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  • Unease as Sri Lankan general eyes presidency 16 Nov 2009 10:32 GMT
    ... General Sarath Fonseka led the Sri Lankan army's victory in May over the separatist Tamil ... of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who had been fighting for nearly 37 years for a Tamil ... his candidacy. "Boosting the image of the military has boomeranged on the government," said Terrance ...

  • Sri Lanka vows to free 130,000 refugees 22 Nov 2009 00:32 GMT
    ... of people after the end of the fighting have become a diplomatic embarrassment to the ... when Sarath Fonseka, the head of the army and the man who plotted the defeat ... an active part in the Tamil Tiger military campaign or had offered support to the ...

  • Sri Lanka to free 130,000 refugees 22 Nov 2009 00:34 GMT
    ... of people after the end of the fighting have become a diplomatic embarrassment to the ... when Sarath Fonseka, the head of the army and the man who plotted the defeat ... an active part in the Tamil Tiger military campaign or had offered support to the ...

  • Sri Lanka vows to free 130,000 Tamil refugees 22 Nov 2009 00:35 GMT
    ... of people after the end of the fighting have become a diplomatic embarrassment to the ... when Sarath Fonseka, the head of the army and the man who plotted the defeat ... an active part in the Tamil Tiger military campaign or had offered support to the ...

  • Genocide in Sri Lanka by Ron Ridenour, Counter Punch 19 Nov 2009 18:54 GMT
    ... it a terrorist crime to economically or military aid LTTE and it froze all LTTE ... against S.L. defense secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse and army commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka for “perpetrating ... BBC interview that, “if you are not fighting the Tamil Tigers you are a terrorist ...

  • Sri Lanka hastens Tamil camp clearance 19 Nov 2009 10:30 GMT
    ... after being displaced from their homes by fighting between government troops and separatist rebels, will ... who was widely credited with leading the army to victory this year over the Liberation ... to villages where there is a huge military presence," he said. "This could lead to ...

  • Unease in Sri Lanka as General Eyes Presidency 16 Nov 2009 17:55 GMT
    ... that eliminated the remnants of the rebel army and its leadership. But after apparently being ... Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who had been fighting for nearly 37 years for a Tamil ... ballot box. “Boosting the image of the military has boomeranged on the government,” said Terrance ...

  • Amnesty asks Heads of Government to support their calls for greater accountability for abuses of human rights and law suffered by Sri Lankan civilians. 19 Nov 2009 18:54 GMT
    ... and the LTTE. In the course of fighting, both sides violated humanitarian law. The LTTE ... a buffer against the approaching Sri Lankan army. Thousands of these civilians died when government ... Lankan government’s treatment of Tamil civilians during military operations in the East. In addition to ...

  • Unease at Sri Lanka general's presidential ambitions 16 Nov 2009 07:30 GMT
    ... that eliminated the remnants of the rebel army and its leadership. But after apparently being ... wiped out the (LTTE), who had been fighting for nearly 37 years for a Tamil ... at the "Boosting the image of the military has boomeranged on the government," said Terrance ...

  • Life as a Sri Lankan war refugee 21 Nov 2009 09:00 GMT
    ... stopped people from leaving and that the army shelled civilian areas. The dignified young woman ... emotion, betraying her trauma. "Because of the fighting and shelling we moved into the no-fire ... they got into the hands of the military. Hearing all this we were scared to ...

  • Displaced in Sri Lanka return to former rebel-held areas 24 Nov 2009 11:51 GMT
    ... displaced persons from former rebel-held areas where fighting with government forces took place in the final phases of military operations of the civil war returned to ... camps which were heavily guarded by the army, with no outsiders allowed in. Meanwhile, President ...

  • War displaced Sri Lankan children back to books 19 Nov 2009 09:19 GMT
    ... another to save their lives. As the fighting between the Sri Lankan military and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil ... of the Kadirgamar Relief Village said the Army gave lots of support for the children ...

  • Sri Lanka to open refugee c... 22 Nov 2009 05:44 GMT
    ... freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure ... backing a possible challenge by the victorious army chief against President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who they ... calls for a ceasefire during the intense fighting. According to Ministry of Disaster Management data, ...

  • Sri Lanka detainees 'to be freed' 21 Nov 2009 10:32 GMT
    ... The barbed-wire enclosures are run by the military, and many of those displaced had complained ... of releases. In May the Sri Lankan army defeated the Tamil Tigers, who had been fighting since the mid-1970s to carve out a ...

  • Sri Lanka camps 'to be opened up' 21 Nov 2009 14:32 GMT
    ... The barbed-wire enclosures are run by the military, and many of those displaced had complained ... of releases. In May the Sri Lankan army defeated the Tamil Tigers, who had been fighting since the mid-1970s to carve out a ...


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