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Seeing what valu has done to vanni and whts goining on in colombo brings a tear to my eye...

dont go back and forth - what LTTE going talk with GoSL ? in fact GoSL has nothing on the table - not even the agreed on previous meeting did not get materialized who would talk to GoSL ? man just put your solution .

Norwegian mediator Erik Solheim told journalists that the LTTE should take direct responsibility for the collapse of the talks

the European Parliament said that the LTTE did not represent all the Tamils and called on it to 'allow for political pluralism and alternate democratic voices in the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka

Majority prefer devolution: Survey
Monday, 24 September 2007 - 7:53 PM SL Time

A recent survey indicated that there was a consensus among public on power devloution, with only 10 per cent of respondents rejecting any form of devolution, including the existing provincial council system. The deliberative poll with a sample of 1800, carried out by the Marga Institute in collaboration with the National Peace Council in 18 districts, has brought out the people's attitudes by equipping them with better information of the relevant issues, sources said.
According to the organisers this was the first time that a deliberative poll had been conducted in Sri Lanka, where the respondents were subjected to all important information, leading to a better understanding of the relevant issues, before seeking their opinion.

http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/9/19703_space.html

Ill send 5 rupees to vanni toilet development fund if you find it soon..

Meanwhile, during a separate meeting with Norwegian International Development Minister Erik Solheim, a former special peace envoy to Sri Lanka, President Rajapaksa stated that his Government has always favored negotiations and was ready for talks if the LTTE so desired.

The President also pledged to the international power players, that his government is expected to introduce a political solution to solve the country?s decades long ethnic conflict by the end of this year, and was thus ready to resume peace talks with LTTE.

Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, President Rajapaksa stated that his government?s goal remains a negotiated and honorable end to this unfortunate conflict.

?We launched military operations only to exert pressure on terrorists in order to convince them that it will not be possible for them to obtain a military victory? he said. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama also told the UN Press Corps at the UN Headquarters on Wednesday that President Rajapaksa had set up an all-Party Representative Committee, which was working in finding a solution to the problem.

?The Government was pursuing the goal of a greater devolution of power at the provincial and district levels, and would shortly be in a position to announce its devolution proposals,? Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama disclosed.

Asked about prospects for the resumption of peace negotiations, he said the Government was ready to resume the talks, but that the LTTE had failed in the past to respond to genuine efforts to resolve the conflict. Norwegian facilitators were now trying to restart the talks and, with greater pressure from the international community, the process could hopefully be revitalized soon.

http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=501&id=5207

international airport in Vanni