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"Thanks for food, but help to win our rights," Vanni IDPs urge Tamil Nadu (PHOTOS UPDATED) |
[Friday December 05 2008 06:07:14 AM]
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 Internally Displaced persons in Vanni who were receiving the humanitarian supplies sent by the people of Tamil Nadu, while expressing their gratitude for the timely help, urged the leaders of Tamil Nadu to help them to win their freedom by voicing for the political aspirations of Eezham Tamils. [More Story]
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The war will be prolonged and indefinite - sambanthan |
[Friday December 05 2008 05:44:20 AM]
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 The TNA in parliament yesterday said there was no moral justification for the war, as the government was unable to come up with an acceptable political solution to meet Tamil aspirations. [More Story]
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Pillayan has denied rumors that he was house arrest |
[Friday December 05 2008 05:42:51 AM]
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 Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan has denied rumors that he was under house arrest at his home in Batticaloa. [More Story]
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Emergency and defence budget passed. UNP abstained from voting. |
[Friday December 05 2008 05:41:55 AM]
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 Parliament yesterday extended the state of emergency by a further one month and approved the Rs. 177 billion defence budget for 2009 with a comfortable majority, despite two ruling coalition members being absent at the time of voting. [More Story]
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Age for compulsory education increased to 16 years. |
[Thursday December 04 2008 04:22:46 PM]
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 Age for compulsory education for children is increased to 16 years, instead of 14 years which was in effect. Government has taken such decision in the intention of every child should study upto G.C.E.Ordinary level grade. [More Story]
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Amendments cannot be made in the political constitution for GSP Plus benefit. Prime Minister |
[Thursday December 04 2008 04:22:19 PM]
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 Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramayake stated amending the political constitution for the benefit of GSP Plus tax, may tarnish the country s sovereignty. [More Story]
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Blood test before marriage -Sujatha |
[Thursday December 04 2008 04:19:55 PM]
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 JVP Parliament Member Sujatha Alahakoon stated before marriage blood test should be made compulsory for every person as a measure to prevent the spread of “Thalassaemia”. [More Story]
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Sri Lankan appointed at the International Rehabilitation center for higher position. |
[Thursday December 04 2008 04:19:12 PM]
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S.W.Jayawardena native of Sri Lanka, is selected for a higher position in the International Rehabilitation center which is represented by 200 countries. He will be the Deputy Chairman of International Rehabilitation center for Asia Pacific region. [More Story]
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Tissanayagam nominated for Reporters without Boarders (RSF) award. |
[Thursday December 04 2008 04:18:16 PM]
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 Tissanayagam has been nominated for the Reporters without Boarders (RSF) award. The Paris based Media rights group, Reporters Without Boarders had organized this award ceremony. [More Story]
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Ceasefire unnecessary - UNP s member of parliment |
[Thursday December 04 2008 04:16:51 PM]
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Military offensives aimed at curbing the LTTE should be continued and a ceasefire wont be necessary until the offensives come to an end, Badulla District UNP MP Laksman Seneviratne said.[More Story]
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Indian External minister to visit sri lanka |
[Thursday December 04 2008 04:15:25 PM]
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 Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Sri Lanka soon to persuade Colombo to go for peace talks with the Tamil Tigers after announcing a ceasefire, TamilNadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said Thursday after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. [More Story]
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International treaty bans cluster munitions (PHOTOS UPDATED) |
[Thursday December 04 2008 01:08:44 PM]
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 Diaspora Tamils in Norway demonstrated in Oslo on Wednesday against the use of cluster bombs by the Sri Lankan government as 120 countries gathered in Oslo to sign a landmark treaty banning the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions internationally. [More Story]
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Rs. 51Billion boom in money printing- U N P |
[Thursday December 04 2008 05:33:25 AM]
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Additional currency notes to the value of Rs.51 billion have been put into circulation between November 19, 2005 and November 25, 2008, during the tenure of Mahinda Rajapaksa as President and Finance Minister.[More Story]
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UN official voices concern after another aid worker is slain in Sri Lanka |
[Thursday December 04 2008 05:32:48 AM]
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The top United Nations humanitarian official in Sri Lanka today called on authorities to mount a thorough investigation into last week s murder of an aid worker in the east of the violence-wracked country - the third staff member from the same relief group to have either disappeared or been killed in the Asian island nation. [More Story]
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3 STF killed, 2 wounded in Ampaarai - LTTE |
[Wednesday December 03 2008 03:35:08 PM]
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 Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) official Nilavan in Ampaarai told media Wednesday that 2 Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) commandos were killed and 2 wounded on Ukanthai - Kumbukkan Oya Road in Ampaarai around 5:25 p.m., when a LTTE commando unit opened fire on road patrol STF. [More Story]
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Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers that attacked the hamlet of Internally Displaced Persons bordering Piramanthanaaru and Uzhavanoor in the early hours of Saturday have deployed Russian made ODAB-500 PM cluster bombs in their indiscriminate attack that killed three civilians, including a child, eyewitnesses told TamilNets Vanni correspondent on Saturday. 
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir bombers attacked a refugee camp with Internally Displaced People in Naathankudiyiruppu in Kallaaru, Kilinochchi in the early hours of Saturday around 1:35 a.m. 
Over 40,000 expatriate Tamils participated in the Remembrance Day ceremony in London on Thursday, a record turnout for the usually well-attended annual event. 
Tamil Eelam National leader in his annual Heroes Day statement on 27 November 2008 
While conveying his love and gratitude to the people and leaders of Tamil Nadu and leaders of India who have grasped the heartbeat of Eezham Tamils and have come forward with timely support, the LTTE leader V.Pirapaharan in his Hero’s Day speech on Thursday requested them to voice firmly for Tamil Eelam and to undertake conducive measures to remove the ban, a great hindrance to amicable relationship between India and the LTTE. 
Vaiko, the general secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetta Kazhakam (MDMK) from Tamil Nadu, while addressing British parliamentarians of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Tamils on Wednesday in the British Parliament, said that the British Parliament has a moral responsibility to rectify the historic injustice caused on to the Eezham Tamils during the colonial rule 
It is stated that plans are underway to originate police units in the many hospitals in the east. Such decision was stated due to the shooting incident towards Doctor Palitha Pathamakumara held recently. 
Tamilnadu Communist Party Secretary T.Pandian stated that without contradictions, all the elements should function together for a settlement of the Tamil Eezham issues. 
Sinhalese Doctor named Palitha Pathmakumara, functioned in a village hospital at Nawatkadu, Vavunatheevu was ordered by Varnaa of Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal, Vavuniyatheevu Manikadu vicinity leader. Such information is published in todays "Lakbima" newspaper. 
The current escalation of the conflict has affected 250,000 primary school children of their access to education, according to recent UNICEF report. 
A top health official warns that as much as 21 per cent of the country s schoolchildren suffer from malnutrition.