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Sri Lanka Appoints First Tamil Navy Chief After Four Decades
Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah was today appointed as the chief of Sri Lanka's naval forces, making him the first from the minority Tamil community to head the Navy since the brutal civil war erupted in the country 45 years ago.
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Not All Syrians In Turkey 'Dying To Go To Europe'
Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.
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John Kerry Says Finding Way Forward on Syria is Difficult
US Secretary of State John Kerry said today he hoped progress could be made at international talks in Vienna aimed at finding a political solution to Syria's four-year-old civil war but it would be very difficult.
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More Than 250,000 People Killed in Syria War: Report
More than a quarter of a million people have been killed in Syria's brutal conflict since it began with anti-government protests over four years ago, a monitoring group said today.
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Water a 'Weapon Of War' in Syria's Divided Aleppo
Through intense bombardment, seeing friends killed before her eyes and living without power, Layana Darwish stuck it out in Syria's Aleppo through four years of civil war, even completing her degree despite the devastation.
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New Diplomatic Push for Syria, But Solution Still Elusive
The first visit of a top Syrian official to a Gulf Arab state in more than four years is the strongest sign yet of a new diplomatic push to end the Syrian war, but there are still huge hurdles to face before any peace process can begin.
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US 'Heartbreak, Horror' on South Sudan Anniversary
A top aide of President Barack Obama spoke of her heartbreak and horror at the plight of South Sudan, which marked four turbulent years of independence Thursday under the shadow of civil war.
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Syria Death Toll Now Exceeds 210,000: Rights Group
The death toll after nearly four years of civil war in Syria has risen to 210,060, nearly half of them civilians, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today.
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Syria War Death Toll Now More Than 200,000: Monitor
Syria's civil war has killed more than 200,000 people in less than four years, a monitoring group said today, adding that most were fighters from the two sides.
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Nazi Hunter Says Adolf Eichmann's Top Aide Presumed Dead in Syria
One of the world's most wanted war criminals, the reputed top lieutenant of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, is presumed to have died at least four years ago in Syria, where he lived under government protection, a leading Nazi hunter said on Monday.
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David Cameron faces protests in former Sri Lanka war zone
Crowds of protesters met British Prime Minister David Cameron in the north of Sri Lanka on Friday, some surging towards his vehicle brandishing photos of relatives lost in the country's long civil war that ended four years ago.
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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.
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Sri Lanka turning authoritarian, says UN human rights chief
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay today criticised the Sri Lankan government, saying the country was becoming "increasingly authoritarian" despite the end of a civil war four years ago.
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UN human rights chief faces protest in Sri Lanka over alleged war crimes
Survivors of Sri Lanka's civil war have complained to the United Nations' human rights chief about missing relatives, military land grabs and a life without basic facilities more than four years after the end of the quarter-century war.
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Sri Lanka Appoints First Tamil Navy Chief After Four Decades
Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah was today appointed as the chief of Sri Lanka's naval forces, making him the first from the minority Tamil community to head the Navy since the brutal civil war erupted in the country 45 years ago.
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Not All Syrians In Turkey 'Dying To Go To Europe'
Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.
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John Kerry Says Finding Way Forward on Syria is Difficult
US Secretary of State John Kerry said today he hoped progress could be made at international talks in Vienna aimed at finding a political solution to Syria's four-year-old civil war but it would be very difficult.
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More Than 250,000 People Killed in Syria War: Report
More than a quarter of a million people have been killed in Syria's brutal conflict since it began with anti-government protests over four years ago, a monitoring group said today.
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Water a 'Weapon Of War' in Syria's Divided Aleppo
Through intense bombardment, seeing friends killed before her eyes and living without power, Layana Darwish stuck it out in Syria's Aleppo through four years of civil war, even completing her degree despite the devastation.
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New Diplomatic Push for Syria, But Solution Still Elusive
The first visit of a top Syrian official to a Gulf Arab state in more than four years is the strongest sign yet of a new diplomatic push to end the Syrian war, but there are still huge hurdles to face before any peace process can begin.
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US 'Heartbreak, Horror' on South Sudan Anniversary
A top aide of President Barack Obama spoke of her heartbreak and horror at the plight of South Sudan, which marked four turbulent years of independence Thursday under the shadow of civil war.
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Syria Death Toll Now Exceeds 210,000: Rights Group
The death toll after nearly four years of civil war in Syria has risen to 210,060, nearly half of them civilians, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today.
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Syria War Death Toll Now More Than 200,000: Monitor
Syria's civil war has killed more than 200,000 people in less than four years, a monitoring group said today, adding that most were fighters from the two sides.
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Nazi Hunter Says Adolf Eichmann's Top Aide Presumed Dead in Syria
One of the world's most wanted war criminals, the reputed top lieutenant of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, is presumed to have died at least four years ago in Syria, where he lived under government protection, a leading Nazi hunter said on Monday.
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David Cameron faces protests in former Sri Lanka war zone
Crowds of protesters met British Prime Minister David Cameron in the north of Sri Lanka on Friday, some surging towards his vehicle brandishing photos of relatives lost in the country's long civil war that ended four years ago.
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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.
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Sri Lanka turning authoritarian, says UN human rights chief
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay today criticised the Sri Lankan government, saying the country was becoming "increasingly authoritarian" despite the end of a civil war four years ago.
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UN human rights chief faces protest in Sri Lanka over alleged war crimes
Survivors of Sri Lanka's civil war have complained to the United Nations' human rights chief about missing relatives, military land grabs and a life without basic facilities more than four years after the end of the quarter-century war.
