Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka vows to free 130,000 refugees

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Colombo government bows to international pressure to close internment camps that have held civilians since end of civil war with Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka today bowed to international pressure and announced plans to close the internment camps that are home to more than 130,000 people locked up since the end of the country's bitter civil war six months ago. Two days after the UN's top humanitarian official,...

Sri Lanka to free displaced Tamils

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

BEHIND the razor wire-topped barbed-wire fence of the notorious Menik Farm detention camp, the Tamils of Sri Lanka were yesterday told they would go free. The government i

• Sri Lanka to free displaced Tamils - Scotland on Sunday

Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of polls

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war.

• Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of polls - Reuters

Sri Lanka Health Ministry orders H1N1 vaccine amid rising death toll

H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Via ColomboPage.com: Sri Lanka Health Ministry orders H1N1 vaccine amid rising death toll. Excerpt:Sri Lanka's Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry has placed an immediate order for the WHO approved Novel Influenza (A) H1N1 vaccine amid the rising death toll from the...

• Sri Lanka Health Ministry orders H1N1 vaccine amid rising death toll - Colombo Page

Sri Lanka refugees 'to be freed'

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sri Lanka says refugees held in special camps since the end of the fight against the Tamil Tigers will be free to leave next month.

Sri Lanka to release 136000 Tamil war refugees

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sri Lanka is to release the remaining 136000 Tamil refugees still detained in government camps since the country's civil war ended six months ago a top government official said.

Sri Lanka detainees 'to be freed'

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sri Lanka says thousands of people held in camps since the fight against the Tamil Tigers ended will soon be free to leave.

Book Review: The Gentiles: A History of Sri Lanka 1498 - 1833 by Agnes Padmini Thambynayagam

Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

There is nothing I enjoy more than reading a book that is described by the publisher and critics as “controversial” or “provocative.” “The Gentiles, A History of Sri Lanka 1498-1833,” a carefully researched and well written book by Agnes Padmini Thambynayagam is such a book. As you may have guess by her name, Ms. Thambynayagam [...]

Sri Lanka Plans to Let Tamils Leave Camps

New York Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Sri Lanka plans to release refugees still in government camps where they have been detained since the country’s civil war ended six months ago, a top official said.

• Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees - MSNBC.com
• Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees - Sify
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Sri Lanka: Protest unsettles Victoria's Secret's catwalk

Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Several American Tamil activists protested in front of the midtown Manhattan New York State armory building where Victoria's Secret catwalk event was being held Thursday evening. While celebrities were arriving to attend the popular event, the protesters highlighted the Corporation's trade with Sri Lanka as aiding and abetting crimes against humanity, and war-crimes. "The New York Police attempted...

Sri Lanka: Colombo announces new phase of 'IDP management'

Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother and advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP on Saturday announced that the Tamils held in the internment camps of Vavuniyaa would be free, starting from December 01, to go and live wherever they want to or to choose whether they want to continue to remain inside the camps. Tamil sources in Vavuniyaa view the announcement with scepticism describing it as an 'election...

World News: Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamils

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

All ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps on December 1, a senior Sri Lankan official said today.

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees on 1 December, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said today.

India escape to leave Sangakkara and Sri Lanka with what might have beens

Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara rued a lost opportunity early in the first test after India escaped with a draw on a flat pitch on Friday.

UPDATE 1-Cricket-Sri Lanka v India first test scoreboard

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Nov 20 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at tea on the final day of the first test between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, India on Friday.

• Tea scoreboard: India vs. Sri Lanka, fourth day, first Test - Sify
• India v Sri Lanka Scoreboard - IOL
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South Africa vs Sri Lanka Champions Trophy Highlights Video

wposteruk | 15/10/2009

Watch highlights from the 1st match of the Champions Trophy 2009 – South Africa vs Sri Lanka played on September 22, 2009 at Centurion.Scoreline (Toss – SA): SL 319/8 Dilshan 106 (92), Jayawardene 77 (61), Sangakkara 54SA 206/7 Graeme Smith 58 (44) – Mendis 3 wickets (Rain interrupts and SL win on D/L)