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Sri Lanka accused of blocking slain editor probe

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – A media rights group has accused the Sri Lankan government of blocking an investigation into the killing of a newspaper editor two years ago, saying its indifference in solving the crime had made it an accomplice. On the second anniversary of his death, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said Lasantha Wickrematunge's killers remained at large and accused Sri Lanka's ......

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UK Foreign Secretary furious over Minister Liam Fox’s visit to Sri Lanka

Thamilchelvan statue removed The External Affairs Ministry has learnt that the statue, of former LTTE Political wing leader Thamilchelvan erected in a French Town, has been removed from the place it was first erected. “Our Ambassador in Paris briefed the Mayor and members of the Municipal Council of the town of La Courneuve, about the [...]...

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Veteran Tamil Journalist dies at 80

(December 01, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Veteran Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sivanayagam, founder-editor of the popular, Jaffna based, English Weekly Saturday Review and the head of Tamil Information Centre (TIC) branch in Madras (1983-1987) passed away on Monday 29 November, in Colombo after a long illness. He was 80.

Born in Jaffna, Ceylon, in 1930 during British Colonial rule, had his secondary education at...

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A former diplomat reminisces on political promises


  " President Rajapaksa has promised not only development along the line of the “new vision” in Mahinda Chintanaya but also expressed the hope of freeing the land from lawlessness, underworld, racketeering, extortion, carrying of illegal weapons, corruption and inefficiency. "


by Bandu de Silva

(November...

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Objecting to a statue – Sunday Times.lk


Objecting to a statue
Sunday Times.lk
... what they called 'ethnic discrimination' in Sri Lanka, and soon, Paris became the European headquarters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ...
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LTTE still banned – Lanka Times


LTTE still banned
Lanka Times
La Courneuve, reportedly home to a large Tamil population, has already laid down the foundation for the statue. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Paris as well as ...
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LTTE still banned – Daily Mirror


LTTE still banned
Daily Mirror
La Courneuve, reportedly home to a large Tamil population, has already laid down the foundation for the statue. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Paris as well as ...
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SL opposes statue for Thamilselvan – Daily Mirror


SL opposes statue for Thamilselvan
Daily Mirror
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Paris will oppose the putting up of a statue of former LTTE political wing leader SP Thamilselvan in France, ...
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French statue for Thamilchelvan to be opened today.

French statue for Thamilchelvan  to be opened today. A statue of former political wing leader of the LTTE, S. P. Thamilchelvan is scheduled to be erected in La Courneuve, a French town in the northeastern suburbs of Paris by a group of Tamils. La Courneuve, reportedly home to a large Tamil population, had already laid [...]...

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Paris HC to oppose statue – Daily Mirror


Paris HC to oppose statue
Daily Mirror
The Sri Lankan High Commission in Paris, France will oppose the erection of a statue of former political wing leader of the LTTE, SP Thamilchelvan in France ...
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