Shimali Senanayake in Geneva,  Tue Feb 21 18:21:10 EST 2006

    The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebel negotiators were set
to take tough positions when they open talks on Wednesday for the
first time in three years aimed at saving the island from sliding back
to civil war.The two sides were whisked away from their warring terrain in Sri
Lanka to Chateau de Bossey, a secluded castle just outside the Swiss
capital Geneva, to try and iron out differences over a cease-fire,
both sides accuse each other of failing to execute.Wednesday, also marked four years since the Norwegian-brokered
agreement was signed between former prime minister Ranil
Wickremesinghe and rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.

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