Interior Minister John Amaratunga inspects the gallows at the Welikada prison yesterday, along with a prison official.

Tigers aboard arms carrying boat blow themselves up : Incident will not derail talks

by Asanga Warnakulasuriya and Rodney Martinesz in Berlin

Three cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam blew themselves up in a boat carrying arms and ammunition off the island of Delft in the early hours yesterday in what is being described as the most serious violation of the ceasefire agreement since it was signed almost a year ago.
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Joint plan to deal with child soldiers issue

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam will rehabilitate all its underage cadres recruited for war, its chief negotiator Dr. Anton Balasingham declared on the eve of the fifth round of peace talks in Berlin, Germany.
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Executions to resume

by Rashomi Silva

Interior Minister John Amaratunga said yesterday that the government intended resuming executing convicts sentenced to death.
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• Govt. assures price stability in case of war

• UAV crash probe continues

• ANCL contribution for Cetiya in Japan

• Gas prices up from February 15

• WFP identifies DS divisions with least food security

• Free plastic surgery at Jaffna Teaching Hospital

• BoI systems to be restructured

• No new permits for inter-provincial buses from Feb.3

• Advisor appointed for the Sub-Committee on Gender issues

• Lankan drivers for war relief efforts

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