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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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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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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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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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<title><![CDATA[India pushes Sri Lanka for Tamil reconciliation (Sify News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao urged Sri Lanka's leaders to open a new era of stability after the island's civil war by bringing minority Tamils into mainstream society, officials said Monday.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka voices: 'Fractured democracy' (BBC News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[People in Sri Lanka discuss the latest political developments as they prepare for general elections in April.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka to charge Fonseka within 48 hours (ABC Radio Australia)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka will have to wait just a couple more days to find out exactly what charges he faces.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India worked against Sri Lanka president: minister (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[India's external intelligence agency tried to undermine Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse at polls in January and wanted him defeated, a minister said in an interview published Monday.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka to Seek Tenants for $550 Million Tax-Free Port Zone (Bloomberg)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka plans to invite overseas and local companies this month to set up operations in a new $550 million tax-free port zone as the end of the island's civil war boosts trade and investment.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India vow to help Sri Lanka resettle war displaced people (People's Daily)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[India has promised to assist Sri Lanka in resettling war displaced civilians in the north of the island state, Sri Lankan president's office said Sunday. The visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday that India appreciated the progress made in resettling war displaced civilians in the country since the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels last ..<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Zealand edge out Sri Lanka - 3/2 (Daily News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka conceding the first and second singles to New Zealand on Friday, in a best of five matches tie at the National Tennis Centre Courts - stormed into contention to liven hopes on the following day when the gallant doubles combination of Sri Lanka, Harshana Godamanna and Rajeev Rajapakse outplayed the Kiwi pair of Mikal Statham and Marcus Daniell to win 7/6, 6/3, 6/4 and the overall lead ..<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's catholics flock to see touring relics (EARTHtimes.org)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Colombo - Large crowds of devout Catholic have flocked to see the sacred relics of St Anthony from Padua, Italy which arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday, a spokesman for the church said. The relics arrived at the country's only international airport, and...<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India assures Sri Lanka support for Tamil resettlement (Sify News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[/New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) India Sunday assured Sri Lanka of its support in resettling nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians displaced by the civil war in the island-nation and pushed for a political settlement when Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Pilgrims to Paalaitheevu St. Antonys church suspect presence of Chinese navy (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pilgrims who returned from Paalaitheevu after attending the lent period prayers in St. Antonys church Sunday said that they had seen many Chinese Tents and food packets with Chinese writing on them during the annual festival held Saturday and Sunday. Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) occupies many of the pilgrims halls behind the church and no one was allowed to enter them, the devotees said. Chinese navy ...<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: ADB assists resettled IDPs in Jaffna peninsula (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the context of Sri Lanka government failing in its duty to provide assistance to the resettled Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Jaffna peninsula as promised, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has stepped in to help the IDPs, paying each of the 16,831 IDP families with the second stage payment of 25,000 rupees, sources in Jaffna said. It is alleged that the government is yet to pay the first .<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India assures Sri Lanka support for Tamil resettlement (MalaysiaNews.net)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Colombo/New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) India Sunday assured Sri Lanka of its support in resettling nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians displaced by the civil war in the island-nation and pushed for a political settlement when Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Magistrate courts to be built in Vanni where IDPs are yet to be resettled (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka government is actively engaged in building police stations and magistrate courts in the districts of Kilinochchi and Mullaiththeevu in Vanni where Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are yet to be resettled, sources in Vanni said. Secretary to the Ministry of Justice made a sudden visit Wednesday to Kilinochchi and Mullaitheevu with the view to find locations for the magistrate courts .<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka reject UN war crimes claims (BigPond News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:07 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has rejected calls from the UN to look into alleged war crimes during the country's civil war.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka rejects UN plan to form human rights panel (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:00:06 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has rejected the UN proposal to set up an advisory panel in the wake of alleged human rights abuse during the final phase of armed battle between the government forces and the LTTE rebels in the country.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Indian Foreign Secretary arrives in Colombo on three day visit (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Three member delegation led by Indian Foreign Secretary Ms Nirupama Rao arrived in Colombo Saturday night around 10:30 on a three day official visit. She is scheduled to meet Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse and other government leaders and hold discussion on the resettlement of internally displaced Tamil families, and prospective political solution to Tamil national question, informed ...<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka rejects UN plan to form human rights panel (Sify News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:00:07 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has rejected the UN proposal to set up an advisory panel in the wake of alleged human rights abuse during the final phase of armed battle between the government forces and the LTTE rebels in the country.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka rejects UN plan to form human rights panel (MalaysiaNews.net)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Colombo, March 7 (IANS) Sri Lanka has rejected the UN proposal to set up an advisory panel in the wake of alleged human rights abuse during the final phase of armed battle between the government forces and the LTTE rebels in the country.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tennis: NZ lose doubles to Sri Lanka in Davis Cup (TVNZ)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New Zealand were hoping to seal victory in their Davis Cup doubles tie against Sri Lanka Davis Cup in Colombo on Sunday but the host team had other ideas<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka News | SundayObserver.lk (Sunday Observer)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:00:06 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The number of tourist arrivals has increased with several countries lifting their travel advisories to Sri Lanka. Wildlife safaris, boat rides in inland waters and sight-seeing have increased manifold in recent months. Here a group of tourists on a boat ride in Maduganga in the South.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fight back from Sri Lanka in Colombo (NZCity)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:00:06 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[7 March 2010 Sri Lanka has kept their Asia/Oceania Group Two Davis Cup tie against New Zealand alive in Colombo.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka attacks UN rights panel (BBC News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa denounces plans for a UN-appointed panel to examine alleged human rights abuses.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Experts to advise Ban Ki Moon on Sri Lanka's alleged war-crimes (TamilNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:00:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to ask a panel of experts to advise the world body on "accountability issues" relating to possible human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, Reuters reported quoting spokesperson Martin Nesirky as saying. Ban has said an investigation of war crimes allegations should be handled by the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Navi Pillay, who has called on ...<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka leader rejects UN panel on rights abuses (MalaysiaNews.net)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's president has rejected the U.N. secretary-general's plan to appoint a panel of experts to look into alleged rights abuses in the island nation's civil war, a stateme...<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka leader rejects UN panel on rights abuses (Sify News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's president has rejected the U.N. secretary-general's plan to appoint a panel of experts to look into alleged rights abuses in the island nation's civil war, a statement from the<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[03/06/2010 15:19 INDIA – SRI LANKA Thousands of Tamils go on pilgrimage for the feast day of Saint Anthony (AsiaNews.it)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[» by Nirmala Carvalho Kachchatheevu welcomed the two-day celebration. The island belongs to Sri Lanka and is located in the strait that separates the island nation from India.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka leader rejects UN panel on rights abuses (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's president has rejected the U.N. secretary-general's plan to appoint a panel of experts to look into alleged rights abuses in the island nation's civil war, a statement from the president's office said Saturday.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[War of words between UN and Sri Lanka (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka on Saturday said that the decision of the UN Secretary General to constitute a special committee to advise him on the island nation's accountability issues was unwarranted and the aid agency should not interfere with the internal affairs of any country.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka says UN war crimes panel 'unwarranted' (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's president Saturday rejected a proposed panel by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to look into alleged war crimes during the island's civil war as "unwarranted and uncalled for."<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka calls U.N. rights panel 'unwarranted' (AlertNet)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:00:06 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Source: Reuters COLOMBO, March 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's president has told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a proposed U.N. panel to look into possible human rights abuses in the country's civil war was ...<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka calls U.N. rights panel "unwarranted" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:00:04 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's president has told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a proposed U.N. panel to look into possible human rights abuses in the country's civil war was unwarranted, the president's office said on Saturday.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nirupama Rao to visit Sri Lanka today (New Kerala)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:00:07 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, Mar 6 : Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will visit Sri Lanka today on a three-day official visit in a bid to boost bilateral ties between the two countries.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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