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Ceasefire urged as 52 killed in Sri Lanka war zone

By pearlaction | February 4, 2009 |

[Reuters] The United States and Britain urged a temporary cease-fire in Sri Lanka to evacuate casualties and allow relief into the war zone as the Island nation celebrates independence from colonial ruler Britain on Wednesday. President Mahinda Rajapaksa was due to preside at a parade of military might in the capital on Wednesday morning that…

India’s Emerging Strategic Security Paradigm and Sri Lanka Policy

By pearlaction | January 11, 2008 |

[SAAG] The Sri Lanka government has formally ended its ceasefire agreement signed in 2002 with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It only regularises an existing state of war that had been going on since December 2005. It is a sad development because it shuts the door on the peace process sponsored by the…