Problems with peace talks

The following is taken form lanaknewspapers and shows the sitiuation in Sri-Lanka at present. Many people are being killed just whilst going around their daily lives. Please pray for the safety of the nuns and children in Trincomalle where a lot of this fighting is occurring.

Sri Lanka`s Tamil Tiger rebels pulled out of peace talks indefinitely on Thursday, saying the island was heading for war and dashing hopes that a Norwegian peace mission could stem rising violence. About 80 people have been killed in the past two weeks in a series of suspected Tiger attacks, ethnic riots and unsolved murders which the two sides blame on each other. Talks due to take place in Switzerland next week had been seen as the best chance to reduce tension, but the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said on Thursday they would not attend until `normality` returned. `We are not in a position to attend the Geneva talks on the currently decided dates under the present environment,` head of the LTTE political wing S.P. Thamilselvan told reporters. `It is the government that is creating a war-like situation and pushing us towards war.`

Priya