Norway tackles S Lanka row
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Norway's foreign minister arrives in Sri Lanka to hold talks with the government and rebels over tsunami relief and the peace process.
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Heavy fighting has gripped Sri Lanka as Tamil Tiger rebels and troops blamed each other for the renewed battles and India sent a top envoy to discuss the worsening violence.
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Hundreds of Sri Lankan protestors carried the body of a slain political activist to the Norwegian embassy in a noisy protest against Norway's role in brokering peace with Tamil Tiger rebels, witnesses said.
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Norway is set to make a fresh bid to salvage Sri Lanka's peace process two years after kicking off internationally-backed negotiations with hopes of ending three decades of ethnic bloodshed.
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Norway's effort to end Sri Lanka's civil war is not dead, despite increased violence and a lack of progress in bringing the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to the negotiating table, the nation's foreign minister said Thursday.
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Troops and Tamil Tigers fought fierce battles in northern Sri Lanka, leaving scores killed, officials said as the rebels accused Colombo of ignoring moves by Norway to end the latest bloodshed.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s bid to forge lasting peace with Tamil Tiger rebels after two decades of civil war is at its most critical ebb since a 2002 truce, Norway&#39;s peace envoy to the country said on Wednesday.
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Norway's top peace envoys opened talks with Sri Lanka's political leaders in a bid to jump-start negotiations between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said.
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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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BRUSSELS/COLOMBO  - The Sri Lankan government and   Tamil Tiger rebels have told Norwegian 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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A Norwegian peace envoy is wrapping up a visit to Sri Lanka, with no sign of any breakthrough in re-starting the country&#39;s stalled peace process.
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Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheimmet Wednesday with Tamil Tigers leaders at the rebel-held northerntown of Kilinochchi in a fresh attempt to revive Sri Lanka&#39;s peacetalks, the national television reported.
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By SHIMALI SENANAYAKE Associated Press Writer COLOMBO, Sri Lanka . Norwegian envoys held a key meeting Thursday with the reclusive Tamil Tiger chief to bring the rebels and Sri Lanka&#39;s government closer
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Truce monitors in Sri Lanka from European Union (EU) member states Denmark, Finland and Sweden must leave the country by September 1, a top Tamil Tiger rebel leader has told AFP.
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Five Nordic nations held talks to try to salvage Sri Lanka&#039;s faltering ceasefire, as the slaying of a top army general underscored the threat of full-scale war.
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By David Brunnstrom and Simon GardnerBRUSSELS/COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels have told Norwegian mediators they are willing to return to peace talks without conditions, Japan's peace ...
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The Indian Ocean tsunami which battered Sri Lanka has opened up a window of opportunity for a renewal of dialogue between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels but has also exposed the tensions that exist between the two sides.