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Sri Lanka Tamil Group To Free Child Soldiers - UNICEF (Nasdaq)
COLOMBO (AFP)--A government-backed Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka has pledged to release 62 child soldiers from its ranks, the U.N. Children's Fund, or UNICEF, said Thursday.
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Tamil Nadu MLAs to meet PM on Sri Lanka (Calcutta News)
After MPs from Tamil Nadu, it will be the turn of legislators from the state to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Looses 12,000 Troopers in 3 Years of Rajapaksa's Rule - UNP MP (TamilEelam News Service)
Colombo - The United National Party, Member of Parliament (MP) Palitha Range Bandara says at least twelve thousand Sri Lankan troopers lost their lives fighting with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the north and east of Sri Lanka for the past three years.
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UK Tamils polarised but powerful (BBC News)
As part of a series of features on diaspora communities in the UK and their influence on their homeland, the BBC's Samanthi Dissanayake looks at the Tamil community.
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“LTTE is duty-bound to face Sri Lankan Army” (The Hindu)
CHENNAI: Human suffering and miseries being witnessed in the war in Sri Lanka should not be used as a pretext to call for a ceasefire since they are part of the LTTE’s strategies, said Arular Arudpragasam, chairman of the Eelam ...
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Latest News Update News (Arab Times)
COLOMBO, Dec 1 , 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government forces on Monday wrested control over another town from Tamil Tiger rebels in their offensive to capture the political capital of the guerrillas, the defence ministry said.
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Sri Lanka: 'Knowing friends and enemies' (TamilNet)
“Exploiting the Mumbai carnage and the mood of indignation in India, the Colombo government is calling for the collaboration of India in labeling and isolating all Tamils as terrorists, just because they demand for their rights. Mr. P. Chidambaram, the new Home Minister of India, carrying Indian as well as Tamil identities needs to be additionally alert in what has to be done”, read Tuesday’s ...
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JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む (Japan Today)
Sri Lanka’s military on Sunday resumed a major offensive aimed at capturing the political capital of the Tamil Tiger rebels as monsoon rains showed signs of subsiding, Defense Ministry officials said.
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Huge Challenges Remain In Darfur And Chad (Scoop.co.nz)
Representatives of around 100 countries gathered in Oslo, Norway, today to sign an historic United Nations-sponsored treaty formally renouncing the use of cluster bombs, a weapon that frequently kills innocent civilians and cripples communities for decades after hostilities have ceased.
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Sri Lankan troops capture key LTTE town after 18 years (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Sri Lanka - LTTE - Capture Sri Lankan army on Monday captured a strategic town in Tamil Tiger stronghold of Mullaitivu 18 years after it was seized by rebels, as the troops advanced towards the rebel headquarters in the island's embattled north.
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