Sri Lanka stories:
Sri Lanka Plans to Let Tamil Refugees Leave Camps
Nov 21st, 2009 - New York Times
MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka plans to release the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they have been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago...
Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of polls
Nov 21st, 2009 - Reuters
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war.
Sri Lanka 'to free Tamil refugees'
Nov 21st, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
Sri Lanka's ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees, detained in government camps, will be freed by December 1, according to a senior official.
Basil Rajapaksa, an adviser to his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa...Retiring Sri Lankan Gen. Contends Gov. Politicians Planted Coup Rumors
Nov 14th, 2009 - VOA News
Sri Lanka's president Friday gave the country's top military figurepermission to leave his post immediately, a day after the army generalsubmitted retirement papers to his commander-in-chief.Sri Lanka frees up top general to run for president
Nov 13th, 2009 - Reuters
COLOMBO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has accepted the retirement of a top general who oversaw the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels after 25 years of war, an official said on Friday...
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13:24Tiger Trap - Sri Lanka
November 2009 Kumaran Pathmanathan, or KP, is the Tamil Tigers current leader. Two months ago, he was snatched from a hotel in Malaysia and whisked back to Colombo. It seems Sri Lankas government was behind the abduction ...
2:06Sri Lankan asylum seekers leave Australian ship - 19 Nov 09
Sri Lankan asylum seekers have finally left an Australian ship for a detention centre in Indonesia. After a month-long standoff, they agreed to leave the ship following Australian promises of quick resettlement to those with genuine refugee claims ...
3:01Sri Lanka Small Miracle
www.slmfa.gov.lk Sri Lanka Small Miracle - Sri Lanka Tourism officially launched its new logo and tagline Sri Lanka Small Miracle yesterday (23)with the ushering of peace in a new era. Addressing ...
9:59SRI LANKA TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY ☆ birds of paradise ☆
Ayubowan : Vannakam : Welcome to 'a birds eye view' over the paradise island of Sri Lanka aided by the surround sound of the indian ocean. Divine Never seen before view of Sri Lanka captured from Seaplanes, Helicopters and Hot Air Balloons ...
Sri Lanka from WikiPedia:
Sri Lanka (from the Sanskrit “Venerable Island”), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (pronounced /??ri??l???k??/, Sinhala: , Tamil: ??????; known as Ceylon (/s??l?n/) before 1972 and as Taprobane (/t??pr?b?ni?/) in ancient times), is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (19.3 mi) off the southern coast of India. It is home to around twenty million people.
Because of its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia.[citation needed] It has been a center of Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times.[citation needed] The Sinhalese community forms the majority of the population; Tamils, who are concentrated in the north and east of the island, form the largest ethnic minority. Other communities include Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs and the Malays.
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