New political formation of LTTE claimed

" New political formation of LTTE claimed [TamilNet, Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 16:42 GMT] Addressed as originating from the headquarters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, an Executive Committee on Tuesday,...

Ceylone in 1764 - Original Map from The Map House

This is the original map of Ceylon in 1764, before it was renamed as Sri Lanka, before it was united under one administration by the British. This map clearly shows the three kingdoms, ROYAUME DE CANDY which is the...

Sri Lanka not doing enough to rehabilitate displaced Tamils-India

India told today that Sri Lanka is not doing enough to rehabilitate the tamils displaced and living inside detention camps. The Sri Lankan Tamil refugees will not be forced to go back to the country if they are...

Rights Groups Want Probe Into Sri Lanka War Abuses

Human Rights groups called for international investigation of war crimes of Sri Lanka in the recent brutal war.      "(AP)  Human rights groups called Thursday for an...

Mercy Mission Humanitarian Relief being unloaded in Colombo

Update: 9-July-2009 Mercy Mission Humanitarian Relief being unloaded in Colombo " 9 July 2009: Two months after leaving Fos-Sur-Mer, France on 7 May 2009 the humanitarian relief sent by the Tamil Diaspora in...

France condemns Sri Lanka arrests of United Nations staffs

Two United Nations staffs members from Vavuniya were disappeared by Sri Lankan government a week back. They were gone missing for a week and after inquiries it was told they were arrested by Sri Lankan Army. These...

Rajapakse wants to be president in next term without election

The Sri Lankan government is proposing constitutional changes to extend the presidency of Rajapakse for the next term without election. The ministers are gathering support for that amendment. Janaka Bandara...

Channel 4 Undercover Investigation - Interviews Eyewitnesses

Channel 4 did an undercover investigation in Sri Lanka and interviewed few of the eyewitnesses who talks about the civilian deaths when government forces advanced on the tamil tiger's final strong hold. They told...

Looming health crisis in Sri Lanka sparks 'grave concern'

The 300,000 Tamils including 90,000 children living inside concentration camps are now facing health crisis due to lack of enough food,water, medicine and other basic needs.  As the monsoon is expected in two...

Sri Lanka : Crime, Disease and Celebrations

Crime, Diseases and Celebrations  - A rare combo one can find in the island Sri Lanka. The following are few of the incidents that happened in a week:"" The above doesn't include the abduction of an...

sri lanka army slaughtered 20.000 civilians in may 2009

U.N. again urged for independent investigations for suspected warcrimes and genocide in sri lanka committed by both tamil tigers and the sri lankan armed forces. I think more reliable information is coming from...

Free imprisoned Lankan doctors: Medha Patkar

Sri Lanka arrested the doctors who were treating the injured civilians at the war zone claiming they are linked to LTTE. Humanatarians and activists all over the world are asking the sri lankan governmen to...

Sinhalese hate us, we won't return to Lanka

Tamils who came out from Sri Lanka to India as refugees are afraid to return back. Though Sri Lankan president Rajapakse announced they won the war by destroying LTTE, there is no political solution put forward to address the tamil's issues. Tamils are still hopeful to get...

Disease outbreak in Sri Lankan camps imminent, says Christian Aid

Aid groups who are helping the people of the detention camps on their own are warning the sri lanka government about the conditions in camp that are causing huge diseases. Reason being poor sanitation and...

Tamils fear bout of ethnic cleansing

As the powerful rebel group fighting for Tamils is now destroyed, tamils are now fearing of the ethnic cleansing.      " In the wake of President Mahinda Rajapakse's declaration of...

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