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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse visited
China and signed a
landmark deal allowing
Beijing to develop a
harbor, bunkering system,
and tank farm in
Hambantota district in a
"friendship city
relationship.<More>
2. EU Monitors Say 4000 Dead
in Lanka
(February 26, 2007)
European Union cease-fire
monitors project that
nearly 4,000 people have
been killed in the past 15
months in Sri Lanka and
called on the government
and rebels to adhere to
the cease-fire and avoid
unnecessary killing.<More>
3. SLG Invites, TNA Declines
(February 06, 2007)
The Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapakse invited the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) and later the
Tamil National Alliance (TNA)
for talks on power sharing;
but his peppered invitation
was spurned by the TNA asking
it to deal with the LTTE
directly.<More>
4. SLG Criticized for Military
Emphasis
(January 31 , 2007)
As donor nations pledged large
sums of money to help
civil-war torn Sri Lanka,
donor nations also criticized
the government’s overemphasis
on military option and
widespread skepticism over the
recent splitting of the
Opposition for political gain.<More>
5. Karuna Group Destabilizing,
SLG Colludes
(January 25, 2007)
Annoyed by selective leaks of
an internal document by the
Sri Lankan Government (SLG),
donor nations outed the report
blaming the SLG-supported
Karuna faction as a major
destabilizing factor and the
Human Rights Watch (HRW) also
blamed the government for
“willful blindness.”<More>
6. SLG, LTTE Criticized for Child
Soldiers
(January 22, 2007)
As the Sri Lankan Army (SLA),
helped by Israeli and
Pakistani mercenaries, claimed
success to take a key town in
the East, a UN report has
criticized the insurgent
groups, the government, and
their sponsored militia of
abducted conscription of
children.<More>
7. UN Calls for Ceasefire in
Lanka
(January 05, 2007)
A top UN official appealed to
the Sri Lankan Government (SLG)
and the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to stop
their fighting as the citizens
“continue to suffer deeply”
and the recent civilian death
from SLG air attack is causing
“deepest concern.”<More>
8. No SLMM in Combat Areas
(January 03, 2007)
As the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) withdrew
from combat areas in the North and East, the Sri Lankan
Air Force (SLAF) raid killed 15 civilians (including 4
children), wounded dozens, and destroyed all but 5
houses in Northern coast near Mannar.<More>
9. Citizens in Crossfire
(December 11, 2006)
Thousands of civilians took shelter in schools and
Buddhist temples after wayward artillery fire wounded
dozens and killed and wounded many soldiers, rebels, and
civilians and the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and rebels
trading charges on who was responsible.<More>
10. LTTE Wants “Independent”
Nation
(December 08, 2006)<
The Sri Lankan Government
rejected Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader
Vellupillai Prabakaran’s call
for an “independent” Tamil
Eelam as there is no other
option left for the Tamils and
has enacted tougher
anti-terror laws.<More>
11. Lanka President in India
(November 27, 2006)
As the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) and Army (SLA)
resumed operations against the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE), President Mahinda Rajapakse is
visiting India amid allegations that senior Indian
officials are pro-Sri Lankan Government (SLG).<More>
12. TNA MP Assassinated
(November 13, 2006)
A prominent Member of Parliament and known Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathizer was
assassinated by unidentified killers as a Sea Tigers
attack on Sri Lankan Navy resulted in the death of 6
Tigers and 35 sailors.<More>
13. Lanka Referendum on Merger?
(November 09, 2006)
Under threat by right-wing JVP of a law suit, a
coalition partner to the Government, Sri Lankan Prime
Minister Ratna Wickremanayake told the Parliament that
the controversy over the merger of north and east
provinces could be settled through a referendum.<More>
14. Indian Relief Supplies for Lanka
(November 06, 2006)
In a significant development, India has agreed to honor
a request from the Sri Lankan Government (SLG) to supply
relief goods to displaced populations of the North and
East suffering from the closure of the A-9 Highway that
is the lifeline of the Jaffna Peninsula.<More>
15. Lanka Talks in Stalemate
(October 31, 2006)
As expected, the Geneva-based
talks between the Sri Lanka
Government (SLG) and the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) ended without an
agreement on any of the
issues, but surprisingly,
there was no agreement on
future engagement.<More>
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17. MCS Tracks Turtle Migration to TN
(October 27, 2006)
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has successfully
tracked tagged endangered green turtles (Chelonian mydas)
through satellites from Southern Sri Lanka to the Gulf
of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, a protected area off
Tamil Nadu (TN).<More>
18. Pre-cursor to Lanka Talks in Geneva
(October 26, 2006)
As an Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) team left
for Geneva , important information surrounding the
Southern Consensus arrived between dominant political
parties stressing on political settlement to the ethnic
strife is emanating.<More>
19. Lankan Leaders Agree on MoU
(October 24, 2006)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda
Rajapakse and Leader of the
Opposition Ranil
Wickremesinghe seemed to have
agreed on the 6-point
cooperation Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) on crucial
issues facing the island
nation.<More>
20. UNP Will Support
Constitutional Amendment
(October 19, 2006)
The Sri Lankan United National
Party (UNP) promised to
support any legislation that
could be introduced by the
President to restore the
status quo of the merger of
North and East struck down by
the Supreme Court (SC) as
“null and void.” <More>
21. Southern Consensus in Sri Lanka?
(October 14, 2006)
In a significant political move, Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapakse’s Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP) and
former Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United
National Party agreed to pursue a “national consensus”
on all issues.<More>
22. Lanka-LTTE Grand Standing
(October 10, 2006)
While emphasizing that his Government was committed to a
“negotiated settlement” and wanting a “successful”
Geneva summit, Sri Lanka told facilitators that he will
be “compelled” to react if LTTE continues with “violent
and provocative measures.”<More>
23. Indo-Sri Lanka Trade Looking at USD
3B
(October 05, 2006)
From a mere USD 650 million in 2000,
the Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) is set to take
bilateral trade to USD 3 billion
next calendar year despite unethical
business practices not-conducive to
business by the Sri Lankan
Government (SLG).<More>
24. Maoist Meet Focuses on Coordination
(October 03, 2006)
In an ominous note, the fourth conference of the
Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and
Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA) in Nepal
resolved to better coordinate to turn South Asia
“into a flaming field of people’s upsurges.”<More>
25. LTTE Agrees to Talks
(September 28, 2006)
Responding to calls from many
parties and despite
afterthought caveats
introduced by the Sri Lankan
Government (SLG), the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) said that his
organization is ready to
resume stalled talks on a
peaceful future in the island.<More>
26. Indian ‘No’ to TNA Team, ‘Yes’ to Others
(September 26, 2006)
Affirming its policy of separating the rights of the Sri
Lankan Tamils from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE), India refused to entertain members of the Sri
Lankan Tamil National Alliance (TNA) but has invited
other parties for consultations.<More>
27. Diplomatic Pressure on LTTE
(September 22, 2006)
The new US Ambassador to Sri Lanka espoused the Sri
Lankan Government (SLG) line claiming that there is
intense diplomatic pressure on the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to offer “credible guarantees” not to
rearm while negotiating. <More>
28. Lanka Says Willing to Talk
Peace
(September 18, 2006)
At sharp variance with
international mediators, Sri
Lanka denied agreeing to hold
unconditional talks with Tamil
rebels but said it was
committed to peace and
negotiated settlement provided
there is “a comprehensive and
verifiable cessation of
hostilities.”<More>
29. Disappearances on Rise in South Asia
(September, 06 2006)
As nations of South Asia fight terrorism, Amnesty International (AI) says
that “enforced disappearances” of people is growing and while “new patterns”
are emerging from Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.<More>
30. SLA Claims Military Successes as TN Censures It
(August 21, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Army has claimed several major successes
against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) even
as the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a
resolution censuring the Government for the death of
scores of children by air attacks. <More>
31. LTTE to Stay Banned, No Lanka Intervention
(August 10, 2006)
The National Security Advisor M K Narayanan said that
India has no plans to lift the ban on the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and for “direct
intervention” in peace initiatives in Sri Lanka where
hostilities has escalated rapidly to civil war
proportions. <More>
32. Norway Initiative Fails in Lankan Water War
(August 08, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Government (SLG) rejected a compromise
formula worked out by Norwegian peace brokers to open a
canal that has killed 425 and caused a mass exodus
saying that it did not want “terrorists” to open the
waterway. <More>
33. SLMM Collapses, Ceasefire Dead as Civil War Looms
(August 02, 2006)
Sri Lanka moved ground troops following air force raids
on a “humanitarian operation” to take control of a water
reservoir in an ill-defined area but controlled by the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sparking the
Tamils to declare the ceasefire dead.<More>
34. LTTE
Insists on Change in Monitor
(July 24, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has
reiterated to the visiting Ambassador-at-Large
of Swedish Foreign Ministry that there is no
change in its
demand for withdrawal of EU monitors from the Sri Lanka Monitoring
Mission (SLMM) by September 1.<More>
35. TN Politician Says No Aid to Lanka
(July 20, 2006)
Extreme right wing {Tamil Nadu}
local politician Vaiko urged the
Federal Government not to provide
military, material, or financial
assistance to Sri Lanka that would
enable “the Sri Lankan Air Force
to strafe and bomb the Tamil
areas, killing innocent Tamils.”
<More>
36. PLOTE Leader Killed
(July 14, 2006)
A senior member of the People’s
Liberation Organization of Tamil
Eelam (PLOTE) Bolder Rajan was
shot dead in Jaffna by
unidentified gunmen.<More>
37. Lanka Allots Oil Blocks for India,
China
(July 12, 2006)
For the first time ever, the Sri
Lankan Government has invited India
and China to explore for oil in two of
the seven blocks identified for
exploration along its sea belt on a
“nomination” basis which means that
the two nations will not have to bid
on tenders.<More>
38. Lanka Promises Large Aid for Tamil
Areas
(July 12, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda
Rajapakse asked his advisors to
study the Indian devolution model
to share power with Tamils of the
North and North East and promised
a USD 1.25 billion tranche as
means to bring the bloody ethnic
feud to an end.<More>
39. LTTE Regrets Rajiv Gandhi
Assassination
(June 29, 2006)
In a virtual admission of guilt,
the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) Chief Peace
Negotiator and Ideologue, Anton
Balasingham said that his
organization deeply regretted the
assassination of former Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi.<More>
40. Lankan Deputy Army Chief Killed
(June 28, 2006)
Suspected Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber
rammed his motorcycle on a car
carrying Deputy Chief of Sri
Lankan Army killing him and 3
others and injuring 8.<More>
41. LTTE Wants EU Monitors Removed
(June 22, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) has categorically
told Norwegian peace facilitators
in Sri Lanka that it will not
accept truce monitors from the
European Union (EU) because of the
terrorism-related ban on LTTE in
Europe.<More>
42. 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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