Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Colombo, May 9 (ANI): The Sri Lankan military says it has found a large metal structure that may have been intended to be used as an underwater home or hiding-place by the leadership of the Tamil rebels.
The Independent quoted officials as saying that the 360 foot long and 25foot wide ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Kathmandu, May 8 (ANI): The central committee meeting of the CPN-UML began here today to name the leader of proposed ruling coalition.
The meeting has been called at a time when the Nepali Congress and a few fringe parties have said that they are ready to back the UML to form ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Congress leaders are heading for Tamil Nadu to calm down Chief Minister and DMK President M Karunanidhi over the issue of a separate Eelam for Tamil people.
"As a next step, Sri Lankan Tamils should get Eelam. I assumed responsibilities of making all efforts to ensure ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Chennai, May 8 (ANI): With Tamil Nadu holding elections on May 13, both Chief MInister M.Karunanidhi and his key political rival and AIADMK chief J.Jayalalithaa are seeking to gain the maximum political mileage from the Lanka Tamil sympathy wave among voters in Tamil Nadu.
While Karunannidhi said on Thursday: "As ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Toronto, May. 4 (ANI): Demanding that Canada, US and the UN to intervene to end the Sri Lankan crisis, tens of thousands of Tamil Canadians will form a human chain on Tuesday in downtown Toronto to protest against the Lankan Army's offensive against the LTTE.
"The chain will form at noon ...
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Coimbatore, May 2 (ANI): Tamil protestors on Saturday ransacked five army trucks at Neelambur area near Coimbatore, following rumours that the weapon laden trucks were meant for Sri Lankan Army.
Around 80 trucks laden with weapons and other army supply ...
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
London, May 2 (ANI): China is using the Sri Lankan crisis to expand its sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean region as part of its "string of pearls" strategy, and this is one of the main reasons behind failure of Western governments to negotiate a ceasefire to help Tamil ...
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
London, May 1 (ANI): The support enjoyed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) among Sri Lanka's Tamils will make it hard for the Lankan Army to neutralise them in the north-east, as the movement will retain the capacity and perhaps the public support to launch terror strikes and ...
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): Human rights activists, including church leaders, on Wednesday staged a protest here against the ongoing ethnic war in Sri Lanka.
The protestors appealed to both the Indian and Sri ...
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
Chennai, Apr 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi today called Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, who is on an indefinite fast over Sri Lankan issue.
Dr. Singh assured Karunanidhi that his government is in touch with Colombo.
Sonia Gandhi also called the ...
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