03/15/2011
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Asian Tribune
Sri Lanka’s Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that a number of measures have been taken in international arena to prevent the LTTE raising its head again. He has disclosed that legal actions have already been taken against some pro-LTTE groups in foreign countries.
10/27/2010
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Asian Tribune
Controversial reports are emerging on the increasing visits to Jaffna & Wanni by Colombo’s ruling elite organized by questionable character(s).
09/19/2010
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Asian Tribune
The predictable guilty verdict against Gen. Sarath Fonseka by the second military tribunal and the overtly partisan manner in which the tribunal conducted itself indicate that the regime is no longer interested even in maintaining appearances.
It wants to punish Gen. Fonseka to the maximum and there can be little doubt that he will be found guilty by other tribunals and other courts, of any crime the Rajapakses see fit to accuse him of. And his fate would be a living lesson to any who think of seriously challenging Rajapakse power, especially from within the SLFP or the government.
09/13/2010
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Asian Tribune
Sri Lanka’s United Peoples’ Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government has appointed a four-member committee headed by former Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickremenayake to formulate the policy decisions for the next Amendment to the Constitution.
08/20/2010
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Asian Tribune
Tens of thousands of devotees had gathered in Jaffna to attend the opening ceremony of the Nallur Sri Kandaswami Temple festival, the biggest religious event in the Jaffna peninsula.
08/08/2010
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Asian Tribune
The Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation will hold its first public sitting on Wednesday 11th August 2010 at 9.30am at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies.