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Sri Lanka

Type: Country

Name: Sri Lanka

population: 19,466,570

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 22 Documents

Mahinda Rajapakse

Sri Lanka to release 130,000 Tamils

The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps.More than 300,000 people displaced by the fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels were ... [CNN - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, John Holmes, Mahinda Rajapakse, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Iqbal Athas

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 7 hours ago - 26 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Sri Lanka to free war displaced Tamils from Dec 1

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s war displaced civilians, who are now living in highly guarded camps in the northern Vauniya district, will be allowed to move freely from Dec 1, a senior government officials said on Saturday.Chairman of the President's Task Force ... [thestar.com.my - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Basil Rajapaksa, Kandy (Sri Lanka), Displaced Person

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 17 hours ago - 10 Documents

Tendulkar saves test for India

Sachin Tendulkar celebrated his 20th year in test cricket with a patient unbeaten century Friday and guided India to a draw against Sri Lanka in the first test. India wiped out a huge first-innings deficit of 334 runs on the fifth and final day to finish ... [3 News - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Sachin Tendulkar, India, Sri Lanka

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 5 Documents

Susil Premajayantha

Threat of Swine Flu closes another school in Sri Lanka

* Nov 20, Colombo: Another school in Sri Lanka has been closed due to fears of a Influenza A/H1N1, commonly known as Swine Flu epidemic among the students.According to the sources, the classes for grades 1 to 5 at the Dankotuwa Balika Vidyalya in Wennappuwa, ... [Colombo Page - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Swine Flu, Susil Premajayantha, Influenza A H1N1 Virus

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 12 Documents

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Tamils leaving camps

It seems there is hope for Tamils stuck in squalid refugee camps after being displaced by the conflict raging in Sri Lanka's north for more than two decades.Ever since the long-running civil war there ended six months ago, Sri Lanka's government has been ... [ABC Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, John Holmes

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 18 Documents

Ahmedabad Test heading towards draw, 1376 runs in 4 days

AHMEDABAD: Sri Lanka declared their first innings on 760-7 on fourth day of the first Test here at the Motera stadium on Thursday.This is the highest ever total on Indian soil before skipper Kumar Sangakkara declared the first innings 40 minutes after ... [The News International - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Ahmedabad, India, Prasanna Jayawardene

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)

Agreements to promote trade ties between Sri Lanka and Japan

News: Higher growth in 2010 ... Political: UPFA, a strong alliance ... Business: ... Sports: India force a draw after Gambhir and Tendulkar tons ... ... [Sri Lanka Daily News - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Japan, United People's Freedom Alliance (Sri Lanka)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents

Flash flood crisis in S Lanka

Colombo - Nearly 60 000 people were left homeless in Sri Lanka on Thursday following flash floods in the capital Colombo and the suburbs, an official said. 'We have a list of over 58 000 individuals who were left homeless in and around Colombo,' Kodipillai ... [News24.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Crisis, Sri Lanka

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 4 Documents

Sri Lanka orders probe on alleged plot to kill former Army chief

COLOMBO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan police have been asked to begin investigation on an alleged plot to assassinate former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka as reported in a newspaper.Lakshman Hulugalla, the director general of Media Center for ... [Xinhua News Agency - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Army, Sri Lanka, Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Rajapakse

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents

India-Sri Lanka Test heads for a draw

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) A lifeless wicket and resolute batting by India continued to frustrate Sri Lanka's bid to win the first cricket Test here on Friday.Opener Gautam Gambhir hit 114 as India wiped off the huge first innings deficit of 334 runs and ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/20/2009]

Entities: India, Sri Lanka, Rangana Herath, Angelo Mathews, Chanaka Welegedara

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 4 Documents

Sri Lanka President confident of completing resettlement of IDPs soon

* Nov 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa assured the visiting top ranking Unite Nations official that the resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the north could be completed within the next few weeks.President Rajapaksa ... [Colombo Page - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, United Nations, John Holmes, Complementary, Mahinda Rajapakse

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

U.S. advises its citizens not to travel to Northern Sri Lanka yet

* Nov 20, Colombo: The United States State Department warned the American citizens on travelling to Northern Sri Lanka despite the end of the war between the government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) six months ago.Renewing its ... [Colombo Page - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, United States

Quotes

"Thanks to increased state spending on health in Sri Lanka, for instance, women can now expect to live almost as long as those in Germany, despite an income 10 times smaller" Marriott said

Privatised Care More Placebo Than Panacea by Marina Litvinsky [Third World Network - 8 hours ago]

"The more that people believe they have a long-term role in the country's future the less will be the factors seeing people want to leave Sri Lanka."

CHOGM to address Sri Lanka refugee issue [The Age - 9 hours ago]

...Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa The Fund would nurture the ManagementManagement Buy Out (MBO) market in Sri Lanka. "There are many companies where the management does not get an opportunity to make the relevant changes to capture growth and enhance shareholders' value due to lack of capital or shareholder disagreements. wide, the MBO becomes a solution for such problems and assists good management teams to continue to grow businesses navigating around shareholder issues. In the long term it ensures that companies have longer lifecycles than shareholder groups. MBOs also allow long standing family businesses to avoid decline and demise" , he said. Leopard Sri Lanka Chairman, Ranjit Fernando said that with the advent of peace in the country it is anticipated that there will be unprecedented...

Global investors target Sri Lanka [Sri Lanka Daily News - 10 hours ago]

More Content

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Cricketing debacle [The Nation Pakistan - 1 hour ago]
Sri Lanka to release 130,000 Tamils [CNN - 1 hour ago]
Potential Peak In US Swine Flu Cases [Red Orbit - 1 hour ago]
Sri Lanka to release 130,000 Tamils still held ... [CNN - 2 hours ago]
Sri Lanka to release Tamils held in camps [CNN - 2 hours ago]
Tamil Torture [SchNEWS - 2 hours ago]
Sri Lanka camps 'to be opened' [BBC - 2 hours ago]
Sri Lanka agrees to release 130,000 Tamils disp... [CNN - 2 hours ago]
National Post editorial board: Don't waterboard... [National Post - 2 hours ago]
Lanka to Allow Free Movement of Displaced Tamils [Outlook India - 2 hours ago]
Sri Lanka Tamil refugees to be freed [B92 - 2 hours ago]
Sri Lanka to free all war-displaced civilians: ... [Sify - 2 hours ago]
Freedom for displaced Sri Lankans [Sydney Morning Herald - 3 hours ago]
Sri Lanka refuges to be freed [News24.com - 3 hours ago]
Beware Of Lankas Chi-Pak Axis [Tehelka - 3 hours ago]
Medical assistance Air Ambulance Service in India [Prlog - 3 hours ago]
Cuban bacteria to curb leptospirosis [Sri Lanka Daily News - 4 hours ago]
SLFP, strongest democratic party in Asia [Sri Lanka Daily News - 4 hours ago]
SRI LANKA: Colombo pledges to open Tamil refuge... [France24 - 4 hours ago]
Tamil war refugees to be released [Straits Times - 5 hours ago]
Sri Lanka to relax Tamil camp restrictions [ABC Online - 6 hours ago]
Sri Lanka to shut down refugees camps [Gulf News - 6 hours ago]
SRI LANKA: Colombo pledges to open Tamil refuge... [France24 - Asia Pacific - 6 hours ago]
SRI LANKA: Colombo pledges to open Tamil refuge... [France24 - World - 6 hours ago]
Sri Lanka 'to free Tamil refugees' [Al Jazeera - 6 hours ago]
Sri Lanka detainees 'to be freed' [BBC - 6 hours ago]
Prithvi Exchange upgraded to 'AD Category II' [NewKerala.com - 7 hours ago]
Sri Lanka to free war displaced Tamils from Dec 1 [thestar.com.my - 7 hours ago]

Blogs

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Afstan: Shooting the messenger [The Torch - Canada - 20 hours ago] I think Damian deals well the difficult substantive issues that have been involved in dealing with Afghan detainees. I'm going to look at how the matter is now ...
Sri Lanka: Learning To Let Go [Global Voices Online - 23 hours ago] Roshanthi Lucas at Random Thoughts tells why it is important to learn “to let go of things that are not necessary”. ...
The Big Picture [IntelliBriefs - 11/20/2009] http://www.indiandefencereview.com/20 ... Bharat Verma Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 200 9New Delhi cannot afford to sit around while others plot ...
The Circus - November 20 [SBS Blogs - 11/19/2009] Henry hands France a World Cup spot, Argentina wants Messi hair, and how not to drive a Ferrari. It's all in The Circus.Hand it to HenryThere's nothing like a good ...
Sri Lanka: What Is Your Race? [Global Voices Online - 11/19/2009] Mahesan Niranjan at Groundviews shares a personal story depicting how race & nationality is perceived in Sri Lanka leading to further divide. ...

Audio/Video

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Inside a Sri Lankan refugee camp [News On ABC - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Australian envoy visits Tamil refugees [News On ABC - YouTube - 11/12/2009]
101 East - Refugees on the run - 12 Nov 09 - Pt 2 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/12/2009]
101 East - Refugees on the run - 12 Nov 09 - Pt 1 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/12/2009]
Asylum seekers on hunger strike [Reuters - YouTube - 11/10/2009]

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