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  • 6 Tamil civilians including 4 in a family shot ... 25 Nov 2009 23:31 GMT
    ... 6 Tamil civilians including 4 in a family shot ... division and in a separate shooting unidentified armed men shot and killed a young woman ... 200 m from the local Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp. Vaazhaichcheanai police are investigating into ...

  • Angelina Jolie puts her money where her mouth is when it comes to charity giving 25 Nov 2009 22:53 GMT
    ... Congolese refugees 2003 - week-long visit to Sri Lanka 2003 - four-day mission to Russia ... to Chad visiting refugees who had fled fighting in western Sudan's Darfur region 2004 - ... with Iraqi refugees, multi-national forces, and U.S. troops NOTE: 2008 - 2009 (pregnancies, new motherhood) History ...

  • Political terrain shifts in Sri Lanka 25 Nov 2009 21:23 GMT
    ... Last Updated: November 25. 2009 7:24PM UAE / November ... no political experience. Sarath Fonseka, the former army commander credited with leading the army to ... powder and provide an extra allowance to soldiers and government officials. Yesterday it ran a ...

  • Diversity has jumped the shark 25 Nov 2009 19:02 GMT
    ... It cannot be said often enough that the chief ... chief of staff of the United States Army, Gen. George Casey, responded to a massacre ... to subpoena witnesses and evidence in one's defense. Members of Congress have it in their ...

  • NLF leader Karunaratne to contest presidential ele.. 25 Nov 2009 19:02 GMT
    ... NLF leader Karunaratne to contest presidential election [TamilNet, Wednesday, ... Meanwhile, General Sarath Fonseka, former Sri Lanka Army commander and the Chief of Defence Staff, said that he is to announce ...

  • SL: Fonseka looks forward to support from India 25 Nov 2009 15:14 GMT
    ... expected to run as president in Sri lanka ... the dreaded Tamil Tigers and the former army chief told All India Radio that he ... for the death of 80 Sri Lankan soldiers and then 120 soldiers during two attacks ...

  • Fonseka looks forward to support from India 25 Nov 2009 13:14 GMT
    ... Colombo: Former top General Sarath Fonseka, expected to ... against Rajapaksa, to make it battle between war heroes. Both Fonseka and Rajapaksa are claiming ... the dreaded Tamil Tigers and the former army chief told All India Radio that he ...

  • Sri Lankan shares fall 1.9-pct 25 Nov 2009 13:10 GMT
    ... Nov 24, 2009 (LBBO) – Sri Lankan stock prices ... the opposition candidate. Fonseka is a former army commander who led the victorious military campaign ... separatists in May, ending a 30-year ethnic war. A snap election could generate uncertainty, analysts ...

  • Another batch of IDPs brought to Jaffna, held in D.. 25 Nov 2009 12:51 GMT
    ... Another batch of IDPs brought to Jaffna, held ... Stadium, Jaffna Secretariat sources said. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) had refused permission for many Jaffna IDPs ... have been issued by the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry about where the IDPs being held ...

  • Another batch of IDPs brought to Jaffna, held in Duraiappa Stadium 25 Nov 2009 12:51 GMT
    ... Another batch of IDPs brought to Jaffna, held ... Stadium, Jaffna Secretariat sources said. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) had refused permission for many Jaffna IDPs ... have been issued by the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry about where the IDPs being held ...

  • Sri Lankan Former Army Chief To Form New Political Party 25 Nov 2009 09:12 GMT
    ... Sri Lankan Former Army Chief To Form New Political Party COLOMBO, ... parties" and individuals to rally around the war winning general who led the military to ...

  • Rights group urges Sri Lanka to free detainees 25 Nov 2009 08:42 GMT
    ... COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: An international rights group welcomed Sri ... welcomed Sri Lanka's decision to free all war refugees from camps, but said Wednesday that thousands ... are being rehabilitated in state-run centers. Government troops routed the Tamil Tigers in May, ending ...

  • Gen Fonseka hints at taking on 25 Nov 2009 06:16 GMT
    ... KOCHI: β€œIt is going to be the most crucial ... or to take legal action against the Defence Ministry, and everything else,” said Sri Lanka’s ... The General said he was leaving the Army with mixed feelings, after serving it for around ...

  • Gen. Fonseka to run against Prez 25 Nov 2009 05:58 GMT
    ... close aide said Gen. Fonseka, considered a war hero for his role in the defeat ... role in maintaining peace in the region, Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said. ... Gen. Kayani was also confident that Pakistani troops would soon register a final victory over terrorists ...

  • AFP Somalia journalist wins key press award 25 Nov 2009 05:58 GMT
    ... AFP Somalia journalist wins key press award Mustafa Haji ... the few independent reporters still working in war-torn Mogadishu received Tuesday a key press award ... reporter because there is no police, no army and no court system to back you ...


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