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Sri Lanka court delays frozen rebel aid pact ruling
[ Reuters ] [ 10:59 GMT, Sep. 12, 2005 ]
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Monday put off a hearing expected to resolve the fate of a government pact to share $3 billion in tsunami aid with Tamil rebels, a delay expected to further strain relations between the foes. The next hearing would now take place on November 22 -- which falls after the November 21 deadline for Sri Lanka's upcoming presidential election. The government agreed the aid-sharing pact with the rebels in June, kindling hopes that it could help jumpstart stalled efforts to convert a 2002 ceasefire into lasting peace after two decades of civil war. But the Supreme Court froze the pact the following month, objecting to clauses regarding the management of donor funds pledged to rebuild tsunami-hit areas in rebel-held parts of the island's northern coastline. "The earlier interim-order still stands until the next hearing," Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva told the court on Monday.
Toronto Presbyterian church builds boats for Sri Lanka
[ CP ] [ 11:35 GMT, Sep. 12, 2005 ]
The congregation at Bridlewood Presbyterian Church is raising funds to help build fishing boats for coastal communities hit by the tsunami in Sri Lanka last December. The Sri Lanka Tsunami Fishing Boat Project is working to raise enough money to provide fishermen with new boats and nets, or to repair old boats, according to the Presbyterian Record, the monthly magazine of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. One well-equipped new boat costs about $5,000. "The concern is partly for people over there," Jack Charleson, the project's co-ordinator, told the magazine. "But it's also to show the Sri Lankan community here that we care."
SLFP presidential candidate-JVP agreement justifies division
[ Uthayan Daily - Editorial ] [ 11:37 GMT, Sep. 12, 2005 ]
The agreement between Mahinda Rajapaksa, the SLFP presidential candidate, and JVP has implicitly justified division of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan government, southern intellectuals, and even some at the international level accuse the LTTE for not publicly announcing that they are giving up their armed struggle and their demand for a separate state. Even at the Oslo meeting in 2002, LTTE only agreed to study a possible solution incorporating internal self-determination and it did not agree to give up the armed struggle. LTTE, however, has at several instances elaborated the reasons for its refusal. The latest turn of events in the south has justified the reasons given by LTTE.
JHU-SLFP agreement in Kandy
[ BBC ] [ 17:59 GMT, Sep. 12, 2005 ]
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced that the party is signing an agreement with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse in a ceremony on Tuesday in Kandy. A senior JHU leader told BBC Sandeshaya (bbcsinhala.com) that party leader Ellawala Medhananda thero is the co-signatory to the agreement with PM Rajapakse. Parliamentary group leader Athuraliye Rathana thero said the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) presidential candidate has pledged to find a solution to the national question within the unitary structure. JHU is not asking to scrap the controversial deal (P-TOMS) to share tsunami relief aid with the Tamil Tigers, the thero added. However, the party says the deal should be amended to be in accordance with Sri Lanka’s constitution.
[ Reuters ] [ 10:59 GMT, Sep. 12, 2005 ]
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Monday put off a hearing expected to resolve the fate of a government pact to share $3 billion in tsunami aid with Tamil rebels, a delay expected to further strain relations between the foes. The next hearing would now take place on November 22 -- which falls after the November 21 deadline for Sri Lanka's upcoming presidential election. The government agreed the aid-sharing pact with the rebels in June, kindling hopes that it could help jumpstart stalled efforts to convert a 2002 ceasefire into lasting peace after two decades of civil war. But the Supreme Court froze the pact the following month, objecting to clauses regarding the management of donor funds pledged to rebuild tsunami-hit areas in rebel-held parts of the island's northern coastline. "The earlier interim-order still stands until the next hearing," Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva told the court on Monday.
Toronto Presbyterian church builds boats for Sri Lanka
[ CP ] [ 11:35 GMT, Sep. 12, 2005 ]
The congregation at Bridlewood Presbyterian Church is raising funds to help build fishing boats for coastal communities hit by the tsunami in Sri Lanka last December. The Sri Lanka Tsunami Fishing Boat Project is working to raise enough money to provide fishermen with new boats and nets, or to repair old boats, according to the Presbyterian Record, the monthly magazine of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. One well-equipped new boat costs about $5,000. "The concern is partly for people over there," Jack Charleson, the project's co-ordinator, told the magazine. "But it's also to show the Sri Lankan community here that we care."
SLFP presidential candidate-JVP agreement justifies division
[ Uthayan Daily - Editorial ] [ 11:37 GMT, Sep. 12, 2005 ]
The agreement between Mahinda Rajapaksa, the SLFP presidential candidate, and JVP has implicitly justified division of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan government, southern intellectuals, and even some at the international level accuse the LTTE for not publicly announcing that they are giving up their armed struggle and their demand for a separate state. Even at the Oslo meeting in 2002, LTTE only agreed to study a possible solution incorporating internal self-determination and it did not agree to give up the armed struggle. LTTE, however, has at several instances elaborated the reasons for its refusal. The latest turn of events in the south has justified the reasons given by LTTE.
JHU-SLFP agreement in Kandy
[ BBC ] [ 17:59 GMT, Sep. 12, 2005 ]
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced that the party is signing an agreement with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse in a ceremony on Tuesday in Kandy. A senior JHU leader told BBC Sandeshaya (bbcsinhala.com) that party leader Ellawala Medhananda thero is the co-signatory to the agreement with PM Rajapakse. Parliamentary group leader Athuraliye Rathana thero said the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) presidential candidate has pledged to find a solution to the national question within the unitary structure. JHU is not asking to scrap the controversial deal (P-TOMS) to share tsunami relief aid with the Tamil Tigers, the thero added. However, the party says the deal should be amended to be in accordance with Sri Lanka’s constitution.