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  • Sri Lanka vows to free 130,000 refugees 22 Nov 2009 00:32 GMT
    ... the end of the country's bitter civil war six months ago. Two days after the ... when Sarath Fonseka, the head of the army and the man who plotted the defeat ... was expecting. In a farewell letter to troops Fonseka pledged to work to restore human rights, ...

  • Sri Lanka former child soldiers' college 21 Nov 2009 05:31 GMT
    ... rehabilitation center established exclusively for former child soldiers of the Tamil Tiger, a rebel group ... group that was defeated by the government troops in May after a 30-year civil war ... said. After the LTTE was defeated, the Army brought Priya to the Punnthottam Rehabilitation Center ...

  • Sri Lanka's ex-military says will 'restore' human rights 21 Nov 2009 20:16 GMT
    ... he said in a farewell letter to troops. "I pledge to work to restore human ... like a shadow." Fonseka is considered a war hero at home for his role in ... credited Fonseka for successfully leading the 200,000-strong army to crush the separatist Tamil Tigers, also ...

  • UN to help Sri Lanka resettle war displaced civilians 21 Nov 2009 09:19 GMT
    ... Sri Lankan government for accelerating resettlement of war displaced civilians in the north, a senior ... since a civil war between the government troops and the LTTE erupted in the 1980s. ... was the rehabilitation of ex-rebels and child soldiers. The government said over 10,000 ex-LTTE rebels ...

  • Sri Lanka to free war-displaced civilians held in camps 21 Nov 2009 09:25 GMT
    ... before their defeat by the Sri Lankan army is seen in northeastern Sri Lanka on ... Lanka said Saturday it plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of ... held in camps. In May, Sri Lankan troops defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels who had been ...

  • Sri Lanka 'to free all war-displaced civilians' 21 Nov 2009 16:12 GMT
    ... groups have been pressing Colombo to allow war displaced civilians the freedom to choose where they ... process. Fonseka, who quit as chief of defence staff last week and is widely expected ... release so far. In May, Sri Lankan troops defeated the Tamil rebels who had been ...

  • Freedom for Sri Lanka's war-displaced soon 21 Nov 2009 23:13 GMT
    ... War-displaced civilians look on at a state-run internment ... process. Fonseka, who quit as chief of defence staff last week and is widely expected ... release so far. In May, Sri Lankan troops defeated the Tamil rebels who had been ...

  • Sri Lanka to Release 136,000 Tamil War Refugees 21 Nov 2009 09:51 GMT
    ... Sri Lanka to Release 136,000 Tamil War Refugees Sri Lanka to release remaining 136,000 ... in the camps, which are guarded by soldiers and strung with barbed wire. Basil Rajapaksa, ... areas cleared of mines, he said. Government troops routed the Tamil Tigers in May, ending ...

  • Sri Lanka to free all war-displaced civilians 21 Nov 2009 14:13 GMT
    ... to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in , meeting a key ... process. Fonseka, who quit as chief of defence staff last week and is widely expected ... release so far. In May, Sri Lankan troops defeated the Tamil rebels who had been ...

  • Life as a Sri Lankan war refugee 21 Nov 2009 09:00 GMT
    ... Refugee Tirumagal: "We moved from place to place" ... are back home in Trincomalee from their war-time suffering and from Menik Farm. The largest ... stopped people from leaving and that the army shelled civilian areas. The dignified young woman ...

  • Sri Lanka to free war-displaced 21 Nov 2009 09:55 GMT
    ... 1137247 [headline] => Sri Lanka to free war-displaced [abstract] => Sri Lanka says it plans ... from 280,000 at the end of the fighting in May with the defeat of Tamil ... held in camps. In May, Sri Lankan troops defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels who had ...

  • Sri Lanka to release remaining 136,000 Tamil war refugees after 6 months in detainment camps 21 Nov 2009 18:50 GMT
    ... Sri Lanka to release remaining 136,000 Tamil war refugees after 6 months in detainment camps ... in the camps, which are guarded by soldiers and strung with barbed wire. Basil Rajapaksa, ... areas cleared of mines, he said. Government troops routed the Tamil Tigers in May, ending ...

  • Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils 21 Nov 2009 08:55 GMT
    ... Sri Lanka to study the welfare of war-displaced civilians held in camps and those recently ... in the camps, which are guarded by soldiers and strung with barbed wire. Basil Rajapaksa, ... areas cleared of mines, he said. Government troops routed the Tamil Tigers in May, ending ...

  • Sri Lanka to free war-displaced civilians 21 Nov 2009 08:57 GMT
    ... said on Saturday it plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of ... from 280,000 at the end of the fighting in May with the defeat of Tamil ... held in camps. In May, Sri Lankan troops defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels who had ...

  • Sri Lanka to free all war-displaced civilians 21 Nov 2009 14:32 GMT
    ... from 280,000 at the end of the fighting in May with the defeat of the ... process. Fonseka, who quit as chief of defence staff last week and is widely expected ... release so far. In May, Sri Lankan troops defeated the Tamil rebels who had been fighting ...


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