News vom 26.11.2005

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Lanka to amend truce halting terrorism


New Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said on Friday he would amend a ceasefire with rebels to halt terrorist acts, saying he did not believe minority Tamils should have their own separate homeland. A 2002 ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has come under mounting strain in recent months, with grenades frequently thrown at army posts. Overnight, the military said one soldier had died and nine civilians wounded in two attacks blamed on the militants. We are ready to start direct talks with the LTTE, Rajapakse said as he reopened parliament.This ... will be an open and transparent process. It will include the prevention of terrorist acts and child recruitment. We will review the present ceasefire agreement to include these aspects.

 

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Better Safe Than Sorry!


In early November The Lanka Academic,website published an item under the caption LTTE aggressively raising funds in Canada for the Final Assault !based on an excerpt from a Canadian news journalist Roy Edwards reporting from Toronto on November 4. Now It has come to the knowledge of many investigative sources that LTTE operatives in Canada have indeed begun an aggressive fund raising campaign, for what they call "the final assault to reach Eelam." This topic is rife and loudly discussed in many LTTE supportive Tamil enclaves around Canada, it has been learned through the previously mentioned sources. According to these sources and as also reported previously by Mr Roy Edwards, the LTTE front organization World Tamil Movement, has proclaimed that their goal is to raise $5 million dollars by the end of November 2005.

 

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Sri Lanka to participate in India economic summit


The Sri Lankan government will lead a high-powered, 30-member delegation from the public and private sector, to take part in the 21st India Economic Summit 2005 in New Delhi from Sunday to Tuesday, Daily News reported Saturday. The minister of enterprise development and investment promotion, Rohitha Bogollagama, who will lead the delegation, will be the first cabinet minister of the new government to go abroad on a promotional mission. The minister is also expected to meet Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath.

 

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Tamil Tiger wins fight on restrictions


A member of the Tamil Tiger rebel group, who claims he was tortured on three occasions for fighting for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka, has won a High Court battle to break the restrictions on his movements in Hong Kong.A member of the Tamil Tiger rebel group, who claims he was tortured on three occasions for fighting for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka, has won a High Court battle to break the restrictions on his movements in Hong Kong. The rebel, known only as V because of his fear of persecution in Sri Lanka, sought a judicial review of the restrictions placed on him while the Immigration Department decides what to do should his claims of torture be genuine.


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