Britain Lifts Travel Curbs In Sri Lanka (INO News)
(RTTNews) – Britain has lifted travel restrictions imposed on its nationals in Sri Lanka at the height of the war between the Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).

Sri Lanka, Pakistan return to Tests after attack (Press Trust of India)
Colombo, July 3 (AP) Four months after a deadly terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan, the two nations will renew their Test cricket rivalry when the first Test starts at Galle tomorrow.

Sri Lankan FM says China always friend (People’s Daily)
The visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said on Thursday that China has always been a friend to Sri Lanka and he is seeking closer bilateral ties during his five-day official visit. “China has remained a friend of Sri Lanka at times of difficulty. A friend in need is a friend indeed,” said Bogollagama in an exclusive interview with Xinhua. This is Bogollagama’s first visit …

Britain relaxes travel restrictions for its citizens to Sri Lanka (EARTHtimes.org)
Colombo – The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly five weeks after Tamil separatist rebels were defeated to end a more then 30-year war in the South Asian country, the British High Commission i…

‘Tamil unit’ for Sri Lanka’s army (BBC News)
Sri Lanka’s army is to establish an ethnic Tamil regiment for the first time, the minister for national reconciliation tells the BBC.

Sri Lanka extends amnesty to eastern armed groups (People’s Daily)
The Sri Lankan police has extended the period of amnesty granted to armed groups in the Eastern Province to hand over weapons, a local radio station quoted police sources as saying on Thursday. The state radio, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation quoted the deputy inspector general of the police Edison Gunathilaka as saying that they could now hand over the weapons until 3 p.m local time (0930 …

Sri Lanka face wicketkeeper puzzle (Independent Online)
Sri Lanka face a selection dilemma over their wicketkeeper as they gear-up for a tough three-test series against Pakistan starting in Galle.

Sri Lanka turning Manik Farm camp into permanent city – report (TamilNet)
Despite assuring the international community that most Tamils interned in militarized detention camps would be resettled by the end 2009, the Sri Lankan government is turning Manik Farm, the largest barbed-wire ringed site, into a permanent detention centre, The Times newspaper reported Friday. Tamil refugees are being used as forced labour, UN sources told the paper. Aid workers say the site …

Sri Lanka, Pakistan return to tests after attack (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)
Four months after a deadly terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan, the two nations will renew their test cricket rivalry when the first test starts at Galle on Saturday.

Sri Lanka: 5000 Vanni IDPs from internment camps moved to Anuradhapura (TamilNet)
The Sri Lankan military has relocated nearly 5000 Tamil civilians from Vavuniyaa and Cheddiku’lam internment camps and resetteld them in pre dominant Sinhala village Tharmapuram in Anuradhapu on Tuesday and Wednesday, civil sources said. The SL military officials had told the Tamil civilians that they would be re-settled in their native villages in Ki’linochchi or Mullaiththeevu within 14 days, …

Sri Lanka to rehabilitate most Tamil Tiger rebels: government (CBC.ca)
Sri Lanka will charge a small number of hardcore Tamil Tiger rebel fighters, while most of the others being held will be rehabilitated and eventually set free, a government minister said Tuesday.

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