Sri Lanka

Tamil activists' shock on return to Jaffna

It is difficult and expensive to travel to Jaffna (Photos: Ananda Jayasekara) It has been six months since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, but normality has yet to return to the Tamil cultural heartland of Jaffna,...

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SchNEWS Issue 700 - Good Cop Bad Cop

Things are hotting up for the COP15 UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen next month... plus, despite being out of the news, the plight of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka continues to be dire, protesters disrupt the NATO...

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Sri Lanka to Release 136,000 War-Displaced Tamils

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils held 6 months in detainment camps By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press Writer MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka November 21, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment U.N....

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Sri Lanka allows freedom of movement for war displaced civilians

COLOMBO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan war displaced civilians, who are now living in highly guarded camps in the northern Vauniya district, will be allowed to move freely from Dec. 1, a senior government officials said on...

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Sri Lanka former child soldiers' college

by Liu Yongqiu, Chen Zhanjie COLOMBO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- There seems no difference between the Colombo Hindu College Ratmalana and any other school, except for the armed police officers guarding the gate. Danika went through...

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Sri Lankan opposition to ask war hero to contest presidential poll

COLOMBO, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan leftist party JVP or the People's Liberation Front said on Friday that the party would begin discussions with retired Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka shortly and invite him...

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Sri Lanka orders probe on alleged plot to kill former Army chief

COLOMBO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan police have been asked to begin investigation on an alleged plot to assassinate former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka as reported in a newspaper. Lakshman Hulugalla, the director...

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Tendulkar leads India to a draw

AHMEDABAD (India): Sachin Tendulkar celebrated his 20th year in test cricket with a patient unbeaten century yesterday and guided India to a draw against Sri Lanka in the first Test. India wiped out a huge first-innings deficit...

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Twin centuries saving grace

Ahmedabad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni had said on the eve of the Test that he hoped a Sachin Tendulkar hundred and a victory would be the best way to celebrate the icon's completion of two decades in international cricket.

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Can't blame pitch: Dhoni

Ahmedabad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni doesn't want to blame the wicket for the dull draw in the opening Test of the series against Sri Lanka. "I have seen flatter wickets than this," said the India captain at the post-match press...

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