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US Blacklists Sri Lanka Governor Over War Killings
The United States said Wednesday it would refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who had been charged with killings during the island's long civil war.
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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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US Blacklists Sri Lankan Army Commander Over Human Rights Violations
The United States said Friday it would refuse entry to Sri Lanka's army chief over "credible" evidence of human rights violations in the bloody 2009 finale to the civil war.
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The Wealthy Family Behind Sri Lanka Suicide Attacks That Killed Over 350
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
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Sri Lankan Bomb Attacks On Hotels, Churches: 20 Minutes Of Carnage
Bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 290 and injuring 500 people, in the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.
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Sri Lanka Court Orders Military Chief's Arrest For Role In Civil War
A Sri Lankan court on Friday ordered the arrest the country's top military officer over the abduction and murder of 11 people during the Tamil civil war.
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LTTE Planned To Attack Colombo With Plane From Chennai: Sri Lankan President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said that the LTTE militant group had planned to attack Colombo with an aircraft flying from Chennai in 2009. "No one knew it better than me," said Sirisena, who was the acting defence minister during the last two weeks of the civil war with the LTTE in May, 2009 when the rebels were eventually defeated...
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AIADMK Demands International Probe Against DMK, Congress For "War Crimes"
Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for "war crimes" against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state-wide protest over the issue.
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China Extends Influence, Aims To Build Houses And Roads In Sri Lanka
China wants to build houses and roads in Sri Lanka's north, much of which is in a state of disrepair nearly a decade after the end of civil war, Chinese and Sri Lankan officials said, in a bid to expand it influence beyond the island's south.
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Sri Lankan Official Dodges UN Questions Over Alleged Torture
A United Nations committee that monitors acts of torture in member countries grilled an intelligence chief Wednesday over the alleged abuse of detainees during Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, only to have the nation's attorney general step in to deflect the questions.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Slams Sri Lanka Missing Persons Bill
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday alleged that a proposed bill to set up an office of missing persons targeted government troops who defeated the LTTE ending the three-decade ethnic civil war.
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Sri Lankan President Vows To Resettle Displaced Tamils Within Six Months
Moved by the plight of Tamils displaced during the three-decade-long civil war, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has promised to set up a special task force to resettle them within six months.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
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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 Political Prisoners in Sri Lankan Jails Go on Indefinite Hunger Strike
Tamil political prisoners lodged in several jails in Sri Lanka, many of them without trial since 2009 when the civil war ended, today began a hunger strike, demanding their release.
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US Blacklists Sri Lanka Governor Over War Killings
The United States said Wednesday it would refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who had been charged with killings during the island's long civil war.
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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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US Blacklists Sri Lankan Army Commander Over Human Rights Violations
The United States said Friday it would refuse entry to Sri Lanka's army chief over "credible" evidence of human rights violations in the bloody 2009 finale to the civil war.
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The Wealthy Family Behind Sri Lanka Suicide Attacks That Killed Over 350
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
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Sri Lankan Bomb Attacks On Hotels, Churches: 20 Minutes Of Carnage
Bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 290 and injuring 500 people, in the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.
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Sri Lanka Court Orders Military Chief's Arrest For Role In Civil War
A Sri Lankan court on Friday ordered the arrest the country's top military officer over the abduction and murder of 11 people during the Tamil civil war.
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LTTE Planned To Attack Colombo With Plane From Chennai: Sri Lankan President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said that the LTTE militant group had planned to attack Colombo with an aircraft flying from Chennai in 2009. "No one knew it better than me," said Sirisena, who was the acting defence minister during the last two weeks of the civil war with the LTTE in May, 2009 when the rebels were eventually defeated...
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AIADMK Demands International Probe Against DMK, Congress For "War Crimes"
Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for "war crimes" against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state-wide protest over the issue.
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China Extends Influence, Aims To Build Houses And Roads In Sri Lanka
China wants to build houses and roads in Sri Lanka's north, much of which is in a state of disrepair nearly a decade after the end of civil war, Chinese and Sri Lankan officials said, in a bid to expand it influence beyond the island's south.
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Sri Lankan Official Dodges UN Questions Over Alleged Torture
A United Nations committee that monitors acts of torture in member countries grilled an intelligence chief Wednesday over the alleged abuse of detainees during Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, only to have the nation's attorney general step in to deflect the questions.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Slams Sri Lanka Missing Persons Bill
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday alleged that a proposed bill to set up an office of missing persons targeted government troops who defeated the LTTE ending the three-decade ethnic civil war.
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Sri Lankan President Vows To Resettle Displaced Tamils Within Six Months
Moved by the plight of Tamils displaced during the three-decade-long civil war, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has promised to set up a special task force to resettle them within six months.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
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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 Political Prisoners in Sri Lankan Jails Go on Indefinite Hunger Strike
Tamil political prisoners lodged in several jails in Sri Lanka, many of them without trial since 2009 when the civil war ended, today began a hunger strike, demanding their release.
