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2010 | 07 | 31 | 5.20 PM |
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Sri Lankan cricket is bracing itself for life without three of its greatest ever players. |
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Privately owned TV/radio station attacked |
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2010 | 07 | 30 | 11.00 PM |
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A privately owned television and radio station in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo came under an arson attack by an armed group in the early hours of Friday the 30th of July. |
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War against media in Sri Lanka continues
- Siyatha TV & radio studios attacked |
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2010 | 07 | 30 | 12.10 PM |
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Media Freedom in Sri Lanka (MFSL) condemns the arson attack on Siyatha TV and Radio studios of Voice of Asia Network in strongest terms. This incident which took place on early morning 30th July 2010 in the heart of Colombo, walking distance form major military intelligence office is a clear indication that war against media in Sri Lanka is continuing unabated. |
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Tamil hunger striker wins libel claims
against the ‘Daily Mail’ and the ‘Sun’ |
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2010 | 07 | 30 | 12.10 PM |
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Parameswaran Subramanyam, a Tamil refugee, has won his libel claim
against the ‘Daily Mail’ and the ‘Sun’ newspapers. In April 2009, Parameswaran embarked on a 23-day hunger strike outside the Houses
of Parliament as part of a long running demonstration by Tamils
resident in the United Kingdom to protest about the civil war in Sri
Lanka. |
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Tamil people being swindled by Sri TELO |
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2010 | 07 | 30 | 11.15 AM |
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Sources from the Wanni told Lanka News Web that a group of persons who have defected from the TELO and formed a separate organization called Sri TELO is currently engaged in playing out monies from displaced Tamil civilians in the North claiming they are trying to get land and building toilets for the displaced persons. |
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Why don’t you speak of the widows whose husbands were killed by the Tigers – PLOTE Leader Siddaththan asks Minister DEW |
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2010 | 07 | 30 | 11.15 AM |
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PLOTE Leader Dharmalingam Siddaththan has recently met with Prisons and Rehabilitation Minister D.E.W. Gunasekera and said it is not only the widows of Balakumar and Thilagar who need to be rehabilitated and provided relief, the widows whose husbands who were members of PLOTE and killed by the LTTE should also receive such facilities. |
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thakshin Shinawatra celebrates B’day in Sri Lanka with one of Basil’s representatives |
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2010 | 07 | 30 | 11.15 AM |
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A senior official from the External Affairs Ministry told Lanka News Web that former Thai Prime Minister Thakshin Shinawatra had arrived in the island in a special flight on the 25th and held a secret discussion with one of Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s representatives at the Airport Garden Hotel in Katunayake. |
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Even if against the 17th amendment
Will approve an independent mechanism sectors like electoral, corruption and judiciary – Minister Champika Ranawaka |
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.40 PM |
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HU Secretary Minister Champika Ranawaka said that although they had opposed the 17th amendment to the Constitution in principle, he along with the JHU would extend its fullest support to an independent mechanism for the electoral process, bribery and corruption and the judiciary. |
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Police and media make contradictory statements
Karu calls for an investigation into Rienie Algama’s death |
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.40 PM |
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Acting UNP Leader Karu Jayasruiya has called on the IGP to hold an investigation into the death of Rienzie Algama, who set himself ablaze opposite Sirikotha and later succumbed to his injuries, due to the contradicting statements made by police officers and the media. |
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Decision to take legal action against second level LTTE leadership stops |
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.40 PM |
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The second level LTTE leaders who were arrested during the war and presented to court by the Terrorism Investigations Division (TID) have not been taken to court for the past three months. |
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Lakshman Seneviratne provides Rohitha Abeygunawradena with information against Harendra Fernando |
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.40 PM |
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UNP Badulla District UNP parliamentarian Harendra Fernando has complained to party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe that fellow UNP parliamentarian from the Badulla District Lakshman Seneviratne has given false information about him to deputy Ports and Aviation Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena to personally attack him, sources from the Cambridge Terrace Opposition Leader’s Office said. |
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Female Army soldier raped inside Buttala Police |
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.40 PM |
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The Moneragala SSP has launched a special investigation under the supervision of the IGP into an incident where a female army soldier had been raped by three police personnel inside the Buttala Police. |
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Urgent appeal for help – Sri Lanka needs new enemies |
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.40 PM |
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For decades it used to be the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE). Then it was Sarath Fonseka; and all those critical of the government and the Rajapaksa family. But many in Sri Lanka –and internationally, too –have forgotten Fonseka now and his trials are a forgone conclusion. |
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JR style collection from the Mihintale Rajamaha vihara |
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.40 PM |
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The Archeology Department has taken steps since July 16 to place two offertory boxes at the Mihintale Rajamaha vihara to collect the monies put into it by devotees. The Department had placed the boxes without receiving the necessary approval from the chief incumbent of the temple. |
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Daily Mail and Sun pay out to Tamil hunger striker
Papers apologise to Parameswaran Subramanyam after falsely claiming he sustained himself with hamburgers during fast
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.40 PM |
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A Tamil refugee who went on a 23-day hunger strike in Parliament Square last year has received an apology and almost £80,000 in damages from the Daily Mail and the Sun over false allegations that he secretly sustained himself with hamburgers. |
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Cluster munitions: banned at last! |
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2010 | 07 | 29 | 11.35 PM |
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The entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 1 August 2010 is a major step towards putting an end to the terrible suffering those weapons have caused for decades, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today. The convention prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions. |
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