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<b>LTTE wants Oslo out?</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

The Island

The LTTE was believed to have indicated to the government that proposed talks in Thailand can take place without Norwegian mediation, informed sources said.

<b>Ravi sues Mangala </b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

The Sunday Leader

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake has demanded Rs. 1,000 million from former Minister Mangala Samaraweera for the latter’s statements made recently at a press conference, described by Minister Karunanayake as “damaging” and “baseless”.

<b>007 handbag with CBK </b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

Incontrovertible proof that President Chandrika Kumaratunga is in possession of the ladies handbag with the hidden VH09 video colour camera has been discovered by the Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DII).

<b>President planning prorogation? </b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

Frederica Jansz - The Sunday Leader

President Chandrika Kumaratunga last week summoned an emergency meeting at President’s House at 7 p.m. with her most trusted confidantes and discussed the possibility of proroguing parliament next month.

<b>Release 350 PTA detainees</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

Tania Fernando - The Sunday Times

In the wake of hunger strike in two jails by PTA detainees, the Attorney General has agreed to make a case-by-case review - with Tamil parties saying that upto 350 of the detainees should be released

<b>Security zones must go </b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

Shelani Perera - The Sunday Times

With the withdrawal of security forces from schools, places of worship and public buildings, a new problem has arisen over high-security zones around those places.

<b>Tigers to resurrect gravestones</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

Our Jaffna Correspondent - The Sunday Times

Gravestones of the war-dead of the LTTE are to be rebuilt by the LTTE with funds collected from civilians. A statement issued by a committee in charge of this operation said gravestones which had been destroyed by the Army in Kopay, Kodikamam and Nelliyaddy would be rebuilt.

<b>Moragoda, Balasingham discuss key issues in London</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

The Sunday Times

Issues regarding the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, preparations for direct talks in Thailand, including the agenda, and the question of an interim administration were discussed for the first time by a UNF government minister, Milinda Moragoda, with LTTE's chief negotiator Anton Balasingham, it was announced last night.

<b>LTTE move to bypass Norway</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

The Sunday Times - Our Political Editor

The LTTE has sounded the Government on the possibility of conducting further dialogue on the ongoing peace process on a bilateral basis, leaving out Norway, which is now playing the role of a facilitator.

<b>Tiger leader ordered Scandinavians to be used as "Human Shields"</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

The Island - Our Defence Correspondent

The Sea Tiger crew manning the trawler which was intercepted by the Sri Lanka Navy on July 13, were under orders from the LTTE high command to hold the two Scandinavian monitors on board as human shields, to protect vital cargo which was on board the vessel, according to sources in LTTE areas

<b>Monitors will not be on intercepted vessels</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

The Island

The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission naval monitors will not go on board intercepted LTTE vessels with the Sri Lankan Navy inspection team as a general rule, but will do so "under special circumstances if deemed necessary", according to a statement issued by the SLMM.

<b>Internationalise Muslim problems, says Hakeem</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

The Island

SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem has advocated internationalising the problems faced by Muslims here by drawing the attention of other countries, especially the Islamic states in Arab nations.

<b>High Court in Magazine Jail to hear PTA cases</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

Franklin R. Satyapalan - The Island

A special high court will be set up inside the Magazine Prison in Colombo to hear some major terrorist-related cases including the Central Bank bombing, the attacks on the Dalada Maligawa, the Galadari Hotel and the World Trade Centre following a decision to expedite the disposal of cases under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), an Attorney-General’s Department spokesman said yesterday.

<b>Canada Tigers deny Ranil’s claim that funds were frozen</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles - The Island

A Canada-based LTTE front leader contradicted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and said so far not a single penny belonging to the Sri Lankan terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had been frozen either by Canada or by the United States.

<b>Kadir wants Liam Fox pact revived: Ministers snub Chandrika</b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

Shamindra Ferdinando - The Island

The rift between President Chandrika Kumaratunga and the UNP-led United National Front (UNF) has widened with the government ignoring the president’s invitation for the inauguration of the National Consultation on Ethnic Reconciliation which began on Friday (26) at the presidential secretariat.

<b>Parliamentary TV crew biased - Azwer </b>

Sun, 2002-07-28 05:00 — admin

The Sunday Leader

Parliamentary Affairs Minister A. H. M. Azwer has made an oral complaint to Speaker Joseph Michael Perera saying that the parliamentary television crew is biased and the crew failed to focus on some of the People’s Alliance and JVP MPs who were the cause for the pandemonium in parliament last Wednesday.



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