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ABU DHABI, Oct 25, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels heading for peace talks in Geneva are banking on international pressure on the Sri Lankan government to stop the island returning to “real war”, a top guerrilla leader said Wednesday. “If the international community fails to put pressure on the government to implement the (February […]
Sri Lanka warring parties head for Swiss peace talks
Oct 24, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s government and rebel negotiators headed to Switzerland Tuesday for talks aimed at saving a troubled ceasefire after 10 months of fighting killed more than 3,000 people, officials said.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government are under heavy diplomatic pressure to lift an eight-month impasse in […]
Sri Lanka rivals secure deal to push for peace
Oct 23, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s ruling party and the opposition agreed Monday to work together towards a political settlement to the island’s bloody ethnic fighting which has claimed more than 60,000 lives.The Tigers warned at the weekend they would unleash their bloody campaign island-wide if violence against Tamil areas continued, while the government […]
Sporadic fire in Sri Lanka on run up to peace talks
Oct 22(AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels set off a Claymore mine and fired on troops in northern Sri Lanka Sunday, wounding three people, the defence ministry said amid moves to arrange peace talks next weekend.Four previous peace attempts ended in failure.The powerful blast went off in the Jaffna peninsula while troops were on a cordon-and-search […]
Peace brokers face tough battle in clearing way for Sri Lanka peace talks
Oct 22 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s warring parties were bracing for talks aimed at saving a tattered truce, but arranging next weekend’s parley is becoming a logistical “minefield” that could blow up before the meeting begins. Peace broker Norway’s breakthrough last week, when it coaxed the rebel Tamil Tigers to talks, appears to have been […]
Sri Lanka slaps limits on non-essential imports to curb credit growth
October 20, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has imposed fresh restrictions to limit imports of 44 non-essential items like electrical goods, chocolates, palm oil and cosmetics, in a bid to curb excessive credit growth. “A 50 percent margin deposit on the invoiced value of the imports should be placed by the importers at the time […]
Security stepped up after bombing of Sri Lankan port
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Oct 19, 2006 (AFP) – Police and troops stepped up security in Sri Lanka’s port city of Galle Thursday, one day after a bold suicide attack that killed at least two people, a police official said. Additional troop reinforcements were poured into the area while military patrols were also stepped up, even […]
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October 19, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s economy is expanding at a blistering pace led by the telecommunications sector, but an escalation in violence could erase some of the gains, the Asian Development Bank said. Less red tape, more deregulation would boost South Asia growth: ADBMANILA, Oct 19, 2006 (AFP) – South Asia has the […]
Two killed in major suicide attack on Sri Lanka port
Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels disguised as fishermen staged a suicide attack against Sri Lanka’s southern port of Galle Wednesday, killing at least two sailors and destroying three gunboats, officials said.The attack in Galle — an historic city and popular tourist destination — came as foreign envoys pushed for the Sri Lankan […]
Sri Lanka exhumes bodies of French charity workers
Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – The bodies of 15 aid workers massacred in Sri Lanka were exhumed in the northeastern town of Trincomalee on Wednesday in a fresh bid to determine who killed them, police said.The victims were among 17 mostly Tamil workers with the Paris-based Action Against Hunger (ACF) who were gunned down August […]
Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger territory: rebels
Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan war planes bombed Tamil rebel-held territory in the island’s restive east Wednesday, killing a woman and wounding two others, the guerrillas said.The air force had been carrying out tit-for-tat attacks since the guerrillas attempted to assassinate army chief Sarath Fonseka in April.Two Israeli-built Kfir jets attacked the village […]
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GALLE, Sri Lanka, Oct 18, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels staged an audacious suicide attack against Sri Lanka’s historic port of Galle Wednesday, killing at least two people and destroying three navy craft, officials said.The attack in Galle — a popular tourist destination regarded as Sri Lanka’s Riviera — came as foreign envoys pushed […]