Attached please find a selection of recent media reports on the cease-fire.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Agence France Presse (AFP) [Hong Kong, in English]. 4 January 1995. "Tamil Groups React to Deal." (FBIS-NES-95-002 4 Jan. 1995, pp. 83-84)

_____.3 January 1995. "LTTE Frees 4 Policemen." (FBIS-NES-95-002 4 Jan. 1995, p. 83)

The Associated Press (AP). 5 February 1995. "Foreign Heads of Cease-Fire Committees Meet Rebel Leaders." (NEXIS)

_____. 22 January 1995. Arthur Max. "Sri Lanka Cease-Fire Brings Relief and Hopes." (NEXIS)

_____. 3 January 1995. PM Cycle. Dexter Cruez. "Tamil Rebels and Government Agree to Cease-Fire." (NEXIS)

Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 14 February 1995. BC Cycle. "Sri Lankan Tamil Rebels Violate Ceasefire, Says Government." (NEXIS)

. 27 January 1995. BC Cycle. "Sri Lankan Ceasefire Faces Problems, Military Says." (NEXIS)

. 5 January 1995. BC Cycle. "Ceasefire Between Rebels and Lankan Troops to be Monitored by ICRC." (NEXIS)

Le Devoir [Montréal]. 14 November 1994. "Trêve au Sri Lanka," p. A-5.

Financial Times [London]. 9 January 1995. Mervyn de Silva. "Sri Lanka Peace Remains Fragile." (NEXIS)

The Gazette [Montréal]. 4 January 1995. Molly Moore. "Ceasefire Reached in Sri Lanka's War with Tamil Tigers," p. A-11.

The Globe and Mail [Toronto]. 9 February 1995. Philip Sherwell. "New Generation of Tigers Growls over Jaffna," p. A-7.

Inter Press Service (IPS). 4 October 1994. Rita Sebastian. "Sri Lanka Refugees: Civil War Displaces 600,000." (NEXIS)

The Island [Colombo]. 21 December 1994. S. Venkat Narayan. "'Lankan Refugees Not Forced to Leave India'."

Libération [Paris]. 7-8 January 1995. "Trêve au Sri Lanka entre le gouvernement et les séparatistes tamouls," p. 11.

_____. 14 November 1994. "Les Tigres tamouls décrètent un cessez-le-feu unilatéral au Sri Lanka," p. 17.

Los Angeles Times. 7 January 1995. Home Edition. John-Thor Dahlburg. "Sri Lanka Truce Raises Peace Hopes; Asia: Some Are Skeptical Rebels Will Accept Power-Sharing Plan Floated in 1950s, but Others Say Both Sides Are Ready to End War." (NEXIS)

_____. 4 January 1995. Home Edition. "Sri Lanka, Tamil Rebels Reach Preliminary Cease-Fire Pact." (NEXIS)

Le Monde hebdomadaire [Paris]. 5-11 January 1995. "Sri Lanka : Accord de cessez-le-feu avec les séparatistes tamouls," p. 4.

La Presse [Montréal]. 18 January 1995. "Sri Lanka : Les Tigres : oui à la solution fédérale," p. C-2.

_____. 5 January 1995. "Trêve le 14 janvier entre le gouvernement et les Tigres tamouls," p. A-10.

Reuters. 6 January 1995. BC Cycle. "Norway, Dutch to Help Supervise Sri Lanka Truce." (NEXIS)

Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation International Service [Colombo, in English]. 4 February 1995. "Kadirgamar Comments on Talks with Christopher." (FBIS-NES-95-024 6 Feb. 1995, p. 72)

_____. 4 February 1995. "Kumaratunga Delivers National Day Address." (FBIS-NES-95-024 6 Feb. 1995, p. 72)

_____. 3 February 1995. "Government Offers Compromise in Peace Talks." (FBIS-NES-95-024 6 Feb. 1995, p. 71)

Voice of America (VOA). 19 November 1994. Peter Heinlein. "Lanka Ceasefire Ends." (Web)

_____. 13 November 1994. Lea Terhune. "Lanka/Ceasefire." (Web)

The Xinhua News Agency. 7 February 1995. "LTTE Calls for Permanent Ceasefire in Sri Lanka." (NEXIS)

_____. 12 January 1995. "Sri Lanka's Ceasefire Expected to Be Extended." (NEXIS)

_____. 11 January 1995. "Ceasefire Goes Well in Sri Lanka." (NEXIS)