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...LTTE, the Tamil National Alliance may play a greater role in negotiations for Tamil rights. There is still some hope of a political settlement that will grant Tamils some protection and greater autonomy; the Sri Lankan government is expected to ask for millions in international aid to rebuild the north. But the dream of eelam may be dead. (Read "Escape from Hell: Refugees Flee Sri Lankan War Zone...
...there is skepticism. Pakistani leaders have passed the hat before, yet little of the $10 billion in U.S. military aid sent to Islamabad since 9/11 has been used to fight the extremists. Previous military operations have ended with peace deals that gave Pakistan's militants larger, safer sanctuaries. Some members of Congress are asking quite why--given all that U.S. aid--the Pakistani army has found it so hard to defeat the militants...
...expressed his gratitude to the multiple congregations for their gestures of consolation and aid. Members of the destroyed church will likely disperse to different Mormon churches in the area in future weeks...
...With the aid of $700 in student donations, H-Bomb made it to press, albeit in dramatically reduced fashion—printing only 1,000 copies compared to the 6,000 to 8,000 they used to publish, according to Colette S. Perold ’11, H-Bomb’s business manager. Still feeling the pinch even with the donations, H-Bomb also decided to switch—at least for this issue—from a free and door-dropped magazine to a publication sold in dining halls for $5 a copy...
...Tiger websites had reported that the Tiger leaders had contacted the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday morning to inform the aid group that only some 1,000 people remained in the narrow area under Tiger control, including the Tiger leadership, nonmilitary LTTE members and cadres, some injured. The pro-Tiger site TamilNet had reported that LTTE leadership told the ICRC that "there was no firing from the LTTE side" and "urged the ICRC to evacuate the wounded." Both the leaders mentioned in the report were later killed by government forces...