This is what Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said during his official visit to Sri Lanka (16-19 January). In a meeting with the minister, a delegation from the country’s main Tamil party says the government report on the civil war fell “dramatically short” of its goal....
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About 200,000 displaced people are still living in refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka, even though southerners believe everything is back to normal. The government organises trips to the war zone only to show monuments that celebrate the army’s victory....
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An hour of prayer a day throughout 2012. John XXIII elevated the shrine in Tamil Nadu to basilica, November 3, 1962. During the 2005 tsunami, the "Lourdes of the East" saved the lives of people who were inside....
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The report by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission set up by President Rajapaksa to investigate the final phase (2002-2009) of the civil war is a response to a UN report that accused the government of war crimes. For a Christian activist, it is necessary to break with the past to promote Tamil-Sinhalese reconciliation....
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Almost three since the end of the civil war, the northern peninsula has one one soldier for every 11 civilians, that is 40-50,000 troops out of a population of 600,000. About 39,000 war widows and 200,000 internally displaced people are still waiting. Tamils too are waiting for the government to provide housing, jobs, land and aid....
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The Centre for Performing Arts (CPA) celebrates its 46th anniversary. Founded in 1965 by a Catholic priest, it opened up nationally because of the civil war. Finding new talents is its goal....
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" Tamil Indians " in Sri Lanka (originally from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu) still have no right to citizenship or basic rights: work, food, home and land. Even women and children suffer discrimination. Although Sri Lanka is a signatory of the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights....
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The Ministry of Education does not allow students to register for Catholic and Christian religion in English, but only in Sinhala and Tamil. The demands of the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal. Ranjith, and President Rajapaksa were not taken into account by the Ministry....
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In the district of Batticaloa, Drama and Theatre and workshop, three 'street plays' : development programme run by World Vision, a Christian organisation . The participants, 50 school pupils, victims of ethnic conflict....
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The five-year programme comes with a US$ 2 billion price tag. Critics say software is too basic for the cost, better to invest in infrastructure and social services....
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