09/12/2010
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Sunday Times
China became the single largest foreign donor to Sri Lanka last year, knocking off traditional financier Japan and also coming ahead of the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
08/31/2010
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AllVoices
The Japanese government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are providing a grant of $2.5 million for a skills-training project for approximately 2,500 internally displaced persons in northern Sri Lanka. The program will also include a cash-for-work option to develop infrastructure by rebuilding roads and irrigation canals.
07/27/2010
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Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Japan says Sri Lanka is heading towards a rapid development target following the elimination of terrorism.
06/21/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka is "deeply unhappy" at a move by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to name a panel to look into alleged war crimes committed during the final months of the island's civil war, an official said Monday.
06/20/2010
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Associated Press, The Canadian Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A planned U.N.'s panel look into alleged rights abuses committed during Sri Lanka's quarter-century civil war should not interfere with the government's internal investigation, a Japanese envoy said Sunday.
06/20/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — A visiting Japanese envoy said Sunday his country backed efforts by the United Nations to investigate alleged war crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the final months of its ethnic conflict.
06/16/2010
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Japan on Wednesday urged the world not to dictate to Sri Lanka amid post-war reconciliation efforts and renewed calls from the West for a probe into possible war crimes.