COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Government on Monday claimed that at least six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were killed in a `retaliatory fire' atSangaman in Amparai district in the east. It said the LTTE men attacked a group of Special Task Force personnel.
The incident occurred even as Norwegian peace envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer called on leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem to review the security and political situation in the country. Diplomatic and political observers here noted that though the envoy, on the advice of the Government, deferred his visit to Kilinochchi for talks with the LTTE leadership, he has neither decided to leave Sri Lanka nor given up his peace efforts. More >>
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