General Fonseka to be the opposition common candidate?

" November 8, 2009  10:44 am General Sarath Fonseka who returned to the island a few days ago is tipped to be the common candidate of the Opposition Alliance for a future Presidential poll, sources from...

US can't quiz Gen. Sarath Fonseka: Sri Lanka

"Colombo: Sri Lanka Monday strongly protested US plans to question Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sarath Fonseka over alleged human rights violations in the last phase of the civil war, saying he has no authority to...

China a ‘stakeholder’ in Sri Lanka’s development: Sri Lanka

" Describing China as a “major stakeholder” in Sri Lanka’s development, Colombo has said Beijing had offered financial support and had stood by the country in “crucial situations“. “China has extended...

Sri Lanka: The scars of a 30-year civil war

Story of the Victims, coming from their own mouths, reported by the BBC. Some sections of the so-called "international Community" keep refusing to listen to anything that the Sri Lankan people have got to say....

Sri Lanka not to prosecute child LTTE soldiers: Rajapaksa

"Sri Lanka not to prosecute child LTTE soldiers: Rajapaksa Colombo (PTI): In a humanitarian gesture to Tamils, Sri Lanka has said that child soldiers recruited by the LTTE would not be prosecuted, and instead...

Tamil refugees by the thousands dying in Sri Lanka camp

UPDATE 1:" GMOA spokesman Upul Gunasekera told the Sunday Times: “There were no nurses yesterday. We only saw one nurse and she too came from outside with a team of doctors. We need about 120 doctors and at least 300 nurses in the camps. At the Chettikulam hospital [an...

Sri Lanka: Tamil refugees may end up in permanent camps.

" Tamil refugees may end up in permanent camps, say aid workers The Government originally proposed holding the Tamil refugees for up to three years to check they were not Tigers Sri Lankan authorities appear to...

Tamil govt will be formed in Lanka: MK

" Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday expressed hope that a government led by Tamils would be formed soon in Sri Lanka. He also said that the ailing Tamils in the island nation could at present get respite...

Sri Lanka: winning the war on two fronts

" For, in this war, as in other conflicts, there were no witnesses.Till 18 months ago, Prabhakaran’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled one-third of Sri Lanka’s territory. He commanded a...

No room for Tamil Tiger militancy ever again in Sri Lanka

" Military: No room for Tamil Tiger militancy ever again in Sri Lanka   COLOMBO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels defeated by the government troops would never be able to regroup, a...

Misapplying R2P in Sri Lanka

" Misapplying R2P in Sri Lanka Jorge Heine ...

Lanka assures more powers to Tamils

" Sending a delegation of high-ranking officials to Delhi, Sri Lanka on Tuesday allayed Indian concerns over rehabilitation of war-hit Tamil civilians and devolution of more political powers to its Tamil-dominated...

Bomb carried in CARE vehicle for assassination of Gotabhaya

"(Colombo-Lankapuvath-June 20) - Investigations have revealed that the bomb which exploded at the Pittala Junction in Kollupitiya that targeted Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was carried by a vehicle which...

sri lanka from paradise to hell

I support the Tamils in Sri Lanka!That doesn't mean I am a terrorist, which is often used as a cheap excuse to avoid "difficult" answers from the sinhalese and their government!I SAY BOYCOTT SRI LANKAN PRODUCTS AND SPORTS LIKE CRICKET AND FORCE THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT TO...

Sri Lanka can not hide genocide

Stop the sinhalese in their ethnic cleansing of tamils in Sri Lanka

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