JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - As the sound of artillery thunders in the distance, Samuel Vethanayagam warns of more grim tidings for Sri Lanka's isolated north after peace talks between the Tamil Tigers and government failed.
The weekend dialogue in Geneva collapsed over the rebels' main demand that the government reopen a key highway to the Tamil-dominated northern Jaffna peninsula that was closed in August during a surge in fighting on the Indian Ocean island.
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