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| Lankan woman, kids arrested |
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A Sri Lankan woman has reached Dhanushkodi with her two children by an illegal ferry. They have now been detained by police and sent to a refugee camp in Mandapam, the Press Trust of India reported.
Sindhilina Margret told the police that she was forced to flee Jaffna as her husband was in deep debt in Sri Lanka and the creditors were harassing her, police said.
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| LLRC Implementations Half-hearted |
| 2013-10-11 |
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Nearly two years have passed since the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation (LLRC) was submitted to President Mahinda Rajapaksa with over 140 recommendations to be implemented. The LLRC was appointed by the President in 2010 to investigate matters related to the failure of the ceasefire agreement made operational in 2002 right up to the final phase of war in 2009. This was done with the intention to support the reconciliation and recovery process after three decades of conflict.
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| Government to summon Canadians |
| 2013-10-11 |
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The government is contemplating summoning the Canadian envoy or Embassy officials in Sri Lanka to discuss future diplomatic relations, following the recent allegations raised by the Canadian government against Sri Lanka.
Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the External Affairs Ministry will issue the summons. However when contacted the External Affairs Ministry said that such a summons has not yet been issued.
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| J’pura undergrads take their problems to the streets |
| 2013-10-11 |
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Undergraduates of the Sri Jayewardenepura University launched a protest opposite the university’s main gate yesterday, to collect signatures against what they called the suppression of students and a gazette notification facilitating the establishment of private higher education institutions.
Former representative of the Students’ Council Sameera Sampath told The Island that they also wanted to make the people of the area aware and would, therefore, distribute leaflets among the public regarding present student pro
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| Lankan team attack case adjourned |
| 2013-10-11 |
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A special bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday adjourned till October 24 the hearing of the Punjab government appeal seeking cancellation of bail granted to Zubair alias Naik Muhammad, alleged mastermind of attack on Sri Lankan cricket team.
The bench headed by Justice Shahid Hameed Dar also excluded the accused from court appearances as he requested the court that his life was in danger.
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| Lankan refugee a murder suspect |
| 2013-10-11 |
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One of the three students involved in the killing of an engineering college principal in India belongs to a family of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, The Hindu newspaper reported.
G. Danish (21), a final year B.Tech (Information Technology) student, hails from a family living in the camp at Okkur in Sivaganga district in Tuticorin, police said.
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| UN official notes failure in SL |
| 2013-10-10 |
A top UN official has noted the failure of the UN system during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka in 2009.
Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, said that an internal review of UN action at the end of the civil war in 2009 noted a ‘systemic’ failure of different parts of the UN. Member States did not meet the tasks they themselves had set.
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| Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission to educate politicians |
| 2013-10-10 |
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) plans to educate politicians on human rights and related issues.
Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Prathiba Mahanamahewa has said the decision to conduct an educational programme was made following a proposal by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay during her visit to Sri Lanka.
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