Fresh shelling as Norway envoy seeks Sri Lanka talks
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Norway’s peace envoy began a fresh bid on Monday to arrange crunch talks between the Tamil Tigers and Sri Lanka’s government to halt renewed violence, as sporadic shelling continued in the island’s besieged north. Jon Hanssen-Bauer met government officials in Colombo on Monday and is due to meet the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in their northern stronghold of Kilinochchi on Tuesday.
