Sri Lanka V

Colombo hails UN 'diplomatic win'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8071661.stm

Sri Lanka: State of emergency to remain after war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8527562

UN rejects calls for Sri Lanka war crimes inquiry
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/28/sri-lanka-un-war-crimes-investigation

Sri Lanka forces West to retreat over ‘war crimes' with victory at UN
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6375044.ece

Scale of Sri Lanka aid effort ‘huge,' says UN humanitarian wing
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30933&Cr=&Cr1=

In Sri Lanka, Red Cross Barred from "Interment" Camps Despite UN's Rosy Picture
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip2may8srilanka052709.html

Sri Lanka: UN Rights Council Fails Victims
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/27/sri-lanka-un-rights-council-fails-victims

Military massacre in Sri Lanka does not end Tamil struggle
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=12071&news_iv_ctrl=1261

Agony, uncertainty for Sri Lanka's war displaced
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090528/wl_asia_afp/srilankaunrestciviliansrights_20090528030200

Rights diplomats fail to find Sri Lanka compromise
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090527/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrights_20090527175846

Pakistan and S.Lanka conflicts 'erode human rights'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090528/wl_sthasia_afp/amnestyrightsasia_20090528060022

Pak claims key role in SL victory over LTTE
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/may/28/ltte-pak-claims-key-role-in-lankan-victory.htm

UN vote on Sri Lanka under attack
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7d6b006-4ae4-11de-87c2-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

Canadian High Commission in Sri Lanka stoned
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/641300

Ottawa denounces Sri Lanka embassy attack
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/641666

Unprincipled, shameless, "Orwellian" UN resolution ever - Prof. Boyle

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29474

Can The United States Rescue the Human Rights Council?
http://www.undispatch.com/node/8298

SRI LANKA: Aid agencies call for unfettered access to IDP camps
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=84600

Wrong Lesson From Sri Lanka
http://www.just-international.org/article.cfm?newsid=20003162

End of war can spark instability in SL's Tamil areas: CSM
http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=8259

Tamils escape the horrors of war to internment behind razor wire
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090529/FOREIGN/705289844/1002

EU expresses regret as Sri Lanka avoids war crimes probe
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1243522923.25

At UN, Sri Lanka Sinks Lower than the Basement, Ban Criticized on Human Rights
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip2may9srilanka052809.html

UN rights chief presses for Sri Lanka probe
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUoLE7hMAsi1WPAzk-ROaKZTRZ5w

Aid groups blocked from former Sri Lanka war zone
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LT254958.htm

UN condemns 'unacceptably high' Sri Lanka death toll
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090529/twl-un-condemns-unacceptably-high-sri-la-696b303.html

Aid Slowly Reaching Sri Lanka's War Refugees
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/world/asia/30lanka.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss

A peace requiring more soldiers than the war itself
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/sri-lanka-wants-more-troop-to-keep-the-peace-than-win-the-war/article1158584/

UN praise for Sri Lanka criticised
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/28/un-sri-lanka-ban-ki-moon

A disgraceful vote which discredits the UN Human Rights Council
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6382331.ece

Praise for Sri Lanka raises questions of how effective UN really is
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383479.ece

Sri Lankan Army and Tamil Tigers had vast stocks of weapons

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383474.ece

Bunkers and carnage: picture that shows how Tamil refugees were caught in conflict
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383613.ece

Slaughter in Sri Lanka
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6382706.ece

Photographs show destruction and despair of Sri Lanka's no-fire zone
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383526.ece

Times photographs expose Sri Lanka's lie on civilian deaths at beach
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383477.ece

Calls for war crimes inquiry over 20,000 civilian deaths in Sri Lanka
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6387782.ece

The hidden massacre: Sri Lanka's final offensive against Tamil Tigers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383449.ece

Sri Lanka's sacrifice of life may sow seeds of a new conflict
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383470.ece

Sri Lankan army accused of massacring 20,000 Tamil civilians in final assault
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/5405085/Sri-Lankan-army-accused-of-massacring-20000-Tamil-civilians-in-final-assault.html

Sri Lanka rejects deaths report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8073540.stm

Jokes About Human Rights

http://blogs.news.sky.com/foreignmatters/Post:48c39377-ca00-4ec8-90db-0f60fe4229c7

Call to free British medic held in Sri Lanka war zone
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=180006860458&h=qwlXJ&u=rZyR-&ref=nf

UN Officials complicit in aiding, abetting GoSL's Nazi-type crimes - Prof. Boyle
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29486

Government buries 47 IDP bodies in 14 days in Mannaar
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29481

Evidence points to Colombo culpability to Tamil massacre - Washington Post
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29487

On Sri Lanka, UN's Dodging Comes Home to Roost, UK Could Have Put on Council Agenda
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip3may1srilanka052909.html

INTERVIEW-World may never know Sri Lanka death toll - UN
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN29443707

Colombo detains three doctors, witnesses of the war on Tamil rebels
http://www.france24.com/en/20090529-lanka-detains-three-witnesses-ltte-tamils-civilian-casualties-doctors

The UN has failed the Tamils
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/30/sri-lanka-war-crimes

Silicon Valley's gift to Sri Lanka is in shambles, damaged by the civil war
http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_12481125?source=most_viewed

Sri Lankan government prepares broad attack on democratic rights
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/may2009/sldr-m30.shtml

Calls mount for Sri Lanka probe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8075277.stm

Fresh Reports, Imagery Contradict Sri Lanka on Civilian No-Fire Zone
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052903409.html?wprss=rss_world/asia

Sri Lanka's death toll much higher, groups say
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/642970

Amnesty International urges UN to release Sri Lankan civilian death toll
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/amnesty-international-urges-un-to-release-sri-lankan-civilian-death-toll/article1161603/

UN chief knew Tamil civilian toll had reached 20,000
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6391265.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

Witness to disaster
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6390967.ece

Sri Lanka rules out outside probe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8075779.stm

Sri Lanka Tamils 'facing misery'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8076407.stm

Defeat of Tamil Tigers not the end of the struggle
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/20/683164

Lankan Tamil's plight getting on screen by Bharathiraja's hand
http://lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIOoMe0dJlYS0ecVB4A3a4f5Ay4d3cYd3cc2AmT2d424OX3a030Mm2e

India failed to do enough to protect civilian lives in Lankan war - Human Rights Groups
http://lankasrinews.com/view.php?2b24OX14a32p5AAe4d4YOo6ca0ac4BP34d3LTmA2e0dW0MmKce04cYdJ0cc2vlYAde

UN can investigate Sri Lanka's actions - war crimes judge
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29498

Disease outbreak in Sri Lankan camps imminent, says Christian Aid
http://in.christiantoday.com/articles/disease-outbreak-in-sri-lankan-camps-imminent-says-christian-aid/3952.htm

SLA officials accused of taking bribes from Vanni detainees
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29491

SLanka seeks to dismantle Tigers' global network
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/slanka-seeks-to-dismantle-tigers-global-network-20090531-brh5.html

Tamils fear bout of ethnic cleansing
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25564955-25837,00.html

Sri Lanka's crucial role in Indian Ocean power struggle

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6401262.ece

Time for Witness
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6401819.ece

India 'complicit' in killing of 20,000 civilians in Sri Lanka
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/5419206/India-complicit-in-killing-of-20000-civilians-in-Sri-Lanka.html

India accused of complicity in deaths of Sri Lankan Tamils
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6401557.ece

UN-based estimates put Sri Lankan civilian death toll at 20,000

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/sril-j01.shtml

Missing Tiger spy chief spells trouble
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KF02Df01.html

Tamils rally against attack on Canadian mission

http://blog.taragana.com/n/tamils-rally-against-attack-on-canadian-missi...

from above: "we condemn the vandalism, Canada is a symbol of hope, peace and equality for millions around the world and we, Tamil Canadians, see this as an attack on these principles," said Canadian Tamil Congress leader and spokesman David Poopalapillai

"[U.S.] Deputy Assistant Secretary Scher said the US government was pleased that Sri Lanka had defeated the LTTE terrorists, and asked Ambassador Wickramasuriya to extend congratulations to the government and military of Sri Lanka": US Officials Congratulate Sri Lanka - www.srilankahcottawa.org

One doesn't know what to make of the statement of the CTC above. Surely he is aware that in all such matters Canada acts vis a vis the US as satan's little helper? Make no mistake, the position of Ottawa does not differ from that of Washington, despite the fervent hopes of Tamils or Canadians.

Sri Lankan war victims' stories untold
http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/26/sri-lankan-war-victims-stories-untold/

Bloggingheads: Sri Lanka Aftermath

(Mark Leon Goldberg, left, of UN Dispatch and Matthew Lee of Inner City Press discuss post-conflict Sri Lanka)

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/06/01/opinion/1194840638218/bloggingheads-sri-lanka-aftermath.html

Sri Lanka on guard for separatist revival - minister
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21017354.htm

Stark warnings for those seen traitors in Sri Lanka
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSCOL111150

Sri Lanka Sees Foreign Investment Quadrupling as Civil War Ends

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aAn_Qy8nT9mA&refer=india

The Tamil struggle and the challenges of solidarity

http://www.rabble.ca/news/2009/05/assessing-tigers-record

jimbabwe, I'm fairly sure that's a hate site you've linked to.

The link I provided is an interesting perspective on the hypocrisy of some Western observers who moralize about the recent turn of events in the Sri Lankan civil war.  I don't know why the site would be considered a hate site any more than, say, the Onion would be.

UPDATE 1-U.N. ready to support Sri Lanka war inquiry-Pillay
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINL49459720090604

SLanka seizes ship with supplies for war-hit civilians
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iIcMGmWQsliPtDX1oaQHskNcNjlQ

Sri Lanka Aims to Increase Tourist Arrivals by 20% as War Ends
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aEKicFVyijz8&refer=india

Too many heroes
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13794780

Sri Lanka doctors 'to be tried'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8083505.stm

Sri Lanka holds 'Tamil aid ship'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8084503.stm

Sri Lanka team targeted by protests over government's Tamil policies
http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2b24OX14a32p5A4e4d4YOo6ca0ac4BP34d3LTmA3e0dW0Mmyce04cYdJ0cc3vlYAde

Australians in Sri Lanka refugee camps
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-world/australians-in-sri-lanka-refugee-camps-20090604-bx84.html

U.N. ready to support Sri Lanka war inquiry - Pillay
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40097320090604

Sri Lanka War Wounded in Factory, Makeshift Clinics
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/worldconce/124416088966.htm

U.N. Security Council Must Demand Immediate Access and Accountability in Sri Lanka, Says Amnesty International
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090604/pl_usnw/u_n__security_council_must_demand_immediate_access_and_accountability_in_sri_lanka__says_amnesty_international

Sri Lanka says up to 5,000 civilians died in Tigers battle
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/04/sri-lanka-civilians-tigers-battle

Sri Lanka and India seek to patch up relations
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/sril-j04.shtml

Sri Lanka : Ten Myths
http://www.countercurrents.org/sagar040609.htm

Why Doctors from Sri Lanka's Combat Zone May Face Jail
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1903022,00.html

Singer Hits Out At 'Concentration Camps'
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Sri-Lanka-Singer-MIA-Hits-Out-After-300000-Tamil-People-Were-Put-In-Concentration-Camps/Article/200906115296285?lpos=Showbiz_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15296285_Sri_Lanka%3A_Singer_MIA

Is it the end of the LTTE?
http://news.rediff.com/column/2009/jun/04/is-it-the-end-of-the-ltte.htm

The neglect of Sri Lanka's tent people
http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/06/05/the_neglect_of_sri_lankas_tent_people/2058/

Sri Lankan president's speech: another warning to working people
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/slpr-j05.shtml

Tamils for Obama: Tamil Tigers Defunct, Should be Taken Off Terrorist List
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2009/6/prweb2496724.htm

Tamil doctors, who served inside safe zone placed on trial
http://tamilnational.com/news-flash/1262-tamil-doctors-placed-on-trial.html

US Senator asks Lankan Prez to address needs of Tamils
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/us-senator-asks-lankan-prez-to-address-needstamils/63865/on

Sri Lanka: A Suppressed Nation
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/8eb1d9ece3be8888566ca3a86d5e6132.htm

Human rights vs. state sovereignty
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/645885

Ban asks Sri Lanka to heed calls for accountability, transparency
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31050&Cr=sri+lanka&Cr1=

Aussies in for long haul as Sri Lanka stands firm
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25594964-25837,00.html

UN chief warns Sri Lanka against 'triumphalism'

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iTYVbvJVmqHT-MWIAdS4sM1SELZQ

UN chief urges war crimes probe in Sri Lanka
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQBUix5W3kQnfsKHhCjZsg5TMz5gD98L3IC82

Ban Ki Moon to address Security Council on Sri Lanka 'war crimes'

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6441032.ece

Sarath Nanda Silva condemns 'internment' of Sri Lankan Tamils

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6441067.ece

UN chief urges Sri Lanka inquiry
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia/2009/06/20096642943521220.html

Canadian Council for Refugess Resolution May 2009
http://www.ccrweb.ca/documents/resmay09.htm

SRI LANKA: Growing concern over nutrition of displaced children
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=84722

Doctors who braved bombs in Sri Lanka imprisoned
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/doctors-who-braved-bombs-in-sri-lanka-imprisoned-1698160.html

SLankan FM denies 20,000 Tamils killed in onslaught
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iP6vJaskp8Fk1Bq4HQ9QX...

Do not approve IMF loan, Senators tell Clinton
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29539

S Lanka turns away Tamil aid ship
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8090110.stm

In Sri Lanka: The Basics for Americans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/in-sri-lanka-the-basics-f_b_212286.html

Sri Lanka: Inside the Manik Farm detention centre
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/slcm-j08.shtml

Defending Tamil Canadians

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/06/07/9703091-sun.html#/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/06/07/pf-9703091.html

Sri Lanka gets US$500 mln Chinese loan for low-cost housing
http://www.antara.co.id/en/view/?i=1244508467&c=BIZ&s=

Tamil candidate comes third in Harrow EU poll
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/4427936.Tamil_candidate_third_in_Harrow_EU_poll/

Tamil campaigner Euro vote boost
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8089744.stm

WMA Urges Sri Lankan President To Intervene On Behalf Of Government Doctors
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153056.php

Sri Lanka extends emergency laws
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8091840.stm

Bob Rae denied entry into Sri Lanka
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/bob-rae-denied-entry-into-sri-lanka/article1176032/

Sri Lanka turns Bob Rae away
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648432

Guilty plea in Tamil Tiger trial
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8093274.stm

On Sri Lanka, UN Has No Comment on Anti-Terror Law, Ban's Freetown Rep Not Worried By Protest
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip4may1srilanka060909.html

India blasts rivals' role in Sri Lanka
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KF11Df01.html

Fears for relatives' survival
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/eastern-courier/2485198/Fears-for-relatives-survival/

CSIS beefs up screening for Tamil Tigers
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/csis-beefs-up-screening-for-tamil-tigers/article1175622/

INTERVIEW-S.Lanka c.bank sees $1.9 bln IMF deal end June
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL430797.htm

Pressure grows on UN for investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090610/FOREIGN/706099816/1103/NEWS

exactly, I don't see anything in favour of the Tamils in the near future as well (or the distant future), unless the Tigers come back.

Tories express 'displeasure' with Sri Lanka
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/06/10/9756476-sun.html

How do you feel about Bob Rae's ejection from Sri Lanka?
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Comment/2009/06/10/9756176.php

Court jails Tamil leader for helping Tigers
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hrI0YyKHRAdFjfM1qHYICDIFf6JQ

Bob Rae's ordeal
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/video/bob-raes-ordeal/article1180156/

What is Sri Lanka attempting to hide?
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1611411

Tossing out Rae from Sri Lanka disturbing sign
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Tossing+from+Lanka+disturbing+sign/1692159/story.html

Tamil jailed for supplying Tigers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8097650.stm

On Sri Lanka, UN Has No Comment on Prison Labor, New GA President Will Not Explain
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip4may5srilanka061209.html

Looming health crisis in Sri Lanka sparks 'grave concern'
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/looming.health.crisis.in.sri.lanka.sparks.grave.concern/23591.htm

Sri Lanka rejects torture claims
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8100320.stm

Malay Indian group calls for trade boycott of Colombo
http://www.malaysianews.net/story/508966

India, China to explore for oil along SL coast
http://www.prdomain.com/companies/B/BharatPetroleum/newsreleases/200961672693.htm

Shuler demeans Sri Lanka's victims
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20090614/OPINION/906139956/1017/OPINION02?Title=Shuler-demeans-Sri-Lanka-s-victims

What is Sri Lanka hiding?

http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/editorial/2009/06/15/9799131-sun.html

Sri Lanka: Jaffna residents speak out over increasing military repression
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/sril-j15.shtml

'UN responsible' for IDP toilets

'New government' for Tamil Tigers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8102207.stm

Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, US Permanent Representative, on the UN Security Council and the Responsibility to Protect, at the International Peace Institute Vienna Seminar, June 15, 2009

http://www.isria.com/pages/15_June_2009_47.htm

As UN's Georgia Mission Faces Russian Axe, Selective Sovereignty

http://www.innercitypress.com/unsc1sovereignty061509.html

S.Lanka bourse up on IMF loan hopes, cbank buys dlrs
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090615/tbs-markets-srilanka-7318940.html

Youth 'disappear' from IDP camps
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/06/090615_sunila_hooded.shtml

SRI LANKA: Registers on entry and leaving of internally displaced persons needs to be created urgently to prevent forced disappearances
http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2009statements/2093/

On Sri Lanka, Norway Worried by Camps, WHO by Doctors, Bill Clinton on Tsunami

http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip4may6srilanka061509.html

Canada to remain 'involved' with Sri Lanka on Tamils despite visa denial
http://news.smashits.com/395798/Canada-to-remain-39involved-39-with-Sri-Lanka-on-Tamils-despite-visa-denial.htm

Independent body needed to investigate Sri Lankan abuses - Amnesty
http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55867/2009/05/16-104254-1.htm

Sri Lanka abandons wartime human rights probe
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/651442

Hard Talk: Erik Solheim - Minister of International Development, Norway
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/8100549.stm

A Tamil Reflection

http://www.wiretapmag.org/stories/44244/

Families grateful for peaceful new lives
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/central-leader/2505416/Families-grateful-for-peaceful-new-lives

Sri Lankan government threatens Tamil parliamentarians
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/sltn-j16.shtml

As Sri Lanka Cancels Its Self-Investigation, Ghoulish IDP Services for Fee, Where's UN?

http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip4may7srilanka061609.html

World Vision: $3 million needed to prevent monsoon season catastrophe in Sri Lanka

http://everydaychristian.com/features/story/2974/

Tamil Tiger rebels' chance to keep the nationalist dream alive

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6515026.ece

Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers say struggle for separate state will continue from exile
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6515025.ece

Tamil Tigers herald new 'government in exile' in continued fight for homeland in Sri Lanka
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/5554327/Tamil-Tigers-herald-new-government-in-exile-in-continued-fight-for-homeland-in-Sri-Lanka.html

Special Report: Journalists in Exile 2009
http://cpj.org/reports/2009/06/journalists-in-exile-2009.php

Uprooted Sri Lankans still face `tough time'
http://www.tearfund.org/News/Sri+Lanka+conflict/Uprooted+Sri+Lankans+still+face+tough+time.htm

US nominee says Sri Lanka must help Tamils
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090616/pl_afp/srilankaunrestusdiplomacymaldives_20090616212927

Australian Tamils detained in Sri Lanka
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/17/2600395.htm

Commonwealth should pressure Sri Lanka on crisis
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200906/s2600542.htm

Fresh Claims over Tamil Casualties

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/asia_pacific/aposthousandsapos+of+tamil+casualties+as+troops+advanced/3217257

Sri Lanka war on words continues

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8107869.stm

Israeli humanitarian aid dispatched to Sri Lanka
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/MFA+Spokesman/2009/Press+releases/Israel-sends-humanitarian-aid-to-Sri-Lanka-18-Jun-2009.htm

Sri Lanka fighting over, but much work remains, says Ban
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31187&Cr=sri+lanka&Cr1=

Sri Lankan Tamils Ponder Future
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105620647&ft=1&f=1004

Sri Lankans face tough time ahead
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/sri.lankans.face.tough.time.ahead/23634.htm

After the rout, fears for Sri-Lanka's Tamils
http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/2009/06/18/after-the-rout-fears-for-sri-lankas-tamils/

Tiger Under the Bed
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/06/18/tigers-under-bed

Two UN staff reported missing in Vavuniyaa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29611

UN's Ban Says Sri Lanka Was Not Initially In His Speech, As UNDP Goes Off the Record on Sexual Violence

http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip5may1srilanka061809.html

Abuses In Sri Lanka Worry Human Rights Groups
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105646730&ft=1&f=1004

Persuade Lanka to allow unloading of aid ship, Karunanidhi tells SM Krishna
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_prevail-upon-lanka-to-allow-unloading-of-aid-ship-karunanidhi-to-krishna_1266523

The tragedy of refugees in Sri Lanka, hidden from the eyes of the world
http://new.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15561

'Malnourished children' in IDP camps
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/06/090623_idps_malnourished.shtml

Tamil issue a big problem for Sri Lanka
http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/06/23/Tamil-issue-a-big-problem-for-Sri-Lanka/UPI-59391245770025/

World Bank Approves $24 Million More To Improve Health Care in Sri Lanka

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015587931#ixzz0JM31Aren&D

Sri Lankan Tamil detainees give eye-witness accounts
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/slcm-j24.shtml

Stranded MV Ali's crew pleads for help
http://www.timesnow.tv/Stranded-MV-Alis-crew-pleads-for-help/articleshow/4320460.cms

Sri Lankan Government Used Plainclothes Men in Unmarked Cars to Grab UN Staff

http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip5may5srilanka062309.html

Letter to UN Security Council Regarding the Debate on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/06/22/letter-un-security-council-regarding-debate-protection-civilians-armed-conflict

Sri Lanka astrologer is arrested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8120859.stm

Post-war Sri Lanka vote date set

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8120427.stm

Sri Lankan reporter 'kidnapped'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8119854.stm

Not a pretty sight: the row over Sri Lanka's camp toilets
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/34518/2009/05/25-155455-1.htm

Sri Lankan Media Groups Ask Government Not to Re-establish Powerful Media Council
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-25-voa14.cfm

On Sri Lanka, UK Says IMF Loan's Not Moving, UN Silent Amid Claims of Myanmar

http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip5may7srilanka062509.html

Sri Lanka - The World Has Moved On
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00281.htm

Popular Sri Lankan astrologer arrested
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/657071

On the hunt for Tamil Tigers' new leader
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/656957

***Circulate Widely***

• Pressure the Sri Lankan Government to resettle civilians in concentration camps back to their lands
• Bring the Sri Lankan Government to international courts for committing war crimes
• Recognize the Tamil people's right to self-determination

Sri Lanka - camps, media...genocide?
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/sri-lanka-camps-media-genocide

US travel advice upsets Sri Lanka

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8126749.stm

Death threats to Sri Lanka paper

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8128499.stm

Elie Wiesel: Sri Lanka's victimization of Tamil people must stop

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29690

Axe to fall on APRC
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29691

Sri Lanka's Judiciary: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6186&l=1

SRI LANKA: HEALTH OF DISPLACED PERSONS MAJOR CONCERN
http://www.adra.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=10237&news_iv_ctrl=1141

Repugnant fillip (Sri Lanka)
http://www.himalmag.com/Repugnant-fillip-(Sri-Lanka)_nw3093.html

SRI LANKA: Rains raise fears of malaria setback
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=85068

Tigers 'may cause incidents'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090706_mahinda_hindu.shtml

Lanka 'getting closer' to China
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090705_china_lanka.shtml

Sri Lanka's need for IMF wanes: Central Bank
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g2yEd5gkNEh1e8TRcQ2s_4RjYtrw

Sri Lanka: Presidential Secretary calls for spy units throughout public sector
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/sris-j06.shtml

Sri Lanka: Tens of thousands of people homeless and landless
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15693&size=A

Tamils' transit to Australia, 'land of freedom'
http://www.smh.com.au/world/tamils-transit-to-australia-land-of-freedom-20090703-d7ry.html?page=-1

To Catch a Tiger
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200907u/tamil-tigers-counterinsurgency

Sri Lankan ministers accuse US of delaying IMF loan

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/slim-j04.shtml

Tamil refugees may end up in permanent camps, say aid workers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6626563.ece

Rajapaksa's actions speak louder than words for sceptical Tamils

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6626658.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

Victims of Tamil Tiger war hit by Sri Lanka tax on aid workers

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6644536.ece

No welfare for Sri Lanka's Tamils
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/06/200961962329963252.html

War refugees kept in Sri Lanka "welfare camps"
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/07/20097644539364658.html

Sri Lanka rejects refugee camp allegations
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/07/20097654235467302.html

Sri Lankan doctors say they exaggerated war deaths
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1132758.html

Sri Lanka doctors who gave civilian death figures recant
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-40904020090708

-thanks for the reply in #42- what was the other resource speculated to be?

-on #57, the recanting reminds me of all the people in other places and times put in impossible situations, and what is it they do in US and other bases now - confessions under torture...

As Sri Lanka Taxes and Cuts NGOs, Parades the Detained Doctors, UN Has Nothing to Say
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip6may2srilanka070909.html

Signs, Symbols And Arguments
http://www.countercurrents.org/sinnathurai090709.htm

Ethnic cleansing in Sri Lanka
http://www.irr.org.uk/2009/july/ha000021.html

Sri Lanka: Statements by detained doctors underline need for independent inquiry
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18314

Sri Lankan government wants to hide what it's done
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1649930

'Thousands dying' in Sri Lanka camp for Tamil refugees
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25760123-2703,00.html

World Agenda: ‘Confessions' by Sri Lankan doctors raise doubts over lasting peace
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article6675150.ece

Doctors' orders
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6676993.ece

Tamil death toll ‘is 1,400 a week' at Manik Farm camp in Sri Lanka
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6676792.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

meanwhile,

"Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada...observed that the IDP facilities are fulfilling the needs.."    -(from the ISRIA item at #60)

needs of whom is the question, as the article also states Canada will be doing bilateral deals with Sri Lanka (on par if not worse than doing a bilateral deal with Colombia) and do 'infrastructure' and 'de-mining', which reminds us of Afghanistan, and other places where our corporations ransack and steal, building highways for pipelines and mining corporations, stairways to hell.

Website blocking condemned
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090713_lankanewsweb_barred.shtml

Access to independent news website blocked
http://www.rsf.org/Access-to-independent-news-website.html

Power before peace in Sri Lanka
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KG15Df01.html

Sri Lanka rights probe hampered, commission's head says
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSCOL198708

Sri Lankan export zone workers hit by job and pay cuts
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/slft-j14.shtml

Anger brews among Tamil civilians held 'like animals' in Sri Lanka
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/665664

Fear of influence
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84a13062-6f0c-11de-9109-00144feabdc0.html

Sri Lanka: The Attack On Lawyers
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0907/S00241.htm

US Congress places Rights barriers on Sri Lanka IMF loan
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29798

International call to end impunity
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090716_pressfreedom.shtml

UK aid for Lanka IDPs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090715_uk_srilanka.shtml

IBA 'alarmed' by MoD article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090715_mod_ibahri.shtml

Update: ADRA Commences Water Operations in Sri Lanka
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219487/124766414749.htm

A debate on the rule of law and the independence of the legal profession in Sri Lanka
http://www.ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Institute/About_the_HRI/HRI_Activities/HRI_Media/SriLanka_debate.aspx

Sri Lanka - Serbia appreciates Sri Lankan support on Kosovo issue

http://www.isria.com/pages/16_July_2009_88.php

UN Speaks on Pakistan IDPs Return, Silent on Sri Lanka Internment and ACF Whitewash

http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip6may4srilanka071509.html

Retraining Tiger cubs
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14052240&fsrc=rss

Elections arouse little enthusiasm in northern Sri Lanka
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090717/FOREIGN/707169837/1002

‘No plan to send refugees to Lanka'
http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=18241%20&%20section=6

Sri Lanka Poised to Raise Incomes as War Ends, World Bank Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=atIYgRkhVJ5w

SRI LANKA: Island Faces Key Test in Upcoming Elections
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47695

What really happened in Sri Lanka?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/16/sri-lanka-conflict-inquiry

Sri Lanka agrees $2.5bn IMF loan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8160136.stm

'State terror' in local elections
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090720_vavuniya_elections.shtml

UN praises resettlement efforts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090720_undp_camps.shtml

SRI LANKA: UN calls for clear IDP resettlement plan
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85360

Sri Lanka - Air Force cleared of any Human Rights violations
http://www.isria.com/pages/21_July_2009_66.php

War Without End
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/opinion/22iht-edtempler.html?_r=1&hpw

At UN, R to P Confusion on Somalia and Sri Lanka, Even on Funding of Early Warning Office
http://www.innercitypress.com/pga4r2picg072209.html

Sri Lanka: IMF Should Not Condone Abuses
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/07/22/sri-lanka-imf-should-not-condone-abuses

At UN, Chomsky Calls Sri Lanka A Rwanda-like "Atrocity," IMF and Oil Explanations
http://www.innercitypress.com/imfsri1chomsky072309.html

Wary peace as war-torn island recovers from 26-year conflict
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0724/1224251233020.html

Sri Lanka Needs More Time to Resettle Tamils, Minister Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aZC.zGfyu_4k

Selvarasa Pathmanathan named new leader by Tamil Tigers survivors
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6723884.ece

Tamil Tiger supporters to bring war crimes case against Sri Lanka
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/5894682/Tamil-Tiger-supporters-to-bring-war-crimes-case-against-Sri-Lanka.html

Sweden to close one embassy and four consulates-general
http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/12068/a/129948

Eelam war IV: The Real Defeat is for Indian Diplomacy !
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=5&id=5780

A Lankan Lament
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Ne010809a_lankan.asp

IMF to agree £1.5bn loan to Sri Lanka despite alleged mistreatment of Tamils
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/24/sri-lanka-international-monetary-fund

IMF lends $2.5bn to Sri Lanka despite concerns for Tamil refugees

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6725476.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

The aftermath of war

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6725477.ece

The above are excellent. Thanks for this continuing chronology thirusuj,  and may the beautiful flag of a beautiful people fly over your beautiful land again soon..."in the end it seemed that very few did anything to halt the huge numbers of civilian casualties and the world seemed to stand aside as the refugee camps of barbed wire, no food, no water and no medical aid, went up...one of the worst genocides of the 21st century.." (from the blog)

FREE FREE TAMIL Eelam!

A9 highway open or not?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/07/090726_a9_medawachchiya.shtml

Sri Lanka 'pressure' over murders
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8169267.stm

Why do we need a political and diplomatic path?
http://ltteir.org/?p=119

Sri Lanka: Letter of Intent (IMF)

http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/pics_n_docs/latest_news/loi_25072009.pdf

After IMF Vote, Sri Lanka Releases Letter, Drops IDP Release from 80 to 60%
http://www.innercitypress.com/imf8srilanka072509.html

EDITORIAL: Boat people: Labor's policy backfires

http://www.newsweekly.com.au/articles/2009jul11_edit.html

The IMF asks Sri Lanka for economic reforms and national reconciliation
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15887&geo=2&size=A

Sri Lankan prime minister denounces newspaper lawyers as "traitors"
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/sril-j25.shtml

Thanks for the article from the dissidentvoice.

So Gaza was disproportionate - The Jewish Chronicle
http://www.thejc.com/articles/so-gaza-was-disproportionate

Sri Lanka: Free Civilians From Detention Camps
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/07/28/sri-lanka-free-civilians-detention-camps

IMF defends Sri Lanka loan amid human rights worries
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090727/tbs-imf-srilanka-7318940.html

India: A billion aspirations
http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2009/07/28/india-encircled-by-chinas-string-of-pearls/

Sri Lanka: End of conflict brings no respite to children from human rights abuses
http://www.child-soldiers.org/Sri_Lanka_1612_press_statement_28_July_2009.pdf

Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa's "Final Resolution" of the Tamil Problem and India's Options
http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1531.html

Remembering Black July
http://www.yournepean.com/NepeanThisWeek/article/15025

IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 17 July 2009 DISTRICT : Vavuniya
http://ochaonline.un.org/OchaLinkClick.aspx?link=ocha&docId=1112334

Aid and access in Sri Lanka
http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?id=3003

Details emerge on Tamil media workers killed in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29942

Picking up the pieces in Sri Lanka
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8183000/8183400.stm

TNA outlines political formula
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29933

As Fighting Stops, Sri Lanka Hopes to Woo Back Tourists
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47983

Sri Lanka slammed over polls media blackout
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-N5A_Txb2YL0pcvAVncammKId8A

SLanka arrests 32 migrants heading for New Zealand
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i70-IVZd15MKVHlrZClph9Yl_oKw

Canada can do more to protect Tamil survivors
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1687422

INTERVIEW - Update Geneva Conventions, Red Cross says
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-41578620090806

New Tamil Tiger head is arrested
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8188900.stm

New Tamil Tiger leader Selvaras Pathmanathan arrested
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6742392.ece

Sri Lankans question new Tamil Tigers leader after arrest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/07/tamil-tigers-leader-arrested

Selvarasa Pathmanathan abducted in Kuala Lumpur, by SL Military Intelligence (Video interview to the channel 4)
http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2b34OXT4a33J5Aye4d4YOo6ca0ac4BP34d35TmA3e0dA0Mm4ce02cYdJ0cc3vlYAde

The Govt. death squad kill the arrested Tamil Tiger leaders in the prisons - Sri lanka Guardian
http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2b34OXJ4a33J5AUe4d4YOo6ca0ac4BP34d35TmA3e0dA0Mmece02cYdJ0cc2vlYAde

Emergency extended to deal with underworld-PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090806_pmlanka.shtml

Northern cities vote in first polls since Tigers' fall

http://www.france24.com/en/20090806-sri-lanka-north-jaffna-vavuniya-local-elections-tamil-tigers-ltte

Behind the Rajapaksa brothers' smiles
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14174477&fsrc=rss

Sri Lanka: MSF Ready to Help Fill Huge Gaps in Medical Services
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=3842&cat=field-news

‘We Will Become A Power Centre'
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Ne080809we_will.asp

In Sri Lankan polls, Tamils affirm desire for self-rule
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0809/p06s04-wosc.html

Tamil Tiger Supporters Win Vote in Sri Lankan Town
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/tamil-tiger-supporters-win-vote-in-sri-lankan-town/?hp

Unlock the Camps in Sri Lanka!
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/unlock-the-camps-in-sri-lanka/

Dark triumphalism clouds Sri Lanka
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a15dbae8-85e3-11de-98de-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

KP arrest 'violated international law'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090811_kp_rendition.shtml

Chinese identify Tamils conducive in breaking up India
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=29979

China should break up India: Chinese strategist
http://news.rediff.com/special/2009/aug/10/china-should-break-up-india-suggests-chinese-strategist.htm

S.Lanka displaced still concern US despite progress
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSN07524992

US urges Sri Lanka reconciliation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8196173.stm

Sri Lanka: Jaffna University students speak to WSWS
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/aug2009/slif-a11.shtml

Lanka plans $500 mln 5-yr bond issue -sources
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090811/tbs-srilanka-sovereign-7318940.html

An arms race in the Indian Ocean
http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20090812/OPINION02/908120328/1014/OPINION

Flooding adds to IDP misery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090816_idp_floods.shtml

End of Sri Lanka's civil war brings back tourists
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/end-of-sri-lankas-civil-war-brings-back-tourists-1773082.html

Tamils in Jaffna long for normality
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090817/FOREIGN/708169892/1103/rss

Sri Lanka call to free refugees
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8202993.stm

Cong MP blames DMK for ‘betraying' Lankan Tamils
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=2&id=297318&usrsess=1

Downpours Flood the Camps of Sri Lankan Refugees
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/world/asia/16lanka.html?_r=1&ref=asia

Sri Lanka: attacks on free media put displaced civilians at risk
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009081411797&lang=e

A View from Behind the Barbed Wire
http://www.unhcr.ca/news/2009-08-12.htm?newsid=58

SRI LANKA: Heavy rains compound IDP woes
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85736

UK dealers 'sold ex-Soviet arms'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8208345.stm

India likely to demand LTTE chief's extradition
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/20399/india-likely-demand-ltte-chiefs.html

Interview With Anbarasan Ethirajan of BBC World Service South Asia
http://www.state.gov/p/sca/rls/remarks/128005.htm

With UN Silent on Flooding of Sri Lankan Camps, Aid Groups Plead for Release of IDPs
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip6may7srilanka081809.html

SRI LANKA: New roles for NGOs in conflict-hit north?
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=85767

UK arms used against civilians in Sri Lanka and Gaza
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6049670/UK-arms-used-against-civilians-in-Sri-Lanka-and-Gaza.html

Arms review urged over fears British weapons were used against Tamils
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6801207.ece

Canada missed opportunity to right Sri Lanka's wrongs
http://www.thestar.com/article/682687

'US working with India on Lankan issue'
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/21/us-working-with-india-on-lankan-situation.htm

Sri Lanka calls for rebel assets
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8199754.stm

Sri Lanka accuses Indian film star of Tamil Tiger links
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6061336/Sri-Lanka-accuses-Indian-film-star-of-Tamil-Tiger-links.html

Sri Lankan army targets rebel mines
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/684321

SLA 'ready' to help Pakistan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090821_lanka_pakistan.shtml

Probe sought over Tamil death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090821_tamil_suicide.shtml

A tale of truth silenced in Sri Lanka
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/21/a-tale-of-truth-silenced-in-sri-lanka.htm

SRI LANKA: Warning over Sphere standards in IDP camps as monsoon looms
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=85829

'Exhume' estate workers bodies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090825_girls_exhume.shtml

Media 'responsible' for police abuses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/highlights/story/2009/08/090823_media_police.shtml

Boyle: India a moral failure, Colombo's monstrosity matched only by Nazis
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30032

UN Says Lankan President's Nephew was Murdered in Tanzania, Genocide Theory Offered
http://www.innercitypress.com/unictr1rajapaksa082409.html

Sri Lankan human rights leader receives death threat
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/25/death-threat-for-sri-lankan-human-rights-leader

SF Court Upholds Law Allowing President to Designate Groups as Terrorist Organizations
http://www.kron4.com/News/ArticleView/tabid/298/smid/1126/ArticleID/2771/reftab/64/t/SF%20Court%20Upholds%20Law%20Allowing%20President%20to%20Designate%20Groups%20as%20Terrorist%20Organizations/Default.aspx

IDP clergy 'to be released'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090825_idp_priests.shtml

Sri Lanka frees priests from war camps

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090826/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestciviliansreligion_20090826110909

Call for action on Tamils
http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/top-stories/call-for-action-on-tamils_52625

Sri Lanka: India's latest security nightmare
http://truthdive.com/2009/08/25/sri-lanka-india%E2%80%99s-latest-security-nightmare/

Growing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka
http://www.idsa.in/publications/stratcomments/GunjanSingh080609.htm

Confined Sri Lankan Doctors Acted in Accordance with Medical Ethics
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/news-2009-08-25.html

At UN, A Call for An Envoy for Sri Lanka, Murder as Diagnosis, Footage Emerges
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip6may9srilanka082509.html

Video shows style of extra-judicial killings in Sri Lanka
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30080

Sri Lanka rejects accuracy of footage showing 'execution' of Tamils by troops
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/26/sri-lanka-tamil-video-footage

Naked, bound and shot: how ‘Tamil rebel' was killed by Sri Lankan soldier
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6809968.ece

Sri Lanka accused of war crimes after 'Tamil execution' videos emerge
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/6089565/Sri-Lanka-accused-of-war-crimes-after-Tamil-execution-videos-emerge.html

Video evidence of Sri Lankan government war crimes
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/aug2009/slkl-a29.shtml

"We Don't Want Development, We Want Our Rights!"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nimmi-gowrinathan/we-dont-want-development_b_270473.html

J.S. Tissainayagam, journalist lauded by Obama, is jailed in Sri Lanka

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6815885.ece

The unacceptable face of Tamil nationalism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/01/tamils-sri-lanka

European Racists Close In
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/srilank/articles/20090830.aspx

U.N. Chief's 'Quiet' Outreach To Autocrats Causing Discord

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/31/AR2009083103911.html

SRI LANKA: RELIABLE ACCOUNTS

http://www.transcend.org/tms/article_detail.php?article_id=1688

Award for jailed S Lankan editor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8230965.stm

Executions by Sri Lankan Army To Be Raised to UN's Ban in Norway, a Post Mona Juul Memo "Moral Authority" Test
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip7may2srilanka083009.html

At UN, Tortured Concern about Sri Lanka Killing Video But Not Reporter's Term of 20 Years
http://www.innercitypress.com/untrip7may3srilanka083109.html

UN Official calls for Sri Lanka investigation
http://www.undispatch.com/node/8835

US raps Sri Lanka over journalist's jail sentence

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090831/usa/srilanka_unrest_media_press_freedom_us_1

Pulmodai IDPs 'ignored'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/08/090831_pulmodai_mother.shtml

Return of 3,800 detained Tamils cancelled - TearFund

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30144

UN call for S Lanka video probe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8233176.stm

Mangala calls for forensic probe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/09/090901_mangala_video.shtml

Sri Lanka says likely to lose EU trade concession
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090901/tbs-srilanka-eu-trade-7318940.html

U.S. Helping In Sri Lanka
http://www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2009-09-01-voa2.cfm

Sri Lanka's anti-Tamil crimes continue
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18921

INTERVIEW - U.N. investigator wants Sri Lanka executions probe
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-42149520090901?feedType=RSS&feedName=southAsiaNews&sp=true

Sentencing of the journalist J.S. Tissainayagam (September 1st, 2009)
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/sri-lanka_505/france-and-sri-lanka_4876/political-relations_6433/sri-lanka-sentencing-of-the-journalist-j.s.-tissainayagam-01.09.09_13187.html

The Sad Detritus of the Sri Lankan Civil War
http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2034&Itemid=193

Channel 4: UN probing Sri Lanka 'executions'
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184614595?bctid=36544893001

Sri Lanka defends 20-year sentence for journalist
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8687847

Sri Lanka expels Unicef official

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8240415.stm

SRI LANKA: UNICEF defends spokesman after expulsion order
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86033

Humanitarian emergency looms in Sri Lanka camps
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200909/s2679614.htm

Speaking for those without a voice in Sri Lanka
http://andrewbuncombe.independentminds.livejournal.com/11063.html

Sri Lanka accused of 'North Korean diplomacy'
http://www.uknetguide.co.uk/Latest-News/Sri-Lanka-accused-of-North-Korean-diplomacy-19347981.html

Sri Lanka's Displaced Tamils
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/opinion/08iht-edcoleman.html?_r=2

Sampur IDPs 'still in camps'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/09/090908_sampur_idps.shtml

Sri Lanka 'to charge' Channel4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/09/090907_video_investigations.shtml

Estate workers 'to continue protest'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/09/090907_estate_workers.shtml

Sri Lanka Tamils fear UK deportation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8195368.stm

Sri Lanka: Access denied
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/08/sri-lanka-aid-un

SLA massacred civilians in bunkers - medical worker
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30180

In Search of Refuge for Elderly IDPs
http://www.nrc.no/?did=9427931

IMF's Sri Lanka Loan Review Due This Week, Central Bank Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aWy3lAXZi7FE

Sri Lanka: Free journalist, protect human rights
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/09/07/sri_lanka_free_journalist_protect_human_rights/

Sri Lankans highlight plight of locked-up Tamils
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10595663

Human Rights Under Spotlight In Sri Lanka
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112622663

Blog: big questions posed by pictures from Tamil camps
http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/2009/09/07/big-questions-posed-by-new-pictures-from-tamil-camps/

Sri Lanka Camp Footage by Channel 4
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184614595?bctid=37768382001

Interview with Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha by Channel 4
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184614595?bctid=37768381001

Monsoon worry in Sri Lanka camps
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8247195.stm

Deaths in police custody increase
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/09/090909_police.shtml

The wider world demands attention
http://www.news-record.com/blog/54431/entry/69312

Sri Lanka's war on the tragic truth
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26050782-7583,00.html

Sri Lanka: Survivors must be allowed home

http://www.cafod.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/emergencies/out-of-camps-2009-09-03

Civil society in Sri Lanka: freedom for Tamil refugees and true democracy
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16282&size=A

US unhappy over Sri Lanka's 'modest' progress in settling Tamils
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/sep/10/slow-progress-in-resettling-lankan-tamils-us.htm

Rajapaksa moves to consolidate his power

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090910/FOREIGN/709099920/1002/NEWS

At UN, ICC's Map of Crimes Includes Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Zimbabwe, Unacted On by Victors' Justice
http://www.innercitypress.com/iccsri1myanzim090909.html

UN patience wears thin in S Lanka

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8249861.stm

JVP silent on emergency voting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/09/090910_jvp_abstain.shtml

Western inaction the building blocks of Chinese vassal state - Former Australian Diplomat
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30207

Sri Lankan court frees Tiger officials on bail
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hY-X-P0Fv4AyunhnznMuudz0P_YA

UN extremely concerned over detention of staff members in Sri Lanka

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32019&Cr=sri+lanka&Cr1=

Nearly 10,000 Sri Lanka war refugees go home
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090911/tpl-uk-srilanka-war-displaced-c3c492c.html

Sri Lanka's top envoy hits out at EU as cut in £1bn trade concession looms
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/10/sri-lanka-eu-trade-cut

"Sri Lanka, stop" says Le Monde
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30215

Western inaction the building blocks of Chinese vassal state - Former Australian Diplomat

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30207

Sri Lanka's displaced face uncertain future as government begins to unlock the camps
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/sri-lanka-displaced-uncertain-future-government-unlock-camps-20090911

Counting the human cost of Sri Lanka's conflict
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/counting-human-cost-sri-lankas-conflict-20090911

Fears for safety of UN official
http://www.theage.com.au/world/fears-for-safety-of-un-official-20090911-fkt4.html

The Sri Lankan media war continues
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/listeningpost/2009/09/2009911133626307252.html

United Nations Calls for Faster Resettlement of War Refugees in Sri Lanka
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-11-voa14.cfm

Video Report: Sri Lanka steps up death video rebuttal 

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184614595?bctid=39599888001

Sri Lanka steps up death video rebuttal
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/sri+lanka+steps+up+death+video+rebuttal/3340612

BBC Radio Report and Interview with Professor Rajiva Wijesinha, of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8250000/8250186.stm

Photographs of Tamils with ‘dog-tag' imprisoned at undisclosed torture camps in Sri Lanka
http://www.warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=263:photographs-of-tamils-with-dog-tag-imprisoned-at-undisclosed-torture-camps-in-sri-lanka&catid=39:by-war-without-witness&Itemid=62

Interview by Channel 4 (Video and Transcript): Prof Rajiva Wijesinha, of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/interview+prof+rajiva+wijesinha/3340897

IT was easy to predict that the tamils would be culturally killed and physically broken down

This world is very transparent

Bottom line, is the only people that get heard in this world is the Majority Populations, for example the christians and muslims. Already some (4 were killed)muslims are complaining about the Sri Lankan army and already they are getting more world support and media attnteion than tamils of hindu/christian religion where more than 100,000 were killed in past years

The only logical realistic people that could of helped Tamils was India, but India is too pseudo seculor to help tamils. INDIA is obviously a messed up nation for various reasons- They only help communities that they fear and need to appease. India isnt afraid if small tamil backlash since they know historically that they are peaceful and will not fight a battle for hundreds of years and wont produce new generations with similar ideology. Its a 1 gereration war, not a infinite war. Whereas you will see if the future years the clear bias of india...if muslims start a civil war in SL, India will either help the muslim minority or NOT get INVOLVED just like afghanistan to appease the islamofascists. Which would CLEARLY SHOW THE BIAS and fear India has as it assisted Sri Lanka fight the Tamils

Reading these posts, i realize 90% of the people on here dont know much about this isssue of the tamil tigers and sinhalese history and why things happened as they did. You cant understand the South Asian politics and actions by reading in a week, you have to understand the minority cultures, religions , economic strengths and historic repetitive occurences.

continued over here

http://rabble.ca/babble/international-news-and-politics/sri-lanka-vi