Apr
17

Terrorism and Insurgency – British Tamil leader convicted of terrorism charges (AlertNet)

British Tamil leader convicted of terrorism charges (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (adds details on Tamil hunger striker, paragraph 8) LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – A jury convicted a leading figure in Britain’s Tamil community of terrorism on Friday, finding him guilty of …

Head of Tamil Tigers in Britain guilty of terrorism charges (Daily Telegraph)
The British Tamil Tigers head has been found guilty of buying bombmaking equipment for the terrorist group in Sri Lanka.

The Demarest Factor: The Ethics of U.S. Department of Defense Funding for Academic Research in Mexico (Independent Media Center)
On October 23, 2006 the Lawrence Journal World or LJ World published an article which silently uncovered a funding scandal within Kansas University, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Court convicts Tamil in new blow for rebels (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A British Tamil leader was convicted Friday of supplying bomb-making equipment to the Tamil Tigers, in a new blow for the rebels battling Sri Lankan troops trying to end a three-decade-long civil war.

UK Tamil guilty of aiding Tigers (BBC News)
The founder of the British Tamil Association is convicted of two terrorism charges at Kingston Crown Court.

Dozens dead in Russian insurgency (BBC News)
New figures show dozens of people have died in unrest in Russia’s Ingushetia region just as peace is declared in neighbouring Chechnya.

Sri Lanka has chance to end Tamil conflict: US (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Sri Lankan government has the chance to end the decades-long conflict with the Tamil Tigers, the United States said Thursday, urging both sides to reach a ceasefire.

UK & World News: Tamil convicted of terrorism charge (icNewcastle – Sunday Sun)
The head of the British Tamil Association in Britain has been found guilty of supplying bomb-making equipment for a Sri Lankan terrorist organisation.

British Tamil leader convicted of terrorism charges (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – A British jury convicted a leading figure in the Tamil community of terrorism on Friday, finding him guilty of supplying bomb-making equipment to the militant Sri Lankan …

Tamil guilty of supplying Tigers (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A leading member of Britain’s Tamil community is facing jail for supplying bomb-making equipment to Sri Lankan terrorists.

U.S. urges Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels to protect civilians (People’s Daily)
The United States urged the Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in the country to cease fire so that civilians can flee from the war zone. “The United States government is deeply concerned about the current danger to civilian lives in the dire humanitarian situation created by the fighting in the Mullaitivu area of Sri Lanka,” State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told a …