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(20 Apr 2006)
1. Wide of helicopter coming into land
2. Close-up of helicopter
3. Various of Norwegian peace envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer getting out of helicopter
4. Hanssen-Bauer meeting LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) political wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan
5. Various of Hanssen-Bauer and Thamilselvan during meeting
6. Hanssen-Bauer and Thamilselvan walking to meet media
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Norwegian Peace Envoy:
"I''m very happy that both parties have expressed their commitment to the cease fire agreement and their determination to go to Geneva. The first step is now to bring an immediate cessation of all acts of violence. Norway condemns in the strongest possible terms the latest acts of violence that have occurred on this island."
8. Close-up of security holding guns
STORYLINE:
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said on Thursday they will not attend a second round of peace talks with the Sri Lankan government aimed at salvaging a faltering cease-fire because of escalating violence against Tamils.
The government reacted sharply, accusing the rebels of trying to get out of attending the talks.
A team of European cease-fire monitors has said it believes the rebels are responsible for most of the violence that has left at least 55 people dead
since April 8.
The military said 33 security forces were killed, mostly in mine attacks.
S.P. Thamilselvan, the leader of the Tamil Tigers'' political wing (LTTE - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), made the announcement after meeting with Norwegian peace envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer in the rebel stronghold of Kilinochchi, 275 kilometres (170 miles) north of the capital, Colombo.
He did not suggest an alternative date for the talks on how to strengthen the 2002 Norway-brokered cease-fire, which were scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland between April 24-25.
Hanssen-Bauer urged the two sides to show "the vision, the courage and the will to focus on permanent issues and not on issues involving political
values."
"Norway condemns in strongest possible terms the acts of violence that have occurred on this island," Hanssen-Bauer said.
At the first round of peace talks in Geneva in February, both sides agreed to scale down the violence and meet again.
The rebels accuse the military of killing civilians and rebels in the Tamil-majority north and east - charges denied by the government.
The bodies of five Tamil civilians were found with gunshot wounds in the northern town of Jaffna on Wednesday, police officer W.G. Ranasinghe said.
The assailants identities and the motive behind the killings were not immediately known.
The pro-rebel TamilNet Web site blamed the military for the deaths, but army spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe denied the allegation.
There was no independent account of the killings.
On Thursday, an anti-personnel mine, apparently aimed at a police patrol, exploded in Batticaloa, while another went off near soldiers patrolling in
Anuradhapura, 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of Colombo, but neither caused any casualties, Samarasinghe said.
The rebels had earlier warned they would not join the Geneva talks unless they were guaranteed safe passage across government-held territory in
northern Sri Lanka to their headquarters for an internal meeting.
The Tigers have fought the government since 1983, demanding a separate Tamil homeland and accusing the Sinhalese-dominated government of discrimination.
More than 65,000 people were killed in the fighting before the cease-fire.

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