Geneva talks: not much scope for optimism
SEVERAL issues will be at stake when the Sri
Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam meet in
Geneva later this month. There is no reasonable ground for optimism
that the talks will mark a resumption of full-fledged negotiations
on conflict resolution. For, the exercise is restricted to issues of
implementation of the February 2002 Ceasefire Agreement.
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Celebrating 49 years of diplomatic ties between Russia and Sri
Lanka
FEBRUARY 19, 2006 is a significant date in the
history of Russian - Sri Lankan ties. Forty-nine years ago on this
very day both countries (the then USSR and Ceylon) decided to
establish diplomatic relations that boosted the speedy development
of mutually beneficial bilateral contacts in various spheres.
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Amnesty International charges Prabhakaran with war crimes
THE main objective of Jaffna Tamil
violence, organised, directed, financed and launched by its vellahla
leadership, was to target the Sinhalese. The entire Jaffna Tamil
leadership ganged up in declaring war on the Sinhalese in the
Vaddukoddai Resolution of 1976.
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