07/24/2011
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BBC
Sri Lanka's biggest Tamil party wins local elections in the former war zone in the north and east, in a rare electoral setback for the government.
07/23/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : War-battered Tamils in Sri Lanka vote for rights, not for development
07/23/2011
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New York Times
The balloting in Sri Lanka’s former war zone, the first in at least a dozen years, included intimidation and vote buying.
07/10/2011
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DBS Jeyaraj
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) national list Parliamentarian and Lawyer MA Sumanthiran tabled a document last week in Parliament about the situation in the North and East of the country. The comprehensive document outlines many of the problems and issues facing the Tamil speaking people of both provinces.
07/07/2011
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Groundviews, Sumanthiran, TNA
Document tabled in parliament on 07 July, 2011By M.A. Sumanthiran MP (TNA)
03/04/2011
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The Island
Govt. expects int’l community to guide the LTTE ‘in the right direction’
Canadian High Commissioner Bruce Levy is seeking a role for the Tamil Diaspora in Canada in the rebuilding and reconstruction process. During his meetings with Government Agents in Mullaitivu, Jaffna, Vavuniya and Kilinochchci and Jaffna Security Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Levy emphasized the importance of forging links between the government and the Diaspora.
03/02/2011
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Sunday Times
The Defence Ministry has set up a hotline to complain on cases of corruption, abductions and cases of demanding ransom mainly in the north and east, Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Lakshman Hulugalle said.
03/02/2011
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Canberra Times
The war in Sri Lanka is over but peace has yet to break out among the troubled nation's overseas population.
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.
09/18/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Police say improperly stored detonators are likely to have triggered a dynamite explosion that killed 25 people and injured dozens in eastern Sri Lanka.