Friday, May 29, 2009
Refugee resettlement plan outlined
Sri Lanka plans to resettle most of the 280,000 refugees who fled the war with the defeated Tamil Tigers within six months, the government said on Thursday after meeting visiting Indian officials.
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K.Narayanan met President Mahinda Rajapaksa, after Sri Lanka declared total victory in a 25-year war over the Tamil Tigers in which India's role has always loomed large.
Sri Lanka said on May 18 it had totally defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending a war long viewed as unwinnable.
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Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K.Narayanan met President Mahinda Rajapaksa, after Sri Lanka declared total victory in a 25-year war over the Tamil Tigers in which India's role has always loomed large.
Sri Lanka said on May 18 it had totally defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending a war long viewed as unwinnable.
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Labels: defeated tamil tigers, LTTE, ltte chief prabhakaran, Sri Lanka, sri lanka plans, Tamil Tigers, War
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
War in endgame, 100,000 escape rebel zone
Thousands more civilians surged out of Sri Lanka's war zone on April 22 while soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels fought the apparent endgame of Asia's longest-running war despite calls to protect those still trapped.
In the third day since troops blasted through a massive earthen wall built by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and unleashed the exodus, the military said at least 100,000 people had been registered for onward transit to refugee camps.
Among those who came out was the LTTE's ex-spokesman Daya Master, a former school teacher who was the Tigers' voice to the English-speaking world for years and arranged media visits to the self declared state the separatists had fought to create.
The military said he was the most senior rebel to surrender, an act that is in contravention of LTTE founder-leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's dictate that followers wear cyanide vials to be taken in case of
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In the third day since troops blasted through a massive earthen wall built by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and unleashed the exodus, the military said at least 100,000 people had been registered for onward transit to refugee camps.
Among those who came out was the LTTE's ex-spokesman Daya Master, a former school teacher who was the Tigers' voice to the English-speaking world for years and arranged media visits to the self declared state the separatists had fought to create.
The military said he was the most senior rebel to surrender, an act that is in contravention of LTTE founder-leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's dictate that followers wear cyanide vials to be taken in case of
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Labels: asia longest running war, civilians, LTTE, ltte chief prabhakaran, no fire zone, prabhakaran to surrender, rebel zone, refugee champs, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Red Cross demands access into Sri Lankan war zone
With fighting intensifying and civilians trapped, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is demanding that both Sri Lankan government troops and warring separatist rebels allow humanitarian workers into the war-shattered northeast of the South Asian island, where the organization estimates that a quarter of a million people are stuck inside rebel-held territory amid a still-unfolding war.
The United Nations and ICRC said that 250,000 civilians have fled to dense jungle terrain where fighting is raging in the 115 square miles still under control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers. The Associated Press quoted a government health official on January 28 saying that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians have been killed in fighting over the past week and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded.
"There are rising concerns about clean drinking water and medicines and shelter.
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The United Nations and ICRC said that 250,000 civilians have fled to dense jungle terrain where fighting is raging in the 115 square miles still under control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers. The Associated Press quoted a government health official on January 28 saying that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians have been killed in fighting over the past week and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded.
"There are rising concerns about clean drinking water and medicines and shelter.
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Labels: civilians, International Committee of the Red Cross, Red Cross Demands, South Asian island, Sri Lankan government troops, Sri Lankan war zone, Tamil Tigers
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