Tamil Rebels, Monitors to Discuss Sea Incident
The head of a team of Nordic monitors watching over a cease-fire in Sri Lanka flew to a Tamil Tiger rebel base for talks on Tuesday after accusing the separatists of briefly abducting two monitors. The two were released unharmed but the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said the weekend incident had forced it to review its monitoring operations at sea and the government said it would step up patrols. Full Story