09/19/2011
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BBC
Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa clarifies earlier reports about the fate of a Muslim shrine destroyed by a crowd of Buddhist monks.
08/08/2011
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Dajjworld
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) A top Sri Lankan official has hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa for demanding the trial of leaders in Colombo for alleged "war crimes".
08/18/2010
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Al-Jazeera
The Sri Lankan defence secretary has defended the military against allegations of mass rights abuses during last year's assault on Tamil Tiger separatists.
08/17/2010
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BBC
The man who oversaw Sri Lanka's defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels has said he believes more than 6,000 of them were killed in the final stages of fighting.
12/14/2009
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The Guardian (UK)
"Later I learned that Basil [Rajapaska, a senior presidential adviser] had conveyed this information to the defence secretary, Gothabaya Rajapaksa, who in turn spoke with Brigadier Shavendra Silva, commander of the army's 58th division, giving orders not to accommodate any [Tiger] leaders attempting surrender and that they must all be killed," Fonseka told the pro-opposition Sunday Leader newspaper in Colombo.
12/13/2009
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BBC
The Sri Lankan government has accused former army chief General Sarath Fonseka of betraying the nation after he made new accusations against it.
11/16/2009
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Bloomberg
Sri Lanka’s peace will be secured only when the international network of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is dismantled after the defeat of the rebel military wing in May, Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said...
“Instead of accepting the propaganda offensives of terrorist sympathizers in their corridors of power, the countries that are still mounting pressure on Sri Lanka should understand that we all face similar challenges,” [Rajapakse] said.
11/04/2009
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The Island
JVP MP argues that president's brothers should give up American citizenship.