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...SRI LANKA Peace Moves Journalists had their first glimpse of life behind rebel-held lines as the Tamil Tiger leadership allowed a visit to the Vanni region and the government lifted a seven-year economic blockade on the northern territory. The arrival of trucks carrying food, medicines and other goods was seen as a key step in the revival of Norwegian-led truce talks between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels...
...SRI LANKA Peace Overtures For the first time in seven years, both sides in the 18-year conflict that has claimed more than 64,000 lives are observing cease-fires. Hopes that the mutual truces, which began on Dec. 24, could lead to peace talks were bolstered when the new government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made a conciliatory gesture to Tamil Tiger rebels: it announced that economic sanctions would be eased in areas held by the insurgents...
...SRI LANKA Season's Greetings Hailing the November election win of Ranil Wickremesinghe's United National Front as a "collective mandate for peace and ethnic harmony," the Tamil Tiger rebels announced a one-month unilateral cease-fire beginning on Christmas Eve. Wickremesinghe, who has said that he will negotiate with the rebels, responded to the olive branch by pledging that the government will comply "as a goodwill gesture to facilitate peace." Sri Lanka's previous government pursued an aggressive military strategy favored by President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Wickremesinghe's longtime archrival...
...Colombo, Sri Lanka Fort Railway Station on Tuesday, a farmer broke a fairly unusual world record when he used his teeth to drag a 40-ton railway carriage more than 25 meters...
According to Gamini Wasantha Kumara, the strong Sri Lankan, the previous record had been a mere 24 meters...