERATES WAN ELA ILLEGAL CAMP CANNOT BE REMOVED AND TELLS INSPECTION BY MONITORS WILL BE ALLOWEDBy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 18/09/03)
        Report By Canadian Intelligence Of Canada'a Tolerance Of The LTTE A Shocker As Immediate Remedial Action Seems Imperative!
        Periscope - Global Sinhala Village For LankaWeb -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 18/09/03)
        Christian Church Rules Lanka! Buddhists for True Democracy-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 18/09/03)
        If Mahanayakas fail alternative measures a must — Ven. Omalpe Sobhita-Full Story- (The Island - 18/09/03)
        US Urges Sri Lankan Rebels to Abandon Terrorism-Full Story- (VOA - 18/09/03)
        Be realistic, resume talks: US urges LTTE-Full Story- (The Indian Express - 18/09/03)

        US asks LTTE to give up terror
        -Full Story- (The Island - 18/09/03)
        A ‘Surplus of Rice’ with acute malnutrition!
        -Full Story- (The Island Editorial - 18/09/03)
        President alerts Prime Minister
        -Full Story- (EPDP News - 18/09/03)
        US asks Tamil Tigers to resume peace talks
        -Full Story- (GoAsia Pacific - 18/09/03)
        MDMK to continue support to LTTE
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 18/09/03)
        Desperate plight of Sri Lankan elephants
        -Full Story- (IOL - 18/09/03)
        U.S. urges Sri Lanka talks
        -Full Story- (iht - 18/09/03)
        US asks Tigers to end terror
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 18/09/03)
        US asks LTTE to make 'realistic' proposals for talks
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 18/09/03)
        Elephant Population in Asia Dwindling
        -Full Story- (Newsday.com - 18/09/03)
        Sri Lanka want to become Asia’s cricket hub
        -Full Story- (jang.com - 18/09/03)
        Sri Lankan health staff on strike
        -Full Story- (BBC - 18/09/03)
        80,000 hospital workers on strike in Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 18/09/03)
        US asks Tigers to end terror
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 18/09/03)
        Norway to push Sri Lanka, Tiger rebels on talks
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 18/09/03)
        Pay-to-free Sri Lanka inmates
        -Full Story- (BBC - 18/09/03)
        Sri Lankan troops called in as staff strike cripples hospitals
        -Full Story- (ptd - 18/09/03)
        US asks Tigers to end terror, return to talks
        -Full Story- (ptd - 18/09/03)
        Hans Blix: Iraq destroyed WMD 10 years ago
        -Full Story- (The People's Daily - 18/09/03)

      • TAMIL TIGERS KILL THREE MORE VICTIMS OF TAMIL POLITICAL OPPONENTS IN BATTICALOA WHILE CANADA REFUSES TO BAN THEMBy Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles-Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 17/09/03)
        Sri Lankan president pulls out of UN AIDS conference
        . -Full Story- (yahoo - 17/09/03)
        Prabhakaran eludes even the highest foreign emissaries
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 17/09/03)
        CBK’s comprehensive letter to Ranil ‘Don’t conceal truth regarding Trinco security’-Full Story- (The Island - 17/09/03)
        Sri Lanka marks peace talks anniversary with acrimony -Full Story- (ptd - 17/09/03)

        Norway to push Sri Lanka, Tiger rebels on talks
        -Full Story- (The Times of India - 17/09/03)
        Norway to push Sri Lanka, Tiger rebels on talks
        -Full Story- (yahoo - 17/09/03)
        Lankan Prez accuses PM of compromising nation's security
        -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 17/09/03)
        Shaky Truce Stills Holds in Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (abc News - 17/09/03)
        Kasuri Invites Sri Lankan President To SAARC Summit
        -Full Story- (paknews - 17/09/03)
        Kashmir issue blocks progress: Kasuri
        -Full Story- (The Dawn - 17/09/03)
        Two LTTE Pistol Groups in Colombo
        -Full Story- (EPDP News - 17/09/03)
        Ven. Medhananda defies LTTE threats, visits East
        -Full Story- (The Island - 17/09/03)
        Sri Lanka Seeks Danish Investment For Reconstruction
        -Full Story- (nasdaq.com - 17/09/03)
        On the first anniversary of talks, lasting peace seems far away in Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (cbs - 17/09/03)
        Woman joining 'peace army' in Sri Lanka
        -Full Story- (twincities - 17/09/03)
        Japan warns over Sri Lanka peace
        -Full Story- (BBC - 17/09/03)
        Lanka Offers Free Land to Mideast Expats
        -Full Story- (Riyadh Daily - 17/09/03)
        Sri Lanka Restructures Board Of Invest To Boost Efficiency
        -Full Story- (Nasdaq - 17/09/03)
        Sri Lankan president pulls out of UN AIDS conference
        -Full Story- (ptd - 17/09/03)

      • Sri Lanka Tamil rebels want administration of donor assistance -Full Story- (Xinhuanet - 16/09/03)
        Angry India cancels Navy chief's visit to Lanka -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 16/09/03)

        LTTE supremo Prabhakaran never trusted India -Full Story- (The Hindustan Times - 16/09/03)
        Sri Lanka president says govt ignoring rebel threats-Full Story- (yahoo - 16/09/03)
        In northern Sri Lanka, hoping for peace in a land ruled by Tamil Tiger rebels -Full Story- (msnbc - 16/09/03)
        IOC eyes 25% Lankan spoils via buyouts -Full Story- (The Business-Standard - 16/09/03)

        Lankan peace talks set to resume
        . -Full Story- (The Dawn - 16/09/03)
        Japan says donors impatient for Sri Lanka peace
        -Full Story- (msnbc - 16/09/03)
        Sri Lanka pressed to resume talks
        -Full Story- (BBC - 16/09/03)
        S.Lanka president says govt ignoring rebel threats
        -Full Story- (msnbc - 16/09/03)
        Al-Qaeda threat to Musharraf due to "misunderstanding": Pakistani FM
        -Full Story- (ptd - 16/09/03)
        Japan to brief India on salvaging Sri Lanka peace bid
        -Full Story- (ptd - 16/09/03)
        Pakistan asks India for serious offer to fight terror together
        -Full Story- (ptd - 16/09/03)
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