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Sri Lankan gov't, Tamil Tiger rebels resume peace talks

GENEVA, Switzerland - S.P. Tamilselvan (L), leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political wing, and Sri Lanka's Health Minister Nimal Siripola De Silva shake hands in Geneva on Oct. 28 before they begin a two-day peace talks.

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(2)Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Anton Balasingham (L), chief negotiator for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, shakes hands with Sri Lankan Constitutional Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris, on March 18 at a hotel in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, ahead of the opening of four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels.

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Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Anton Balasingham (L), chief negotiator of Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and Japanese government representative Yasushi Akashi pose for a photograph prior to the start of four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 18.

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Japan, Sri Lanka agree on peace talks

TOKYO, Japan - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for a photograph prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 5. Japan and Sri Lanka agreed to hold a round of peace negotiations between the Sri Lankan government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in March in Japan.

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Japanese envoy optimistic on Sri Lanka peace prospects

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Japanese government envoy Yasushi Akashi (fore) is in talks with leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in northern Sri Lanka on Nov. 8. Back in Colombo later in the day, Akashi expressed strong optimism on the prospects of ending Asia's longest-running ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. ''Everybody is astonished by the degree of progress of the Norwegian-brokered efforts to end two decades of war costing over 65,000 lives,'' Akashi told a press conference at the end of his six-day visit.

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Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Anton Balasingham (L), chief negotiator of Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and Japanese government representative Yasushi Akashi pose for a photograph prior to the start of four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 18. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Sri Lanka agree on peace talks

TOKYO, Japan - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for a photograph prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 5. Japan and Sri Lanka agreed to hold a round of peace negotiations between the Sri Lankan government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in March in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Sri Lankan gov't, Tamil Tiger rebels resume peace talks

GENEVA, Switzerland - S.P. Tamilselvan (L), leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political wing, and Sri Lanka's Health Minister Nimal Siripola De Silva shake hands in Geneva on Oct. 28 before they begin a two-day peace talks. (Kyodo)

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(2)Sri Lankan peace talks begin in Japan

HAKONE, Japan - Anton Balasingham (L), chief negotiator for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, shakes hands with Sri Lankan Constitutional Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris, on March 18 at a hotel in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, ahead of the opening of four-day peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels. (Kyodo)

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Japanese envoy optimistic on Sri Lanka peace prospects

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Japanese government envoy Yasushi Akashi (fore) is in talks with leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in northern Sri Lanka on Nov. 8. Back in Colombo later in the day, Akashi expressed strong optimism on the prospects of ending Asia's longest-running ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. ''Everybody is astonished by the degree of progress of the Norwegian-brokered efforts to end two decades of war costing over 65,000 lives,'' Akashi told a press conference at the end of his six-day visit. (Kyodo)