Sri Lanka VIII

Al Jazeera - 101 East - A new Sri Lanka (Interview with Sri Lankan President)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQqwcxA6cg&

HRW: Sri Lanka: New Panel Doesn't Satisfy US Concerns
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/27/sri-lanka-new-panel-doesn-t-satisf...

Call for a UN commission
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100527_yolandamnesty.shtml

Sri Lanka president rejects war crimes probe
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100528/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankawarcrimesunr...

Back Off Sri Lanka Inquiry, U.N. Chief Told
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51610

'Not looking for the guilty' - Kohona
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100527_khona.shtml

HRW: Letter to Secretary Clinton on the Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)
http://www.hrw.org/node/90716

Sec. Clinton's shot at uncovering justice for Sri Lanka's war crimes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amnesty-international/sec-clintons-shot-at...

Interview with Sri Lanka's FM
http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0510/Interview_with_Sri_Lankas_...

Louise Arbour on Sri Lanka: Responds to Sri Lanka's FM
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/multimedia/videos/louise-...

Sri Lankan Minister Leaves National Press Club Without Addressing Journalists
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018820025?Sri%20Lankan%20Minist...

In DC, Peiris of Sri Lanka Shows Not Ready for Prime Time, Hillary Clinton to Hear War Crimes Defense
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri3peiris052710.html

Journalists, NGOs unsettle Peiris's US visit
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31844

Sri Lankan massacre highlights failings of IC: Amnesty International
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31847

Amnesty International can't dictate terms to us, says Lankan minister
http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/may/27/amnesty-international-cant-dic...

IIFA showbiz event blamed for promoting ‘paradise of genocide'
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31840

Don't ban Ban
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16216579&fsrc...

4 SLA soldiers killed by lightning during preparation for 'War Victory Day' in Colombo
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31849

Sri Lankan government exploits flood disaster to evict slum dwellers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/sril-m28.shtml

Limestone in Valikaamam HSZ sent to Galle in South
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31842

STF arrests 2 Tamil youths in Batticaloa district
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31848

Australia: Sri Lankans facing dangerous return
http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/top-stories/sri-lankans-facing...

TAKE ACTION: Tell the UN to investigate war crimes in Sri Lanka
http://www.amnesty.org.au/action/action/23041/

A fatal intersection
http://www.himalmag.com/A-fatal-intersection_nw4586.html

Five bodies unearthed in Kilinochchi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/05/100531_kilinochchi.shtml

Sri Lankan foreign minister denounces UN rights chief
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10204507.stm

Sri Lanka Denies War-Crimes Accusations
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870402620457526679113701811...

SLA permits conditional worship in St. Mary's Church in Valikaamam North HSZ
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31874

'Freedom Flotilla symbolises new dimension of humanitarian struggle'
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31878

One year after the war, concerns remain in Sri Lanka
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/60577/2010/04/31-113315-1.htm

Riz Khan - Sri Lanka's ethnic divisions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr3HP3Nvigg

India wants TNA proposals submitted to Rajapaksa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31875

Sri Lanka Trade Pacts - Some Prefer China over India
http://www.toboc.com/tradenews/Sri-Lanka-Trade-Pacts-%E2%80%93-Some-Pref...

Canada/Venezuela: Eva Golinger's misinformation endangers exiled Tamils' fight for freedom
http://vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=92565

Canada/Venezuela: Canadian NGO requests Venezuela to accept Tamils detained in Indonesia
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=92620

SLA Commander's deposition provides convincing evidence of war crimes- TAG
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31845

Sri Lanka threatens to execute General Sarath Fonseka
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/8725899.stm

Sri Lanka's war, a corporate war, says Arundhati Roy
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31915

Mass Graves: Nothing new to Sri Lanka
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/06/07/mass-graves-nothing-new-to-sri-lanka/

Boyle: Independent Eelam will be a bulwark for India
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31816

SLA soldiers harass resettled women during nights in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31904

U.N. envoy accuses rights forum of turning blind eye
http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6531JH.htm

Domestic inquiries into extrajudicial killings insufficient, UN expert stresses
http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34905&Cr=alston&Cr1

Alston: Domestic inquiries into extrajudicial killings insufficient
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31902

Father of victim in Channel 4 photo identifies son as LTTE member
http://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31892

Sri Lanka gets US support on bogus human rights inquiry
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/sril-j04.shtml

NYT corrects journalistic "error" on MIA article
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31895

Indian film stars call for boycott of 'Bollywood Oscars' over Tamil deaths
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jun/03/bollywood-oscars-boycott-sri-...

Protest-hit Bollywood awards get under way in Sri Lank
http://www.france24.com/en/20100605-protest-hit-bollywood-awards-get-und...

Unintended consequences and deeper dynamic of the IIFA in Colombo
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31894

After Bollywood, comes Tamil call for corporate boycott
http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=12340&sec=2

A Sri Lankan re-education for Tamil child soldiers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8721974...

Swiss Tamils look to the future
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Swiss_Tamils_look_to_the_future.h...

Sri Lanka must invest in rights protection
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20100604a2.html

While on Gaza UN's Ban Speaks of Terms of Reference, 3 Month Delay on Sri Lanka Panel, Kohona in Israel Probe
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1bantor060610.html

Indian businessess work on beating China at its game
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100603/FOREIGN/70...

Historical Shift - India, Sri Lanka and the Tamils
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers39%5Cpaper3847.html

Australia: Offshore detention faces High Court challenge
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/02/2915665.htm

Australia: Asylum-seekers begin relocation to remote WA town of Leonora
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/asylum-seekers-begin-relocat...

Canada: Waterloo man gets reprieve as terrorism appeal delayed
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/722005

Opinion: Sri Lanka still demands justice
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/worldview/100607/sri-lanka-war-govern...

Emergency needed to nab sleeping Tiger cells: Sri Lankan PM
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31935

Exert pressure on Colombo to declare detained LTTE members as political prisoners: CPI politician
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31934

'The LTTE that we knew can never re-emerge'
http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/jun/08/mr-narayan-swamy-on-how-the...

Fonseka denies telling lies and committing treason
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10268722.stm

Sri Lanka leader Rajapaksa in talks with Indian leaders
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/10271526.stm

Australia: Asylum Seekers Head to Australian Outback to Await Application Processing
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Asylum-Seekers-Head-to-Austral...

Australia: Oceanic Viking in new asylum seeker drama
http://www.smh.com.au/world/oceanic-viking-in-new-asylum-seeker-drama-20...

Australia: 300 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers on the way to Australia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/asylum-seekers-on-the-way/st...

Canada: Crown to appeal terrorist fundraising sentence
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/crown-to-a...

Sri Lanka moves to allow president to run again
http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/sri-lanka-moves-allow-president-run-a...

Removal of two term restriction on Presidency opposed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100610_unpcon.shtml

Indian Tamil Refugees In Their Homeland
http://www.eurasiareview.com/201006113021/indian-tamil-refugees-in-their...

Sri Lanka: Widespread malnutrition among women and children
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/slan-j10.shtml

Students, schools in Vanni disregarded
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31946

Skeletal remains found in Ki'linochchi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31943

Defence Ministry objects to resettlement in Wards 3, 5 in Allaippiddi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31944

Lanka's obligation
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/74707/lankas-obligation.html

India and Sri Lanka Enter New Era
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/06/10/india-and-sri-lanka-enter-...

Why India embraces Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa in first postwar visit
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0610/Why-India-em...|+World%29

Australia: Asylum seekers to be 'dumped' on country towns
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/11/2925186.htm?section=justin

Genocidal Colombo gets unlimited chances from US, India
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31972

Obama's Special Envoy meets Mahinda Rajapaksa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31973

Sri Lanka: A new (cultural) campaign against Tamils in Vanni
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=34878&t=Sri+Lanka%3A+++A+n...

Don't trade Tamils' political aspirations for mere concessions: Tamil academics
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31968

Sri Lanka challenges war crimes allegations
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100615/wl_asia_afp/srilankaunrestwarcrimes...

Indian aid to be 'directly disbursed'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100614_india_aid.shtml

Sri Lanka LTTE: Diaspora Wars - South Asia Intelligence Review
http://www.eurasiareview.com/201006143193/sri-lanka-ltte-diaspora-wars-s...

Swiss ambassador to Sri Lanka visits Jaffna, German ambassador's visit cancelled
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31971

UN political head to visit S.Lanka, discuss rights
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14211592.htm

Rail blast: Tamil Tiger threat lingers
http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=12501&sec=1

Canada: Cohn: Building bridges over bad blood
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/823486--cohn-bui...

US: After roaming oceans and continents, Sri Lankan Tamils find home in Oakland
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15295572?nclick_check=1

Australia: Merak smugglers to blame for asylum-seeker deaths
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/merak-smugglers-to-blame-for...

Rajapaksa for ever? Sri Lankan ruling party wants presidential limit lifted
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100617/FOREIGN/70...

India was not happy about Norwegian peace: Prof Shanmugaratnam
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31990

Sri Lankan president visits India to improve relations
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/sril-j17.shtml

Political transformation should start in Tamil Nadu: Prof Ramasamy
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31987

New Tamil arrests in Netherlands
http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/new-tamil-arrests-netherlands

NGOs Meeting in the UN Human Rights Council
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=150&id=5917

Sri Lanka rates held for seventh month
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10331755.stm

UN diplomat visits Mullaitivu
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100616_pascoe_visit.shtml

M.I.A. In 'Dazed & Confused': Death Threats To My Baby Inspired New Album
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/mia-in-dazed-confused-dea_n_612...

Memorial monument for war victims unveiled in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31989

Dengue death tolls reach 104 in five months
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31984

The New Battle for Sri Lanka
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en...

UK House of Commons debate: Alleged War Crimes (Sri Lanka)
Part 1: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmwhall/07.htm
Part 2: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmwhall/08.htm

Venezuela and the ‘law of the fishes'
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32010

On War Crimes, US Rapp Says Sri Lanka Panel Doesn't Meet Standards, Ban Names Next Week
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri3bantor061910.html

Sinhalese undergrads demanding 'victory' money assault Tamil students in Batticaloa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32002

Northern Tamil building contractors forced to pay commission
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32012

Freed Sri Lankan journalist Tissainayagam arrives in U.S.
http://cpj.org/2010/06/freed-sri-lankan-journalist-tissainayagam-arrives...

Tissainayagam arrive in the US
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100620_tissanayagam.shtml

Tiger suspects arrested in Tamilnadu
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100621_indiaarrests.shtml

'President keen on devolution' Akashi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100620_akashi.shtml

Sri Lanka challenges world denunciation of Holocaust: Kofi Annan
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32001

PAC instructs government heads to invite SLA Commander to official functions in North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32013

Explosions heard from SLN base in the islets of Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32014

Australian Greens to call for War Crimes Probe
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32024

Illegal excavation of limestone in Valikaamam HSZ raises concern
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32023

Japan backs UN war crimes probe into Sri Lanka war

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jY8mJYN7CrKTNKobNadHD...

Japan backs UN war crimes probe into Sri Lanka war
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32019

Sri Lanka in the Dock
http://bigthink.com/ideas/20579

Senior Tamil rebel to 'assist' Sri Lanka govt
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gOzDHallTTS0P6nfE6d6p...

UN to investigate Sri Lanka on human rights charges
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/asia/100609/un-investigate-sri-lanka-...

S.Lanka furious as UN's Ban names war crimes panel
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100621/wl_afp/srilankaunrestrightsun_20100...

Alston assails Sri Lanka's "Reconciliation" commission
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32017

Indonesian, Austrian to form the Panel of Experts
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32021

ADB to Help Sri Lanka Repair Roads Damaged During Civil Conflict
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13255-sri-lankan-roads-developments/

‘Sri Lankan Model' is no model
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4049164

Intoxicating hubris
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32016

Malaysia: Tamil refugees did not choose to come here
http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/135126

Australia: Take the politics out, says professor
http://www.theage.com.au/national/take-the-politics-out-says-professor-2...

Australia: 200 Tamil Tigers 'sailing to asylum' in Australia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/tamil-tigers-sailing-to-asylum-...

Canada: Need growing for long-term care in Tamil community
http://www.insidetoronto.com/community/health/article/836009

Canada: Ship brought 25 Tamil Tiger terrorists to B.C. shores, report says
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Migrant+ship+full+Tamil+Tiger+terrorist...

EU warns Sri Lanka on GSP+
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100622_gsp.shtml

Ban appoints panel to advise on human rights issues during Sri Lankan conflict
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35099&Cr=lanka&Cr1=

On War Crimes, UN Ban's Panel May Not Speak to Fonseka or Travel to Sri Lanka, Report May Be Secret
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri5bantor062210.html

UN chief appoints Sri Lanka war crimes panel
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32039

Sri Lanka attacks UN over civil war human rights investigation
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-lanka-attacks-un-over-civ...

Colombo rejects UN probe as 'totally unacceptable'
http://www.france24.com/en/20100623-colombo-rejects-un-probe-totally-una...

Muslim villagers of Kalmunaikkudi complain aid misuse
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32037

Colombo intensifies spread of Buddhism in North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32038

SLA arrests sixteen Tamil civilians in Eastern provinces
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32040

Plans afoot to Sinhalicise Paasikkudaa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32041

No vote for the IDPs in camps Again ! Thousands of IDPs haven't received applications
http://www.caffe.lk/No_vote_for_the_IDPs_in_camps_Again___Thousands_of_I...

Press Conference by United Nations Human Rights Expert Concerning Authenticity of Channel 4 Videotape Depicting Extrajudicial Executions in Sri Lanka
http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2010/100107_Alston.doc.htm

Media circles wonder whether US senators confirm offence by welcoming pardon
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32044

Continuing ‘counter insurgency' approach to chronic national question
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32043

Sri Lanka: Jaffna, where women weep
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=35427&t=Sri+Lanka%3A+++Jaf...

Sri Lanka soldiers adapt to post-war pastimes
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIzYhqr4Yv8u7AIGVLRTl...

Ramasamy: Pakatan will recognise Tamil Eelam
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/pakatan-rakyat/721...

Speech criminalized in US Supreme Court material support case
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32056

Russia opposes UN Panel on Sri Lanka
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32055

UN panel to investigate alleged abuses in Sri Lanka's civil war
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201006/s2936957.htm

Sri Lankan brotherhood
http://www.smh.com.au/business/sri-lankan-brotherhood-20100623-yz85.html

Sri Lanka should restart from Oslo declaration
http://truthdive.com/2010/06/24/sri-lanka-should-restart-from-oslo-decla...

As Sri Lanka Says No Visas, UN Says No Need to Visit or Talk to Witnesses
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri7bantor062410.html

Development without politics dangerous to Tamils
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=32057

Canadian HC Opens Hospital New Ward in Mannar
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=558&id=5920

KP-Diaspora programme operated by SL Military Intelligence: Doctor Arudkumar
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32079

KP 'brokers' govt-diaspora link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/06/100628_kp_diaspora.shtml

Sri Lanka denies deal with 'rump Tamil Tigers'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10444351.stm

SLA harasses resettled civilians in Vanni - TNA
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32081

Sri Lanka's new government to present first budge
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100629/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaeconomybudge...

IMF grants third tranche of $2.6 bln Sri Lanka loan
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49728320100629?feedType=RSS&feed...

China and India competing over Sri Lanka
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20100629a1.html?utm_source=feed...

Australia: Refugee group says visa suspensions 'stopping boats'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/28/2939053.htm?section=justin

As Sri Lanka Threatens UN Staff, Ban's UN Makes Excuses, Calls It Gandhian
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri9bantor063010.html

INTERVIEW-No reason for Sri Lanka anger at UN war panel -Ban
http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30256740.htm

UN stands firm on Sri Lanka human rights investigation
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100701/FOREIGN/70...

Muslim school to function with Sinhala name in Trincomalee
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32090

Hindu temples in East face forcible removal, destruction
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32093

Sri Lanka could lose trade concessions in EU spat
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49784020100630?feedType=RSS&feed...

Clash of Roadmaps
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32092

Tamil groups meet US War Crimes Ambassador
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32089

Bollywood star Salman Khan films in Sri Lanka after awards row
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/bollywood/7863987/Bollywood-s...

Tamil Tigers raise funds for renewed struggle
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/sri-lanka/tamil-tigers-raise-funds-for-re...

Orphanage creates haven for children of war
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/sri-lanka/orphanage-creates-haven-for-chi...

Road to recovery
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/sri-lanka/road-to-recovery-1.647814

Malaysia: Thousands of Refugees Living in Constant Fear of Arrest
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51983

Australia: Amnesty International attacks ban on Sri Lankan claims
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/amnesty-international-attacks-ban-o...

Sri Lanka Army Claims Dutch Ambassador Support Despite EU Human Rights Cut of GSP Plus Concession
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1dutch070510.html

Sri Lankans besiege UN office over war crimes panel
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10519247.stm

Sri Lanka Minister and Mob Hold UN Staff Hostage, Ban Remains Silent
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri4panel070610.html

Sri Lanka police abort attempt to free UN workers
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ij-D67fEIY_lCaAalIujIS...

SLA destroys remnants of Black Tiger Miller monument in Vadamaraadchi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32128

Constitutional reforms to be further delayed
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32129

Sri Lanka April Trade Deficit Widens
http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=70520100319

SL Parliament extends Emergency
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32133

Sri Lanka: European Union Commission Trade (GSP)
http://ec.europa.eu/trade/creating-opportunities/bilateral-relations/cou...

Sri Lanka, India And China: 'Tamil Issue' A Casualty?
http://www.eurasiareview.com/201007064426/sri-lanka-india-and-china-tami...

Ampaa'rai Tamil, Muslim volunteer teachers complain of discrimination
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32131

2010 UNHCR country operations profile - Sri Lanka
http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e4878e6.html

Australia: Policy change prompts fears among Australia's Tamil community
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201007/s2945976.htm

Australia: Tamils no longer presumed to be refugees
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1294882/Tamils-no-longer-presumed-ref...

Australia: Few boat arrivals sent home, but most cases unresolved
http://www.theage.com.au/national/few-boat-arrivals-sent-home-but-most-c...

Australia: Gillard's lifeline on Sri Lanka
http://www.theage.com.au/national/gillards-lifeline-on-sri-lanka-2010070...

Australia: Activists say Tamils still facing rights abuses
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/06/2946410.htm?section=world

Australia: Tamils cautiously welcome asylum changes
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1295097/Tamils-cautiously-welcome-asy...

Australia urged to end asylum freeze and 'refugee-bashing'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hXTy1aTWFS-M6oH-zFUef...

Australia plans ETimor asylum hub
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/07/100706_australia_asylum....

Australia: Taiml refugee asks for policy beyond party politics
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/taiml-refugee-asks-for-polic...

Canada: Tamil Canadians Welcome Appointment of UN Panel On Sri Lanka
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=598&id=5924

What can the West do about the 'information black hole' in Sri Lanka? (Sri Lanka: could the West do more about human rights and press freedom?)
Video - http://frontlineclub.com/events/2010/07/sri-lanka-could-the-west-do-more...
Blog - http://frontlineclub.com/blogs/theforum/2010/07/what-can-the-west-do-abo...

CaFFE: Thousands in Kilinochchi, Mullaitheevu to be disenfranchised
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32153

Police registration made mandatory to Wellawatte Tamil residents
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32154

As Sri Lanka Burns Him in Effigy, UN Ban Has No Comment, Pillay Says Speak to Gov't
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri8panel070710.html

As Sri Lanka Minister Blocks 150 UN Staff, UN Nambiar Assured by Kohona
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1unassure070710.html

UN's Ban Now Ascribes Siege to Sri Lanka Government, Won't Call for Visas
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1visas070810.html

Sri Lanka minister begins 'fast' outside UN office
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10549819.stm

UN chief Ban Ki-moon recalls Sri Lanka envoy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10562681.stm

Sri Lankans damn UN 'double standards'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/08/2948751.htm?section=world

Fast Unto Death: One time shotgun terrorist is now terrorising the UN
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/news/index.php?action=full_news&id=14120

Accountability key to protecting civilians in conflict, Security Council told
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35255&Cr=civilians&Cr1=arme...

Sri Lanka: Government-backed protesters besiege UN office over war crimes investigation
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jul2010/lank-j08.shtml

SLA continues fishing ban in resettled areas in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32149

Put a stop to media intimidation, IFJ appeals to Colombo
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32152

Reconsidering the GSP regulations: What is the Sri Lankan impact?
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/28/2797/reconsidering-the-...

The Colombo consensus
http://www.economist.com/node/16542629?story_id=16542629&fsrc=rss&utm_so...

Canada: Statement by the Liberal Party of Canada on the appointment of a UN panel on Sri Lanka
http://www.liberal.ca/en/newsroom/media-releases/18477_statement-by-the-...

Sri Lanka Statement Minimizing UN Panel Done with Buhne, As Kohona Pitches Officials
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri3visas071210.html

Why the media silence on Sri Lanka's descent into dictatorship?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/jul/12/sri-l...

HRW: Sri Lanka: Protests Against UN Echo Anti-Justice Campaign
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/11/sri-lanka-protests-against-un-echo...

Tamils not safe under Sri Lankan rule
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/44756

Sexual abuse of resettled women in Vanni by SLA soldiers escalates
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32171

Fifty Tamil Nadu fishermen wounded in new SLN attack
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32179

Family Consultant Nurses demand investigation into killing of fellow nurse in Veala'nai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32190

Sri Lanka and the U.N. in a Confrontation
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2002739,00.html?xid=rss-wo...

Sri Lankan minister ends UN hunger strike protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10586987.stm

'Navy camp' in cashew farm in east
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/07/100711_cashew_navy.shtml

Champoor uprooted Tamil villagers demand early resettlement
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32180

‘All roads lead to Mahinda Rajapaksa'
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32182

USA: Man held as security risk released; says he was tortured in Sri Lanka
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/10/man_h...

Malaysia: From one nightmare to another
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/news/general/7796-from-one-...

Australia: 'I just wanted ... freedom'
http://www.smh.com.au/national/i-just-wanted-x2026-freedom-20100709-1041...

Canada: No evidence Sri Lankan refugees were terrorists, admits CBSA
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/evidence+Lankan+refugees+were+terrorist...

Former Sri Lanka rebels 'abused in detention'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south+asia-10647108

Can panel heal Sri Lanka's wounds?
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100715/FOREIGN/70...

SLA soldiers sexually harass Tamil women in Paduvaankarai, Batticaloa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32216

4 upcountry women commit suicide in two days
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32223

Plans afoot to transfer Sinhala doctor suspect out of Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32224

Sri Lanka's ‘war crimes'
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspa...

Verdict on Sri Lanka should be warning to others: Pakistan Newspaper
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32226

Tamil Nadu Police detains Vaiko, Nedumaran, Rajendran
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32221

India, China to build rail links in Sri Lanka
http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/india-china-build-rail-links-sri-lanka

Think-tank calls for refinery at Hambantota
http://portworld.com/news/i94923/Think_tank_calls_for_refinery_at_Hamban...

Sri Lankan government uses emergency laws to charge former presidential candidate
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jul2010/sril-j16.shtml

A nasty row over a UN investigation panel
http://www.economist.com/node/16595312?story_id=16595312

Cabinet meeting in Ki'linochchi aims to deceive Sinhala people: UNP MP
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32207

Residents forced indoors as SL armed forces take control of Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32210

SLA appropriates Vallai weaving centre premises in Vadamaraadchi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32215

SL government intends to keep Jaffna in SLA grip
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32227

High Security Zones will not be dismantled says SL Minister
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32222

On Sri Lanka, NAM Will Wait, "Pillay's" Neuwirth to Head Panel Staff of 8, Qatar Pitched Iran to Head NAM
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri9panel071510.html

Statistics of dengue fever victims in Jaffna peninsula undisclosed
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32233

Drinking water shortage hits resettled families in Maanthai west
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32217

Australia: Tamil Tigers at the front door
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/tamil-tigers-at-the-front-...

Australia: Tamil Tiger is extinct, and regime knows it
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/tamil-tiger-is-extinct-and-...

Australia: Tamil terrorist claims exaggerated, former UN official
http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201007/2956233.htm?desktop

Australia: MAPW raises Sri Lankan human rights with PM
http://www.mapw.org.au/news/mapw-raises-sri-lankan-human-rights-pm

USA: America's asylum system and the least among us
http://boston.com/community/blogs/on_liberty/2010/07/americas_asylum_sys...

Canada: Statement from New Democrat Leader Jack Layton on the UN's appointment of a Sri Lanka war crimes panel
http://www.ndp.ca/press/statement-from-new-democrat-leader-jack-layton-o...

Canada: Ship full of migrants heading to Canada: foreign report
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ship-full-of-migrants-headi...

Canada: Ship allegedly carrying Tamil Tigers bound for B.C.: reports
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/836587--ship-allegedly-carryi...

Lessons of Srebrenica: How the 15th Anniversary of Srebenica Can Guide Sri Lanka
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grace-williams/lessons-of-srebrenica-how_b...

Death threats to family of nurse killed in Veala'nai government hospital
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32256

Court orders exhumation of the body of nurse killed in Veala'nai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32261

Death Threats to Journalist's Family in Sri Lanka
http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/death-threats-to-journalists-fami...

Cracked down on Tamil Activists by Tamil Nadu Government will embolden President Rajapakse to escalate attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen!
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=59&id=5929

SLA to construct permanent base in demolished Koappaay Tiger Heroes' Resting Home site
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32262

SLA forces resettled civilians in Ki'linochchi to vacate dwellings
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32265

Analysis: Prospects for reconciliation in Sri Lanka
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/db5957acd51dcb166e4f80cf3c...

'Arrest' anti-terrorist police officer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/07/100720_ltte_confession.s...

UN advisory panel begins work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/07/100720_un_panel.shtml

Sri Lanka Panel Holds 1st Meeting in NYC, "Doesn't Need UN Permission" for Colombo Visit, of Darusman Fees and Sea Bass
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri1experts071910.html

As Sri Lanka Panel Meets With Nambiar, 4 Month Clock Frozen, Pillay's Office Will Staff
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri2experts072010.html

SLA soldier recovered dead in Pazhai
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32254

Tamil Country Councils, TAG announce legal partnership
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32258

Australia: Asylum seeker policies: our national disgrace
http://www.cpa.org.au/guardian/2010/1464/04-asylum-seekers-policy.html

Australia: Boatpeople offered help to return home
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/boatpeople-offered-help-to-r...

Australia: Asylum boat sails away from 'tough' Australia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/asylum-boat-sails-away-from-...

Canada: Man deported to Sri Lanka seeks return to Canada over ministers' ‘egregious' conduct
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/838145--man-deported-to-sri-l...

Sri Lanka widows 'under stress'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/07/100725_lanka_widows.shtml

War Over, But Women Wage Battle For Survival
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52262

Tamils sue Germany for accepting alleged war crimes commander as ambassador
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32287

Millions 'homeless' in Sri Lanka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/07/100723_lanka_homeless.shtml

Resettled family children in Vanni abandon school to earn a living
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32278

Thousands of student orphans from Sri Lanka's civil war
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Thousands-of-student-orphans-from-Sri-Lan...

Ban Ki-moon's UN Called Secret on Corruption, Silent on Torture from Sri Lanka to Sudan
http://www.innercitypress.com/ban1foia072310.html

Reconciliation pre-requisite to development, World Bank VP tells Sri Lanka
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32279

NGOs consider withdrawing from Vanni as Sri Lanka tightens restrictions
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32281

US calls for probe on rights abuses in Sri Lanka
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=7567355...

For UN, Is Merely Being There Enough, with Ban Under Fire for a 2d Term?
http://www.innercitypress.com/ban1bethere072610.html

IFJ Questions Government Moves on Media Ethics in Sri Lanka
http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-questions-government-moves-on...

SL government suspends WPF relief measures to resettled people in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32297

Male corpse washed ashore in the islets of Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32284

All Things Black Since Black July
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/07/25/all-things-black-since-black-july/

Horror Of A Pogrom: Remembering "Black July" 1983
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/07/25/horror-of-a-pogrom-remembering-...

Tamil prisoners attacked in Colombo remand prison
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32295

SLA personnel to be settled in uprooted civilians' land in Ki'linochchi
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32285

STF appropriates Tamil land to erect Buddhist temple in Batticaloa
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32286

Sri-Lanka-Housing the Sinhala Victors and the Vanquished Tamils
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=74&id=5931

Lanka 'welcome' Indian envoy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/07/100727_keheliya_india.shtml

British Tamils seek boycott of defiant Sri Lanka
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32289

British Tamil embarks on Sri Lanka justice walk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/26/tamil-sri-lanka-justice-walk

Canada: Not all Tamils are Tigers, Queen's professor says
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2681518

Canada: Migrant ship expected to reach B.C. early August: reports
http://www.canada.com/Migrant+ship+expected+reach+early+August+reports/3...

Canada: Refugee ship could be boarded by U.S. or Canada
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/840538--refugee-ship-could-be...

Migrant ship's passengers deserve 'due process': lawyer
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/07/25/14823636.html

Canada: Tamils rally at Queen's Park
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/07/25/14824216.html

Canada: Elected Tamil Representative discusses Black July, NCCT (video)
http://digitaljournal.com/article/295136

Canada: Toronto Tamils commemorate Black July at Queen's Park (video)
http://digitaljournal.com/article/295133

Canada: Tamil Transnational officials speak out about crisis in Sri Lanka
http://digitaljournal.com/article/295150

Canada: Former Sri Lankan MP M.K. Eelaventhan on politics in Sri Lanka
http://digitaljournal.com/article/295179

The Elders: Sri Lanka's disturbing actions met by ‘deafening global silence'
http://www.theelders.org/media/mediareleases/sri-lankas-disturbing-actio...

Sri Lanka lacking reconciliation, say global leaders
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10851163

Searches in Colombo instill fears among Colombo resident Tamils
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32320

SLA appropriates uprooted civilians' villages in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32321

Resettled families in Vanni left abandoned in deserted places
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32328

Sri Lanka evicts some war refugees from villages
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR201008...

Govt. 'trying to change' demography
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100802_north_resettlemen...

Fate of teenage students disappeared during war on Vanni remains unknown
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32322

Money, revival come slowly to Sri Lanka's old war zone
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50549920100801

USA fears loss of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka should become Switzerland of Indian Ocean
http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_6175.shtml

Dias case filed in European Court, German Ambassador meets Swiss Tamils
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32317

At UN, Sri Lanka Panel Stalled on Staffing, Rajapaksa's RSVP for September, Rice and Kyrgyz Constrasts
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri3experts080110.html

As UN Names Gaza Flotilla Panel, Uribe Seems Ill-Timed, Sri Lanka Delay Contrasted
http://www.innercitypress.com/ban2flotilla080210.html

At UN, Sri Lanka Panel's 4 Months Has Not Begun, Ban Gives In to Protest?
http://www.innercitypress.com/sri4experts080310.html

Civil service condemn Dr. Mervyn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100803_mervyn_silva.shtml

Sri Lanka TV station firebombed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10813574

United States condemns attacks on Sri Lankan TV station and radio broadcaster
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gsMxg52dwVI...

Australia: Tamils almost meet their match
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tamils-almost-meet-thei...

Canada: Payment plea for Tamil protest costs ignored
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/07/29/ottawa-tamil-protest-costs-pub...

Compromises: An Excerpt from Tea Time with Terrorists
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mmeadows/2010/07/compromises-an-excer...

Tea exports on a 'record high'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100806_tea_increase.shtml

Ramasamy to spearhead committee on genocide in Sri Lanka
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=50433

Rival Tamil groups clash in Oslo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100808_norway_kovil.shtml

BBC reports wrongly about car park incident in Norway
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32375

2 Chinese key military officers on secret visit to Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32350

2 Indian High Commission officials on sudden visit to Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32376

Sri Lankan president boosted as MPs defect
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iLwy20wjKHwbRlg3RPkZN...

At UN, R2P Re-Argued Amid Ban Ki-moon Silence on Sri Lanka and Sudan Starvation of IDPs, Kyrgyz Sidestep
http://www.innercitypress.com/r2p1ga080910.html

New Buddhist temple in Maangku'lam in North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32381

Devotees not permitted to stay overnight to continue rituals in Keerimalai temple
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32378

MIA takes on Google, YouTube and Wikipedia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/07/mia-google-youtube-wikipedia

Hordes of monkeys plague resettled families in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32363

Indiscriminate sand excavation in Vadmaraadchi causes seepage of seawater
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32368

PM intervention sought to allow scribes meet displaced Tamils
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_pm-intervention-sought-to-allow-scr...

Extremism of defeatism
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=99&artid=32377

Tamils in Sri Lanka seeking asylum: A need no more?
http://www.unitingworld.org.au/2010/07/tamils-in-sri-lanka-seek-asylum-a...

Australia: Sri Lankan and Afghan Asylum seekers (Paper)
http://www.tamileelamnews.com/news/publish/tns_12868.shtml

Australia: Greens senate candidate campaigns for justice
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/45055

Australia: Tamil Tigers pair fly in to have baby
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tamil-tigers-pair-fly-i...

Canada: Sri Lankan asylum-seekers deserve hearings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/08/AR201008...

Canada: Canada briefed about migrant ship
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/09/AR201008...

Canada: Ottawa ‘concerned' about migrant ship possibly carrying Tamil Tigers: Toews
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/ottawa-con...

Canada: No 'easy entry' for Tamil boat
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/09/14968916.html

Canada: Is suspected migrant ship carrying terrorists or refugees?
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/845827--is-suspected-migrant-...

Report To Congress on Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies To Investigate Incidents During the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka, and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Such Efforts
http://www.state.gov/s/wci/srilanka/releases/145884.htm

HRW: Sri Lanka: US Report Shows No Progress on Accountability
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/08/11/sri-lanka-us-report-shows-no-progr...

Sri Lanka panel warns that 'conflict threat' remains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10953033

Sri Lanka war probe credibility questioned
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g0sp3Usl92kq2kh18mIny...

Sri Lanka's civil war inquiry is 'eyewash', say Tamils
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sri-lankas-civil-war-inquir...

ICG calls for independent inquiry into Sri Lanka war
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10942444

Sri Lankan waters run deep with China
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LH13Df02.html

Sri Lanka pins hopes on China-funded port
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i3cA6TyiNYJTlW4PM1zcx...

India, surrounded
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/india-surrounded/article166...

SLA in Vanni harass hapless resettled families
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32391

Male body washed ashore on Mannaar coast
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32392

Resolutions passed against governments of India, Tamil Nadu for disregarding Eezham Tamils, Tamil Nadu fishermen
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32390

UN's Ban To Be 3rd "Giant of Asia" by Tom Plate, Lee Kuan Yew's Confidante on Sri Lankan "Ethnic Cleansing"
http://www.innercitypress.com/ban1giant081110.html

Analysis: NGOs question tighter access to Sri Lanka's north
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=90133

Malaysia: 62 Sri Lankan asylum seekers released
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/news/general/9138-62-sri-la...

Australia Radio Documentary: Saturday 14:05 The five fingers of Sri Lanka - Part 1
http://radiotime.com/WebTuner.aspx?ProgramId=2353&TopicId=33080664&

Australia Radio Documentary: Saturday 14:05 The five fingers of Sri Lanka - Part 2 - UPDATED
http://radiotime.com/WebTuner.aspx?ProgramId=2353&TopicId=33095761&

Australia: Asylum seekers say Australia reneged on deal
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/12/2980702.htm

Australia: Reneging on our promise
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2981191.htm

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National Post editorial board: Turn back the Tamil ship
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/11/national-post-editorial-b...

Toronto Star opinion: How we should deal with the Tamil boat people
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/846789--how-we-s...

Globe Editorial: Keeping a lookout for Tigers
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/keeping-a-lookou...

No One is Illegal: Uphold the Rights of Tamil Migrants aboard MV Sun Sea!
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=2151

Hundreds of refugees escorted to B.C. coast
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Hundreds+refugees+escorted+coast/33888...

Tamil ship escorted into B.C. waters by Canadian Navy
http://www.vancouversun.com/Canadian+navy+escorting+suspected+Tamil+ship...

Tamil migrant ship captained by Sri Lankan Sea Tiger leader: Terrorism expert
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Tamil+migrant+ship+captained+Lankan+Tige...

Sri Lankan recounts harrowing journey to Canada
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sri-lankan...

'Such a difficult journey:' Sri Lankan asylum-seeker
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100811/bc_ocean_lady_...

Tamil migrants sick with TB
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/846938--hospital-prepares-for...

Boatload of migrants a wake-up call for Canada
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/boatload-o...

Attempt to misuse resettled women in Vanni foiled
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32425

SLA imposes new restrictions on resettled families in Vanni
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32413

US military team in Sri Lanka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100816_us_military.shtml

Military presence "irks people"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100816_sangaree_llrc.shtml

Sri Lankan president OKs ex-army chief's discharge
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iIGatGuA2KLRYtTasOvPNq...

GSP concessions suspended
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100815_gsp_suspension.shtml

EU ends Sri Lanka trade benefits
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/08/20108158314320173.html

Sri Lanka war panel hears Tamil grievances
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10973969

Tamils testify before Sri Lankan war commission
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/14/2983154.htm

Tamil witnesses in Sri Lanka accuse army of human rights abuses
http://www.securitylawbrief.com/main/2010/08/tamil-witnesses-in-sri-lank...

Sri Lanka unveils new China-funded seaport in south
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10979395

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Sri Lanka's telling exodus
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/847832--sri-lanka-s-te...

RCMP confirm death of Tamil man aboard migrant ship
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/848190

Tamil asylum-seekers spark Canadian vitriol, anger
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/848212--tamil-asylum-seekers-...

Why we should welcome boatful of Tamil refugees into Canada
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/should+welcome+boatful+Tamil+refugees+i...

Smuggled Tamils worth up to $10M for 'snakeheads'
http://www.torontosun.com/news/2010/08/14/15025811.html

30-50 Tamil Children Seek Refugee Status in Canada
http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/News/News/child-charity-news/Pages/Ta...

Migrant ship raises human rights issue
http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/opinion/story.html?id=f3de8...

One of migrants still in hospital is in critical, group says
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Eight+Tamil+migrants+still+hospital+cri...

Tamil on ship bound for Canada died at sea: Tamil Congress
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gofQnVbDo8NZzGMgAZlmD...

Tamil gives thanks for 'soft-hearted' Canadians
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Tamil+gives+thanks+soft+hearted+Canadians...

Some migrant Tamil children taken into care: CBSA
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20100814/tamil-ship-migrants-100814/

Tamil community to gather to discuss plight of disembarked illegal migrants
http://www.theprovince.com/Tamil+community+gather+discuss+plight+disemba...

Tamil migrant ship is a test, Toews says, and more boats are on the way
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/migrant-sh...

Police investigating refugee boat to see if human smuggling laws violated: Vic Toews
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/847883--police-investigating-...

Captain may have smuggling history
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/13/15019996.html

Edmonton's Tamil community rallies for refugees
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2010/08/13/15019126.html

The long, long wait for a brother's words
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/848044

Tamil boat people in good health
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/848057--tamil-boat-people-in-...

Toronto's Tamil-Canadian community gears up to host new refugees
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/848045--toronto-s-tamil-canadian...

We have an obligation to review refugee claims
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/have+obligation+review+refugee+claims/...

What are they running from?
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100813/bc_sri_lanka_b...

No evidence of weapons or disease on Tamil migrant ship
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/evidence+weapons+disease+found+Tamil+mi...

Bob Rae - Liberal: Send Them Back an Old, and Awful, Refrain
http://bobrae.liberal.ca/journal/send-them-back-an-old-and-awful-refrain/

Canada Holds Tamil Refugees Amid Media Cries of "Terror"
http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/6816-beached-canada-holds-tamil-r...

As the ship arrived, feeling proud of Canada
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/ship+arrived+feeling+proud+Canada/3...

Strangers by sea: A tale of Canada's boat people
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/strangers-by-sea-a-tale-of-...

Tamil migrants arrive in Metro Vancouver for refugee hearings
http://www.vancouversun.com/Tamil+migrants+arrive+Metro+Vancouver+refuge...

More migrant ships headed this way, Vic Toews warns
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/847500--more-migrant-ships-he...

Migrants' journey treacherous: MP
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Migrants+journey+treacherous/3403424/sto...

Conservatives blundered Tamils' arrival: Ignatieff
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/conservatives-blundered-tamils-ar...

Government hopes to stem tide of refugees
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Government+hopes+stem+tide+refugees/339...

Ottawa vows to stop illegal migrants before they depart for Canada
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-vows-to-stop-illegal...

Canadian-Tamil families hopeful missing loved ones on migrant ship
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Canadian+Tamil+families+hopeful+missing+...

Migrants healthy; boat was well-organized, if cramped
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Migrants+healthy+boat+well+organized+cr...

RCMP eyes Canadian financial ties to Tamil migrant ship
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/rcmp-eyes-canadian-financia...

The Hindu review accuses LTTE for failure of peace
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32444

At UN, Holmes' Humanitarian Tenure Ends With Sudan Silence, Sri Lanka Questions of Good Cop, Bad Cop, Off Record Jokes
http://www.innercitypress.com/ocha1holmes081910.html

Namal Rajapaksa engaged in promoting government propaganda in North
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32451

Australia's 'toxic' asylum issue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10869902

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Document mix-up delays confirmation of Tamils' identities
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/document-m...

Tighter immigration laws will sink ‘refugee' ships
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/tighter-immigration-laws-wi...

Show Tamils some kindness
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/849564--show-tamils-so...

Among the Tamils of Toronto, a tense wait for news
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/among-the-tamils-of...

Hepburn: Are Tamil migrants an issue or distraction?
http://www.thestar.com/article/849546--hepburn-are-tamil-migrants-an-iss...

Ford goes on the defensive
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontomayoralrace/article/849313--ford-...

Kids cry as Tamil moms undergo detention hearings
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Kids+Tamil+moms+undergo+detention+hearing...

CTC deeply concerned about recent Canadian government rhetoric
http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=563&id=5942

Safety minister draws fire from Tamil group
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/18/15065726.html

MP disputes claim he supports Tamil Tigers
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/18/15066281.html

Tamils stretch workload of legal services
http://www.vancouversun.com/children+from+Tamil+ship+being+detained+Burn...

Tamil relatives still waiting for news from migrants
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20100818/tamil-migrants-100818/

Calgarian says relatives among Tamil migrants
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/08/18/calgary-tamil-sunsea-m...

Refuse asylum to Tamil boat refugees, Sri Lanka tells Canada
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32447

Canada's treatment of the Tamil refugees is a defining moment
http://rabble.ca/news/2010/08/canada%E2%80%99s-treatment-tamil-refugees-...

Storm over China's Sri Lanka port
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mshk9uEd368&feature=player_embedded#!

USA donates maritime hardware to SL military
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32470

UN 'should probe' Lanka violations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100820_muttur_amnesty.shtml

Monks protest to reinstate Mervyn Silva
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100820_mervyn_monks.shtml

Swiss German media twists heart of the matter
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=32466

Economist seized in Colombo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100822_economist_ban.shtml

Separate panel urged for Muslims
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/08/100823_slmc_llrc.shtml

Sinhalese, Tamils, and Muslims remember Fr Jim Brown, who disappeared during the war
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Sinhalese,-Tamils,-and-Muslims-remember-F...

-----------------------English Canada-----------------------

Send us the Tamils, Vic
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/send-us-the-tamils-v...

Supporters of Tamil protest downtown
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Supporters+Tamil+refugees+hold+downtow...

One boat is too many? Time to sanction Sri Lanka
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=176399

Public rage against Tamil refugees has a nasty, xenophobic odour
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Public+rage+against+Tamil+refugees+nast...

These migrants want to call Canada home
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/These+migrants+want+call+Canada+home/34...

'Send the Tamils home': poll
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/21/15098776.html

Taking time for Tamils
http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/life/Taking+time+Tamils/3422294/story.html

Allowing Tamils sets the wrong example
http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/Allowing+Tamils+sets+wrong+example/342231...

On Tamils: taxpayers should have their say
http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/Tamils+taxpayers+should+have+their/342231...

Almost Half of Canadians Would Deport Tamils
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/almost_half_of_canadians_would_depo...

We've been duped by the Tamils
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/editorial/2010/08/21/15098871.html

Harper has determined that fear and loathing is more effective than bridge building
http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/copps-08-23-2010

Calgary Tamil hopes father among migrants
http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Calgary+Tamil+hopes+father+am...

Canada was built by migrants
http://www.timescolonist.com/Canada+built+migrants/3426802/story.html

Tamils' kids embraced by guards
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Tamils+kids+embraced+guards/3428881/stor...

3 months on the MV Sun Sea: Tamil migrants describe their journey
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/850885--3-months-on-the-mv-su...

Identifying captain, crew of Tamil ship could be difficult, expert says
http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/Identifying+captain+crew+could+diffic...

The ‘impossible' voyage of a Tamil ghost ship
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-impossible-voyage-of-a-tam...

Lessons from Sarajevo for Tamil refugees
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/lessons-fr...

Canada turning blind eye in Sri Lanka
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/850727

Zombies intercept Tamil migrant support rally
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Zombies+interrupt+Tamil+migrant+suppo...

Persichilli: Why are Canadians so angry about Tamil migrants?
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/850700--persichi...

Two tales of Sri Lankans
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/tales+Lankans/3425528/story.html#ix...

-----------------------French Canada-----------------------

ministie internationale: «le Canada nous inquiète» - La Presse
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/national/201008/20/01...

Une menace venue de la mer ? - Le Devoir http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/294736/une-menace-venue-de-la-mer
Revue de presse - Les portes closes - Le Devoir
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/294737/revue-de-presse-les-port...

L'immigration pourrait faire doubler la population du Canada - La Presse
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/national/201008/20/01...

Les Canadiens ne veulent pas des Tamouls - LCN
Canadians do not want Tamils - LCN
http://lcn.canoe.ca/lcn/infos/national/archives/2010/08/20100820-120032....

(LEGER MARKETING SURVEY, 1500 PARTICIPANTS. FROM AUG 2 to AUG 4, A survey across Canada suggest that Canadians do not want Tamils on our shores and they must be escorted back to Sri Lanka by force. )
Les Tamouls ne sont pas les bienvenus aux yeux des Canadiens - Le Devoir
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/294665/les-tamouls-ne-sont-pas-...

Entre la bêtise et la naïveté - La Presse
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/place-publique/editorialistes/andre-pratte/201...

L'accueil, oui mais... - La Presse
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-droit/opinions/editoriaux/pierre-jury/20100...

Migration clandestine - Harper veut des règles plus strictes - Le Devoir
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/294547/migration-clandestine-ha...