08/18/2010
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National Post
The Canadian Tamil Congress is “deeply concerned” that Ottawa’s rhetoric about the arrival of migrants aboard a suspected people-smuggling ship could “undermine” ongoing investigations and spur “more than a backlash of words” against the Canadian Tamil community.
08/17/2010
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National Post
You’re shivering in the sharp cold of a winter’s night outside of the hottest club in town. You try your hardest to attract the attention of the doorman. You smile and say clever things to your friends in a raised voice to look more deserving than everyone else in line. Eventually — if you’re lucky — he unclips the velvet rope, the door swings open and you’re swept into the party. He refastens the rope. Now everyone behind you is a sucker.
08/16/2010
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The Globe and Mail
Pact would help stop shiploads of Tamils from heading for Canada, high commissioner says
08/16/2010
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The Australian
ASYLUM-SEEKERS travelling to Australia have been identified by Sri Lanka as members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam.
08/14/2010
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BBC
A Sri Lankan government war commission has heard testimonies from Tamils alleging their loved ones were abducted or detained by the army.
08/03/2010
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Agence France-Presse
COLOMBO — A group of global statesmen, founded by Nelson Mandela, Tuesday criticised the Sri Lankan government for failing to build on peace brought to the island by the end of the civil war last year.
08/02/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has barred some 3,000 villagers who fled the bloody final months of the country's civil war from returning to their homes in the north, possibly so the military can set up camps in the area, ethnic Tamil lawmakers charged Monday.
08/01/2010
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Times of India
CHENNAI: Home minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said that an Indian official will be sent to Sri Lanka this week to assess the progress of rehabilitating Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps there.
07/21/2010
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Insights
After UnitingWorld’s the Rev. John Barr returned from visiting the war-torn north of Sri Lanka in June, he described his journey as one of the most challenging and confronting trips he has ever experienced. Here is his reflection.