09/07/2010
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The Hindu
COLOMBO: The visiting Army Chief V.K. Singh on Monday offered floral tributes at the memorial for the soldiers and officers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) who lost their lives fighting the LTTE in the late 80s.
06/20/2010
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Associated Press, 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.
06/14/2010
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United Nations
14 June 2010 – The top United Nations political official is heading tonight to Sri Lanka as part of the world body’s continuing efforts to assist authorities in the South Asian island nation tackle key challenges in the wake of last year’s end to the long-running civil war.
06/07/2010
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Financial Times
Sri Lanka showed the warmth its people are known for when one of the biggest Bollywood extravaganzas, the International Indian Film Academy awards, came to town at the weekend.
04/28/2010
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Time magazine
He won his first presidential election in 2005 by a razor thin margin of 180,000 votes. Five years later, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was re-elected, by a victory margin of over 1.8 million votes.
Since then, the man hailing from the deep south of the country has proved countless detracters and arm-chair critics wrong. There were doubters who did not think he could get his own party's candidacy for the 2005 presidential race to replace Chandrika Kumaratunga. Ever fewer gave him any chance of victory when he launched military operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2005 to end the island's long years of bloody civil war. (Read an interview with the president.)
03/24/2010
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BBC
A Sri Lankan Tamil has been named foreign journalist of the year at the British Press Awards in London.
02/12/2010
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openDemocracy
Many Sri Lankans can often be heard blaming their country’s ills on others – Norwegian negotiators [38], Indian politicians, Tamil terrorists, British colonialists. But when one day they wake to find they are ruled by a dictator they cannot get rid of, they will have no-one to blame but themselves.
01/25/2010
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The Guardian (UK)
Incumbent and challenger make plea to supporters after run-up to first poll since defeat of Tamils Tigers is marred by violence
01/25/2010
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CNN
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will seek a fresh mandate in the upcoming elections in the South Asian nation, but he is facing a tough challenge from his one-time confidante and former Army commander, retired General Sarath Fonseka.
01/25/2010
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Financial Times
As Sri Lankans go to the polls on Tuesday in what is seen as one of the country’s most important presidential elections in the island’s post-independence era, all eyes are on the rival candidate to the incumbent leader, president Mahinda Rajapaksa.