Lanka ready for talks with LTTE
Rebels sneak into Jaffna suburbs
COLOMBO, May 18 — The Sri Lanka Government admitted tonight that small groups of the LTTE rebels sneaked into some suburbs of Jaffna town and asserted Palaly, which housed the army’s only airbase in the northern peninsula, was very much in operation with military planes transporting essential supplies and new weapons systems.

Canadian diplomats call on Vaiko
NEW DELHI, May 18 — High-ranking Canadian diplomats here and in Islamabad today met MDMK chief Vaiko for about 75 minutes during which entire gamut of crisis situation prevailing in Sri Lanka was discussed.