TIME Asia: Sri Lanka - Burying the Past

Tiger Country
Whatever the outcome of peace talks between Colombo and the separatist Tigers, a Tamil nation in all but law already exists in Sri Lanka's battle-scarred northeast

'People Want a Peace Dividend'
An interview with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe

Graphic: Sri Lanka Peace Talks
How the forces compare on the eve of peace talks in Thailand

Timeline: Long Road to Peace
A chronology of Asia's longest-running civil war

Postcards from Tigerland
Life behind the battle lines of Sri Lanka's 19-year civil war



	Will the current talks yield a lasting peace in Sri Lanka? Yes No Not Sure



	Tiger Chief Emerges From the Shadows Rebel supremo Prabhakaran comes out of hiding (Apr. 2002) A Rumor of Peace Sri Lanka's rebels talk of peace, but gird for battle (Apr. 2002) 'People in Sri Lanka Want Peace Not War' TIME talks to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Apr. 2002) Breaking Off the Battle Is an end to hostilities possible in post-Sept. 11 Sri Lanka? (Feb. 2002)

PHOTO: ELEPHANT PASS, NORTH OF KILINOCHCHI, IS THE BURIAL GROUND OF MANY SRI LANKAN SOLDIERS
CREDIT: DOMINIC SANSONI FOR TIME