Norway puts off Tamil Tiger talks
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Norway's peace envoy to Sri Lanka agrees to a government request to put off talks with the Tamil Tigers.
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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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Tamil Tiger rebels said Thursday they were ready to revive a dying ceasefire abandoned by Sri Lanka's government and urged Norway to maintain its role as peace broker.
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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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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has again ruled out negotiations with Muslim separatists in the south. In his weekly radio address, Mr Thaksin said he would not talk to militants trying to use violence to force his government to discuss secession.
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Sri Lanka's government on Friday rejected a Tamil Tiger offer to abide by the terms of a newly-scrapped six-year ceasefire and vowed to push on with a military campaign to crush the rebels.
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Norway, which is the peace broker in Sri Lanka, has asked Tamil rebel group LTTE to stop killing its political rivals as such killings are jeopardising the peace process in the island nation.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels deny reports of another split in their organisation.
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Colombo: Norway&#39;s latest bid to salvage Sri Lanka&#39;s faltering peace process ended without a breakthrough Friday but the government and the rebels have pledged to continue to uphold a fragile truce.
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Sri Lanka's government officially notified peace-broker Norway on Thursday that it is pulling out of a 2002 cease-fire agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels that has failed to quell the violence.
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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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KIEV - Talks aimed at ending the political standoff in Ukraine have broken off, with the country&#39;s opposition party claiming negotiations to end the crisis are pointless.
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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.
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Sri Lanka has ruled out a military crackdown against Tamil Tiger rebels following their proscription as a terrorist organisation by the European Union.
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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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A Sri Lankan official has denied the government has agreed to unconditional talks with Tamil Tiger rebels, and accused peace broker Norway of failing to consult with Colombo before making any announcement.
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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.