05/10/2011
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The charges are a national issue, and a lesson for all. Christian leaders, human rights activists and ordinary people criticise the government’s opposition to the report, and for failing to translate it into Sinhalese and Tamil, which leaves many Sri Lankans in the dark.
07/28/2010
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Asia News
Prime Minister Singh states that officials will monitor the situation. Sri Lanka has rejected a UN committee. Experts: Risk of manipulation and propaganda. We need facts.
07/28/2010
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Asia News
In July 1983, up to 3,000 Tamil civilians died in Sinhalese-initiated riots that set off the country’s civil war. Today, there are 81,000 widows in Sri Lanka and the military occupies two thirds of the country, CSM member says. Christians are in favour of a multi-ethnic state.
07/09/2010
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Asia News
Ban Ki-Moon recalls UN Resident Coordinator Neil Buhne to New York. Demonstrations began last Tuesday. For opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe, “The protest outside the UN office in Colombo has brought shame and disrepute to the country”.
05/14/2010
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Asia News
Epidemiologists and health care unions slam the government for not investing resources to stop the spreading of dengue fever before the rainy season. The mosquito-borne virus causes tens of thousands of victims across Asia and Africa each year, during and right after the rains.