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Colombo (dpa) - Tamil rebels Wednesday conveyed to Norwegian peace facilitators that they want their own interim administration established in northern and eastern Sri Lanka before discussing any further core issues related to resolving the 20-year-old ethnic conflict, a rebel…

COLOMBO, May 21, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Norwegian special peace envoy Erik Solheim will visit Sri Lanka next week in a bid to revive the stalled peace process in the country, officials said. Solheim will meet Sri Lankan President Chandrika…

COLOMBO, May 16, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has indicated that she would like to have the participation of two Muslim allies of her freedom alliance government in the peace talks instead of the…

In Brief Appeal No. 01.57/03; Appeal target: CHF 1,182,574 (USD 923,930 or EUR 747,963); Appeal coverage: 43.6% (click here to go directly to the Financial Report). This Annual Report reflects activities implemented over a one-year period; they form part of, and…

COLOMBO, May 13, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels said on Thursday that they had reached agreement with the government on most of the fundamental issues concerning the resumption of the peace talks and the…

COLOMBO, May 12, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- It will be three months before the talks on Sri Lanka's peace talks between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels could resume, a government minister said on Wednesday. Reginold Cooray,…

Colombo (dpa) - Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Peterson arrived in Sri Lanka Monday for talks with President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Tamil rebels to revive a stalled peace process aimed at ending the country's 20-year-old ethnic conflict, officials said. The visiting…

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are warning that Norway's renewed efforts to broker peace in the island are in jeopardy. Norway's Foreign Minister, Jan Petersen is due to visit Sri Lanka in a bid to resume peace talks to end…

Mission Highlights Failure of the rains during the Maha season, especially in the districts of Kurunegala, Anuradhapura and Puttalam, resulted in reductions of 77.5, 37.0 and 63.3 percent, respectively, in Maha season paddy production in these districts compared to the…

Mission Highlights Failure of the rains during the Maha season, especially in the districts of Kurunegala, Anuradhapura and Puttalam, resulted in reductions of 77.5, 37.0 and 63.3 percent, respectively, in Maha season paddy production in these districts…