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LTTE's Demand for Interim Administration
Ram Kumar. · 28 May, 2003 · #1046 · Commentary
The cat is out of the bag. After a month long stalemate in the Sri Lankan Peace process, the LTTE has come out openly with the demand for an interim administration in North-East Sri Lanka. The LTTE announced its decision to review its participation ...
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Sri Lankan Peace Talks – IX: Deadlock over Dead Claims and Locked Commitments
N Manoharan. · 27 May, 2003 · #1045 · Commentary
There was war. With the change of government in December 2001, there was a ceasefire, and the hope for peace. Consequently, with Norwegian mediation and sustained international pressure, there were peace talks. Six rounds were held till March 2003; ...
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Fishing in Troubled Waters: The Plight of Indian Fishermen in Kachchativu
P G Rajamohan. · 21 Apr, 2003 · #1016 · Commentary
Sri Lankan fishermen took 118 Indian fishermen into their custody and handed them over to the Sri Lankan Police following a clash where the Indian fishermen trespassed into the territorial waters of Sri Lanka around Kachchativu area. Immediate Indi ...
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Sri Lankan Peace Talks – VIII: Sixth Round: It’s Alive and On
N Manoharan. · 13 Apr, 2003 · #1005 · Commentary
Venue
Hakone (80 km west of Tokyo), Japan.
Date
18-21 March 2003.
Negotiating Teams
Government of Sri Lanka: Headed by Prof G. L. Peris (Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Peace). Other members: Milinda Moragoda (Econo ...
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Tigresses of Lanka: From Girls to Guerillas
N Manoharan. · 21 Mar, 2003 · #1001 · Commentary
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Given the patriarchal structure of Tamil society, one wonders what factors make young Sri Lankan Tamil women to enroll themselves into the LTTE. A ...
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Japans’ Role in Sri Lanka’s Peace Process: India on the Back Foot?
. · 21 Mar, 2003 · #999 · Commentary
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As the world’s attention remains focused on West Asia, a significant development is taking pla ...
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Sri Lankan Peace Talks – VII: Fifth Round: Reiterations and Consolidations
N Manoharan. · 28 Feb, 2003 · #971 · Commentary
Venue
Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, Germany
Date
7-8 February 2003
Negotiating Teams
Government of Sri Lanka: Headed by Prof G. L. Peris (Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Peace). Other members: Milinda Mor ...
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Sri Lankan Peace Talks – VI: Fourth Round: Where, When, Who and What
N Manoharan. · 18 Jan, 2003 · #954 · Commentary
Venue
Rose Garden Golf resort, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand.
Date
6-9 January 2003.
Negotiating Teams
Government of Sri Lanka: Headed by Prof GL Peris, Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Peace. Other members Cab ...
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Sri Lankan Crisis – Time for an Active Role?
. · 17 Aug, 2001 · #545 · Commentary
The Foreign Secretary, Ms. Chokila Iyer, speaking in Colombo (August 10) after the SAARC Foreign Secretaries meeting said India “was opposed to both violence and terrorism”, replying to a question on why it did not condemn the LTTE attack ...
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Attack at Katunayake: Strategic Rights and Political Wrongs
N Manoharan. · 02 Aug, 2001 · #533 · Commentary
The daring attack by the LTTE on the Katunayake air base and the
Bandaranaike
International
Airport near
Colombo on July 24 entailed an “unprecedented destruction for modern aviation&rdquo ...
