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November 4, 2003

government make peace with each other.

Alarmed at reports of rebel military build ups in Tamil areas, President Chandrika Kumaratunga has used her constitutional power to take control of the defense ministry and investigate more thoroughly the balance of military power between the government and rebel forces. This has created a standoff between the president and the