Tamils In Sri Lanka
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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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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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Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena Switches Foreign, Finance Ministers In Reshuffle
Nine cabinet ministers and a state minister took oath before Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Sri Lankan Leader Writes to President Sirisena for Release of Tamil Inmates
A day after inmates began a hunger strike demanding their release in Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated Northern Province, the chief minister has demanded expediting of pending cases against over 200 Tamil political prisoners languishing in several jails.
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Tamil Outfit Calls for Boycott of KFC, Pepsi, Coca Cola
Alleging that the US was acting against the interest of Tamils in Sri Lanka, a Tamil outfit today sought boycott of its products like KFC, Pepsi and Coca Cola and announced that it would stage a protest infront of the American Consulate in Chennai tomorrow.
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Sri Lanka Fires Military Governor in Tamil Controlled North
Sri Lanka's new president has replaced an ex-military with a civilian governor in the Tamil-controlled north in a sign of improving ties with the ethnic minority following the end of the civil war.
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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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All-party delegation submits report on condition of Tamils in Sri Lanka
A multi-party Parliamentary delegation that visited Sri Lanka submitted a report on the condition of ethnic Tamils to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. Dr Singh said India will stand "solidly behind" the minority community in their pursuit for a political settlement.
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Congress leaders to submit a report to PM about Sri Lanka visit
Members of Parliament belonging to the Congress party who were part of the parliamentary delegation to Sri Lanka said on Saturday that a report about the visit would be submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Karunanidhi stand on Lankan issue due to 'election fever': Jayalalithaa
AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today said by demanding a special envoy to study the condition of Tamils in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhihad admitted that the assessment of the UPA MPs team, which visited the island nation some months ago, was wrong. Karunanidhi's sudden change of heart in demanding a special envoy was due to...
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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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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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Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena Switches Foreign, Finance Ministers In Reshuffle
Nine cabinet ministers and a state minister took oath before Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Sri Lankan Leader Writes to President Sirisena for Release of Tamil Inmates
A day after inmates began a hunger strike demanding their release in Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated Northern Province, the chief minister has demanded expediting of pending cases against over 200 Tamil political prisoners languishing in several jails.
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Tamil Outfit Calls for Boycott of KFC, Pepsi, Coca Cola
Alleging that the US was acting against the interest of Tamils in Sri Lanka, a Tamil outfit today sought boycott of its products like KFC, Pepsi and Coca Cola and announced that it would stage a protest infront of the American Consulate in Chennai tomorrow.
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Sri Lanka Fires Military Governor in Tamil Controlled North
Sri Lanka's new president has replaced an ex-military with a civilian governor in the Tamil-controlled north in a sign of improving ties with the ethnic minority following the end of the civil war.
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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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All-party delegation submits report on condition of Tamils in Sri Lanka
A multi-party Parliamentary delegation that visited Sri Lanka submitted a report on the condition of ethnic Tamils to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. Dr Singh said India will stand "solidly behind" the minority community in their pursuit for a political settlement.
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Congress leaders to submit a report to PM about Sri Lanka visit
Members of Parliament belonging to the Congress party who were part of the parliamentary delegation to Sri Lanka said on Saturday that a report about the visit would be submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Karunanidhi stand on Lankan issue due to 'election fever': Jayalalithaa
AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today said by demanding a special envoy to study the condition of Tamils in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhihad admitted that the assessment of the UPA MPs team, which visited the island nation some months ago, was wrong. Karunanidhi's sudden change of heart in demanding a special envoy was due to...
