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SRI LANKA: Plans to Release Tamils ‘Nothing But a Political Ploy’

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Nov 18 (IPS) - By January 2010 they will be returning to their homes in war-torn areas. What could be better news for thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils displaced by bloody fighting between government troops and separatist ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mahinda Rajapaksa,  Velupillai Prabhakaran,  United Nations,  John Holmes

SRI LANKA: Hopes High for Fresh Leadership as Election Looms

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Nov 14 (IPS) - Political developments are rapidly unfolding as the public eagerly awaits the Presidents announcement on Sunday of the date for the next presidential or parliamentary pollsan event widely expected to ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ranil Wickremasinghe

SRI LANKA: IMF’s 2.6-B Dollar Loan Deal in Peril if Opposition Wins

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Nov 10 (IPS) - With parliamentary and presidential elections just a few months away, conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in an ongoing 2.6-billion U.S. dollar loan facility could be swept aside if ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  Mahinda Rajapaksa,  Ranil Wickremesinghe

SRI LANKA: Gov’t, EU in Back-channel Talks Over Fate of Trade Pact

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Nov 8 (IPS) - Sri Lanka has reacted strongly to a European Commission (EC) probe on its human rights record, saying it is politically motivated. But beyond the public sparring and rhetoric, informal diplomatic ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Commission,  European Union,  Rohitha Bogollagama

Q&A: EU to Sri Lanka on GSP Plus Probe: ‘No Tit for Tat’

Q&A: COLOMBO, Oct 30 (IPS) - Despite acrimonious exchanges between Sri Lanka and the European Union (EU) over human rights violations on which rests the fate of continued tax-free exports to Europe, development assistance continues ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Commission,  European Union,  Mahinda Rajapaksa,  European Parliament,  United Nations

SRI LANKA: 25 Years On, Women Still Struggle for Their Rights

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Oct 27 (IPS) - When Thamalini, leader of the womens wing of Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger guerrillas, entertained guests at the womens political wing office in northern areas once controlled by the rebels, the visitors were ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  27 Oct 2009

SRI LANKA: Newly Reopened IMF Office Launches Budget Probe

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Oct 16 (IPS) - The International Monetary Funds new resident representative in Sri Lankan is likely to receive his baptism of fire once he settles into his new post this week. Newly minted IMF country representative ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  Velupillai Prabhakaran

SRI LANKA: Right to Travel Under Threat from New Laws

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Oct 9 (IPS) - New laws dealing with foreign employment agents and migrant workers, Sri Lankas biggest foreign revenue earner, have stirred up a hornets nest and concerns over a fundamental issue the freedom to ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: US State Department

SRI LANKA: Tea Workers’ Demand for Higher Wages Hits a Snag

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Sep 15 (IPS) - Tea lovers around the globe may soon have to pay more for every cup of their favorite beverage. That is, assuming tea plantation workers in one of the worlds major tea-producing countries get their demand ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  15 Sep 2009

SRI LANKA: Gov’t to Resettle Displaced Tamils Ahead of Monsoon

SRI LANKA: COLOMBO, Sep 12 (IPS) - The Sri Lankan government, accused of keeping the refugees who fled fighting between the military and Tamil rebels against their will, is preparing to resettle these minority civilians ahead of next ...

From FEIZAL SAMATH, Inter Press Service,  12 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Velupillai Prabhakaran,  Ranil Wickremasinghe,  United Nations

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