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...average beach resort. The navy gunboats sweeping the harbor are another. So why are hotels in this northeastern Sri Lankan town booked nearly solid these days? Blame it on the cease-fire. For years, Trincomalee's proximity to the front lines of the war against separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and its strategic value as a major deepwater harbor made it a city on edge. The war also kept visitors from some of the island's finest beaches on the little-visited eastern coast. Just six months ago, the Tigers launched a suicide attack on a troop-transport ship...
...LANKA Face-to-Face An end to the 18-year civil war moved tantalizingly closer as a date was set for direct negotiations between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels. Officials said face-to-face talks aimed at reaching a political settlement would start in May, with Thailand as a possible venue. More than 64,000 people have died since the rebels began their fight for an independent state...
...LANKA Real Deal Norwegian mediators scored a major breakthrough when the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels agreed to a permanent cease-fire after two decades of civil war. The memorandum of understanding not only halts offensive action but also includes detailed provisions for the treatment of civilians. News of the agreement came only hours after a major sea battle off the northeast coast in which a naval officer was killed and several injured...
...draw parallels with, say, the Tamils and LTTE," another official explains, referring to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who have been waging a bloody campaign for two decades for an independent state in Sri Lanka. "If Tamils set up businesses in Sri Lanka and then support the Tamil Tigers, what can the Sri Lankan government do? It can only monitor these businessmen but cannot arrest them without concrete proof. It's the same here. Al-Qaeda representatives are sent to ensure the radical groups in the region have the necessary funding to buy arms and don't have...
...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...