<span style="color: #222222;">In Sri Lanka, an all-party meeting has been held at Colombo to discuss the 13th Amendment to the country's constitution to resolve the long-standing demand for political autonomy for the minority Tamils in the island nation.<br />''<br />''The Tamil parties urged the government to hold provincial council elections in the northern and eastern provinces, where Tamil population is concentrated.<br />''<br />''President Wickremesinghe had called Tuesday's All Party Conference in a bid to arrive at a consensus on the Tamil minority's demand for political autonomy.<br />''<br />''Mr. Wickremesinghe had earlier last month desired to find a solution by February 4 of next year, coinciding with Sri Lanka's 75th anniversary of Independence.<br />''<br />''The 13th Amendment which was brought in after the Indo-Sri Lankan agreement of 1987 provides for devolution of power to the Tamil community.</span><br />