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		<title>video: 150+ Days - Life on the Merak boat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(By RefugeeHD, YouTube, 12 03 2010) - 254 Tamil Asylum seekers fled SriLanka to reach Australia by boat in order to seek asylum. They were stopped by Indonesian officials by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN changes may see detainees sent home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(ABC News, 12 03 2010) - The United Nations refugee agency is looking at changing its international protection guidelines for Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers.
The changes would pave the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilinsight.org/mydesk/blog/un-changes-may-see-detainees-sent-home/</link>
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		<title>Dictators in National Clothing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(By Basil Fernando, Sri Lanka Guardian, 12 03 2010The late Gunadasa Liyanage was a senior lawyer in Mount Lavinia who practiced mostly civil law. In the mid-1970’s, he was also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASIA: Freedom of expression and human rights defenders in Asian countries raised at the UN Human Rights Council</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(AHRC, 12 03 2010) - A Joint Oral Statement to the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilinsight.org/mydesk/blog/asia-freedom-of-expression-and-human-rights-defenders-in-asian-countries-raised-at-the-un-human-rights-council/</link>
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		<title>Canada asks Sri Lanka to start talks with Tamil groups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(PTI, Mar 12, 2010) - Canada has asked Sri Lanka to start talks and the reconciliation process with the Tamil groups, saying such a step is crucial for lasting peace [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilinsight.org/mydesk/blog/canada-asks-sri-lanka-to-start-talks-with-tamil-groups/</link>
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		<title>Dengue spread slows in north</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(IRIN, 11 March 2010) -  COLOMBO - The spread of Dengue fever has eased in Sri Lanka&#8217;s conflict-affected north, but health officials warn continued vigilance is necessary.
Since the beginning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilinsight.org/mydesk/blog/dengue-spread-slows-in-north/</link>
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		<title>US 2009 Human Rights Report cites Sri Lanka abuses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(US State Department&#8217;s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 11, 2010) - 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multiparty republic with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TCHR Urges the UN to Act: &#8220;While other violating countries are scrutinised by UN forums, Sri Lanka continues to be granted a blank cheque&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Geneva, 11 03 2010) - “While other violating countries are scrutinised by UN forums, Sri Lanka continues to be granted a blank cheque and enjoy international impunity,” said Tamil Centre [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilinsight.org/mydesk/blog/tchr-urges-the-un-to-act-while-other-violating-countries-are-scrutinised-by-un-forums-sri-lanka-continues-to-be-granted-a-blank-cheque/</link>
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		<title>OHCHR’s Damning Silence: It needs a new approach to speak out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(By Suhas Chakma, Director, Asian Centre for Human Rights, 11 03 2010) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is facing a crisis of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilinsight.org/mydesk/blog/ohchr%e2%80%99s-damning-silence-it-needs-a-new-approach-to-speak-out/</link>
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		<title>Protest in support of Stranded Tamil refugees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Demotix, 11 03 2010) - In central London outside the Australian High Commission the British Tamil Forum supported the Tamil solidarity group in making a protest about what seems to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tamilinsight.org/mydesk/blog/protest-in-support-of-stranded-tamil-refugees/</link>
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