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Sri Lanka Supreme Court Stops Land Grab From War-Affected Tamils
Sri Lanka's top court halted a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war.
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US Blacklists Sri Lanka Governor Over War Killings
The United States said Wednesday it would refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who had been charged with killings during the island's long civil war.
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Sri Lankan Tamils Carry Scars Of Civil War, Search For Missing Relatives
Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags, and burning torches.
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Rights Group Seeks Arrest Of Ex Sri Lanka President In Singapore
A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore's attorney general, seeking the arrest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role in the South Asian nation's decades-long civil war
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Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Civil War Hero Brought Down By Protests
Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of Tamil Tiger guerrillas to end a long-running civil war, had been due to step down on Wednesday.
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"Never Supported Killing Of Innocents": Muthiah Muralidaran On Biopic Uproar
Former Sri Lanka cricketer Muthiah Muralidaran -- who is at the centre of a massive controversy involving his upcoming biopic "800" -- has rubbished allegations that he celebrated the deaths of innocent Tamil people and made a controversial remark about it in 2009, when the decades-long civil war in the island nation ended.
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US Blacklists Sri Lankan Army Commander Over Human Rights Violations
The United States said Friday it would refuse entry to Sri Lanka's army chief over "credible" evidence of human rights violations in the bloody 2009 finale to the civil war.
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The Wealthy Family Behind Sri Lanka Suicide Attacks That Killed Over 350
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
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Sri Lankan Bomb Attacks On Hotels, Churches: 20 Minutes Of Carnage
Bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 290 and injuring 500 people, in the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.
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290 Including 5 Indians Killed In Sri Lanka Serial Blasts, 24 Arrested
Five Indians are among the 290 killed in a series of blasts which struck Sri Lanka on Sunday, in the worst violence to hit the island national since the civil war that ended a decade ago. More than 500 people were injured.
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Sri Lanka Supreme Court Stops Land Grab From War-Affected Tamils
Sri Lanka's top court halted a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war.
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US Blacklists Sri Lanka Governor Over War Killings
The United States said Wednesday it would refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who had been charged with killings during the island's long civil war.
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Sri Lankan Tamils Carry Scars Of Civil War, Search For Missing Relatives
Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags, and burning torches.
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Rights Group Seeks Arrest Of Ex Sri Lanka President In Singapore
A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore's attorney general, seeking the arrest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role in the South Asian nation's decades-long civil war
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Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Civil War Hero Brought Down By Protests
Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of Tamil Tiger guerrillas to end a long-running civil war, had been due to step down on Wednesday.
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"Never Supported Killing Of Innocents": Muthiah Muralidaran On Biopic Uproar
Former Sri Lanka cricketer Muthiah Muralidaran -- who is at the centre of a massive controversy involving his upcoming biopic "800" -- has rubbished allegations that he celebrated the deaths of innocent Tamil people and made a controversial remark about it in 2009, when the decades-long civil war in the island nation ended.
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US Blacklists Sri Lankan Army Commander Over Human Rights Violations
The United States said Friday it would refuse entry to Sri Lanka's army chief over "credible" evidence of human rights violations in the bloody 2009 finale to the civil war.
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The Wealthy Family Behind Sri Lanka Suicide Attacks That Killed Over 350
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
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Sri Lankan Bomb Attacks On Hotels, Churches: 20 Minutes Of Carnage
Bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 290 and injuring 500 people, in the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.
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290 Including 5 Indians Killed In Sri Lanka Serial Blasts, 24 Arrested
Five Indians are among the 290 killed in a series of blasts which struck Sri Lanka on Sunday, in the worst violence to hit the island national since the civil war that ended a decade ago. More than 500 people were injured.
