09/05/2011
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IPS
COLOMBO, Sep 5, 2011 (IPS) - As paddy cultivation revives in Sri Lanka’s former war zones, prospects for the island’s food security have improved dramatically.
09/08/2010
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InterPress Service, IPS
COLOMBO, Sep 8, 2010 (IPS) - The European Union’s decision to suspend trade preferences for Sri Lankan exports may have finally come into force, but the island nation is not budging an inch on any of the powerful bloc’s recommendations on its controversial human rights record.
China, GSP+, human rights, India, trade
03/10/2010
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IPS
COLOMBO, Mar 10, 2010 (IPS) - The war of words between the Sri Lankan government and the United Nations has begun all over again, this time over the creation of an experts’ panel on the island’s human rights record.
12/08/2009
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IPS
Despite ongoing concern about the country’s human-rights situation, the United States should seek a more positive relationship with strife-torn Sri Lanka, primarily for geo-political reasons, according to a new report released here Monday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.