05/04/2011
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE: It is a pleasure to return to Colombo and see so many old friends. I have had a series of productive meetings with Defense Secretary Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris, members of the opposition, and representatives of civil society.
04/09/2011
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BBC
The US says serious rights violations are still committed in Sri Lanka despite the end of the armed conflict in 2009.
04/01/2011
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The Hindu
Concerted international action to curb fund-raising and weapons procurement by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) started in the first half of 2006, around the time Sri Lanka's fragile ceasefire broke down and an all-out war started. It was the United States that unveiled and initiated the plan to create two international
03/14/2011
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Asia Society
NEW YORK, March 14, 2011 - Sri Lankan Amb. Palitha T.B. Kohona, Amb. Robert Blake of the US State Dept., and Asia Society's Jamie Metzl assess prospects for reconciliation in postwar Sri Lanka. (1 hr., 47 min.)
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03/03/2011
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Sunday Times
The United States Senate yesterday passed a resolution that called on Sri Lankan government, the international community and the United Nations to set up an independence mechanism to look into reports of war crimes alleged to have taken place in the last days of the war.
02/02/2011
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Daily Mirror
The whistle blower website Wikileaks today revealed a diplomatic warning given by the United States to Sri Lanka over its close relations with Iran. The cables reveal conversations between the US embassy officials and Central Bank governor Ajith Nivad Cabraal and the then foreign secretary Palitha Kohona.
01/28/2011
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AFP
Members of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority have filed a lawsuit in the United States against the island's president, seeking $30 million in damages over alleged extrajudicial killings.
01/19/2011
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TransCurrents
(Washington, D.C.) The United States should investigate Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who arrives on a surprise visit to the United States today, for his alleged role in perpetrating torture and war crimes, Amnesty International said today.
01/01/2011
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Maxwell School of Syracuse University
VIDEO: Bob Blake gives a speech at Syracuse. The final minutes relate to Sri Lanka. Go to 1:09 to hear the question that prompts Blake's response, which includes confirmation of two reports on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka being sent to the U.S. Senate. (via @TamilDiaspora on Twitter)
01/01/2011
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Hindustan Times
President Mahinda Rajapaksa was in a chatty mood on Monday evening when a few of us got an unscheduled opportunity to interact with him. The logo for his favourite town Hambantota's bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) had just been unveiled at Temple Tree, his official home, and Rajapaksa was