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...decades, Sri Lanka lived with war, as the Tigers fought for a Tamil homeland in the north and east of the island. Now, after a four-year cease-fire, many fear it is drifting back into full-blown conflict. Norwegian facilitators have persuaded the Sinhalese government and the Tigers to meet in Geneva later this month, the first time the two sides have come together in three years. The sole item on the agenda is to discuss better implementation of a cease-fire agreement, signed in Feb. 2002, but which is now on life support. "There will be some pretty...
...tsunami. Across the Indian Ocean in Aceh, the disaster persuaded guerrillas and the Indonesian government to declare a truce and work together. Sri Lanka had a similar opportunity. International donors pledged more than $7.5 billion in development and tsunami aid?that's $375 for every person on the island. But bitter squabbles over how to share the cash?last summer, nationalist Sinhalese and Buddhist monks claimed giving aid to the Tigers legitimized terrorism?only aggravated divisions. Hagrup Haukland, Norwegian chief of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, can barely contain his frustration over the recent fighting. "It's madness," he exclaims...
...that are Sri Lanka's main attraction. Foreign aid and investment will fall, as will tourist numbers. But Sri Lanka's economy kept growing during the earlier years of war, and is in better shape today than it was, now that a collection of boutique hotels has made the island the favored destination of the long-haul travel crowd. Although tourists may continue to enjoy Sri Lanka, if war is renewed, those who live there year-round will continue to have their aspirations for peace thwarted. Haunting the island is the possibility that neither side in the conflict is able...
...Funny Face A SMOKY HONEYEATER, with a bright orange patch on its face and a pendant wattle under each eye, is believed to be the first new bird found on the island of New Guinea since...
...Michelle, and was also excited to be part of the US team," said David Raith, executive director of the US Figure Skating Association and the first to inform the Hughes family. By early morning, the media circus had already set up its tents outside the Hughes home in Long Island, New York, and the family had to unplug its phone at 4am so they could get some sleep...