10/09/2011
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Deccan Chronicle
Colombo, Oct. 9: A new Ceylon Transport bus bearing the Sinhalese symbol “Sri” was burned down in Jaffna in the Tamil-speaking northern province last week on the eve of the bus being put into operation, according to an official statement here today. The Tamil-Sinhalese symbol “Sri” on motor vehicles along with registration numbers.
04/18/2011
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The Island
The UN panel of experts to advise Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on matters relating to human rights violations in the last phase of Sri Lanka’s war finally issued its long delayed report on the eve of the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The timing of the release of the report may have been strategic.