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Refugees in S. India to return by P. KRISHNASAMY Some 200,000 Sri Lankan refugees in South India are poised to return in
a development that will remove an irritant in relations across the Palk
Straits, officials told the 'Sunday Observer.' Bhikkhus attend B'caloa LTTE peace event by Frances Bulathsinghala in Batticaloa If one-time LTTE Eastern strongman Karikalan was a notable absentee at
Friday's commemoration in Batticaloa of Annai Bhoopathy, the LTTE women
activists who fasted to death in protest against the IPKF in 1988, also
notable was the participation of three Sinhalese Buddhist monks. Rs. 600m. arms deal probed by RAMANI KANGARAARACHCHI The Ministry of Defence has commenced investigations into an allegedly
irregular arms deal concluded by the previous government just two days
prior to the December 5 general election. The deal is for the purchase of
30,000 missiles for the Army's 122 mm calibre, multi-barrelled rocket
launchers at a total cost of Rs. 600 million. 'No pain bigger than war' - Norway's Dy. Foreign Min. Efforts to end the ethnic conflict are moving more quickly than
expected, Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen told a group of
journalists in Colombo yesterday. Other Stories |
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