09/29/2011
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Times of India
COLOMBO: A group Sri Lankans, most of them Tamils, who failed in their bid to get asylum in the UK, have been deported back to the country, despite concerns raised by rights groups over their fate.
09/25/2011
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Times of India
NEW YORK: Sri Lanka's foreign minister has told The Associated Press that hundreds of hardcore Tamil rebels are likely to be prosecuted on charges including mass murder for crimes committed during the island's quarter-century civil war that ended in 2009.
09/04/2011
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Times of India
NEW DELHI: In what might prove to be a political embarrassment for Congress in Tamil Nadu, a Wikileaks cable has revealed that India viewed Western criticism of Sri Lanka's human rights record with concern as it felt shunning the island nation would drive it towards China.
07/07/2011
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Times of India
WASHINGTON: China, seeking to gain influence in the Indian Ocean, has reportedly increased its aid to Sri Lanka dramatically since 2005, a US Congressional report has said.
02/05/2011
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Times of India
ANURADHAPURA ( SRI LANKA): A pregnant woman being shifted from a flood hit area delivered a baby in a Sri Lankan air force helicopter.
01/10/2011
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Times of India
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has designated four more ports to be used as points of entry into the country, to add to the existing list of three airports and four sea points.
11/22/2010
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Times of India
NEW DELHI: Ahead of foreign minister S M Krishna's visit to Sri Lanka, India has started work on construction of 1,000 homes for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the island nation. The construction of 1,000 homes is a pilot project for the commitment made by India to build 50,000 houses in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
09/02/2010
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Times of India
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S M Krishna will visit Sri Lanka soon for a first-hand view of the situation there as India tries to expedite the resettlement process in the island nation. Government officials said Krishna's visit is likely to take place by the end of this month or early October.
08/01/2010
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Times of India
CHENNAI: Home minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said that an Indian official will be sent to Sri Lanka this week to assess the progress of rehabilitating Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps there.
07/15/2010
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Times of India
CHENNAI: The city police on Wednesday arrested and remanded MDMK leader Vaiko and Tamil Desiya Iyakkam leader P Nedumaran for trying to march to the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission.