1.
Poll: Almost half in U.S. creationist
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The new president of Sri Lanka has demanded a review of the cease-fire signed in 2002 between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Mahinda Rajapakse, who won the Nov. 17 presidential election on a platform of no compromise with the rebels, said in his first policy statement to Parliament Friday that Sri Lanka needed a new peace process that would not tolerate "terrorism," the BBC reported.
"The cease-fire agreement will be amended so as to ensure that acts of terrorism would not be permitted," Rajapakse said.
"I will have an open and transparent peace process, which will respect human rights. It will not allow child recruitment," he said.
However, he said he was open to talks with the rebels.
He rejected the rebels' demands for a separate homeland, saying the solution to the nation's long-running conflict was to be found in a unitary state.
"Sri Lanka will be the traditional homeland of all its people -- Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, Malays and Burgers (descendants of Europeans)," the president said.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
WILMINGTON, Del., June 3 (UPI) --
A group investigating the disappearance of Amelia Earhart concluded she died on an uninhabited Pacific island where her plane made an emergency landing in 1937.
|
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
|
If you're in the market for a car or truck it might make more sense to consider a new vehicle this year rather than a used one.
|
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 3 (UPI) --
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials say they found a wallaby, a marsupial native to Australia, roaming the northwestern part of the state.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
