A Lankan Lament

(Tehelka, Saturday, 1 August 2009) - PC VINOJ KUMAR lays out the conditions of existence in Sri Lanka’s ‘welfare villages’ for Tamil refugees
Do I know what it means / To [...]

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Sri Lanka closes down peace secretariat

(Xinhua, Colombo, July 31 2009) The Sri Lankan government has closed down a peace secretariat that was set up to facilitate reconciliation talks with the Tamil Tiger rebels, an official [...]

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Swiss National Day-Felicitations

(The Tamil Forum Swiss, 27 07 2009) - The Tamil Forum Swiss whole heartedly wishes your Excellency, and the Peoples of the Confederation of the Federation of Switzerland on this [...]

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Increase of typhoid, hepatitis reported in internment camps

(TamilNet, Friday, 31 July 200) - An increase of Typhoid fever and viral Hepatitis has been reported in the internment camps of Vavuniyaa where hundreds of thousands of Vanni civilians [...]

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Life during peacetime - With Sri Lanka’s war over, there is no excuse for anti-Tamil policies

( National Post, Friday, July 31, 2009 ) - During the recent military campaign in Sri Lanka, this newspaper was broadly sympathetic to the Sri Lankan government’s goal of [...]

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More money offered for resettling Tamils in Lanka

(IANS, Sat, Aug 1, 2009 ) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is willing to give more funds, besides the $100m which India has already pledged, for resettlement of around 300,000 [...]

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Tamils still coming to India, but it is now a trickle

(IANS, Sat, Aug 1, 2009 ) - More than two months after the Tamil Tigers were decimated, Tamils are still fleeing Sri Lanka to come to India, but mostly by [...]

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Nirupama Rao to take over as Foreign Secretary on Saturday

(ANI, Sat, Aug 1, 2009 ) - Nirupama Rao will take charge as India’s next Foreign Secretary on Saturday (Aug.1). She will assume charge from incumbent Shiv Shankar Menon at [...]

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“During the height of the war 50 RAW agents in the Wanni without the knowledge of the Sri Lankan government”

(Daily Mirror, 30 07 2009) - Somawansa Amerasinghe Talks to Shakuntala Perera - Leader of the JVP Somawansa Amerasinghe tells Hard Talk that the issues affecting the Tamil people would [...]

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Concerning Challenges to KP’s Leadership of LTTE

(by D.B.S. Jeyaraj, TamilWeek, 24 07 2009) - The politico-military organization known as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has virtually ceased to exist within the borders of Sri Lanka.
Tiger [...]

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