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...along the Line of Control, their de facto border in the disputed territory. Whether Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee will hold talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Islamabad in January, however, is unclear. Peace Threat SRI LANKA Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran warned the country's divided leadership he would revive his demands for an independent state if the peace process remained stalled. He denied accusations by President Chandrika Kumaratunga that the rebels are using the current truce as a cover to re-arm. Peace talks broke...
...taking part in demonstrations against President Robert Mugabe. A call by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions for a two-day strike to protest the arrests had elicited a lukewarm response. More than 30 of the original demonstrators remained in detention. Archive: Zimbabwe in TIME Time To Talk SRI LANKA A joint committee set up by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should work out new power-sharing arrangements by Dec. 15, Kumaratunga's spokesman announced, and so end a bitter tussle between the two rivals that threatens to derail efforts to end the 20-year-long civil...
...seats in the Diet's Lower House in national elections. Koizumi claimed the poll as a vote of confidence in his reform program, despite a surge in support for the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which gained 40 seats. Who's In Charge Here? SRI LANKA The Norwegian government said it would withdraw from its role as mediator in the peace process until the power struggle between President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was resolved. Kumaratunga has accused Wickremesinghe of conceding too much in the negotiations with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Sri Lanka: Peace in The Balance Diabetes...
...which adds up to weeks, if not months, in which Sri Lanka's peace process will be mothballed or, worse, derailed. "This is a job without end," sighs a Western diplomat involved in the negotiations. "We've learned not to set fixed goals." It's an odd statement when that goal is peace. But in Sri Lanka, it might also be a realistic...
...ASIA Sri Lanka: Political Crisis China: Pride and Prejudice...