THE US has endorsed a UN resolution urging Sri Lanka to "credibly investigate" allegations of war crimes during its battle against Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009. US backs UN on Sri Lankan war crimes...
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Australia accepts for resettlement another 23 Tamil refugees from the group involved in a standoff in 2009....
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A Canadian man has admitted trying to buy technology for the Tamil Tiger insurgents in Sri Lanka....
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Up to 22 people are feared dead after a boat capsized on a lake in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu....
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A boat has capsized on a lake in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with up to 22 people feared dead....
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Sri Lanka's civil war reconciliation commission has blamed Sinhalese and Tamil leaders for the violence that gripped the country for more than a quarter of a century....
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SRI LANKA'S civil war reconciliation commission has blamed both Sinhalese and Tamil leaders for the violence that gripped the country for more than a quarter of a century, but it has refused to criticise the army for the violence at the end of the conflict, in which it is alleged civilians were targeted and up to 40,000 non-combatants killed....
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PROTESTERS have targeted the immigration detention centre at Perth Airport in a bid to stop the deportation of two Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka. Protesters block refugee deportation...
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WHAT better way to demonstrate a new-found allegiance to Australian life than with a game of cricket? Barely 24 hours after their release from Scherger detention centre in Queensland, Raja, 48, and his friend Praba, 38, could be found pulling on the gloves and taking up position at the stumps in a Sydney suburban park. Tamils bat on despite visa doubts...
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A SRI Lankan government investigation into the civil war against Tamil rebels has called for investigations of alleged war crimes committed in the final stages of fighting in 2009, according to media reports. Sri Lanka faces war crimes heat...
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