08/01/2011
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RTT News
The Sri Lankan government has said that over 2,500 people went missing during the war against Tamil rebels (LTTE) in the north of the country. An analytical report on the final three years of the war, published by Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday, says 2,564 people, including 676 children, were listed as missing.
05/31/2011
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Lanka Business Online
May 31, 2011 (LBO) - A government fertiliser subsidy given to farmers was a key factor in generating public support for Sri Lanka's military campaign that defeated Tamil Tiger separatists, a defence official said.
04/18/2011
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New York Times
A leaked report by a U.N. panel contradicted the Sri Lankan account of its fight against the Tamil Tigers in May 2009.
04/10/2011
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Sunday Observer
Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that the government was not perturbed over any allegations by human rights groups that accuse Sri Lanka of alleged human rights violations during the final stages of the battle against LTTE terrorists as Government troops had engaged in a battle in keeping with all humanitarian norms.
02/23/2011
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The following photo-essay depicts some of the deplorable conditions facing war refugees as seen alongside the A9 highway, which connects Kandy in the central highlands to the Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka's north.
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10/19/2010
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BBC
Sri Lanka's foreign minister casts doubt on newly released photos that are said to show a massacre of Tamils during the country's civil war.
09/11/2010
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The Island
Nine years ago as two planes crashed into the Twin Towers, I was only one hundred meters away, and saw the debris of the twin towers eclipse downtown Manhattan. While the unpardonable attacks and the tremendous loss of life were shocking, what I did not expect was the reaction in the US. Within days fear and patriotism shook the liberal tradition in the US. While the Bush Regime and its neoconservative push to seek vast powers and place restrictions on civil liberties did not surprise me in the least, what worried me was the manner in which the Democrats caved in, and even more distressing was how liberal academics and intellectuals so easily surrendered to the fear mongering and thuggery of the Bush Regime.
07/28/2010
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UCA News
Tamil parents have appealed to Catholic priests and parish councils in north and eastern Sri Lanka to respond to the effects of war on the young people of the region.
07/28/2010
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UCA News
Tamil parents have appealed to Catholic priests and parish councils in north and eastern Sri Lanka to respond to the effects of war on the young people of the region.
07/15/2010
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Science Daily
ScienceDaily (July 15, 2010) — Two studies on children in Sri Lanka who survived the 2004 tsunami and ongoing civil war there found that it's not these stressful events alone that contributed to the youths' psychological health, but also daily stressors like domestic violence that are exacerbated by traumatic events and continue after the disasters.