Dhanapala tells international community:
Stronger action needed to tame Tigers
THE top Sri Lankan official involved in peace talks
expressed frustration on Thursday at the LTTE rejection of the Colombo
airport as the site for negotiations. Peace Secretariat Chief Jayantha
Dhanapala said the LTTE was dodging resumption of the talks until after
Presidential Elections, due by November 22.
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WHO rules out health hazards in Sri Lanka
THE World Health Organisation said Thursday that
tsunami-hit Sri Lanka is safe for tourists and that the disaster had not
created any health hazards. "The tourists should come, they should not
worry because all health measures have been taken," Luis Perez,
Southeast Asia's regional adviser for the WHO told reporters in Colombo.
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