Sri Lanka VI

For those in Toronto who are interested in learning more about what is happening now to Tamils in Sri Lanka, there is an event happening at Ryerson that you might be interested in attending:

The 180th Day: Sri Lanka's Failure to Close Internment Camps
A panel discussion focusing on Sri Lanka's treatment of Tamils and Canada's response
When: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street at Gould, Room LIB 72

With:
Sunanda Deshapriya, Sri Lankan journalist and founding member of Free Media Movement in Sri Lanka
Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada (English Speaking)
Craig Scott, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, and Director, Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security
Aparna Sundar, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Ryerson University
Moderated by Sharmini Peries, Journalist, The Real News Network

Preceded by a short performance of "Not by Our Tears," a selection of Tamil resistance poetry

Winners and losers in Sri Lanka's long war
http://inside.org.au/winners-and-losers-in-sri-lankas-long-war/

Video: Sri Lankan asylum seekers and the response of New Zealand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-GWukFQzA0

Australia: No offer for Merak Tamils: Evans
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/19/2747312.htm

Australia: Tamil women, children behind bars in Indonesia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/19/2748019.htm

UN confirms Tamil exodus from Sri Lanka refugee camps
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8368649.stm

When life's a minefield
http://www.developments.org.uk/articles/when-life2019s-a-minefield

As War Ends, Human Rights Violations Come to the Front
http://www.biconews.com/?p=21313

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEMOCRACY FOR TAMILS AIRS NATIONAL TV CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE USA
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=140961&cat=11

SRI LANKA: Plans to Release Tamils ‘Nothing But a Political Ploy'
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49314

58,000 homeless after Sri Lanka flash floods
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hB84LlX6JCgLyCMLTEW1byo1zh9A

Canada: Tamils recall tortured past
http://www.excal.on.ca/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7689

.Tamil activists' shock on return to Jaffna
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8368208.stm

Sri Lanka minorities hold talks in Switzerland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8371394.stm

Sri Lanka pledges to release Tamil detainees from internment camps
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6927593.ece

Sri Lanka Tamil refugee camps 'to be opened next month'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8371820.stm

'S.Lanka resettlement plan needed'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_afp/srilankaunrestrightsrefugee_20091122153834

Sri Lanka to hold 'early presidential polls'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankavote_20091123095906

'Future bleak, but do not give up,' veteran Marxist reviewed
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30652

In Haiti, UN's Sri Lankan Peacekeepers Shoot Live Ammo at Crowd
http://www.innercitypress.com/ungo7haiti112009.html

Amnesty International Chief Blasts Australia's 'Panic' Over Asylum Seekers
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/11/21/2009112100191.html

Beware Of Lanka's Chi-Pak Axis
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne281109beware_of.asp

Tamils risk all to flee Sri Lanka
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia/2009/11/20091122105630799271.html

Australia: Afghans and Sri Lankans in riot
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/afghans-and-sri-lankans-in-riot/story-e6frgczf-1225801891017

Australia: 'Special team' to assess Oceanic Viking Sri Lankan asylum-seekers
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/special-team-to-assess-oceanic-viking-sri-lankan-asylum-seekers/story-e6frgczf-1225802765187

Australia: Inquiry launched into Christmas Island riot
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/23/2750257.htm

Australia: Refugees pay $40,000 to come by plane
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/refugees-pay-40000-to-come-by-plane/story-e6frg6nf-1225802705191

Canadians speak out against humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/johnbon/2009/11/canadians-speak-out-against-humanitarian-crisis-sri-lanka

Canada: Tamils rally for war refugees
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/729174--tamils-rally-for-war-refugees

Credentials of IC challenged while widespread rape by SLA alleged in Vavuniyaa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30672

Media, journalists in Jaffna issued with death threat again
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30673

"No need to reveal" journalists' sources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/11/091124_lankaenews_court.shtml

Malaysia: Sri Lankan refugees facing harassment
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/25/nation/5174822&sec=nation

Rajaratnam denies insider charges, blasts wiretaps
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5AN2KC20091124

Sri Lanka urged to move fast on Tamil reconciliation
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200911/s2753065.htm

HRW: Sri Lanka: Free All Unlawfully Detained
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/24/sri-lanka-free-all-unlawfully-detained

Canada: Three more traces of explosives found on Tamils' ship
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/three-more-traces-of-explosives-found-on-tamils-ship/article1374643/

Canada: Tamil group calls for global vote on independent state
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/11/24/tamil-referendum.html

Presidential poll date announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/11/091127_election_date.shtml

Vikramabahu Karunaratne invokes support among Tamils
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30689

Heroes' Day address highlights political formation for liberation
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30687

Manufacturing of a ‘Common Candidate' and Our Collective Political (Un)Conscious
http://jdsrilanka.blogspot.com/2009/11/manufacturing-of-common-candidate-and.html

SRI LANKA: The Long Road to Normalcy in War-Ravaged Zones
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49440

Gordon Brown will not back Sri Lanka's bid to host Commonwealth summit
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6934131.ece

S.Lanka opposition endorses ex-general for president
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-44269820091126?feedType=RSS&feedName=southAsiaNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FINsouthAsiaNews+%28News+%2F+IN+%2F+South+Asia+News%29&sp=true

The power of the ballot : Suddenly, it matters what Tamils think
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14966282&fsrc=rss

Sri Lanka: What Happens Next?
http://www.morungexpress.com/analysis/38382.html

Canada: Canada won't support Sri Lankan bid
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-wont-support-sri-lankan-bid/article1379837/

Canada: Canada opposes Sri Lanka's bid to host Commonwealth
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/731657--canada-opposes-sri-lanka-s-bid-to-host-commonwealth

Canada: Champion of Tamil Tigers booted out of Canada
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/champion-of-tamil-tigers-booted-out-of-canada/article1379419/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-National+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+National+News%29

Balavarnam eyewitness 'fear for life'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/11/091130_balavarnam_witness.shtml

General is now with 'LTTE camp'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/11/091130_dullas_fonseka.shtml

Sri Lanka war refugees leaving military camps
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8387537.stm

Sri Lanka refugees happy to be free
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8388166.stm

Sri Lanka announces limited freedom for detained Tamil refugees
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/01/sri-lanka-tamil-refugees-freed

Grabbing land for wrecking contiguity of Tamil homeland
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30716

A grim journey through Sri Lanka's war zone
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/slif-n28.shtml

Australia: End Tamil boat sit-in, pleads mother of `Alex'
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/end-tamil-boat-sit-in-pleads-mother-of-alex/story-e6frg6nf-1225805928615

Canada: Authorities eye aid from Tamil Tigers to identify migrants
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/authorities-eye-aid-from-tamil-tigers-to-identify-migrants/article1383439/

Part 1: Cuba-ALBA Let Down Sri Lanka Tamils
http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/cuba-alba-let-down-sri-lanka-tamils/

Part 2: Tamil Eelam: Historical Right to Nationhood
http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/tamil-eelam-historical-right-to-nationhood/

Part 3: Equal Rights or Self-Determination
http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/equal-rights-or-self-determination/

Part 4: The Terrorists: International Support for Sri Lanka's Racist Discrimination
http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/the-terrorists-international-support-for-sri-lankas-racist-discrimination/

Part 5: Post-War Internment Hell
http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/post-war-internment-hell/

A Rejoinder to Ron Ridenour's series on Sri Lanka and Ron Ridenour's Response
http://socialistresistance.org/?p=769

Government demolishes Tiger monuments while erecting monuments for its soldiers
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30734

Global meet urged to discuss environmental genocide by Sri Lanka
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30733

Australian reveals "deplorable" conditions onboard Indonesian boat
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30729

Sri Lanka refugees found to have shrapnel wounds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8394498.stm

UNHCR: Sri Lanka Humanitarian update

http://www.unhcr.org/4b18f6389.html

Sri Lanka: bulk of refugees still in transit camps
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKCOL511714._CH_.2420

Media ban continues on war refugees
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26443362-5005962,00.html

SRI LANKA: RECHARTING U.S. STRATEGY AFTER THE WAR : COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE

http://foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/SRI.pdf

US shouldn't 'lose' Sri Lanka: Senate
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091208/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestussenate_20091208021119

Former Sri Lankan general fears assassination
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6761331/Former-Sri-Lankan-general-fears-assassination.html

1,27,905 IDPs still held in Vavuniyaa camps
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30755

Palitha Kohona deserves prosecution by Australia: Professor of Law
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30753

York University Free Press: Sexual Violence and Sri Lankan State Sovereignty (Page 12)
http://issuu.com/yufreepress/docs/yufp_vol_2__issue_2?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fsoftdark%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true

Canada: Migrant links to Tamil Tigers ruled ‘probable'
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/migrant-links-to-tamil-tigers-ruled-probable/article1392190/

US-SRI LANKA: Senate Report Urges Warmer Ties
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49584

U.S. envoy in Sri Lanka, Washington mulls change in ties

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B73LS20091208?type=politicsNews

Indian MPs' concern for Sri Lanka a joke
http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2009/12/08/indian_mps_concern_for_sri_lanka_a_joke/8157/

ADB Signs New Trade Finance Pacts with Sri Lanka Banks
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2009/13098-sri-lankan-trade-finance-agreements/

SRI LANKA Church attacked after Sunday Mass

http://www.ucanews.com/2009/12/07/church-outside-capital-attacked-after-sunday-mass/

Reporters Without Borders calls for calm amid pre-electoral tension
http://www.rsf.org/Reporters-Without-Borders-calls,35277.html

Watchdog calls for media freedom in Sri Lanka
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20091209/tap-as-sri-lanka-media-freedom-d3b07b8.html

Candle-lit vigil to highlight the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils
http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=8179

Displaced Sri Lankan Tamils 'still denied freedom of movement'
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/200912/s2766984.htm

Australia: Australia reassures Indonesia on Tamils
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/australia-reassures-indonesia-on-tamils-20091208-kht1.html

Unending search for disappeared
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091210_hrw.shtml

NCET urges Obama to explore policy reciprocal to US-Tamil interests
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30772

Senior HRW, ICG staff slam US Senate report
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30774

France goes for referendum on Tamil Eelam this weekend
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30775

CPJ: Sri Lanka's war on journalists
http://cpj.org/blog/2009/12/sri-lankas-war-on-journalists.php

CPJ renews call for release of Sri Lankan journalist Tissa
http://cpj.org/2009/12/cpj-renews-call-for-release-of-sri-lankan-journali.php

For Tamils, it's a choice between devil and deep sea
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_for-tamils-it-s-a-choice-between-devil-and-deep-sea_1322063

Sri Lanka Falls Off Radar of UN and US, Despite Rapp Report and Disappearances
http://www.innercitypress.com/lanka1hrusun121009.html

S Lanka army chief slams president
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/12/2009121192212792410.html

Canada: Second Tamil migrant ordered released
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/second-tamil-migrant-ordered-released/article1396497/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-National+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+National+News%29

Sri Lanka Makes Journalism an Act of Terrorism
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/12/sri-lanka-makes-journalism-an-act-of-terrorism349.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pbs%2Fmediashift-blog+%28mediashift-blog%29

Cast the first vote to Bahu: Manickasothy
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30806

SLA, police extort money from passengers to Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30807

David Miliband updated Parliament on the situation in Sri Lanka during a written ministerial statement on Tuesday 15 December
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressS&id=21446765

Tsunami victim who came back from the dead
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tsunami-victim-who-came-back-from-the-dead-1840963.html

Australia: Oceanic Viking Sri Lankans 'all refugees'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/16/2773227.htm

Australia: International deal to resettle 78 Tamils in several countries
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/international-deal-to-resettle-78-tamils-in-several-countries/story-e6frg6n6-1225811144333

Sri Lanka: Tsunami victim who came back from the dead
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10615866&ref=rss

Permanent People's Tribunal on Sri-Lanka
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=60&id=5839

Former Army Chief May Have Violated OSA: Sri Lanka
http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=121620090023 

Channel 4 Video: Sri Lanka execution video 'not fake'
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184614595?bctid=57460280001

Channel 4 article: Sri Lanka execution video 'not fake'
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/sri+lanka+execution+video+aposnot+fakeapos+says+expert/3464152

Govt. not opposed to Tissainayagam Bail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091216_tiisan.shtml

Record 22 candidates to contest Sri Lanka polls
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE5BG0CN.htm

Graft, violence hit Sri Lanka's recovery: watchdog
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091215/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestcorruption_20091215090231

Australia: Norway and New Zealand to resettle Tamil boatpeople
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/norway-and-new-zealand-to-resettle-tamil-boatpeople/story-e6frg6n6-1225811538770

U.S. Urged to Show Disapproval of Human Rights Council's Actions
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/58680

EU to suspend trade concessions to Sri Lanka
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091217/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaeuunresttraderights_20091217072521

EU gives six million euros to help Sri Lanka refugees
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5imzvrlaCIuWdik6Mi0038TwIIn6g

Referendum to speak for themselves - paper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30819

Canadian: Tamils prepare for referendum vote on independence

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/244865--canadian-tamils-prepare-for-referendum-vote-on-independence

Canadian Tamils hit the polls on Dec. 19
http://digitaljournal.com/article/283886

Yes or no to Tamil Eelam, referendum in Canada on Saturday
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30811

less than 7000 IDPs registered to vote
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091220_caffe.shtml

Sri Lanka refugees may lose voting rights -monitors

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKSGE5BK05M._CH_.2420

World Bank lends 182 million to Sri Lanka
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091218/wl_sthasia_afp/worldbanksrilankafinanceeconomy_20091218043022

"Plans afoot to kill me" - Sivajilingam
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30843

Buddhist monk accused of flogging a Vedda
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30833

Allegations of killing LTTE surrendees under UN probe
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30852

UN asks Sri Lanka to answer new war crime charges
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j-Ve7ZwMMduQLC88El9Pmercyg7g

Sri Lanka seizes Tiger rebel ship: navy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091221/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestmilitarynavyshipping_20091221075326

The Conquerors of the Tigers Now Battle for the Spoils

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1947807,00.html?xid=rss-world&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fworld+%28TIME%3A+Top+World+Stories%29

Ben Bradshaw spends Christmas in Sri Lanka despite human rights concerns
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6963667.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084

Minister's Sri Lanka holiday outrages rights campaigners
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ministers-sri-lanka-holiday-outrages-rights-campaigners-1845916.html

Sri Lanka's war heroes battle for a clean image
http://news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3756938

Sri Lanka still waiting for its peace dividend
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sri-Lanka-still-waiting-for-apf-1572602745.html?x=0&.v=1

Sri Lankan guards 'sexually abused girls' in Tamil refugee camp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/20/tamil-tigers-sri-lanka-refugees

Australia: First of Oceanic Viking's asylum seekers arrive
http://www.smh.com.au/national/first-of-oceanic-vikings-asylum-seekers-arrive-20091220-l7iw.html

Australia: Viking deal 'to sway others': Sri Lanka
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/viking-deal-to-sway-others-sri-lanka/story-e6frg6n6-1225812592012

Canada: Tamil Nadu leaders wish well for referendum in Canada

http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30835

Canada: Ballots trump bullets in latest bid for Tamils' independence

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/ballots-trump-bullets-in-latest-bid-for-tamils-independence/article1406350/

Canada: 99.8 percent say yes to Tamil Eelam in Canada referendum
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30845

Canada: Referendum calls for independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/741114--tamil-event-calls-for-sri-lankan-homeland

Canada: Resounding 99.8 % of the Canadian Tamil Vote Mandates Independent Tamil State
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2009/20/c4761.html

Canada: Tamils in Canada vote for independent homeland in Sri Lanka
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2009/1220/Tamils-in-Canada-vote-for-independent-homeland-in-Sri-Lanka

Canada: Tamil-Canadians vote for independent state in Sri Lanka
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/12/20/tamil-sri-lanka-referendum464.html?ref=rss

Canada: Tamils vote on support for state within Sri Lanka
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091219/tamil_vote_091219/20091219/?hub=TorontoNewHome

Canada: Refugees look to Canada
http://www.theage.com.au/national/refugees-look-to-canada-20091220-l7ll.html

Canada: Government seeks closed-door hearings in 11 Tamil refugee cases on West Coast
http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/Canada/article/401610--government-seeks-closed-door-hearings-in-11-tamil-refugee-cases-on-west-coast

Canada: Ottawa seeks secrecy in Tamil migrant case
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-seeks-secrecy-in-tamil-migrant-case/article1406347/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-National+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+National+News%29

UN Official's involvement in LTTE leaders' killing questioned
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30864

SLA constructs Buddhist temple in Jaffna without Municipality Council permission
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30863

Weapons-carrying plane headed for Sri Lanka
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091223/ap_on_re_as/thailand_weapons_4

S.Lanka threatens legal action over war crimes claim
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091223/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestwarcrimes_20091223102411

Australia: The Philippines and New Zealand drawn into Tamil asylum-seeker deal
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/more-countries-in-tamil-deal/story-e6frg6nf-1225813296575

Australia: Tamils and Afghans held in Indonesian Cages
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00598.htm

Sri Lanka tsunami aid misappropriated: watchdog
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091226/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankatsunamieconomygraft5years_20091226164300

Sri Lanka's tsunami aid: Over $1 billion missing or misappropriated
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30884

In Sri Lanka, Tsunami Anniversary Inspires Mixed Reactions
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1949982,00.html?xid=rss-world

SRI LANKA: A Nation Struggles to Forget a Tragedy
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49840

Sri Lankans want to know where tsunami aid has gone
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091225/FOREIGN/712249910/1103/rss

Sri Lanka: The Red Cross continues its livelihood assistance to tsunami victims in the South
http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/News/09/09122901/index.asp

Independent Appeal: Sri Lanka's bitter enemies learn to live in harmony
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/appeals/indy-appeal/independent-appeal-sri-lankas-bitter-enemies-learn-to-live--in-harmony-1852826.html

Sri Lankan aid projects investigated
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-lankan-aid-projects-investigated/story-e6frg6so-1225813989191

How has Sri Lanka coped with the Asian tsunami and a civil war?
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5052050,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

Australia: Indonesia seeks 'deal' on asylum seekers
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/indonesia-seeks-deal-on-asylum-seekers-20091229-liiw.html

Australia: Jakarta puts Kevin Rudd on notice over asylum-seekers
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/jakarta-puts-kevin-rudd-on-notice-over-asylum-seekers/story-e6frg6nf-1225814257261

Australia: Tamils leave Indonesia en route to Australia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/tamils-leave-indonesia-en-route-to-australia/story-e6frg6nf-1225814436318?from=public_rss

Australia: Illness spreads on vessel as 16 Tamils head for Australia
http://www.smh.com.au/world/illness-spreads-on-vessel-as-16-tamils-head-for-australia-20091229-liqc.html

Australia: Sri Lankans arrive to start new lives
http://www.smh.com.au/national/sri-lankans-arrive-to-start-new-lives-20091230-ljyg.html

Australia: Twist as Tamil refugees arrive today
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/twist-as-tamil-refugees-arrive-today/story-e6frg6nf-1225814546292?from=public_rss

Australia: Tamils set down in Australia

http://www.theage.com.au/national/tamils-set-down-in-australia-20091230-ljxp.html

Australia: Land without checkpoints feels free to Tamil refugees
http://www.theage.com.au/national/land-without-checkpoints-feels-free-to-tamil-refugees-20091227-lg9a.html

On Sri Lanka, UN Won't Be "Used" or Speak on Broken IDP Promises or Elections
http://www.innercitypress.com/lanka1elections123109.html

Journalist name command officers involved in killing surrendering combatants in Sri Lanka
http://www.warwithoutwitness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=287:journalist-name-command-officers-involved-in-killing-surrendering-combatants-in-sri-lanka&catid=39:by-war-without-witness&Itemid=62

'Many civilians killed' in Lanka war
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100101_sb_ltte.shtml

War crimes probe request 'referred'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091229_alston_letter.shtml

S.Lanka takes more time to study war crime charges
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091228/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrestusrights_20091228120205

Sri Lanka: Questions that will not go away
http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/12/30/sri_lanka_questions_that_will_not_go_away/4795/

War-crime allegations piling up in Sri Lanka
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100101/FOREIGN/701019705/1103/rss

'Political motive' in monk arrest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091228_amila_thero.shtml

Around 800 persons including 50 women held in Boosa detention centre
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30901

Equality unlikely for Tamils now Tigers vanquished
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10617571&pnum=0

Heritage genocide abetted by decades of Western funding
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=30908

The Man Who Wired Silicon Valley
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126204917965408363.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection

Sri Lanka to cut petrol price ahead of January poll
http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINSGE5BS0BQ20091229

Gen. Fonseka sends letter of demand to The Sunday Leader'
http://tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?action=full_news&id=12055

A Christmas Message 2009 By: Brian Senewiratne
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=5&id=5844

War-displaced struggle to get basic services
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=333668&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24

Sri Lanka's displaced Tamils: A market-based solution
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15176451&fsrc=rss

Abductees unreleased even after payment of ransom, in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30902

Jaffna IDPs 'should be sent home'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100103_bahu_jaffna.shtml

IDP resettlement 'election gimmick'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091229_fonseka_idp.shtml

Both main candidates 'foreign agents'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091228_bahu_sivaji.shtml

Fonseka accused of arms corruption
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100103_fonseka_corruption.shtml

Choice between 'dictatorship and democracy'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091230_mahinda_dictatorship.shtml

Q+A - Key factors in Sri Lanka's presidential poll
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-45098020100101

Sri Lankan presidential contender woos Tamil voters
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1028171/1/.html

Sri Lanka president accused of illegal funding
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hceJaFslnkD72imkPc58t3-EXf_g

Sri Lanka dismisses EU trade move
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100101/wl_asia_afp/srilankaeutraderightsrajapakse_20100101081307

Sri Lanka's fragile peace

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/8434723.stm

Govt. 'misled' world powers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2009/12/091230_yogarajan_unp.shtml

2 January, 2009 Colombo Sri Lanka CMEV is deeply concerned by the escalation of violence and the violation of election laws.
http://cmev.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/presidential-election-2010-media-communique-no-1/

Guardian UK 2009 in Review: The Tamil Tigers are defeated
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/27/tamil-tigers-defeated-gethin-chamberlain

Canada: More Tamil migrants set for release
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/24/bc-sri-lanka-migrants-release.html

Canada: Tamils held in B.C. to be released, lawyer says
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/742874--tamils-held-in-b-c-to-be-released-lawyer-says

Canada: Four more Tamils cleared for release
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/four-more-tamils-cleared-for-release/article1414599/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-National+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+National+News%29

Wars and disputed elections: The most dangerous stories for journalists
http://www.rsf.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=35522

2009 a deadly year for journalists
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/744305--2009-a-deadly-year-for-journalists

Frontline - A Commemoration Issue: We will fight for our political objective' (Interview with V. Prabhakaran)
http://www.flonnet.com/stories/19870822078.htm

Not Quite Paradise
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2009/1230/Not-Quite-Paradise

Election requires peaceful, rational dialogue
http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2010/01/04/election_requires_peaceful_rational_dialogue/8217/

Fonseka campaigns in N. Sri Lanka, may be tried for war crimes
http://www.examiner.com/x-32127-Toronto-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m1d3-Fonseka-campaigns-in-N-Sri-Lanka-may-be-tried-for-war-crimes

Election violence 'on the rise'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100104_election_violence.shtml

CaFFE charges plans to rig vote
http://www.caffe.lk/CaFFE_charges_plans_to_rig_vote-5-1539.html

Canada: Send bills to Tamils
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Send+bills+Tamils/2381817/story.html

Canada: Talking the beat: Toronto Police Chief and the Tamils
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/talking-the-beat/article1413078/

Plunder for business, double enterprise of Sri Lanka Army
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30941

More persons in Jaffna peninsula die of Dengue
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30946

'Restore media freedom' candidates urged
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100105_media_freedom.shtml

IDPs 'resettled' to another camp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100105_kilinochchi_idp.shtml

Sri Lanka - I will never merge North and East - President
http://www.isria.com/pages/6_January_2010_19.php

TNA backs Gen Fonseka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100106_tna_fonseka.shtml

Sri Lanka's ex-army chief gains poll edge
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100106/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankavotetamil_20100106111614

Sri Lanka port built with Chinese help
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8442707.stm

EU Plans Temporarily Stop on Sri Lanka's Duty Free Export Status
http://www.bike-eu.com/news/3807/eu-plans-temporarily-stop-on-sri-lanka-s-duty-free-export-status.html

Australia: Exclusive: On board the Tamil asylum boat
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/06/tamil.asylum.seekers.australia/

Australia: Tamils boycott gym over processing times
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/tamils-boycott-gym-over-processing-times-20100105-lsbp.html

Canada: Fate of Tamils being decided in closed hearings
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/fate-of-tamils-being-decided-in-closed-hearings/article1420292/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-National+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+National+News%29

Tamil political prisoners on hunger strike in Trincomalee
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30957

Tamil political detainees in Batticaloa on hunger strike
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30960

3 Tamil political prisoners on hunger strike admitted to Jaffna hospital
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30956

Indonesia: Tamil refugees 'questioned by Sri Lankan officials'
http://www.theage.com.au/national/tamil-refugees-questioned-by-sri-lankan-officials-20100109-lz4q.html

Indonesia: Sri Lanka grills Tamils in Jakarta
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-lanka-grills-tamils-in-jakarta/story-e6frg6so-1225817519367

Australia: Tamils not receiving medical help, doctor says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/06/2786265.htm

Video: Sri Lanka video 'appears authentic'
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/asia_pacific/sri+lanka+video+aposappears+authenticapos/3491637

Sri Lanka execution video authentic - UN envoy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8446849.stm

Tamil Tiger video killing is genuine, declares the UN

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6980113.ece

LANKA EXECUTION VIDEO 'AUTHENTIC'
http://mwcnews.net/content/view/35439/0/

UN rapporteur urges independent war crimes probe in Sri Lanka
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/302592,un-rapporteur-urges-independent-war-crimes-probe-in-sri-lanka.html

UN expert cites video in call for Sri Lankan probe
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9D32P1G0&show_article=1

Video authentic, Alston calls for wider war crimes probe
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30955

Sri Lanka rejects UN execution video claims
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8448073.stm

Sri Lanka rejects UN conclusion on execution video
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100108/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka_execution_video_2

Sri Lanka faces new pressure over war crimes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100108/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaununrestrightswarcrimes_20100108083325

CPJ: One year later in Sri Lanka, little has changed
http://cpj.org/blog/2010/01/one-year-later-in-sri-lanka-little-has-changed.php

Lasantha's anniversary highlights state complicity
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100107_lasantha.shtml

What chance of a change for Sri Lanka? -A year after my uncle's murder, the freedoms he died for have not come to pass in Sri Lanka
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/07/sri-lanka-tamil-election-war

Sri Lanka's human rights disaster
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/07/sri-lanka-wickrematunge-human-rights

Trampled Tamils lack election appetite
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/08/tamils-election-video-war-crimes

S.Lanka presidential challenger vows press freedom
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100107/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankavotefonseka_20100107095608

Fonseka declares ten point plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100107_manifesto.shtml

On Sri Lankan War Crimes, UN Discloses Ban Expert Panel Idea, Election Snub Questioned
http://www.innercitypress.com/lanka2warcrimes010710.html

Canada: Sri Lankan detained despite release order; Government suspects man is member of Tamil Tigers, a terrorist organization
http://www.kelowna.com/2010/01/08/sri-lankan-detained-despite-release-order-government-suspects-man-is-member-of-tamil-tigers-a-terrorist-organization/

Sri Lankan Election: Tamil Politicians Line Up Behind Warmongers

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jan2010/sltn-j11.shtml

BBC reporter in Polonnaruwa assaulted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100113_thakshila_attacked.shtml

Govt. 'aware of' Lasantha killers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100112_lasantha_protest.shtml

140 Tamil students 'missing'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100111_tamil_students.shtml

Sri Lankan editor is granted bail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8456151.stm

One freed, but what about the others silenced in Sri Lanka?

http://cpj.org/blog/2010/01/one-freed-but-what-about-the-others-silenced-in-sr.php

Australia: Asylum seeker fly-in an 'outrageous special deal'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/13/2791042.htm?section=australia

Australia: ASIO warning ignored for deal on Tamil refugees
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/asio-warning-ignored-for-deal-on-tamil-refugees/story-e6frg6nf-1225818601147

Australia: Jakarta set to force refugees off boat
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/jakarta-set-to-force-refugees-off-boat/story-e6frg6nf-1225818996412

Violence escalates in Sri Lanka amid political tension

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/07-violence-escalates-in-sri-lanka-amid-political-tension-ha-06

Sri Lankan Presidential elections - winners and losers - national and international
http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Sri-Lankan-Presidential-elections-winners-and-lose_2/2915952

M.I.A. Lashes Out, Via Twitter, at NY Times
http://www.spinner.ca/2010/01/12/m-i-a-ny-times/

M.I.A.: "Fuck the New York Times" For Saying Sri Lanka is 2010's #1 Tourist Destination
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/01/mia_fuck_the_ne.php

SRI LANKA: Severe overcrowding at Bogambara Prisons

http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2009statements/2365/

At UN, Sri Lanka Shooting of Opposition Draws No Comment, No Probe
http://www.innercitypress.com/lanka4elections011210.html

Canada to assist election monitoring for Presidential Polls
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?action=full_news&id=12208

Sentencing of 2 Tamil-Canadians held over
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/01/12/12435821.html

Sri Lanka facing another period of terror?
http://www.upiasia.com/Human_Rights/2010/01/15/sri_lanka_facing_another_period_of_terror/3758/

London businessman 'sent weapons to world's war zones'
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23795544-london-businessman-sent-weapons-to-worlds-war-zones.do

JHU monks cross over
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100114_jhu.shtml

President rejects APRC proposals

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100115_mahinda_tamil.shtml

Govt. condemns attack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100114_thak.shtml

TGTE: 45 degrees polity for Tamils or ramp for powers?
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=31001

Bloody Sri Lanka News Contradicts Sanguine New York Times Travel Advisory
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2590941/bloody_sri_lanka_news_contradicts_sanguine.html

Indonesia: Sri Lankan asylum seekers may be sent home
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/15/2793738.htm?section=justin

Canada government greets Canadian Tamils on Pongal Day
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=30999

Canada: Remaining Tamil migrants to be freed
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/14/bc-tamil-migrants-release-cbsa.html

Canada: Government drops secret detention hearings for migrant Tamils
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/government-drops-secret-detention-hearings-for-migrant-tamils/article1431750/

Trinco executions added to Sri Lanka's war crimes record in Dublin
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31020

Competent Authority withdrawn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100119_media_authority.shtml

Petition to arrest Weerawansa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100118_weerawansa_bribery.shtml

SRI LANKA: Electoral violence and the sovereignty of the people
http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2009statements/2374/

SRI LANKA: Amid Furore, Central Bank Drops Plan to Relax Forex Rules
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50028

Court orders release of Vanni doctors

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/01/100118_vanni_doctors.shtml

Australia: NZ about-face on accepting Viking Tamil refugees
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/nz-about-face-on-accepting-viking-tamil-refugees/story-e6frg6nf-1225821382217

Boycott Sri Lanka Releases Second Video in Series "No Blood for Panties"; innovative marketing strategy proves popular, effective
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20100118/bs_prweb/prweb3435054_3

SRI LANKA: The crisis of the Electoral Commission
http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2009statements/2371/

War refugess struggle to rebuild in Sri Lanka
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1226643&srvc=rss

Sri Lanka election candidates must end rights violations
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2010011915025&lang=e

SRI LANKA: TIME FOR A NEW START; A HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA FOR SRI LANKA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE010112010&lang=e&rss=recentnews

As UN and US Work With Sri Lankan Soldiers in Haiti, UK Funded Study Downplays Carnage in Lanka and Congo

http://www.innercitypress.com/lanka6warcrimes012010.html

RSF: State media turned into presidential propaganda outlets
http://www.rsf.org/State-media-turned-into.html

Shattered Tamil city braces for crucial poll
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8471828.stm

Sri Lanka prepares to vote
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2010/01/21/sri-lanka-prepares-vote

Sri Lanka: Ban concerned over rising violence ahead of presidential polls
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33536&Cr=sri+lanka&Cr1=

United Nations concern over Sri Lanka poll violence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8471760.stm

EU's Ashton 'deeply concerned' by Sri Lanka political violence
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/304860,eus-ashton-deeply-concerned-by-sri-lanka-political-violence.html

Sri Lanka heading for flawed election: report
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/details/29009/Sri_Lanka_heading_for_flawed_election:_report

S.Lanka opposition alleges post-poll coup plan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankavotemilitary_20100121090504

‘Fifty-fifty' in Sri Lanka
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/14-irfan-husain-fifty-fifty-in-sri-lanka-010-zj-12

Lasting peace should be sought in Sri Lanka
http://www.nwmissourinews.com/opinion/lasting-peace-should-be-sought-in-sri-lanka-1.1079424

Lanka Prez, ex-general bring Eelam into battle
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/top-story/lanka-prez,-ex-general-bring-eelam-into-battle-.aspx

Swords crossed in Sri Lanka
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20100120bc.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29

British Virgin Island: Migrants get refugee status
http://bvibeacon.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2410&Itemid=26

Australia: Sri Lankans push to grab absconders
http://www.smh.com.au/world/sri-lankans-push-to-grab-absconders-20100121-mo83.html

Australia: Not all Sri Lankan refugees 'deserving'
http://www.theage.com.au/national/not-all-sri-lankan-refugees-deserving-20100121-mo9i.html

Australia: Tamil protesters 'Indonesia's problem'
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1176762/Tamil-protesters-'Indonesia's-problem'