Problems over relief for Sri Lanka's Tamils eased: official
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Problems over the distribution of aid to Tamil survivors of the tsunami in Sri Lanka's devastated Ampara district have eased after a meeting between the government and local Tamil leaders, an official said.
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Colombo, Nov 28 : The Sri Lankan government today asked the Tamil Tigers to work for a negotiated political settlement to the decades-old ethnic strife, a day after LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran threatened to go back to war.
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The United States has voiced concern about the fate of 355 Sri Lankans who &quot;disappeared&quot; in recent months amid an escalation of the island&#39;s ethnic conflict, the government here said Friday.
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Inhabitants of war-torn northern Sri Lanka are having difficulty coming to terms with the new tragedy of the Asian tsunami, says the BBC's Frances Harrison.
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Norwegian peace mediators voice concern at Sri Lanka's decision to end a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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The Sri Lankan government says a wave of killings blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels is undermining confidence in the peace process, which has been stalled since April 2003.
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Colombo, Oct 02: Sri Lanka on Monday opened talks with a top Norwegian envoy on saving the troubled peace process with Tamil Tigers even as suspected rebels shot dead a police officer in the island's restive ...Comment
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Sri Lanka on Tuesday welcomed a  European Union ban against the island&#039;s Tamil Tiger rebels that  diplomats said would freeze the their assets, saying it hoped  it would convince the rebels to resume peace talks.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has said that the government planned to begin the reconstruction process by January 15 with the help of all political parties and the Tamil Tigers, reports Xinhua.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers told Norway's special peace envoy on Tuesday they are prepared to meet the government for crunch peace talks in Oslo in late October, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters, in a move welcomed as "positive" by the government.
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COLOMBO - Deadly tsunamis have unexpectedly shored up Sri Lankaâs peace process, where the government has been under pressure to open talks with Tiger rebels or risk war.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has said that the government can no longer ignore the spate of killings by the Tamil Tiger rebels, a presidential statement available here on Thursday.
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Dec 30  - Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday left the door open for cooperation with their warring partner, the Sri Lankan government, on tsunami relief operations.
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  - Tamil Tiger rebels held  their first talks with Norwegian peace envoys since the tsunami  Saturday saying the disaster opened up new possibilities for a  solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
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Sri Lanka's key lenders will hold fresh talks with Tamil Tiger rebels to assess tsunami damage amid hopes of finalising a reconstruction plan estimated to cost 1.5 billion dollars, officials said.
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Sri Lanka will introduce tough emergency regulations to curb terrorist activities but will not impose a ban on Tamil Tiger rebels, the island's government said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka's truce brought back tourists but the tsunami has ended the revival, writes Sanjoy Majumder.