06/07/2010
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Financial Times
Sri Lanka showed the warmth its people are known for when one of the biggest Bollywood extravaganzas, the International Indian Film Academy awards, came to town at the weekend.
02/17/2010
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Financial Times
The new government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who won re-election for a second term with an 18 percentage point lead last month, has a rare chance to reverse history and set Sri Lanka on a path towards ethnic rapprochement and prosperity.
But earlier this month, Mr Rajapaksa shocked domestic and international observers by arresting his main political opponent, General (retired) Sarath Fonseka. If such events are any guide, turmoil and violence may remain part of the Sri Lankan political landscape. A much-vaunted peace dividend is in danger of being squandered.
01/25/2010
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Financial Times
As Sri Lankans go to the polls on Tuesday in what is seen as one of the country’s most important presidential elections in the island’s post-independence era, all eyes are on the rival candidate to the incumbent leader, president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
10/16/2009
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Financial Times
Muhunthan is one of a group of young people who wants to move the separatist struggle into a more diplomatic, PR-friendly – and, they hope, successful – phase. He has recently set up the Tamil Solidarity Movement, a campaigning group that rejects violence. The movement hopes to rely on “networking” with MPs and discouraging western companies from investing in Sri Lanka, rather than on chanting in Parliament Square.