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'Separatist Mindset Dominates DMK's Dravidian Model Of Politics': Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu is raising emotive issues around language and Dravidian identity to target the BJP as it has no answers to allegations of corruption and caste-crimes plaguing its governme
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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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Supreme Court Acquits Separatist Tamil Group Leader
The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted a separatist Tamil group leader, arrested under the TADA Act for conspiring to bomb government buildings in 1990, agreeing to the defence argument that the confession of his two co-accused cannot be admitted as evidence against him as their trial was not held together.
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After Hiatus, Rajapaksa Brothers Set To Win Sri Lanka Presidential Elections
The Rajapaksas, best known for the brutal defeat of separatist Tamil rebels and then drawing Sri Lanka into China's orbit when the West and India shunned the Indian Ocean island, are back at the centre of the nation's deeply divisive politics and it is stoking fear.
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Former LTTE Member Detained in Tamil Nadu, Say Police
The Tamil Nadu police have detained a suspected former member of Sri Lanka's separatist militant group LTTE in Ramanathapuram.
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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.
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Sri Lanka President Seeks Unprecedented Third Term As Critics Seek to Unseat Him
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today called a presidential election, seeking an unprecedented third six-year tenure, but demands for his power to be curbed and a possible split in his vote base means re-election won't be a walkover.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'Separatist Mindset Dominates DMK's Dravidian Model Of Politics': Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu is raising emotive issues around language and Dravidian identity to target the BJP as it has no answers to allegations of corruption and caste-crimes plaguing its governme
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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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Supreme Court Acquits Separatist Tamil Group Leader
The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted a separatist Tamil group leader, arrested under the TADA Act for conspiring to bomb government buildings in 1990, agreeing to the defence argument that the confession of his two co-accused cannot be admitted as evidence against him as their trial was not held together.
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After Hiatus, Rajapaksa Brothers Set To Win Sri Lanka Presidential Elections
The Rajapaksas, best known for the brutal defeat of separatist Tamil rebels and then drawing Sri Lanka into China's orbit when the West and India shunned the Indian Ocean island, are back at the centre of the nation's deeply divisive politics and it is stoking fear.
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Former LTTE Member Detained in Tamil Nadu, Say Police
The Tamil Nadu police have detained a suspected former member of Sri Lanka's separatist militant group LTTE in Ramanathapuram.
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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.
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Sri Lanka President Seeks Unprecedented Third Term As Critics Seek to Unseat Him
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today called a presidential election, seeking an unprecedented third six-year tenure, but demands for his power to be curbed and a possible split in his vote base means re-election won't be a walkover.
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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.
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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.
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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.
