alertnet.org, Thu Jan 26 08:38:48 EST 2006
COLOMBO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels released a policeman as a goodwill gesture on Thursday, a day after agreeing to peace talks in Switzerland with the government, but some said they feared a new war had only been postponed.
The stock market soared on news of fresh talks, but some in the war-weary north were less euphoric.
"I like peace," a soldier said as he patrolled the northern army-held enclave of Jaffna, surrounded by territory controlled by the Liberation Tigers
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The Academic
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kkk123
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 Goodwill gesture???
The Associated Press headline, as reported in the Academic, reads:
Funny headline, if you read it carefully. The policeman have been held for months as a goodwill gesture. |
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