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  • Asylum plan dealt another blow 10 Nov 2009 00:30 GMT
    ... deal allowing the rapid resettlement of the Sri Lankans in exchange for them leaving the Oceanic ... they are briefed by officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. A spokesman for ...

  • Can Scrap Paper Save Haiti's Remaining Forests? 10 Nov 2009 01:30 GMT
    ... And even today, a dozen or so Sri Lankan troops garrisoned here nervously stand watch behind ... comparable to pay for government workers. The United Nations has been helping neighborhood leaders organize and ...

  • Sri Lanka: Meeting the Western challenge 9 Nov 2009 19:30 GMT
    ... Although the war in Sri Lanka is now over, the battle for Sri Lanka’s future has only just begun. Notorious pro-LTTE lawyer Bruce Fein once told a conference by Max Foundation in Tamil ...

  • Sri Lanka issued a commemorative stamp to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations with Cuba 9 Nov 2009 22:10 GMT
    ... » Sri Lanka issued a commemorative stamp to celebrate 50 ... by joining the international condemnation at the United Nations. The Foreign Minister stated that Sri Lanka ...

  • Sri Lanka to Boost Investment in Tamil Provinces Devastated by Civil War 9 Nov 2009 13:50 GMT
    ... Sri Lanka Minister of Public Administration & Home Affairs, ... for growth in the North and East." United Nations officials say about 40,000 Tamils have returned ...

  • Sri Lanka to Boost Investment in Tamil Provinces 9 Nov 2009 19:53 GMT
    ... Sri Lanka to Boost Investment in Tamil Provinces Devastated ... for growth in the North and East." United Nations officials say about 40,000 Tamils have returned ...

  • UN still worried about refugees in Sri Lanka 9 Nov 2009 07:51 GMT
    ... Colombo, Nov. 9 -- The UN has said that while the pace of ... returning to their homes has accelerated in Sri Lanka, the condition of the temporary camps in which the ...

  • Sri Lanka: Landmines, unexploded ordnance a barrier to return 9 Nov 2009 16:42 GMT
    ... key obstacle to the return of thousands of conflict-displaced to their homes in northern Sri Lanka, say government and UN officials. The government estimates over 1.5 million landmines and UXO contaminate more than 400sqkm ...

  • Sri Lanka's top general emerges as possible presidential candidate 9 Nov 2009 13:13 GMT
    ... Sri Lanka’s top general emerges as possible presidential candidate By Sarath ... are still being held illegally in squalid military-run detention centres as virtual prisoners of war. ...

  • Smith holds refuge talks with Sri Lankan leaders 9 Nov 2009 13:33 GMT
    ... Stephen Smith has tonight held meetings with Sri Lankan leaders in the hope of stemming the flow ... not consistent with the principles of the UN Convention on Refugees? ELYSHA HICKEY: No I ...

  • UN still worried about refugees in Sr... 9 Nov 2009 08:12 GMT
    ... Colombo, Nov 09: The UN has said that while the pace of ... returning to their homes has accelerated in Sri Lanka, the condition of the temporary camps in which the ...

  • Tamil asylum-seekers reject Australian government demands 9 Nov 2009 13:13 GMT
    ... government is intensifying moves to force 78 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers on board the Australian ... from the internment camps. In September, a United Nations representative was expelled from Sri Lanka after ...

  • Deal possible for Oceanic Viking passengers 9 Nov 2009 00:43 GMT
    ... Federal Government hopes will convince the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking ... boat have previously been considered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and accorded refugee ...

  • US calls for detained Tamils to be released 9 Nov 2009 13:33 GMT
    ... Minister was expected to make to his Sri Lankan counterpart this evening is that Sri Lanka needs ... resettlement of displaced civilians a priority. The UN agrees, saying more needs to be done ...

  • Indonesian patience abundant, but not infinite 9 Nov 2009 15:16 GMT
    ... ''infinite patience'' regarding the stand-off of 78 Sri Lankans on the Oceanic Viking, and says the ... they are briefed by officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. A spokesman for ...


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