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Sri Lankan armed forces resist ceasefire implementation
Barely a week after the Norwegian facilitators hail-ed the rapid progress in Oslo's peace initiative in Sri Lanka, the military is refusing to implement the terms and conditions stipulated in the indefinite ceasefire agreement signed on February 22, while actively violating other aspects. more India plans for ‘credible nuclear deterrent’ India, which has been in a tense military standoff with Pakistan for months, plans to set up a nuclear command structure, a move seen as a demonstration of its resolve to build a "minimum credible nuclear deterrent." more Delhi tests 300km cruise missile The Indian authorities say they have successfully tested a supersonic cruise missile developed jointly with Russia, the BBC reported Monday. A defence ministry spokesman in Delhi said the missile, known as Brahmos, had a range of 300 kilometres and could carry a 200 kilogram conventional warhead. more Chief negotiator returns to London The Liberation Tigers' chief negotiator and political strategist, Mr. Anton Balasingham, returned to London last week via the Maldives following several weeks of hectic diplomatic activity in the Vanni. more SLA seeks recruits, steps up training The Sri Lankan Army this week began a new recruitment drive and said it had intensified training to levels higher than before the indefinite ceasefire was signed in February. The Deputy Chief of Staff Lohan Gunawardane also said arms purchases were continuing amid the ceasefire as the military needed to maintain its strength. more
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Developing Jaffna alone is not enough Kumaratunga’s strategy for sabotage
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