UNHCR demining machines to arrive in Sri Lanka (AlertNet)
Source: UNHCR Some 90,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their villages in Sri Lanka’s north and east over the past three months, under the ongoing return plan of the Sri Lankan government. …
Sri Lanka says LTTE gone but suicide bombers remain (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Tamil Tigers are finished as a military outfit but a small group of their feared suicide bombers still remain in Colombo, a top Sri Lankan official visiting India said.
Sri Lanka reports first swine flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 16-year-old Sri Lankan boy became the first victim in the country of influenza A(H1N1), or swine flu, doctors said Sunday.
Sri Lanka: SLN arrests 18 Tamil Nadu fishermen in the islets of Jaffna (TamilNet)
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) arrested eighteen fishermen from Tamil Nadu Wednesday early morning in the islets of Jaffna for illegal entry into Sri Lankan waters, sources in Jaffna said. Nearly 2000 fishermen in Puthukkoaddai in Tamil Nadu are boycotting fishing demanding the immediate release of their fellow fishermen, sources in Tamil Nadu said. Meanwhile in Tamil Nadu, Indian Navy arrested ten …
Australia urges Sri Lanka reforms, reconciliation (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters SYDNEY, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Australia on Sunday urged Sri Lanka, having defeated the Tamil Tigers in May, to now embrace political reform and reconciliation to stem the flow of asylum seekers leaving …
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-08 07:15 UPDATE 1-Australia urges Sri Lanka reforms, reconciliation (Interactive Investor)
SYDNEY, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Australia on Sunday urged Sri Lanka, having defeated the Tamil Tigers in May, to now embrace political reform and reconciliation to stem the flow of asylum seekers leaving the country. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will meet his Sri Lankan counterpart Rohitha Bogollagama in Colombo on Monday amid a standoff in Indonesia involving 78 Tamil asylum seekers, who are …
Sri Lanka says LTTE gone but suicide bombers remain (Hindustan Times)
The Tamil Tigers are finished as a military outfit but a small group of their feared suicide bombers still remain in Colombo, a top Sri Lankan official visiting India said.
Send Oceanic Viking to Sri Lanka – Joyce (BigPond News)
Barnaby Joyce says the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers off Indonesia should be sent back to Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka says LTTE gone but suicide bombers remain (New Kerala)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi, Nov 8 : The Tamil Tigers are finished as a military outfit but a small group of their feared suicide bombers still remain in Colombo, a top Sri Lankan official visiting India said.
Smith to go to Sri Lanka for talks (MalaysiaNews.net)
Mr Smith said today that it would be the first official visit to Sri Lanka by an Australian foreign minister since 2003. He will arrive in Colombo tomorrow.Two separate boatloads of Sri Lankan asylum …
