Norwegian envoy warns against any effort to amend truce with

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KILINOCHCHI: A Norwegian peace envoy yesterday warned against any efforts to amend Sri Lanka’s ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels, saying both sides must find ways to better implement a truce that halted two decades of war. Sri Lanka’s government says it is ready to review the terms of the 2002 truce, which has come under severe strain from a silent war in the island’s restive east that the rebels and the military blame on each other. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) refuse to discuss any changes, and accuse the government of failing to disarm paramilitary groups they say are helping to kill their cadres.

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