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Ireland peacemaker for Lanka |
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| From Neville de Silva in London |
| British Prime Minister Tony Blair is
sending a special envoy to Colombo this week to assist
in getting the peace talks with the LTTE back on track. |
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| Slaying
of MP: Eight arrested |
| While Scotland Yard assistance is being
sought to find the killers of Jaffna Parliamentarian Nadarajah
Raviraj, the Police have also made significant progress
in the investigations. |
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| A
9 dead-end for Raviraj |
| By Chris Kamalendran |
| The government has turned down a request
by the Tamil National Alliance to reopen the A 9 highway
so that the body of the slain parliamentarian Nadarajah
Raviraj could be taken to Chavakachcheri for the funeral
on Wednesday, The Sunday Times learns. |
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| Tiger
claws exposed in France, funds frozen |
| By Asif Fuard |
| LTTE operations in
France are being exposed with bank accounts believed to
be used to transfer funds for the LTTE from France being
frozen following the arrest of 40 Sri Lankans working
in the Charles de Gaulle airport, a spokesperson for the
French Foreign Ministry told The Sunday Times. |
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| Army
Chief: Vakarai attack aimed at Tigers |
| Army Commander Sarath
Fonseka told envoys of Donor Co-chairs on Thursday that
the Army had targeted Tiger guerrilla positions at Kathiraweli,
north of Vakarai, after they fired 122 mm artillery at
troops. |
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