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Apr. 16 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tiger rebels Sunday suspended their participation at Swiss talks on saving their troubled truce, dimming prospects for peace as the death toll from landmine attacks in the past week rose to 55. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said in a letter to peace broker Norway that they […]

Apr.15 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops arrested a man trying to plant two Claymore mines near a military checkpoint Saturday as peace broker Norway announced a five day delay for truce talks. The mines were found along the main highway in the north of the island at Omanthai, a military official said. The arrest came […]

Apr.15 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Saturday expressed “serious doubts” about whether Tamil Tiger rebels want to go ahead with talks due to be held in Swizterland that are aimed at saving a fragile ceasefire. The two days of talks were scheduled to be held in Geneva from April 24 after being postponed for five days […]

Apr. 15 (AFP) – Suspected Tamil Tigers detonated two mines in Sri Lanka Saturday, killing seven security personnel as both the government and the rebels cast fresh doubts over plans to resume truce talks. -Amal Jayasinghe: win98win@  The first mine hidden in a parked farm vehicle was detonated as a bus full of troops drove […]

Apr.14 (AFP) – Peace broker Norway announced Friday that talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tiger rebels, under threat from a new wave of violence, would go ahead five days later than scheduled.The negotiations in Geneva were originally due to open on April 19, but the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said […]

Apr.14 (AFP) – Two people were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka’s restive east on the traditional New Year day Friday and an indefinite curfew was clamped to maintain law and order, police said.The killing of a motorist sparked fresh rioting in the troubled port town of Trincomalee where police slapped the curfew after […]

Apr.14 (AFP) – Two people were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka’s restive east on the traditional New Year day Friday and an indefinite curfew was clamped to maintain law and order, police said.The killing of a motorist sparked fresh rioting in the troubled port town of Trincomalee where police slapped the curfew after […]

Apr.13 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels have begun targeting civilians with a bomb attack on a crowded market that killed 17 people, the Sri Lankan government charged Thursday in a fresh battering for peace hopes.Government spokesman Rohitha Bogollegama said the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hit the main vegetable market in Trincomalee on […]

Apr.13 (AFP) – Police extended a night curfew in Sri Lanka’s northeastern port district of Trincomalee on Thursday, a day after a bomb blast at a vegetable market killed 17 people, officials said.Heavily armed security forces patrolled the streets after rioting that followed the bomb attack, police said, adding that investigations suggested that Tiger rebels […]

Apr.13 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday called for a postponement of ceasefire talks scheduled for next week in Switzerland amid an upsurge in violence that has killed 38 people this week.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said the three-day talks due to start next Wednesday cannot go ahead and they want […]

Apr.12 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s balance of payments (BOP) has recorded a US$142 million surplus for the three months to March, the Central Bank said Wednesday as it maintained key interest rates for the fourth straight month. The balance of payments is a record of the island’s total payments to foreign countries, including the cost […]

Apr. 12 (AFP) – At least two policemen were killed and another two wounded when their truck was caught up in a landmine blast in northeastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, officials said. The victims were on their way to the port town of Trincomalee to buy provisions for policemen stationed further north of the main […]