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...LANKA A New Offer The government made a surprise announcement that it would consider signing a cease-fire agreement with Tamil Tiger separatists ahead of a new round of peace talks. But the rebels dismissed the olive branch as a ploy to divert attention from a political crisis faced by President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling party. Kumaratunga suspended Parliament in July to avoid a no-confidence vote after losing her parliamentary majority...
...museum received a letter from the "International Committee for Art and Peace." It said the oil painting, valued at $1 million, would not be returned until Israel and the Palestinians make peace. Museum officials are taking the demand seriously. If only Israel and the Palestinians would. SRI LANKA Tamils Up the Odds Tamil Tiger separatists launched a wave of attacks on government property and security forces in a marked upsurge of hostilities. Rebels overran a police station in the island's southeast, leaving 17 police dead in several hours of fighting, while an attack on the front lines...
...face of an obscure stone tablet is one of the few places in Sri Lanka where Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam can be found side by side. On it, inscriptions in Chinese, Tamil and Persian praise Buddha, Shiva and Allah in equal measure. According to the tributes, alms to each deity - 1,000 pieces of gold, 5,000 of silver, rolls of embroidered silk and taffeta, gold vases and scented oil - were offered in scrupulously identical lots. The offerings and the stela, erected by Zheng He on his third trip to the island, were failed bids at diplomacy. When his efforts...
...LANKA Suicide Bombers Strike at Airport Audacious attacks by Tamil tiger rebels on a military air base and the international airport at Colombo left 21 people dead and 11 aircraft destroyed. At the airport hundreds of passengers dived for cover as gunfire and grenades exploded at 3:45 a.m. Four hours earlier the rebels had struck at the Katunayake Air Force Base, blowing up eight military aircraft. The dead - seven servicemen and 14 rebels - included several suicide bombers, who detonated explosives strapped around their bodies. The attack was thought to have marked the anniversary of the 1983 anti-Tamil riots...
JAYALALITHA JAYARAM Despite corruption bust, Indian actress elected in state of Tamil Nadu (Hindi for New Jersey...