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Sri Lanka to protest over Tiger supporters
abc, March 20. Sri Lanka's government says it will lodge strong protests with countries where there have been demonstrations in favour of the island's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.

Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe says pro-rebel sympathisers have been holding demonstrations in counties including Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United States.

He says those demonstrating are using Tamil Tiger propaganda.

Mr Samarasinghe says there have also been several pro-Tiger demonstrations in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. More... Discuss this story
Published: Thu Mar 19 22:27:53 EDT 2009

Canada investigating waving of LTTE flags at Toronto rally
Newspost, March 19. Toronto, March 19 (IANS)With thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils waving the flags of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) at a rally here Monday, Canadian authorities have launched an investigation whether their action violated the nation’s new anti-terror laws.

The current Conservative government banned the LTTE in 2006 for using suicide bombers and child soldiers in its goal for an independent nation for Sri Lankan Tamils.

Supporting a banned organisation also constitutes violation of Canada’s anti-terror laws.

More than 50,000 Tamils had joined in a “human chain” in the heart of the city, urging Canada to lift its ban on the LTTE and seek support for an independent Tamil Eelam.

Toronto police say they have launched an investigation whether waving of LTTE flags contituted violation of new anti-terror laws.

“It is something of a legal issue, and that is something that will be looked into through our legal department,” said Constable Wendy Drummond of Toronto Police. More...Discuss this story
Published: Wed Mar 18 23:20:44 EDT 2009 Back to the top

Military: Over 20 LTTE rebels killed in northern Sri Lanka
xinhuanet.com, 19 March 2009. COLOMBO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 23 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed and many others injured in fierce fighting with the government troops in the rebels' shrinking territory in northeastern Sri Lanka, the military said on Thursday. Officials from the Defense of Ministry said the rebels were killed when the troops ran into Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eealm (LTTE) resistance positions in the northeast of Puthukkudiyirippu on Wednesday. The military did not release any casualty figures of the troops. Meanwhile, a pro-rebel website said at least 610 soldiers were killed More...
Published: Thu Mar 19 23:40:02 EDT 2009 Back to the top
Brother seeks answers in Sri Lanka arrest
 National Post, March 20. MARKHAM, Ont. -- Suba Nadesapillai has hardly slept for three weeks, not since the night he learned his younger brother, a prominent newspaper editor, had been forced into a white van in Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Fate of Tamil chief at center as Sri Lanka seeks victory
 iht.com, 19 March 2009. COLOMBO: Will he kill himself? This is a tactical military question now as the Sri Lankan Army closes in on Velupillai Prabhakaran and the stubborn core of his Tamil separatist insurgency... Back to the top
On Sri Lanka in UN Council, China Blocks March 26 Meeting, Vote May Be Called
 ICP, 19 march. UNITED NATIONS, March 19 -- The day after the UN involuntarily admitted counting 2,683 civilian killings in Sri Lanka from January 20 to March 7 of this year, efforts to hold a second UN Security Council meeting on Sri Lanka were described to Inner City Press by a range of Council diplomats... Back to the top
Train derails in Sri Lanka
 xinhua, 19 march. COLOMBO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A train derailed Thursday evening in the northern suburb of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo but no passenger was injured, railway authorities said... Back to the top
Sri Lanka PM accuses rights groups of overlooking LTTE atrocities
 The Hindu, 19 march. Colombo (PTI): Accusing the human rights groups of 'biasness', Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake on Thursday questioned as to why "they were silent over the killings of Tamil Civilians by the LTTE... Back to the top
Sri Lanka opposition leader under pressure to step down
 M&C, 18 march. Colombo - Sri Lanka's opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who signed a Norwegian-backed peace deal with Tamil rebels as the country's prime minister in 2002, is under pressure from his own party to step down, local newspapers said Wednesday... Back to the top
Sri Lanka: dispute over how to help civilians in war zone
 CSM, 18 march. Caution is guiding the international response as fighting intensifies between the government and the rebels... Back to the top
EU diplomats may visit war-torn north: Sri Lanka
 AFP, 18 march. COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would open up its war-torn north to international scrutiny, days after the UN said it suspected war crimes were being committed in the fight against Tamil rebels... Back to the top
Sri Lanka say troops kill 18 rebels
 Ynews, 18 march. Sri Lankan troops killed at least 18 Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes in a shrinking war zone, the military said on Wednesday, and the United Nations again urged greater protection for thousands of trapped people... Back to the top
Sri Lanka: groups give false info on civil war
 Herald Tribune, March 18, 2009. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lankan military Wednesday accused international organizations of giving false information on the island's civil war, saying rebel sympathizers have "infiltrated" the groups... Back to the top
Sri Lanka Cuts Rates as Economy Grew at Slowest Pace Since 2003
 Bloomberg, 18 march. March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s central bank lowered interest rates for the third time in three months after the island’s economy expanded last quarter at the slowest pace since at least 2003... Back to the top
Sri Lanka children being killed
 bbc.co.uk, 18 march. The conflict in Sri Lanka has killed hundreds of children and left many more injured, the United Nations' children's agency, Unicef, has said... Back to the top
UN calls for 'extraordinary efforts' to protect children in Sri Lanka
 The Hindu, 18 march. New York (PTI): Deploring the mounting death toll of children in the war zone in Sri Lanka's north, the UNICEF has called for "extraordinary efforts" to protect them... Back to the top
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