08/14/2011
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The Sunday Leader
By S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole As I enjoy a well-deserved rest in London, having fled there because of harassment and threat of arrest, TamilNet has issued a description of my travails with inaccuracies and the claim that I have fallen out with the President.
02/22/2011
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Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) Thol. Thirumavalavan, a member of the Indian parliament and leader of the VCK party, was denied entry into Sri Lanka by the island-nation's immigration officials Tuesday and was forced to return.
09/23/2010
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The Times of India
The case against Douglas is that he, along with a group of Sri Lankan youths staying in Choolaimedu in 1986, had opened fire on local residents, killing one Thirunavukkarasu. The incident dates back to the time when LTTE-led militancy was at its peak. All the accused were arrested and later released on bail. As they did not turn up for trial, the IV additional sessions court here had declared them as proclaimed offenders and absconding accused.
09/03/2010
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BBC
The commission entrusted with the task of examining the last phase of the Sri Lankan war has experienced severe procedural problems with a key witness complaining that his words were not being properly translated.
08/14/2010
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The Hindu
Sri Lankan Minister Anandan alias Douglas Devananda has moved the Madras High Court seeking to set aside an order of 1994 declaring him as a ‘proclaimed offender' in a Chennai murder case. In his petition, Mr.Devananda (55) said the alleged offence took place on November 1, 1986 at Choolaimedu here.
07/11/2010
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Sunday Times
Last week, while Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the Maldives to help that country’s ruling and opposition parties settle their political disputes, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met six members of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in New Delhi and advised them to engage constructively with the Rajapaksa government so that long-standing political and ethnic issues could be sorted out.
06/12/2010
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New Delhi: A Sri Lankan Tamil minister who accompanied President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India says the Tamil diaspora's refusal to give up the Tamil Eelam dream is only hurting his community.