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Lanka's Tamil Parties Plan To Field Presidential Candidate From Community
Sri Lanka's Tamil political parties are planning to field a candidate from the minority community in the presidential election to present a credible and acceptable political solution for them, a senior community leader said.
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"Will Never Accept 'Half-Baked' Solution For Tamils": Sri Lanka's Main Tamil Party
On Friday, President Rajapaksa had sought cooperation from the minority Tamil community leaders to "rebuild the country" in his first interaction with them since assuming office over two years ago.
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Tamil Students Of Jaffna Varsity Shot Dead By Lankan Police
Two Tamil students were today gunned down by police in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated former war-zone Northern Province's Jaffna city, prompting authorities to arrest and suspend five policemen.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
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After Three Decades, Tamil Lawmaker Named Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader
Sri Lanka's parliament today named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation in the nation following the end of a bloody civil war.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe to be Sworn-In as Sri Lankan Prime Minister Today
Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn-in as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister today, returning to the office for a fourth term after his party won the closely contested general election.
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DMK Congratulates Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Poll Win
DMK President M Karunanidhi hoped that the Tamil National Alliance's win in Sri Lanka would give rise to a situation for a permanent solution to travails of Tamils.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Vows to Safeguard National Security
Sri Lankans need not fear about a possible re-emergence of the vanquished Tamil Tiger guerrillas, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.
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Keen to Work With Tamil Diaspora for Reconciliation: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is keen to engage all diaspora groups including Tamils in reconciliation efforts, Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said stressing the new government does not want the country to return to another bloody conflict.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Party Backs Opposition Presidential Candidate
Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil political party says it will support an opposition candidate in January's Presidential election, the latest blow to Mahinda Rajapaksa's bid for another term in office.
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Sri Lanka war dead count improper: Tamil party
Tamil National Alliance's grassroots representatives in the former conflict zone were of the opinion that the census was not being done in the right manner.
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Tamils demand army withdrawal after Sri Lanka clashes
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party on Thursday demanded troops be withdrawn to barracks in the former rebel heartland of Jaffna after the worst ethnic violence since the end of the island's decades-long civil war.
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TNA calls for release of Tamil political prisoners
The Tamil National Alliance has called on the government to take immediate steps to release all Tamil political prisoners. R Sampanthan, the leader of the TNA told the Sri Lankan parliament on Tuesday that there are 234 Tamil political prisoners who are on a hunger strike.
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Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in Sri Lanka
A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday. Inmates of three prisons, located in Colombo city, Kalutara town and in Vavuniya town, are demanding that they be charged for their crimes or be released, Xinhua reported.
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Lanka's Tamil Parties Plan To Field Presidential Candidate From Community
Sri Lanka's Tamil political parties are planning to field a candidate from the minority community in the presidential election to present a credible and acceptable political solution for them, a senior community leader said.
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"Will Never Accept 'Half-Baked' Solution For Tamils": Sri Lanka's Main Tamil Party
On Friday, President Rajapaksa had sought cooperation from the minority Tamil community leaders to "rebuild the country" in his first interaction with them since assuming office over two years ago.
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Tamil Students Of Jaffna Varsity Shot Dead By Lankan Police
Two Tamil students were today gunned down by police in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated former war-zone Northern Province's Jaffna city, prompting authorities to arrest and suspend five policemen.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
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After Three Decades, Tamil Lawmaker Named Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader
Sri Lanka's parliament today named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation in the nation following the end of a bloody civil war.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe to be Sworn-In as Sri Lankan Prime Minister Today
Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn-in as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister today, returning to the office for a fourth term after his party won the closely contested general election.
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DMK Congratulates Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Poll Win
DMK President M Karunanidhi hoped that the Tamil National Alliance's win in Sri Lanka would give rise to a situation for a permanent solution to travails of Tamils.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Vows to Safeguard National Security
Sri Lankans need not fear about a possible re-emergence of the vanquished Tamil Tiger guerrillas, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.
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Keen to Work With Tamil Diaspora for Reconciliation: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is keen to engage all diaspora groups including Tamils in reconciliation efforts, Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said stressing the new government does not want the country to return to another bloody conflict.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Party Backs Opposition Presidential Candidate
Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil political party says it will support an opposition candidate in January's Presidential election, the latest blow to Mahinda Rajapaksa's bid for another term in office.
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Sri Lanka war dead count improper: Tamil party
Tamil National Alliance's grassroots representatives in the former conflict zone were of the opinion that the census was not being done in the right manner.
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Tamils demand army withdrawal after Sri Lanka clashes
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party on Thursday demanded troops be withdrawn to barracks in the former rebel heartland of Jaffna after the worst ethnic violence since the end of the island's decades-long civil war.
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TNA calls for release of Tamil political prisoners
The Tamil National Alliance has called on the government to take immediate steps to release all Tamil political prisoners. R Sampanthan, the leader of the TNA told the Sri Lankan parliament on Tuesday that there are 234 Tamil political prisoners who are on a hunger strike.
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Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in Sri Lanka
A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday. Inmates of three prisons, located in Colombo city, Kalutara town and in Vavuniya town, are demanding that they be charged for their crimes or be released, Xinhua reported.
