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31. Oslo Talks Non-Starter
(June 09, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) surprised
Norway facilitators saying that they will not meet
with the Sri Lankan Government (SLG) delegation as it
was not representative of Sri Lanka and also because
of the presence of European Union members.<More>
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32. EPDP Cadre Killed Timing Boucher Visit
(June 02, 2006)
As US Assistant Secretary of State for South and
Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher arrived in
Colombo, two Eelam People’s Democratic Part (EPDF)
cadres were gunned down while a bomb blast at their
office in Batticaloa wounded 4 people.<More>
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33. LTTE Will Study EU Ban First
(June 01, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which was
slapped by a ban by the European Union (EU) recently
said that it will first meet with the main EU
interlocutor Norway and study the ban before deciding
if it will go to the peace talks.<More>
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34. SLMM Says Lanka Army behind Civilian Killings (May
12, 2006)
For the first time,
the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has
acknowledged that the Sri Lankan Army (SLA), sponsored
militia, and rebel factions of Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have been behind civilian
disappearances and extra-judicial killings.<More>
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35. Japan Warns of Civil War
(May 11, 2006)
Japanese peace envoy Yasushi Akasi said that Sri Lanka
is at the lowest ebb since his involvement in 2002 and
on the verge of resumption of civil war among reports
that more people have died in April than during
several periods of times when “war” was declared.<More>
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36. Lanka Seeks Indian Help to Resume Talks
(May 9, 2006)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and opposition leaders
asking for their support to influence the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to resume negotiations
again.<More>
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37. Lanka Teeters on the Brink of Civil War
(May 3, 2006)
Sri Lanka appeared slowly drifting towards civil war
even as last ditch attempts by Norway to negotiate a
seaplane transport arrangement for the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) negotiators to go to
Geneva for the peace talks.<More>
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38. LTTE Withdraws from Geneva Talks (April 17, 2006)
Accusing the Sri Lankan Government (SLG) of creating
many “hurdles” and a lack of “conducive environment,”
the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has
withdrawn from the ongoing Geneva talks scheduled to
restart April 19.<More>
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39. Canada labels LTTE Terrorists
(April 13, 2006)
Canada became the other country after India to label
the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a
terrorist organization making it illegal for anyone in
Canada to support, finance, host, or communicate with
it.<More>
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40. India Wants “Southern Consensus” in Lanka (April
05, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told former Sri Lankan
Prime Minister and current Opposition Leader Ranil
Wickremesinghe that Lanka needs a “southern consensus”
between the two major parties to deal with the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).<More>
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41. LTTE Break-off Faction Threatens Supporters (April
04, 2006)
A break off faction of Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) has threatened its supporters of dire
consequences if they did not vacate homes and
businesses seized by the mainline group from the
Muslims of the island in 1990. <More>
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42. LTTE Wants Safe Passage
(April 01, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have
demanded a safe passage from the Sri Lankan Government
(Lanka) to fly out of the only international airport
in Colombo to attend April 19-21 negotiations in
Switzerland.<More>
