- What US travel advisory signifies
- The US and its allies made a hullabaloo over what they termed the internment of the northern IDPs and brought enormous pressure to bear on the Sri Lanka n government to expedite their resettlement. Although it was pointed out that the Vanni…
- Lanka Newspapers
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- 17 hours ago
- 'Sri Lanka has released half of war-displaced'
- We feel the security situation has eased considerably now to allow people to return to their homes," Human Rights minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told reporters here. He said 136,328 men, women and children still remained inside camps across…
- YAHOO!
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- 11/20/2009
- UN humanitarian chief welcomes return of displaced in Sri…
- Holmes is scheduled to meet Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe, Secretary of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksa, head of Uthuru Wasanthaya—the 180-day resettlement and reconstruction program in the North--Basil…
- Reliefweb.int
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- 11/18/2009
- UN humanitarian chief welcomes progress on Sri Lanka…
- He met Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe, Secretary of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksa, head of Uthuru Wasanthaya—the 180-day resettlement and reconstruction program in the North--Basil Rajapaksa, and…
- Reliefweb.int
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- 11/19/2009
- Sri Lanka on target in resettling war displaced civilians
- We will have resettled 50 percent of them in the next few days," Mahinda Samarasinghe, the minister of Human Rights told reporters. Some 288,000 Tamil civilians displaced by the final battles between the government troops and Tamil Tiger…
- English_Xinhua
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- 11/20/2009
- I’ll be there, Fonseka tells soldiers
- Sarath ... investigating claims that Fonseka was under imminent threat. According to Daily Mirror, minister for disaster management and human rights Mahinda Samarasinghe said government was also looking into the news reports that the…
- Hindustan Times
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- 11/20/2009
- Resettle war-displaced Tamils by January 31: Rajapaksa
- COLOMBO: Ahead of an anticipated parliamentary and presidential election announcement, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday directed the authorities to resettle the war displaced Tamil civilians from the transitional camps by…
- Hindu
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- 11/21/2009
Hindu- General alert
- Sri Lanka’s Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister, Mahinda Samarasinghe, disclosed at a news conference in Colombo that the presidential committee on the U.S. report was chaired by D.S. Wijesinghe, President’s Counsel.
- Frontline
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- 11/18/2009
- Resettle all Tamils by Jan. 31, Rajapaksa tells authorities
- COLOMBO: Ahead of an anticipated parliamentary and presidential election announcement, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday directed the authorities to resettle the war displaced Tamil civilians from the transitional camps by…
- Hindu
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- 11/21/2009
- In brief
- Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka held a series of discussions with foreign leaders who attended the International Trade Fair and Exhibition in China during his recent visit to China. Here he is seen with his Timorese counterpart Jose…
- Sunday Observer
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- 11/15/2009
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