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Increase in murders among Lankans in UK Head of the specialist crime directorate at Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur warned last Wednesday that there has been a dramatic increase in murders among London's Sri Lankan and Turkish communities. The revelation came when Ghaffur said that the police have to recruit more detectives if it is ever to solve a backlog of 600 murders. He further stated that they include domestic and gangland killings and high profile murders. His comments were triggered after a spate of 11 killings in just seven days and the large number of killings among the Sri Lankan and Turkish expatriates here in the recent past. US reiterates its support for peace Assistant Secretary to the Bureau of South Asia Department of State of the US Government, Christina B. Rocca, reiterated her country's support for peaceful solutions in the region, and opposed the use of violence, whether it be generated by the LTTE in Sri Lanka, Maoists in Nepal or militants in Kashmir. Christina B. Rocca was addressing the sub-committees on Asia and the Pacific on October 29, on US Counterterrorism Policy towards South Asia. Speaking on the peace initiatives in Sri Lanka, the Assistant Secretary said that the United States supported the peace talks with the LTTE in the hope of creating a permanent peace in Sri Lanka. On October 2, the US Government redesignated the LTTE as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and made clear that it could be revoked only if the LTTE renounced terrorism and ceased all terrorist activities. She added that the LTTE and the Maoists still pursued violent means to achieve their ends. "Until all these activities come to an end, we will not cease in our efforts" Rocca said. EU says Tiger proposals important step in peace bid COLOMBO, Nov 1 (AFP) - European Union member states welcomed the unveiling of a Tamil Tiger blueprint for a power-sharing arrangement as an "important step forward in the peace process". "This represents an important step forward in the peace process," a statement by European Union heads of mission in Colombo said. The EU added it hoped the proposals would lead to a resumption of peace talks stalled since April. |
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