World IN BRIEF : SRI LANKA : Country Is Quiet Under Cease-Fire
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Guns fell silent in Sri Lanka as Tamil separatist guerrillas began a unilateral New Year’s cease-fire after seven months of fighting that has killed more than 3,500 people. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam declared an indefinite cease-fire from midnight Monday.
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