Norway FM takes peace message to Tamil Tigers
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Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga offered to revive stalled peace talks with the Tamil Tigers in a message conveyed to rebels by Norway's Foreign Minister Jan Petersen, her office said.
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"This comes on top of the increasingly frequent and brutal acts of violence perpetrated by both parties, and I am deeply concerned that the violence and hostilities will now escalate even further"  Sri Lanka Thursday formally told peace facilitator Norway and the Nordic truce monitors that it would withdraw from the Ceasefire Agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam from Jan 16. via Nerve News
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  - Tamil Tiger rebels held  their first talks with Norwegian peace envoys since the tsunami  on Saturday saying the disaster opened up new possibilities for  a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels announced a resumption of their &quot;freedom struggle&quot; after declaring that a truce arranged by peace broker Norway had collapsed.
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The chief of Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels sent an unexpected message to the country&#39;s president via Norwegian peace brokers on Thursday, offering ways to revive stalled peace talks aimed at ending a two-decade civil war.
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Thursday made a fresh offer to President Chandrika Kumaratunga through Norway to end a 19-month deadlock on peace talks.
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Norway's Foreign Minister Jan Petersen arrived here to launch his latest initiative to save Sri Lanka's faltering peace process as officials played down expectations of a breakthrough
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BRUSSELS/COLOMBO  - The Sri Lankan government and   Tamil Tiger rebels have told Norwegian mediators they are   willing to return to peace talks without conditions,   international peace mediators said on Tuesday.
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The Sri Lankan government and the   Tamil Tiger guerrillas have told Norwegian peace mediators they   are willing to return to peace talks without conditions,   Japan's peace envoy to the country said on Tuesday.
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Colombo, Nov 5 (UNI) London-based chief negotiator and political advisor of the Tamil Tiger rebels, Anton Balasingham is likely to visit Wanni early next week to assist elusive rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran during his meeting with Norwegian Foreign
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The latest attempt by Norway to kick start the stalled peace process in Sri Lanka has ended without any sign of progress. Norwegian envoy, Erik Solheim, failed to make a breakthrough in meetings with the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Sri Lanka will deal with Tamil Tiger "terrorism" firmly, a government minister said on Thursday, arguing the island nation was faced with more suicide bombers than the entire Middle East.
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda   Rajapaksa called on the separatist Tamil Tigers on Wednesday to   give up violence and embrace democracy and the peace process,   including international negotiations brokered by Norway.
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Sept 29, Colombo: The Norwegian government has expressed serious concern over the political killings in Sri Lanka. Norwegian Ambassador in Colombo Hans Brattskar made this statement when he met SP Tamilselvan
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Norway's latest bid to salvage Sri Lanka's faltering peace process ended without a breakthrough but the government and the rebels have pledged to continue to uphold a fragile truce.
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Sri Lanka signalled Friday it wanted to end Norway's position as the island's main peace broker as international concern mounted over Colombo's decision to end a truce with Tamil Tiger guerrillas.
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Norway, which brokered a cease-fire that halted Sri Lanka&#39;s two-decade civil war, isn&#39;t confident peace talks will resume between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.