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COLOMBO - As Sri Lanka enters a critical juncture of its peace process to end 18 years of internal strife, the United Nations World Food Programme called attention to the plight of some 77,000 people living in government welfare…
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Colombo (dpa) - Sri Lanka Monday entered into an agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to collect data of persons displaced due to the minority ethnic conflict. The agreement came after a ceasefire between the Sri Lankan…
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COLOMBO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Confidence in Sri Lanka's peace process has soared in recent months despite fierce nationalist opposition to a Norwegian bid to end nearly two decades of ethnic war, an opinion poll showed on Monday. Even before…
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This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Launched on 13 August 2001 for CHF 1,258,427 for 6 months. Budget was revised in October to CHF 495,307 to cover the same original 6 months period. DREF…
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Preamble The overall objective of the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (hereinafter referred to as the GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (hereinafter referred to as the LTTE) is to find a negotiated solution…
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Statement by Mr. Jan Petersen, Foreign Minister of Norway Announcement of Sri Lanka ceasefire As from 00:00 hours on 23 February 2002, a ceasefire agreement enters into force between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam…
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By Scott McDonald COLOMBO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan military and Tamil rebels clashed on Thursday for the first time since December but a top minister said the two sides were still close to putting an indefinite ceasefire…
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka hopes to begin preliminary peace talks in the next two months with Tamil Tiger rebels to end a bitter ethnic war. A government statement released late on Sunday said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told leaders…
Sri Lanka
By Scott McDonald COLOMBO (Reuters) - Norwegian officials arrived in Sri Lanka Thursday to discuss what could be the final details of putting a formal cease-fire in place for talks to begin on ending nearly two decades of ethnic…
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Ambassador Ed Marks and Advocate Sayre Nyce are conducting a follow-up mission to Sri Lanka to investigate the situation for internally displaced people in the country. Refugees International last conducted a mission there in March 2001 and made a…
