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Tamil Guardian 16 August 2012 |
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The Sri Lankan government has announced that they will be establishing diplomatic relationships with 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
The move, proposed by External Affairs Minister GL Peiris, has been described as “another step forward in Sri Lanka's foreign policy".
The 13 countries are Guatemala, Suriname, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, St Kits and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Earlier this year, Sri Lanka closed a string of embassies in European countries that had voted against them on a resolution that was approved by United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).
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Tamil Guardian 19 June 2013
Cannot supress Sinhalese rights to land - Gota |
Gotabhaya Rajapakse has said that the rights of Sinhalese to purchase land in the North cannot be suppressed.
According to Uthayan, Gotabhaya also declared that no province belonged to any race.
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Tamil Guardian 19 June 2013
Underwhelming announcement, no police powers |
Still smarting from India's vote at the UNHRC, Sri Lanka has informed India of the decision not to devolve police powers to the provinces.
Retaliating to allegations that Sri Lanka was retreating on its promise to implement the 13th Amendment,
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Tamil Guardian 19 June 2013
TNA meets Indian PM |
The TNA delegation in India met with the Prime Minister on Wednesday, after having previously called on the External Affairs Minister and the National Security Adviser.
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Tamil Guardian 18 June 2013
Assaulted #BoycottLKA activist calls for calm |
Following the violent scenes of Tamil 'Boycott Sri Lankan Cricket' activists being assaulted by Sri Lankan cricket fans, on Monday night outside the Oval in London, Tamil Guardian spoke to one of the organisers, Thusiyan.
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Tamil Guardian 18 June 2013
UK university students condemn racist attacks |
University Tamil societies from across the UK have released a statement condemning the racist attacks outside the Oval on Monday.
21 Tamil societies joined together to denounce the attacks and commend the peaceful campaign of the activists,
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Tamil Guardian 18 June 2013
Dr. Sivashankar released |
A Tamil doctor, who was arrested in December 2012 after attempted to release a Tamil woman from a Sri Lankan military base, was released on Monday morning.
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