Shimali Senanayake, Thu Feb 9 09:21:05 EST 2006
The government said on Thursday that a top priority at Geneva talks
with the Tamil Tiger rebels will be to stop a wave of killings that
has rocked Sri Lanka, as peace brokers stepped up moves to finalize
arrangements for the first high-level meeting between the two sides in
nearly three years."We want to make sure there are no killings from any side," Anura
Priyadhashana Yapa, media minister told reporters. He said more than
5,000 crease-fire violations have been recorded so far, which include
scores of killings. Both sides blame each other for the violence.
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