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People continue to displace from Jaffna
[ LTTE Peace Secretariat ] [ 12:57 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
People petrified by the excesses of the Sri Lankan military activities continue to displace to Vanni. 'We are scared even to see the military. It is terrifying. We are scared to even go to bed and get up. Young people going to work are beaten' said one displaced mother. One man said, 'They will knock the gate. They will stand at the gate and look inside. They cover their face with black clothes.' In one family all the young people displaced to Vanni leaving the older parents back in Jaffna. They said there are always roundups. Army threatens and beats people randomly. They have not gone to work for one month due to these troubles.
Sri Lankan president seeks consensus on talks with Tigers
[ AFP ] [ 12:59 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka's president has made a fresh attempt to reach agreement among political parties before any talks with Tamil Tiger rebels to stem the latest wave of bloodshed. President Mahinda Rajapakse met leaders of parties represented in parliament Monday to arrive at a common position before starting negotiations with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a statement from his office said. "The president, in a bid to open direct negotiations with the LTTE, and to build a consensus among the political parties in the (majority Sinhalese) south for a final solution, met the representatives of all political parties yesterday," it said. A spokesman for Rajapakse said the multi-party gathering agreed to meet again in nine days.
Wooing the rich, shooing the poor
[ Hindustan Times ] [ 13:07 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
"Rising India" with its new-found passion for the dollar, is assiduously cultivating the rich, successful and famous overseas Indians, mainly resident in the prosperous West. They are being sought out, honoured and feted in extravagant jamborees. Celebration of a Pravasi Bharatiya Divas has no objective other than attracting overseas investment. This is by no means unjustified, given the needs of a growing India. China had done the same thing vis-à-vis the Overseas Chinese community and gained enormously.
Sri Lanka, US Free Trade Pact Uncertain - Ambassador
[ Dow Jones ] [ 13:07 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
A free trade agreement between Sri Lanka and the U.S. isn't a certainty and even if it does happen, it isn't guaranteed to solve the country's trade difficulties, the U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said Tuesday. "I would not bank on the FTA as a solution right now. The U.S. has a full platter of trade negotiations going on. There is a chance, but not a great chance," U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead told a business meeting. The U.S. Congress may not see any benefits in signing an FTA with Sri Lanka, he said.
S.Lanka people suffer as violence rises -monitors
[ Reuters ] [ 13:12 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
Ordinary people in Sri Lanka's north are suffering and are fleeing their homes as Tamil Tiger rebels and the government blame each other for rising violence, the head of a Western truce monitoring group said on Tuesday. The government blames the rebels for a string of attacks on its forces including the suspected suicide sinking of a navy patrol boat at the weekend, while the Tigers say the military is abusing civilians and is behind some attacks on rebels. "If you look at December and January, it is getting worse, I am sorry to say," Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission chief Hagrup Haukland told Reuters in his Colombo office.
Jaffna school girl abducted by SLA soldiers
[ TamilNet ] [ 16:37 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
A school girl, yet to be identified, was forcefully taken away by four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers when she was walking home along PaalPannai Road (Milk farm Road) from school between Kondavil and Thirunelvely junctions in Jaffna at 2 p.m. Tuesday, residents of the area who witnessed the incident said. Jaffna Magistrate Ms Srinithi Nanthikesan and the members of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission were informed of the incident. Residents of the area and a youth witness who saw the girl dragged by the SLA, searched the shrub area near where she was abducted for signs of evidence. Troopers who came to the scene around 5 p.m. with an SLMM member fired in the air to disperse the crowd who were searching the the area.
Human Rights Commission says, 16 Tamils reported missing after being arrested by forces
[ AP ] [ 16:49 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission has received complaints that 16 ethnic Tamil civilians disappeared after being arrested by security forces in northern Jaffna peninsula, a spokesman said Tuesday. "Our Jaffna coordinator has informed us that relatives have complained that they do not have any information regarding 16 civilians arrested by the forces," said Mahinda Hattaka, the commission's spokesman. He said retired High Court Judge T. Suntheralingam will investigate the complaints.Armed forces and police have stepped up security operations and door-to-door searches after an escalation of violence against them, blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels.
Jaffna shooting and abductions of civilians continue
[ LTTE Peace Secretariat ] [ 16:56 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
Pancharatnam Pranavan (24) of Thirunelveli Jaffna was shot and killed by two unidentified men on motorbikes around 2.00 pm on Monday. Pranavan received a call on his mobile phone asking him to meet them in town. Pranavan left his home in Adiyapatham road in Thirunelveli and was traveling on this road. He was shot by two people on a motorbike in front of the video hiring outlet, Kalaiyaham, on the same road. He died on the spot.His body was taken to the Jaffna teaching hospital for postmortem.Hamilton Mariyaseelan (29) was abducted from his home at night on Monday. Unidentified persons holding guns and their faces covered with black clothes entered the home of Mariyaseelan in Vaddappulam in Ilavalai in Jaffna on Monday night while the occupants were asleep.
Sri Lankan foreign minister discusses war, not peace, in Washington
[ WSWS ] [ 17:23 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
US support for the so-called peace process in Sri Lanka has always been a purely tactical means for gaining its ends. While US diplomats have insisted on the resumption of peace talks, there has been a steady stream of top US military officers through Colombo to enhance 'cooperation' between the two countries. The Pentagon seized the opportunity following the 2004 tsunami to dispatch US troops for the first time to Sri Lanka, creating a precedent for future US military involvement in the island's affairs.US officials are obviously in the process of calculating their response. By turning a blind eye to the Sri Lankan military's provocations and berating the LTTE, Rice is adding more inflammable material to what is already an explosive situation.
[ LTTE Peace Secretariat ] [ 12:57 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
People petrified by the excesses of the Sri Lankan military activities continue to displace to Vanni. 'We are scared even to see the military. It is terrifying. We are scared to even go to bed and get up. Young people going to work are beaten' said one displaced mother. One man said, 'They will knock the gate. They will stand at the gate and look inside. They cover their face with black clothes.' In one family all the young people displaced to Vanni leaving the older parents back in Jaffna. They said there are always roundups. Army threatens and beats people randomly. They have not gone to work for one month due to these troubles.
Sri Lankan president seeks consensus on talks with Tigers
[ AFP ] [ 12:59 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka's president has made a fresh attempt to reach agreement among political parties before any talks with Tamil Tiger rebels to stem the latest wave of bloodshed. President Mahinda Rajapakse met leaders of parties represented in parliament Monday to arrive at a common position before starting negotiations with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a statement from his office said. "The president, in a bid to open direct negotiations with the LTTE, and to build a consensus among the political parties in the (majority Sinhalese) south for a final solution, met the representatives of all political parties yesterday," it said. A spokesman for Rajapakse said the multi-party gathering agreed to meet again in nine days.
Wooing the rich, shooing the poor
[ Hindustan Times ] [ 13:07 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
"Rising India" with its new-found passion for the dollar, is assiduously cultivating the rich, successful and famous overseas Indians, mainly resident in the prosperous West. They are being sought out, honoured and feted in extravagant jamborees. Celebration of a Pravasi Bharatiya Divas has no objective other than attracting overseas investment. This is by no means unjustified, given the needs of a growing India. China had done the same thing vis-à-vis the Overseas Chinese community and gained enormously.
Sri Lanka, US Free Trade Pact Uncertain - Ambassador
[ Dow Jones ] [ 13:07 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
A free trade agreement between Sri Lanka and the U.S. isn't a certainty and even if it does happen, it isn't guaranteed to solve the country's trade difficulties, the U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said Tuesday. "I would not bank on the FTA as a solution right now. The U.S. has a full platter of trade negotiations going on. There is a chance, but not a great chance," U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead told a business meeting. The U.S. Congress may not see any benefits in signing an FTA with Sri Lanka, he said.
S.Lanka people suffer as violence rises -monitors
[ Reuters ] [ 13:12 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
Ordinary people in Sri Lanka's north are suffering and are fleeing their homes as Tamil Tiger rebels and the government blame each other for rising violence, the head of a Western truce monitoring group said on Tuesday. The government blames the rebels for a string of attacks on its forces including the suspected suicide sinking of a navy patrol boat at the weekend, while the Tigers say the military is abusing civilians and is behind some attacks on rebels. "If you look at December and January, it is getting worse, I am sorry to say," Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission chief Hagrup Haukland told Reuters in his Colombo office.
Jaffna school girl abducted by SLA soldiers
[ TamilNet ] [ 16:37 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
A school girl, yet to be identified, was forcefully taken away by four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers when she was walking home along PaalPannai Road (Milk farm Road) from school between Kondavil and Thirunelvely junctions in Jaffna at 2 p.m. Tuesday, residents of the area who witnessed the incident said. Jaffna Magistrate Ms Srinithi Nanthikesan and the members of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission were informed of the incident. Residents of the area and a youth witness who saw the girl dragged by the SLA, searched the shrub area near where she was abducted for signs of evidence. Troopers who came to the scene around 5 p.m. with an SLMM member fired in the air to disperse the crowd who were searching the the area.
Human Rights Commission says, 16 Tamils reported missing after being arrested by forces
[ AP ] [ 16:49 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission has received complaints that 16 ethnic Tamil civilians disappeared after being arrested by security forces in northern Jaffna peninsula, a spokesman said Tuesday. "Our Jaffna coordinator has informed us that relatives have complained that they do not have any information regarding 16 civilians arrested by the forces," said Mahinda Hattaka, the commission's spokesman. He said retired High Court Judge T. Suntheralingam will investigate the complaints.Armed forces and police have stepped up security operations and door-to-door searches after an escalation of violence against them, blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels.
Jaffna shooting and abductions of civilians continue
[ LTTE Peace Secretariat ] [ 16:56 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
Pancharatnam Pranavan (24) of Thirunelveli Jaffna was shot and killed by two unidentified men on motorbikes around 2.00 pm on Monday. Pranavan received a call on his mobile phone asking him to meet them in town. Pranavan left his home in Adiyapatham road in Thirunelveli and was traveling on this road. He was shot by two people on a motorbike in front of the video hiring outlet, Kalaiyaham, on the same road. He died on the spot.His body was taken to the Jaffna teaching hospital for postmortem.Hamilton Mariyaseelan (29) was abducted from his home at night on Monday. Unidentified persons holding guns and their faces covered with black clothes entered the home of Mariyaseelan in Vaddappulam in Ilavalai in Jaffna on Monday night while the occupants were asleep.
Sri Lankan foreign minister discusses war, not peace, in Washington
[ WSWS ] [ 17:23 GMT, Jan. 10, 2006 ]
US support for the so-called peace process in Sri Lanka has always been a purely tactical means for gaining its ends. While US diplomats have insisted on the resumption of peace talks, there has been a steady stream of top US military officers through Colombo to enhance 'cooperation' between the two countries. The Pentagon seized the opportunity following the 2004 tsunami to dispatch US troops for the first time to Sri Lanka, creating a precedent for future US military involvement in the island's affairs.US officials are obviously in the process of calculating their response. By turning a blind eye to the Sri Lankan military's provocations and berating the LTTE, Rice is adding more inflammable material to what is already an explosive situation.