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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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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: Mother Of Convict Seeks Release
The mother of one of the convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination on Wednesday petitioned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for her son's release.
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Sri Lanka Soldiers Jailed for 25 Years for Gang-Rape in 2010
A Sri Lankan court today sentenced four government soldiers to 25 years in prison each for the gang rape of a 27-year-old Tamil mother of two in the island's former war zone in 2010.
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Sri Lanka Raises Concerns Over UN Draft Resolution
Sri Lanka today raised concerns over the text of a draft resolution on the country's civil war which is to be tabled during the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
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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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Sri Lanka Votes in Tightest Election in Decades
Sri Lanka goes to the polls Thursday in its tightest election in decades, with its strongman president battling for survival after accusations of corruption and a failure to bring about national reconciliation.
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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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Sri Lanka Bans Commemoration of Tiger Rebels
Sri Lanka has banned public commemorations of Tamil Tiger rebels ahead of the fifth anniversary of rebel supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran's killing which marked the end of the war, a military spokesman said Sunday.
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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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New mass grave found in Sri Lanka four years after war
An unmarked mass grave has been found in Sri Lanka's former war zone, the first discovery of an unmarked gravesite since troops defeated Tamil rebels more than four years ago, police said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka's ex-army chief released from jail
Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka was formally freed from prison on Monday following a presidential pardon. Large crowds gathered outside the prison to greet Fonseka, who was imprisoned in 2010 just days after he lost to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election, Xinhua reported.
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Mahinda Rajapakse's interview to NDTV: Full transcript
Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapakse told NDTV that if the reconciliation commission report endorses any human rights violation in the war against the Tamil Tigers, the government will take action without shielding anyone. He also says the Lankan navy has been stopped from taking Indian fishermen into custody anymore.
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Sri Lanka to probe human rights violations by its army personnel
Over two years after Sri Lanka's final war against the LTTE, the Mahinda Rajapakse government has for the first time indirectly admitted that some of its army personnel may have indulged in human rights violations in the final phase of the war. They add that these army personnel may therefore be indicted in coming months. According to Rajiva Wijesi...
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Canada: Tamil migrant not a security threat
Tamil migrants who arrived on the British Columbian shore from Sri Lanka may have a better chance of staying in Canada after the federal government lost a refugee hearing. Refugee board member Marc Tessler ruled last week that mere association with banned terrorist group LTTE, is not enough to prove membership in that group ...
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Sri Lanka's national parks reopen after 25 years
After remaining closed for more than 25 years because of the civil war between the security forces and the Tamil tigers, Sri Lanka's national parks are once again set to see tourists flocking there.
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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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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: Mother Of Convict Seeks Release
The mother of one of the convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination on Wednesday petitioned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for her son's release.
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Sri Lanka Soldiers Jailed for 25 Years for Gang-Rape in 2010
A Sri Lankan court today sentenced four government soldiers to 25 years in prison each for the gang rape of a 27-year-old Tamil mother of two in the island's former war zone in 2010.
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Sri Lanka Raises Concerns Over UN Draft Resolution
Sri Lanka today raised concerns over the text of a draft resolution on the country's civil war which is to be tabled during the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
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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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Sri Lanka Votes in Tightest Election in Decades
Sri Lanka goes to the polls Thursday in its tightest election in decades, with its strongman president battling for survival after accusations of corruption and a failure to bring about national reconciliation.
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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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Sri Lanka Bans Commemoration of Tiger Rebels
Sri Lanka has banned public commemorations of Tamil Tiger rebels ahead of the fifth anniversary of rebel supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran's killing which marked the end of the war, a military spokesman said Sunday.
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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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New mass grave found in Sri Lanka four years after war
An unmarked mass grave has been found in Sri Lanka's former war zone, the first discovery of an unmarked gravesite since troops defeated Tamil rebels more than four years ago, police said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka's ex-army chief released from jail
Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka was formally freed from prison on Monday following a presidential pardon. Large crowds gathered outside the prison to greet Fonseka, who was imprisoned in 2010 just days after he lost to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election, Xinhua reported.
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Mahinda Rajapakse's interview to NDTV: Full transcript
Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapakse told NDTV that if the reconciliation commission report endorses any human rights violation in the war against the Tamil Tigers, the government will take action without shielding anyone. He also says the Lankan navy has been stopped from taking Indian fishermen into custody anymore.
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Sri Lanka to probe human rights violations by its army personnel
Over two years after Sri Lanka's final war against the LTTE, the Mahinda Rajapakse government has for the first time indirectly admitted that some of its army personnel may have indulged in human rights violations in the final phase of the war. They add that these army personnel may therefore be indicted in coming months. According to Rajiva Wijesi...
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Canada: Tamil migrant not a security threat
Tamil migrants who arrived on the British Columbian shore from Sri Lanka may have a better chance of staying in Canada after the federal government lost a refugee hearing. Refugee board member Marc Tessler ruled last week that mere association with banned terrorist group LTTE, is not enough to prove membership in that group ...
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Sri Lanka's national parks reopen after 25 years
After remaining closed for more than 25 years because of the civil war between the security forces and the Tamil tigers, Sri Lanka's national parks are once again set to see tourists flocking there.
