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Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office

REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS

SRI LANKA: FEAR OF RENEWED

Since December, there have been six major deadly attacks on military personnel in Sri Lanka. About 70 soldiers and sailors have been killed in those and other incidents. Rebel LTTE (known as the Tamil Tigers) supporters say more than 40 ethnic Tamils have been killed by the security forces in a series of attacks over the same period.

The Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheim urged for renewal of peace talks stalled in 2003.