Tamil Week
"To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with hoe, to plant seeds, and watch
the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most
satisfactory thing a man do".

- Charles Dudley Warner, American editor and writer (1829-1900)
June 20, 2004
Only the guns are silent  [The Sunday Leader]
"I will go back to war. If I have to fight so that my child will grow, I will fight," said
Nilanee Sripathmanathan, another former cadre now working at the Vocational
Training Institute for Women. She has not lost a limb nor has she been seriously
injured in an attack. The mother of one spent 10 years in the battlefields from 1992.
And vows that she would still honour the call to arms, because in her eyes, the
divisions that separated the two communities and led them to war still exist.
Weekly update from the Tamil press [Sunday Observer]
A large contingent of Army and Police personnel launched a search operation in and
around Batticaloa town on Monday and Thinakkural on Tuesday said that it was
reminiscent of scenes during war times.
No Seperation of Sri
Lanka under "Singh -
Sonia"
Protest rally in Jaffna draws large crowd [Tamilnet]
India would support the
establishment of a
South Asian parliament -
something along the
lines of the European
parliament and will not
support the
establishment of an
independent Tamil state
in Sri Lanka.
Dead dove
prompts Sri Lanka
probe [BBC News]
The Sri Lankan
authorities have ordered
an inquiry after a dove
freeing ceremony
intended to symbolise
peace went disastrously
wrong.
Pirapaharan felicitates artists in Medical corps [Tamilnet]
Thai Muslims want to
establish separate
Sultanate; Feud
escalates with
Buddhist majority [NPR
Audio]
Thailand's prime minister
is promising to "go on
the offensive" against
Muslim militants blamed
for violence in his
country. Despite
promises of a
government crackdown,
since January, nearly
300 people have died in
almost daily attacks in
Thailand's
Muslim-dominated
southern provinces.
Leader of Liberation Tigers, V.Pirapaharan, received the first Compact Disc
"Empowering our struggle" containing songs composed and sung by members of
the LTTE medical corps, in a ceremony held in Kilinochchi Monday, sources from
Vanni said.
Murali calls for Sri Lankan peace [BBC News]
Karuna may launch
political party [The Hindu]
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Sri Lanka's most famous cricketer, Muttiah Muralitharan, has made a rare appeal
to his countrymen to put ethnic differences behind them and move on.
"SLA is giving shelter
to Karuna"- Ramesh
[Tamilnet]
Sri Lanka's Murali spoofed on marriage [Pak Tribune]
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Some cricket fans appear to be as concerned about the love life of the world's top
test wicket-taker, Muttiah Muralitharan, as they are about his game.
Positive signs on
peace front [Sunday
Observer]
Bush names Pakistan 'major ally' [BBC News]
President George W Bush has upgraded relations with Pakistan by formally
naming it as a major non-Nato ally.
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Sri Lanka planning 100% land tax [BBC News]
Sri Lanka will re-impose a 100% tax on foreigners buying land, claiming that
locals are being priced out of the domestic market.
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