Sri Lanka's cabinet refused to withdraw its opposition to a UK

Sri Lanka's cabinet refused to withdraw its opposition to a British special envoy [ Friday, 20 February 2009, 05:40.50 AM GMT +05:30 ] Sri Lanka's cabinet refused to withdraw its opposition to a British special envoy despite fresh talks between the two sides on...

Fresh protests in Lok Sabha(India) over Sri Lankan issues

Fresh protests in Lok Sabha over Sri Lankan issues [ Friday, 20 February 2009, 05:43.19 AM GMT +05:30 ] The Sri Lankan Tamil issue continued to create uproar in the Lok Sabha for the second day today with PMK, a UPA ally, demanding withdrawal of the statement of...

Narayana Murthy quits as IT advisor to Lanka

Narayana Murthy quits as IT advisor to Lanka [ Thursday, 19 February 2009, 09:09.14 AM GMT +05:30 ] Within days of his appointment as International Advisor on Information Technology to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, IT czar N R Narayana Murthy on Wednesday quit...

"Flames on my body will guide to liberation"

"Flames on my body will guide to liberation" [TamilNet, Friday, 20 February 2009, 11:30 GMT] "We Tamils, displaced and all over the world, loudly raised our problems and asked for help before [the] international community in your own language for three decades. But nothing...

Lack of antibiotics force drs to re-amputate patients in Vanni

Lack of antibiotics force doctors to re-amputate patients in Vanni [TamilNet, Friday, 20 February 2009, 09:35 GMT] "If we are not going to receive at least IV antibiotics, anesthetics and surgical consumables in minimum amounts ASAP, we may not be able to provide even...

75 civilians abducted in last 3 months – HRC Batticalao

"75 civilians abducted in last 3 months – HRC Batticalao [TamilNet, Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 15:27 GMT] Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Batticalao said that 75 civilians have been abducted during the past three months at the rate of one abduction a day. Most of the...

38 civilians arrested in Gampaha town

"38 civilians arrested in Gampaha town [TamilNet, Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 17:18 GMT] Thirty eight civilians were taken into custody in cordon and search operations conducted in Gampaha town from Sunday evening till Monday evening. 25 of them are Tamil civilians,...

Jaffna SLA dishonors Court recommendation on moving HSZ boundarie

Jaffna SLA dishonors Court recommendation on moving HSZ boundaries [TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 February 2009, 02:51 GMT] The committee appointed by Supreme Court to consider the Courts' recommendation to expedite resettlement of displaced residents from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA)...

SLA bans re-telecast of Tamil Nadu TV in Jaffna

"SLA bans re-telecast of Tamil Nadu TV in Jaffna [TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 February 2009, 00:03 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) officers in charge of their camps in Jaffna peninsula have ordered the cable TV operators not to re-telecast programs of Makkal TV from Tamil Nadu, civil...