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Article: Peace zone proposed.(WORLD BRIEFS)(violence in Mannar in Sri Lanka)(Brief article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- June 16, 2006
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar says he has asked Sri Lanka's president to declare his diocese a "zone of peace" and has made a similar request to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who began an armed revolt in 1983. A cease-fire had been in effect the better part of four years, but violence between government and rebel forces has returned in recent months.
Joseph made the request May 30 at a meeting with President ...