Tamil Separatist War

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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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  Sri Lanka's War Widows Pin Hopes on New President

  Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Sri Lanka's Tamil widows have returned to northern Jaffna since the end of the separatist war only to discover they are not welcome even in their homeland.

• Nigeria Should not Look to Sri Lanka: Human Rights Watch

  Human Rights Watch has said Nigeria's military should not use the example of Sri Lanka's defeat of Tamil separatists in its war against Boko Haram.

• Sri Lanka Celebrates End of War, Blocks Commemorations

  President Mahinda Rajapakse led celebrations at a major victory parade on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist war after commemorations for its victims were blocked.

• Sri Lanka troops kill three men in search for Tamil Tigers

  Sri Lanka's military on Friday shot dead three men during an operation against suspected Tamil separatist rebels, in the first major confrontation since the end of the island's war nearly five years ago, a spokesman said.

• Torture claims cast shadow over Sri Lanka's Commonwealth summit

  Allegations of abuses against ethnic minority Tamils in Sri Lanka four years after the army won a civil war against separatist rebels have put pressure on the government as it prepares to host a Commonwealth summit.

• Sri Lanka blames India for protracted war

  Sri Lanka today blamed India for the Tamil separatist war which dragged for 30 years on the island.

• DMK quits UPA over Sri Lanka, government moves on both its demands

  The DMK has pulled out of the Congress-led UPA coalition in protest against the government's position on a United Nations resolution on the bloody end to Sri Lanka's civil war with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Senior DMK leader TR Baalu met President Pranab Mukherjee tonight and handed over the letter withdrawing his party's support to the UPA.

• Hillary Clinton welcomes UN resolution on Sri Lanka

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday welcomed a UN resolution urging Sri Lanka to "credibly investigate" allegations of war crimes during its battle against Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009.