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Resettlement quickened for Sri Lanka war displaced

Sri Lanka won praise from a top U.N. official Thursday for expediting the resettlement of ethnic minority Tamils detained in government-run camps since the end of the country's civil war six months ago. Some 300,000 displaced were forced into ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Holmes,  United Nations,  Rohitha Bogollagama

Sri Lanka's top general resigns amid speculation

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's top general, who led the battle to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels and ended the island's 30-year civil war, resigned from his post Thursday but declined to discuss his future plans. Gen. Sarath Fonseka's resignation comes ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, San Diego Union-Tribune,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Official says Sri Lanka's top general has resigned

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's top general, who led the battle to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels and ended the island's 30-year civil war, has resigned from his post, an official said Thursday. Gen. Sarath Fonseka's resignation comes amid growing media ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, San Diego Union-Tribune,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Vulnerable countries urge world to cut emissions

A group of 11 countries vulnerable to adverse effects of global warming urged world leaders Tuesday to reach a binding agreement at the next month's global conference on the issue. The countries called President Barack Obama and the leaders of ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, eTaiwan News,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Mohamed Nasheed

Group: Sri Lanka broke promise on war displaced

Human Rights Watch slammed Sri Lanka's government Tuesday for the pace at which it is releasing 270,000 war displaced people being detained in government-run camps. The government earlier this year said it would release 80 percent of those being ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, eTaiwan News,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Human Rights Watch,  Mahinda Rajapaksa

Maldives: All set for underwater Cabinet meeting

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Government ministers in scuba gear prepared Friday to hold an underwater meeting of the Maldives' Cabinet to highlight the threat global warming poses to the lowest-lying nation on earth. The Maldives' president will lead Saturday's ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, Boston Globe,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Mohammed Nasheed

Sri Lanka Tamils in former war zone to join police

Thousands of ethnic Tamil youths from northern Sri Lanka's former war zone are applying to join the police in the first such recruiting drive in three decades, a spokesman said Tuesday. No Tamils have been recruited from the Jaffna region, the ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, eTaiwan News,  29 Sep 2009

Sri Lanka wounds 2 trying to flee refugee camp

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lankan soldiers fired on a group of war refugees trying to flee a camp in the north of the island, wounding two, the military said Sunday. The foiled escape bid happened late Saturday in the northern district of Vavuniya, near a ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, Boston Globe,  27 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Mahinda Rajapaksa,  United Nations

UN official visits Sri Lankan displacement camps

A top United Nations official on Thursday visited displacement camps in Sri Lanka where about 280,000 ethnic Tamil civilians have been held since the island nation's civil war ended four months ago. U.N. Undersecretary-General for Political ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, Taiwan News,  17 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka resettles nearly 10,000 war refugees

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lankan authorities sent home nearly 10,000 war refugees Friday amid growing international concern for the nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians still detained in government-run camps. The civilians were displaced during a ...

From BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, Buffalo News,  11 Sep 2009

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