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  • Security fears take toll

    Aug 24
    Four global conferences to be hosted by Sri Lanka later this year have been cancelled on security fears, though the government is confident it can woo at least half a million tourists by December. The events, including a textile conference, were to host at least a thousand people.

    But hotels in the Colombo city and its suburbs are full with athletes’ and visitors for the South Asian Games hosted by Sri Lanka, which ends on August 28.
  • EU ban on LTTE hurt peace efforts – Hanssen-Bauer
    'We see now that the SLMM will be reduced to half its original capacity in a situation where it’s badly needed, and where the work has been more demanding than ever. I would have hoped that the situation would have been different.''
  • Sri Lanka under pressure
    'At a meeting with the President on Monday, representatives of the Co-Chairs of Sri Lanka’s donor community – the United States, European Union, Norway and Japan – raised a number of concerns''.
  • Tamils and Tigers
    Even if the international community was able to appreciate Tamil aspirations, there is little evidence that it is capable of delivering them.
  • International jurists question Sri Lanka's moves on NGOs
    “Terms such as ‘national and social well being of the country’, ‘national security’ and ‘sovereignty and national defence’ require further clarification in this context to avoid misinterpretation.”
  • Muslims blame STF for Pottuvil massacre
    Sri Lanka's biggest Muslim party, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is requesting international assistance to investigate the killing. Blaming the elite Special Task Force (STF) for the massacre of 10 young Muslim men, the Muslim community in Pottuvil is demanding the unit be transferred out and an independent inquiry be held.
  • Sri Lanka military plans Elephant Pass offensive
    The SLA base complex there has been razed to the ground, but EP is a much sought after prestige target.
  • On rights, the Diaspora and the LTTE
    Why does HRW have difficulty establishing credibility with the Diaspora?
  • Why Rajapakse’s actions make sense
    The President’s twin objectives cannot be fulfilled through a federal solution.
  • Open War
    So much for international commitment to peace.
  • The road to war was signposted
    Sri Lanka’s ongoing offensive has been prepared openly over two years.
  • ‘There is a war out there’
    Amid the heavy fighting in Trincomalee last week, the BBC News website spoke to a Tamil man who lives close to the famous navy base which had come under mortar attack from the Tamil Tigers. He wished to remain anonymous.
  • LTTE in ‘limited’ offensive
    Muttur town empties amid heavy fighting.
  • Aid massacre ‘result of impunity’ - TRO
    Joined the rest of the humanitarian community in condemning of the massacre of the 17 ACF staff members in Muthur, the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) said the failure to investigate and punish those responsible for attacks on its own aid workers in the past had contributed to a climate of impunity.
  • Army blamed for massacre of aid workers
    15 lined up on the floor and shot, two killed in their car. All but one, Tamils.
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