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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Sri Lanka</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>UN concerned at how Tamils confined to government camps are being returned home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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UN concerned at how Tamils are being returned

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief says Sri Lanka&#8217;s decision to release Tamil refugees confined to government camps is good news but the United Nations is concerned about how they are being returned home.
John Holmes, who just returned from Sri Lanka, said Monday the U.N. wants more .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-concerned-at-how-tamils-confined-to-government-camps-are-being-returned-home-234772/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: UN concerned at how Tamils confined to government camps are being returned home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka to release 136,000 of war-displaced Tamils in detainment camps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eranga Jayawardena</dc:creator>
		
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Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils
MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka — An senior Sri Lankan official says all ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps Dec. 1.
Some 300,000 war-displaced were forced into camps after fleeing the final months of the government&#8217;s decades-long war with the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, which ended in .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-to-release-136000-of-war-displaced-tamils-in-detainment-camps-234009/">Sri Lanka to release 136,000 of war-displaced Tamils in detainment camps</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s top general resigns amid speculation he plans to make presidential bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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Sri Lanka&#8217;s top general resigns amid speculation

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s top general, who led the battle to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels and ended the island&#8217;s 30-year civil war, resigned from his post Thursday but declined to discuss his future plans.
Gen. Sarath Fonseka&#8217;s resignation comes amid growing media reports that he is planning .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankas-top-general-resigns-amid-speculation-he-plans-to-make-presidential-bid-227012/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Sri Lanka&#8217;s top general resigns amid speculation he plans to make presidential bid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official says Sri Lanka&#8217;s top general has resigned amid speculation of presidential bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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Official says Sri Lanka&#8217;s top general has resigned

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s top general, who led the battle to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels and ended the island&#8217;s 30-year civil war, has resigned from his post, an official said Thursday.
Gen. Sarath Fonseka&#8217;s resignation comes amid growing media reports that he is planning to contest  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-says-sri-lankas-top-general-has-resigned-amid-speculation-of-presidential-bid-226816/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>11 countries vulnerable to climate change urge world leaders to commit to binding pact</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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Vulnerable countries urge world to cut emissions
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A group of 11 countries vulnerable to adverse effects of global warming urged world leaders Tuesday to reach a binding agreement at next month&#8217;s global conference on the issue.
The countries called on President Barack Obama and leaders of emerging economies such ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/11-countries-vulnerable-to-climate-change-urge-world-leaders-to-commit-to-binding-pact-224706/" title="11 countries vulnerable to climate change urge world leaders to commit to binding pact">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Tamil Tiger child soldiers try to reclaim their childhood in postwar Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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Former child soldiers move on in Sri Lanka

AMBEPUSSA, Sri Lanka — Vinojan&#8217;s boyhood ended when Sri Lanka&#8217;s civil war reignited.
Fifteen at the time, he says he joined the separatist Tamil Tigers to save his older brother from forcible conscription, and became a reluctant fighter as the rebels fought their last, desperate battles for survival.
Now, having  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-tamil-tiger-child-soldiers-try-to-reclaim-their-childhood-in-postwar-sri-lanka-205908/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire charged in insider trading case is sued in NJ by victims of Sri Lankan rebels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case was sued by victims of violence in Sri Lanka who say he helped finance separatist rebels notorious for suicide bombings.

The federal lawsuit was filed Thursday in Newark, N.J., against Raj Rajaratnam, a 52-year-old portfolio manager for Galleon Group, a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/billionaire-charged-in-insider-trading-case-is-sued-in-nj-by-victims-of-sri-lankan-rebels-203855/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Billionaire charged in insider trading case is sued in NJ by victims of Sri Lankan rebels</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka releases 4,300 ethnic Tamils, displaced by war, from detention camps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eranga Jayawardena</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHANKULAM, Sri Lanka — More than 4,000 ethnic Tamils displaced by civil war left government-run camps Thursday, the latest to be released amid international criticism that Sri Lanka is moving too slowly to let thousands of others go.

Hundreds of thousands of minority Tamil civilians were forced into the camps after fleeing the final months of .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-releases-4300-ethnic-tamils-displaced-by-war-from-detention-camps-203499/">Sri Lanka releases 4,300 ethnic Tamils, displaced by war, from detention camps</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Island nation of Maldives to hold underwater Cabinet meeting to show climate change threat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Maldives: All set for underwater Cabinet meeting

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Government ministers in scuba gear prepared Friday to hold an underwater meeting of the Maldives&#8217; Cabinet to highlight the threat global warming poses to the lowest-lying nation on earth.
The Maldives&#8217; president will lead Saturday&#8217;s meeting around a table on the sea floor — 20 feet .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/island-nation-of-maldives-to-hold-underwater-cabinet-meeting-to-show-climate-change-threat-198029/">Island nation of Maldives to hold underwater Cabinet meeting to show climate change threat</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka goes dark in nationwide blackout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An official says a power blackout plunged all of Sri Lanka into darkness for a few hours Friday because of a technical fault at an electricity distribution center.

A spokesman for the power and energy ministry says the blackout affected almost all parts of the Indian Ocean island nation for few hours .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-goes-dark-in-nationwide-blackout-191313/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maldives to hold cabinet meeting underwater to highlight threat of global warming</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallwarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Maldives government ministers are taking scuba lessons and learning underwater signs in preparation for an unprecedented Cabinet meeting at the bottom of the ocean intended to highlight the threat global warming poses to the low-lying nation.

Since taking office last year, President Mohammed Nasheed has emerged as an important international voice on .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maldives-to-hold-cabinet-meeting-underwater-to-highlight-threat-of-global-warming-189364/">Source &nbsp;: Maldives to hold cabinet meeting underwater to highlight threat of global warming</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s military says bomb blast in vehicle kills schoolgirl, 12 others wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A schoolgirl was killed by a car bomb in northwestern Sri Lanka that also wounded 12 others Friday, mostly students who were about to travel in the vehicle, officials said.

It was the first major bomb blast in the country since government troops crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels in May after a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankas-military-says-bomb-blast-in-vehicle-kills-schoolgirl-12-others-wounded-185065/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Sri Lanka&#8217;s military says bomb blast in vehicle kills schoolgirl, 12 others wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s military says bomb blast in vehicle to transport schoolchildren wounds 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A car bomb exploded in northwest Sri Lanka on Friday and wounded 13 people, most of them schoolchildren about to travel in the van, the military said.

It was the first major bomb blast reported in the country since government troops crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels in May, after a 25-year insurgency ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankas-military-says-bomb-blast-in-vehicle-to-transport-schoolchildren-wounds-13-184680/" title="Sri Lanka&#8217;s military says bomb blast in vehicle to transport schoolchildren wounds 13">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s military says bomb blast in a car transporting schoolchildren wounds 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s military says a bomb has exploded inside a car transporting schoolchildren in the country&#8217;s northwest province, wounding 13.

Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara says that the blast occurred Friday near the town of Kurunegala.
He says a private dispute is suspected behind the blast, but that an investigation is continuing.
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		<title>Sri Lanka military says it foils escape bid by war refugees, wounds 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers fired on a group of war refugees trying to flee a camp in the north of the island, wounding two, the military said Sunday.

The foiled escape bid happened late Saturday in the district of Vavuniya, near a former battle zone. The civil war between government forces and Tamil .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-military-says-it-foils-escape-bid-by-war-refugees-wounds-2-181529/">Sri Lanka military says it foils escape bid by war refugees, wounds 2</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s president promises UN it will resettle all war-displaced civilians in 4 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s president promised Friday to send nearly 300,000 Tamil war refugees who are being held in military-run camps back to their homes in the next four months, the government said.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa made the pledge at a meeting with U.N. Undersecretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe amid international .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankas-president-promises-un-it-will-resettle-all-war-displaced-civilians-in-4-months-172253/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Sri Lanka&#8217;s president promises UN it will resettle all war-displaced civilians in 4 months</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmaker says Tamil refugees released from Sri Lankan camps detained again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Hundreds of Tamil war refugees whom the Sri Lankan government said it had released from military-run camps last week were simply moved to other detention centers, a lawmaker said Thursday.

Mavai Senathiraja, a parliamentarian from the Tamil National Alliance, an opposition party representing ethnic Tamils, also alleged that thousands of others who  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawmaker-says-tamil-refugees-released-from-sri-lankan-camps-detained-again-171344/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN expert urges impartial probe into Sri Lanka video purporting to show army killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — A U.N. rights expert called Thursday for an &#8220;independent and impartial investigation&#8221; into a video that purports to show Sri Lankan troops killing naked, blindfolded men during the recently ended civil war.

Sri Lanka&#8217;s government says four separate studies have concluded that the footage — released last month by a German-based group and shown .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-expert-urges-impartial-probe-into-sri-lanka-video-purporting-to-show-army-killings-171309/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: UN expert urges impartial probe into Sri Lanka video purporting to show army killings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN political chief will head to Sri Lanka to press for release of detained Tamils</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending the U.N. political chief to Sri Lanka to press the government to step up the release of nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians who have been detained since the South Asian nation&#8217;s civil war ended in May.

Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe said Monday he will also press .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-political-chief-will-head-to-sri-lanka-to-press-for-release-of-detained-tamils-168317/">UN political chief will head to Sri Lanka to press for release of detained Tamils</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka resettles nearly 10,000 war refugees from government-run camps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan authorities sent home nearly 10,000 war refugees Friday amid growing international concern for the nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians still detained in government-run camps.

The civilians were displaced during a military offensive that crushed the Tamil Tiger rebel group in May and ended the island&#8217;s decades-old civil war.
Since then, the displaced ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-resettles-nearly-10000-war-refugees-from-government-run-camps-165780/">Sri Lanka resettles nearly 10,000 war refugees from government-run camps</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF protests expulsion of spokesman from Sri Lanka, rejects allegations of bias</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The United Nations children&#8217;s agency expressed concern Tuesday about Sri Lanka&#8217;s decision to expel its spokesman and rejected allegations that it was biased against the government during the recently ended 25-year civil war.

The government announced Sunday it had revoked the residency visa of UNICEF spokesman James Elder.
&#8220;UNICEF is extremely concerned and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/unicef-protests-expulsion-of-spokesman-from-sri-lanka-rejects-allegations-of-bias-162533/" title="UNICEF protests expulsion of spokesman from Sri Lanka, rejects allegations of bias">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan official expelled by Sri Lanka reportedly over comments on suffering Tamil children</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A United Nations official has been banished from Sri Lanka reportedly after discussing how the government&#8217;s decades-long battle with Tamil Tiger rebels took its toll on children in the war zone.

The residency visa of U.N. Children&#8217;s Fund communications chief James Elder was revoked and he must leave the country by Sept. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-official-expelled-by-sri-lanka-reportedly-over-comments-on-suffering-tamil-children-161244/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Sri Lankan official expelled by Sri Lanka reportedly over comments on suffering Tamil children</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka defends sentencing journalist to 20 years under anti-terror laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s government defended a 20-year prison sentence given to a journalist accused of violating the country&#8217;s strict anti-terror law, saying he was given a fair trial and the decision did not impact media freedom on the island.

J.S. Tissainayagam — who was singled out by President Barack Obama in a May .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-defends-sentencing-journalist-to-20-years-under-anti-terror-laws-157393/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Sri Lanka defends sentencing journalist to 20 years under anti-terror laws</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan court sentences ethnic Tamil journalist to 20 years in prison under anti-terror law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan reporter singled out by President Barack Obama as an example of persecuted journalists around the globe was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on charges of violating the country&#8217;s strict anti-terror law.

J.S. Tissainayagam&#8217;s articles in the now-defunct Northeastern Monthly magazine in 2006 and 2007 criticized the conduct .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-court-sentences-ethnic-tamil-journalist-to-20-years-in-prison-under-anti-terror-law-154823/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Sri Lankan court sentences ethnic Tamil journalist to 20 years in prison under anti-terror law</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani Taliban choose commander behind attack on Sri Lanka cricket team as new chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — The militant commander named by the Pakistani Taliban as its new leader is as ruthless as his predecessor, taking credit for several bloody attacks, and could order more in the coming weeks to prove the terror network is still a force to be reckoned with.

While the appointment of 28-year-old Hakimullah Mehsud suggests the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistani-taliban-choose-commander-behind-attack-on-sri-lanka-cricket-team-as-new-chief-147080/">Source article &nbsp;: Pakistani Taliban choose commander behind attack on Sri Lanka cricket team as new chief</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group urges Sri Lanka to free war refugees held in flood-hit camps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A human rights group on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka to release hundreds of thousands of war refugees from camps hit by flooding over the weekend saying their lives were in danger from disease.

The floods have renewed fears that disease could break out among minority Tamils who have been living for months ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-group-urges-sri-lanka-to-free-war-refugees-held-in-flood-hit-camps-142549/">Rights group urges Sri Lanka to free war refugees held in flood-hit camps</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN says floods have hit camp holding war-displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Heavy rains have destroyed or damaged hundreds of shelters housing ethnic Tamils displaced during Sri Lanka&#8217;s civil war, the United Nations said Monday.

The weekend flooding has added to concern over the welfare of nearly 300,000 displaced people who have been living in tents and makeshift shelters since the May defeat by .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-says-floods-have-hit-camp-holding-war-displaced-tamils-in-sri-lanka-141948/" title="UN says floods have hit camp holding war-displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy rains flood camps holding 300,000 war-displaced Sri Lankans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Heavy rains have caused havoc in camps housing nearly 300,000 people displaced by war in Sri Lanka&#8217;s war-ravaged north, an official said Sunday.

The flooding has raised fears for the welfare of the ethnic Tamils living in tents and makeshift shelters.
Downpours in the last two days have forced authorities to move hundreds .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/heavy-rains-flood-camps-holding-300000-war-displaced-sri-lankans-141093/">Source &nbsp;: Heavy rains flood camps holding 300,000 war-displaced Sri Lankans</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Roman Catholic leaders urge release of Tamils in military-run camps in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADHU, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s Roman Catholic leaders called for the release of ethnic Tamils held in military-run displacement camps on Saturday, saying they are confined like prisoners behind barbed wire.

The leaders made the appeal during an annual feast at the island&#8217;s holiest Catholic shrine in the former northern war zone. The government lifted  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/roman-catholic-leaders-urge-release-of-tamils-in-military-run-camps-in-sri-lanka-140465/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka lifts blockade on pilgrims to Catholic shrine after war ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADHU, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has lifted a blockade on the island&#8217;s holiest Roman Catholic shrine and will allow pilgrims to hold their annual feast there Saturday as a sign that the north was returning to normal after the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels.

But while thousands gathered in northwestern Sri Lanka for the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-lifts-blockade-on-pilgrims-to-catholic-shrine-after-war-ends-140078/">Read : Sri Lanka lifts blockade on pilgrims to Catholic shrine after war ends</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty International says satellite images show grave sites in Sri Lanka&#8217;s former war zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A series of satellite images taken over Sri Lanka&#8217;s former war zone showed the existence of large grave sites and evidence of possible mortar positions near areas that had been packed with trapped civilians, a human rights group said Thursday.

The release of the images was intended to challenge government claims that .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/amnesty-international-says-satellite-images-show-grave-sites-in-sri-lankas-former-war-zone-138390/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Amnesty International says satellite images show grave sites in Sri Lanka&#8217;s former war zone</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s ruling party and pro-rebel party win town councils in first postwar elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —Sri Lanka&#8217;s ruling coalition and an ethnic Tamil party seen as a front for the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels have won the first postwar elections, held near the island&#8217;s former battlefields.

According to state television, President Mahinda Rajapaksa&#8217;s ruling coalition captured Jaffna town council, securing 13 of the 23 seats, while the pro-rebel .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankas-ruling-party-and-pro-rebel-party-win-town-councils-in-first-postwar-elections-134625/">Source article &nbsp;: Sri Lanka&#8217;s ruling party and pro-rebel party win town councils in first postwar elections</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka holds elections in 2 northern towns after victory over Tamil Tiger rebels in May</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —Sri Lanka hailed elections Saturday near an area once dominated by the Tamil Tiger rebels as the first seeds of democracy sprouting along the former battlefields of its recently ended civil war, but voters largely stayed away from the polls in the violence-scarred region.

Opposition parties accused the ruling coalition of restricting their ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-holds-elections-in-2-northern-towns-after-victory-over-tamil-tiger-rebels-in-may-134222/">Sri Lanka holds elections in 2 northern towns after victory over Tamil Tiger rebels in May</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arrest of new Tamil Tiger leader a major blow to beleaguered Sri Lankan rebels</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The arrest of the Tamil Tigers&#8217; new leader has dealt a major blow to the rebels&#8217; efforts to regroup and push on with their separatist struggle after being routed by Sri Lankan forces, the government said Friday.

It was also a major public relations coup for President Mahinda Rajapaksa ahead of elections ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arrest-of-new-tamil-tiger-leader-a-major-blow-to-beleaguered-sri-lankan-rebels-133704/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Arrest of new Tamil Tiger leader a major blow to beleaguered Sri Lankan rebels</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tamil Tigers say new leader was captured in Malaysia, sent to Sri Lanka for interrogation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan authorities questioned the new leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels Friday after he was arrested in Southeast Asia and flown to this island nation.

Selvarasa Pathmanathan, the insurgent group&#8217;s former chief arms smuggler, assumed the leadership of the Tamil Tigers after government forces routed the rebels in May in northern .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tamil-tigers-say-new-leader-was-captured-in-malaysia-sent-to-sri-lanka-for-interrogation-133366/">Tamil Tigers say new leader was captured in Malaysia, sent to Sri Lanka for interrogation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tamil Tigers confirm new leader was captured in Malaysia, sent to Sri Lanka for interrogation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan officials on Friday questioned the captured leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, who was arrested in Southeast Asia earlier this week and flown to this island nation.

Sri Lanka&#8217;s military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said Selvarasa Pathmanathan had been brought to Sri Lanka and was being interrogated. He refused to .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tamil-tigers-confirm-new-leader-was-captured-in-malaysia-sent-to-sri-lanka-for-interrogation-133239/">Tamil Tigers confirm new leader was captured in Malaysia, sent to Sri Lanka for interrogation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Tamil Tiger leader brought to Sri Lanka after capture in foreign country</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s military says it is interrogating the new leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels after his capture in a foreign country.

Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara says Selvarasa Pathmanathan was arrested overseas and brought to Sri Lanka. He declined Friday to say where and when Pathmanathan was captured.
Pathmanathan has been ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-tamil-tiger-leader-brought-to-sri-lanka-after-capture-in-foreign-country-133233/" title="New Tamil Tiger leader brought to Sri Lanka after capture in foreign country">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka says new Tamil Tiger leader arrested overseas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka says that a wanted arms smuggler who recently took over as the new leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has been arrested overseas.

Government information director Anusha Pelpita said that Selvarasa Pathmanathan was arrested Thursday in a foreign country which he refused to name.
Local media reported the arrest was .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-says-new-tamil-tiger-leader-arrested-overseas-132825/">Sri Lanka says new Tamil Tiger leader arrested overseas</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Media rights group outraged by Sri Lanka&#8217;s ban on media coverage of local election</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An international media rights group has expressed outrage at the Sri Lanka&#8217;s decision to ban journalists from covering the first local elections in the north since the military defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels.

The government has touted the polls scheduled for Saturday in the cities of Vavuniya and Jaffna as the first .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/media-rights-group-outraged-by-sri-lankas-ban-on-media-coverage-of-local-election-132347/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Media rights group outraged by Sri Lanka&#8217;s ban on media coverage of local election</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US concerned over Sri Lankans confined to camps after displacement during civil war</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The United States on Monday expressed concern over hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans displaced by war who are currently confined to military-run camps and pledged funds to help their resettlement.

Eric P. Schwartz, the U.S assistant secretary of state for refugees, on Monday announced $8 million to help hasten the resettlement ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-concerned-over-sri-lankans-confined-to-camps-after-displacement-during-civil-war-122023/" title="US concerned over Sri Lankans confined to camps after displacement during civil war">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Feature: A gift of life for endangered turtles in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahul Dass</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOSGODA - It&#8217;s 6.30 p.m. Dusk begins to give way to nightfall when a man walks up to the beach here with a big box containing a special load &#8212; three-day-old turtles. The box is tipped over, the hatchlings scamper towards the ocean and within minutes they are bobbing away into the waves.

Yet another `regular&#8217; .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-sri-lanka-a-gift-of-life-for-endangered-turtles-feature-with-images-120825/" title="Feature: A gift of life for endangered turtles in Sri Lanka">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IMF approves $2.6 billion loan to Sri Lanka despite human rights concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The International Monetary Fund has given final approval for a $2.6 billion loan for Sri Lanka despite calls from human rights groups that the island nation should first address concerns over its human rights record.

Some $322.2 million of the loan will be immediately available to Sri Lanka. The balance will be .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/imf-approves-26-billion-loan-to-sri-lanka-despite-human-rights-concerns-120409/" title="IMF approves $2.6 billion loan to Sri Lanka despite human rights concerns">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group urges IMF to link Sri Lanka loan to progress on human rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s government should be forced to rectify serious human rights abuses before it receives an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund, a human rights group said Thursday.

The IMF has given initial approval for a $2.5 billion loan to help Sri Lanka with reconstruction after the end of its 25-year .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-group-urges-imf-to-link-sri-lanka-loan-to-progress-on-human-rights-118250/">Rights group urges IMF to link Sri Lanka loan to progress on human rights</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With Tamil Tigers gone, Sri Lanka opens the Ramayana trail for Indians</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahul Dass</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ELLA - With a quarter-century of ethnic conflict and terrorism in Sri Lanka left behind, the island nation, known for its sun-kissed beaches and rolling tea gardens, is wooing Indian tourists like never before by developing a Ramayana trail to enable them to visit the Lanka of demon king Ravana.

The Sri Lankan tourism department has ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-tamil-tigers-gone-sri-lanka-opens-the-ramayana-trail-for-indians-118110/" title="With Tamil Tigers gone, Sri Lanka opens the Ramayana trail for Indians">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Defeated Tamil Tiger rebels name new leader after top guerrillas killed by Sri Lankan forces</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s defeated Tamil Tiger rebels have named a man accused of running a vast arms smuggling operation as their new leader, two months after government forces crushed the separatist movement.

The new leader has pledged to remake the insurgents into a nonviolent separatist movement.
Selvarasa Pathmanathan was the rebels&#8217; chief of international .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/defeated-tamil-tiger-rebels-name-new-leader-after-top-guerrillas-killed-by-sri-lankan-forces-116989/">Defeated Tamil Tiger rebels name new leader after top guerrillas killed by Sri Lankan forces</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP correspondent leaves Sri Lanka after the government declines to renew his visa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Associated Press bureau chief in Sri Lanka, who broke news of private U.N. reports outlining civilian death tolls, has been denied permission to remain in the country.

The AP&#8217;s Ravi Nessman left Sri Lanka on Monday after the government declined to renew his journalist&#8217;s visa.
The government denied that the decision was .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-correspondent-leaves-sri-lanka-after-the-government-declines-to-renew-his-visa-116436/">Read the original article &nbsp;: AP correspondent leaves Sri Lanka after the government declines to renew his visa</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahul Dass</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KANDY - The famous 17th century Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is breathing easy for the first time in many years ahead of a pageant that draws hundreds of thousands of people to this sacred Buddhist town. For, the Tamil Tigers lie vanquished.

&#8220;We are expecting nearly double the number of visitors to the annual .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kandys-buddhist-temple-readies-for-pageantry-without-fear-113928/" title="Kandy&#8217;s Buddhist temple readies for pageantry - without fear">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody in or out: Sri Lanka interns Tamil war refugees with help of foreign aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In just six months, one of the world&#8217;s largest camps for war refugees has been carved out of the jungles of northern Sri Lanka, complete with banks, post offices, schools and a supermarket. But no one is allowed out, and hardly anyone is allowed in.

Aid workers and foreign diplomats increasingly fear .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nobody-in-or-out-sri-lanka-interns-tamil-war-refugees-with-help-of-foreign-aid-113769/">Source &nbsp;: Nobody in or out: Sri Lanka interns Tamil war refugees with help of foreign aid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>French aid agency demands international probe into massacre of its workers in Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/french-aid-agency-demands-international-probe-into-massacre-of-its-workers-in-sri-lanka-113507/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A French aid agency is demanding an international investigation into the massacre of 17 of its workers in Sri Lanka three years ago, after a government inquiry reportedly failed to identify the killers.

The Action Against Hunger local workers were found killed execution-style in a region rocked by heavy fighting between government ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/french-aid-agency-demands-international-probe-into-massacre-of-its-workers-in-sri-lanka-113507/" title="French aid agency demands international probe into massacre of its workers in Sri Lanka">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Probe chairman: No Sri Lankan forces near site where 17 aid workers were executed in 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan military was not operating in the area when 17 workers for a French aid agency were gunned down execution-style in 2006, the chairman of a government commission investigating the massacre said Tuesday.

Nissanka Udalagama — head of the presidential commission of inquiry charged with probing rights abuses during Sri ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/probe-chairman-no-sri-lankan-forces-near-site-where-17-aid-workers-were-executed-in-2006-109011/">Read more : Probe chairman: No Sri Lankan forces near site where 17 aid workers were executed in 2006</a>.]]></description>
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