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<title>SriLankaNews.com | Published News</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Checkpoints in Paradise (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[EVERYBODY out, the military officer ordered us, as we pulled off the bumpy road linking the Tamil-dominated eastern province to Sri Lanka's hill country. My driver motioned to the back seat, where a police officer we picked up a few miles back was sitting. His presence lent an air of authority, and we were promptly waved through. But the busload of European shutterbugs in front of us ...<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's Fonseka to face seven counts (Brisbane Times)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will begin court-martial proceedings next week against its former army chief and defeated presidential candidate on seven charges including engaging in politics while in uniform, a military spokesman said.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: SLA soldiers obstruct ITAK candidate from campaigning in Ki'linochchi (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:06 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers manning the check posts along the roads do not allow him to go the places where Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are resettled in Ki'linochchi district, Sivagnanam Sritharan, the candidate contesting Ki'linochchi district in Ilangkai Thamizh Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK) ticket and the principal of Ki'linochchi Maha Viththiyaalayam said, in the press meet held Friday at ..<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's Fonseka to face seven counts (Sydney Morning Herald)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will begin court-martial proceedings next week against its former army chief and defeated presidential candidate on seven charges including engaging in politics while in uniform, a military spokesman said.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[03/12/2010 14:45 INDIA – CHINA – SRI LANKA Chinese aid to Sri Lanka could lead to conflict (AsiaNews.it)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[» by Nirmala Carvalho Fr Nithiya, the executive secretary of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, talks about Sri Lanka's new, Chinese-funded airport.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: TNA releases election manifesto (TamilNet)]]></title>
<link>http://www.srilankanews.com/story.php?title=sri-lanka-tna-releases-election-manifesto-tamilnet</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Federal solution based on shared sovereignty and right to self-determination in a contiguous north and east of Sri Lanka was the highlight of the TNA manifesto released Friday. While irreversibly committing on federal solution, the manifesto is ambiguous on the nature of the sovereignty of Eezham Tamils and their right to self determination, said Tamil political circles in their immediate ...<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Indian experts in Sri Lanka with Jaipur Foot (New Kerala)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jaipur, March 12 : Sri Lanka's separatist war finally over, Indian experts are in the island nation to provide the Jaipur Foot, artificial legs known to be cosmetically and functionally close to the human limb.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Indian experts in Sri Lanka with Jaipur Foot (Calcutta News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's separatist war finally over, Indian experts are in the island nation to provide the Jaipur Foot, artificial legs known to be cosmetically and functionally close to the human limb.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[End emergency, reconcile with Tamils, Canada tells Sri Lanka (New Kerala)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:06 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Toronto, March 12 : Canada, home to the biggest Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Thursday urged Sri Lanka to lift the state of emergency imposed during the onslaught on the Tamil Tigers.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[End emergency, reconcile with Tamils, Canada tells Sri Lanka (Sify News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Toronto: Canada, home to the biggest Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, on Thursday urged Sri Lanka to lift the state of emergency imposed during the onslaught on the Tamil Tigers. Urging Colombo to ease<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Dissolved parliament to meet second time on April 6 to extend emergency (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The dissolved Sri Lanka parliament is to be reconvened for the second time on April 6 to extend the State of Emergency for another month. The dissolved parliament was reconvened last on March 9 to ratify the gazette notification issued by the President Mahinda Rajapakse extending the State of Emergency for another month. According to the constitution, the gazette notification should be ratified .<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Politicians clash in Sri Lanka election run-up (People's Daily)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An opposition candidate was arrested while two ministers accused each other of perpetrating violence on Thursday in the campaign for Sri Lanka's parliamentary election to be held next month. Dunesh Gankanda, the main opposition candidate at Pelmadulla in south eastern Ratnapura district was arrested Thursday, said the police. Gankanda, a legislator in the last parliament, was accused of ...<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Two military courts constituted to try Sri Lanka's war hero (Asia News Network)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka will face seven separate charges pertaining to his alleged involvement in politics while in service and irregularities in procurement of arms. Military s .....<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Experts panel on Sri Lanka: NAM expresses deep concern to Ban Ki-Moon (Daily News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:09 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Non-Aligned Movement Coordinating Bureau Chair has written to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon conveying the Movement's deep concern about the announced intention of the Secretary General to appoint a Panel of Experts to advice on accountability issues relating to Sri Lanka.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US reports rights violations in Sri Lanka (Sify News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka violated human rights last year as it dealt a final blow to Tamil Tiger insurgents and clamped down on media freedom, the US State Department said Thursday.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US says Iran rights worsen, cites Sri Lanka abuses (AlertNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - Iran's human rights record "degenerated" with a crackdown after its disputed June election while Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers committed abuses against ...<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. says Iran rights worsen, cites Sri Lanka abuses (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Iran's human rights record "degenerated" with a crackdown after its disputed June election while Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers committed abuses against civilians last year, the United States said on Thursday.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SRI LANKA: Dengue spread slows in north (AlertNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Source: IRIN The spread of Dengue fever has eased in Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north, but health officials warn continued vigilance is necessary.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's ex-army chief charged for politics in uniform (Sify News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's military Thursday announced court martial proceedings against its former chief Sarath Fonseka for engaging in politics while in uniform and violating military procurement laws.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka targets expansion as civil war ends (FVW.com)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The end of Sri Lanka's long-running civil war has injected fresh life into its tourism industry‚ bringing rising confidence and ambitious promotions.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-11 05:31 UPDATE 1-Sri Lanka rupee hits 1-yr high on trading band move (Interactive Investor)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, March 11 (Reuters) - The Sri Lanka rupee hit a one-year high on Thursday as a state bank, through which the central bank directs the market, reduced its dollar trading band, currency dealers said. The rupee hit 113.95/114.05 in early trade, its highest since March 24 last year, Reuters data shows. The dollar trading band, not a formal band but one which is decided by the central bank ...<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Health Services For Resettled Women (Scoop.co.nz)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations is setting up mobile health clinics and distributing hygiene packs and maternity kits to women and children returning home to former conflict zones in northern Sri Lanka.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: UN investigation can serve as leverage to establish ICTSL, says Prof. Boyle (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the United Nations report that UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon's appointed experts will establish standards for Sri Lanka's accountability concerning "possible breaches of international humanitarian law...," Professor Francis A. Boyle of University of Illinois College of Law said, "[t]his language of "international humanitarian law" means that the United Nations will be getting ..<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India, Sri Lanka sign $67.4 m Line of Credit (The Hindu)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO: India and Sri Lanka on Wednesday signed a Line of Credit agreement for $67.4 million to fund the second phase of upgradation of the Southern Railway Line from Colombo to Matara.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[China to build Sri Lanka airport (BBC News)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Chinese involvement in Jaffna peninsula gains momentum (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:06 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[While India is said to be seriously considering opening a branch of its High Commission for Sri Lanka in Jaffna, Chinese contractors are actively engaged in planning the broadening of five major roads in the peninsula in keeping with the agreement entered with Sri Lanka President, Mahintha Rajapakse, sources in Jaffna said. A conference presided by Jaffna Government Agent was held Tuesday at ...<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: IDPs in Moothoor complain to ITAK leaders about their uncertain future (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Trincomalee electoral candidates led by Ilangkai Thamizh Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK) leader Mr. R. Sampanthan, Tuesday visited the camps in Kiliveddi and Paddiththidal in Moothoor DS division where hundreds of internally displaced Tamil families from Champoor, Kooniththeevu, Choodaikkudaa and Navaratnapuram in the High Security Zones declared by the Sri Lanka Army after the eviction of LTTE in April ...<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka February tourist arrivals at 2-year high (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, March 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals jumped by nearly 70 percent in February compared to a year earlier to its highest level in over two years, boosted by the end of a 25-year war, the tourism board data showed on Wednesday.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[China to loan Sri Lanka $290 mln for infrastructure (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, March 10 (Reuters) - China has agreed to lend $290 million to Sri Lanka for a new airport and to revive the country's railway network, the island nation's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: SLA consolidates its grip on Jaffna peninsula (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Commander Lt. Gen. Jegath Jeyasooriya officially opened the SLA Civil Administration Head Office Tuesday and inaugurated its Website in a public building on Jaffna Hospital road, taken over by SLA for this purpose, sources in Jaffna said. In the past SLA civil administration offices had been used by the government to control and subjugate the people of the peninsula ...<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[China to loan Sri Lanka $290 mln for infrastructure (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, March 10 (Reuters) - China has agreed to lend $290 million to Sri Lanka for a new airport and to revive the country's railway network, the island nation's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's ex-army chief ends fast (New Kerala)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Colombo, March 10 : Sri Lanka's former army chief General Sarath Fonseka, arrested over the charges of conspiring to topple the government, has called off his hunger strike after being allowed to speak to his daughters via his wife's mobile phone.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's ex-army chief ends fast (Sify News)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Colombo: Sri Lanka's former army chief General Sarath Fonseka, arrested over the charges of conspiring to topple the government, has called off his hunger strike after being allowed to speak to his<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka approves emergency (Gulf Times)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's outgoing parliament yesterday approved the extension of a state of emergency until after next month's legislative elections, giving sweeping powers to police and troops.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: SLA harasses resettled IDPs in Vanni (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Vanni Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) allowed to resettle in some areas in Kilinochchi and Mannaar districts are being subjected to severe restrictions and harassment by occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA), sources close Jaffna Bishop's House said. This information was gathered from the group of Catholic Bishops of six districts who visited the said areas in Kilinochchi and Mannaar recently, the .<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's opposition leader ends hunger strike (MalaysiaNews.net)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 file photo, Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fonseka, Sri Lanka's d...<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Colombo NGOs register complaint over threatening web report (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Executive directors of two NGOs, the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), a Colombo-based think tank, and Transparency International, Sri Lanka (TISL), have written a protest letter to Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse complaining about a news report in a Colombo website which said that "[Sri Lanka] state intelligence agencies have been compiling a list or lists of individuals supportive .<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UN to press Sri Lanka for accountability (rediff.com)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["I made clear to President (Mahinda) Rajapaksa that I intend to move forward on a Group of Experts which will advise me on setting the broad parameters and standards on the way ahead on establishing accountability concerning Sri Lanka," Ban told media-persons I New York, referring to a conversation he had with Sri Lankan President on Thursday.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ban Ki Moon concerned over Sri Lanka's lack of progress (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Expressing concerns on the lack of progress on "political reconciliation, the treatment of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the setting up of an accountability process in Sri Lanka," United Nations Secretary General, confirmed that he intends to move forward on a group of experts which will advise him on setting the broad parameters and standards on the way ahead on establishing ...<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's detained general on hunger strike: wife (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's detained former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka has mounted a hunger strike in order to be allowed to speak to his daughters, his wife said Monday.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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