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.
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Sri Lanka's ex-army chief ends fast (MalaysiaNews.net)
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New York, Mar 9: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday expressed concerns about 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 since the United Nations signed a joint statement with the Government last year in the wake of the end of its civil war with separatist ..
Sri Lanka emergency laws extended (BBC News)
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Sri Lanka's parliament votes to extend the state of emergency until after next month's general elections.
Sri Lanka's opposition leader ends hunger strike (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sri Lanka's detained opposition leader has ended a hunger strike after just one day after authorities allowed him to use a telephone again, a party official said Tuesday.
A protest demonstration demanding immediate resettlement of people displaced from Valikaamam North occupied by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) as High Security Zone (HSZ) organized by the Welfare Organizations for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on 1 March in front of Jaffna Secretariat had to be given up due to the strong opposition to it by Jaffna Government Agent (GA) K. Ganesh, the representatives .
Sri Lanka rejects UN plan to form human rights panel (New Kerala)
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Colombo, March 7 : Sri Lanka has rejected a UN proposal to set up an advisory panel in the wake of alleged human rights abuses during the final phase of the war between government forces and the Tamil Tigers.
Sri Lanka rebuffs UN on war crimes (Sky News Australia)
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Sri Lanka's president has 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'.
The Next Round In Sri Lanka (Strategy Page)
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March 6, 2010: Sri Lanka is waiting for Tamil separatists to resume their war for independence. Many in the Tamil minority want to partition the island, handing the north, and the east coast, over to the Tamils, for a separate nation.
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