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.
05/29/2011
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Sunday Observer
The number of voters in the Jaffna district will drop by over 300,000 in the new voter registers, said Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya.
03/24/2010
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Voice of America
Jansila Majeed, one of tens of thousands of civilians displaced during 3 decades of violent conflict in Sri Lanka, has been selected by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to be one of 10 recipients of the Department of State's International Women of Courage Award.
03/22/2010
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IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
PUTTALAM, 22 March 2010 (IRIN) - Resettlement efforts are under way for thousands of displaced Muslims from Sri Lanka’s north who have been languishing in refugee camps for nearly two decades, officials say.