Missing Tamils In Sri Lanka
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54 Flights Cancelled, Schools Shut: Cyclone Ditwah Affects Tamil Nadu
With Cyclone Ditwah steadily advancing towards the north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts, authorities have stepped up preparedness on multiple fronts, from large-scale relief operations to flight cancellations and district-wide holiday notifications
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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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Sri Lanka Army Chief Summoned By Court Over Disappearance Of 24 Tamils
A Sri Lankan court has summoned the commander of the country's Army tomorrow over the disappearance of 24 Tamils since their arrest in 1996 by security forces during the internal conflict with the LTTE.
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LTTE's Prabhakaran To Be Reported As 'Missing' 7 Years After His Death
With some Tamil nationalists in Sri Lanka believing that Velupillai Prabhakaran may still be alive, a Tamil National Alliance leader has said the LTTE supremo's name could be reported to the newly setup Office of the Missing Persons (OMP).
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Leaders Call For UN Help On 4,000 Missing
Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil leaders today asked the top UN human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country's long civil war amid the government's assertion that most of them are probably dead.
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Mass grave fuels fear of thousands buried in Sri Lanka war zone
The discovery of a mass grave containing more than 30 skulls in northern Sri Lanka has fuelled speculation that there may be many more like it containing the remains of thousands who went missing during the island nation's nearly three-decade war.
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If PM goes to Lanka, visit to Tamil-dominated Jaffna likely: sources
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is under pressure to miss a Commonwealth meet in Colombo over Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, may consider including Tamil-dominated Jaffna in his itinerary as a compromise formula.
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More pressure on PM to miss Colombo Commonwealth meet
The Prime Minister faces a growing chorus within his Congress party to miss a Commonwealth summit in Colombo over Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, though his office has advised him to attend the event.
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Sri Lanka: Sea Tiger chief missing after air raid
Sea Tiger chief Soosai was reported missing after Sri Lankan Air Force jets pounded his hideout killing at least 27 rebels
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54 Flights Cancelled, Schools Shut: Cyclone Ditwah Affects Tamil Nadu
With Cyclone Ditwah steadily advancing towards the north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts, authorities have stepped up preparedness on multiple fronts, from large-scale relief operations to flight cancellations and district-wide holiday notifications
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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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Sri Lanka Army Chief Summoned By Court Over Disappearance Of 24 Tamils
A Sri Lankan court has summoned the commander of the country's Army tomorrow over the disappearance of 24 Tamils since their arrest in 1996 by security forces during the internal conflict with the LTTE.
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LTTE's Prabhakaran To Be Reported As 'Missing' 7 Years After His Death
With some Tamil nationalists in Sri Lanka believing that Velupillai Prabhakaran may still be alive, a Tamil National Alliance leader has said the LTTE supremo's name could be reported to the newly setup Office of the Missing Persons (OMP).
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Leaders Call For UN Help On 4,000 Missing
Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil leaders today asked the top UN human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country's long civil war amid the government's assertion that most of them are probably dead.
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Mass grave fuels fear of thousands buried in Sri Lanka war zone
The discovery of a mass grave containing more than 30 skulls in northern Sri Lanka has fuelled speculation that there may be many more like it containing the remains of thousands who went missing during the island nation's nearly three-decade war.
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If PM goes to Lanka, visit to Tamil-dominated Jaffna likely: sources
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is under pressure to miss a Commonwealth meet in Colombo over Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, may consider including Tamil-dominated Jaffna in his itinerary as a compromise formula.
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More pressure on PM to miss Colombo Commonwealth meet
The Prime Minister faces a growing chorus within his Congress party to miss a Commonwealth summit in Colombo over Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils, though his office has advised him to attend the event.
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Sri Lanka: Sea Tiger chief missing after air raid
Sea Tiger chief Soosai was reported missing after Sri Lankan Air Force jets pounded his hideout killing at least 27 rebels
