ethnic conflict
December 2nd, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
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Karachi, Dec.2 (ANI): An editorial in the Daily Times has said that the ethnic trouble in Karachi and the recent terror strikes in Mumbai are as different as chalk and cheese, ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday underlined India's need to bring the two warring sides in Sri Lanka to the negotiation table.And an eventual negotiated settlement of ...
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November 9th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 9 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger rebels, facing a fierce military thrust in the borders of their 'administrative capital' of Kilinochchi in the north, have reiterated their consent for a cessation ...
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October 28th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Tamils are getting isolated from the Sri Lankan state because the war against the Tamil Tigers is becoming “an ideological crusade” against minorities, a reputed Sri Lankan ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 26 (ANI): A high-level talks between India and Sri Lanka to resolve the issue of ethnic Tamils in the island nation will be held here today.
The meeting will ...
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October 25th, 2008 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 25 (IANS) A group of Tamil MPs from Sri Lanka sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers Saturday sought sustained Indian diplomatic pressure to force Colombo to start talking to the guerrillas ...
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October 23rd, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 23 (IANS) MDMK leader Vaiko was arrested here Thursday on sedition charges for his vocal support for the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and a court sent him ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka today promised to address the decades-old ethnic conflict in the island nation through a political settlement but only after finishing terrorists.
President Mahinda Rajapaksas ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): The Union government has said that it has asked Colombo to ensure that the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka do not get enmeshed in the ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) India is concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka and believes there is no military solution to the raging ethnic conflict in the island country, the parliament ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 30 (ANI): If you believe that economic globalization and liberalization are to blame for a sharp rise in interethnic violence across the world, better think again, for a new ...
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September 21st, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 21 (ANI): A team of UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) geographers has uncovered fresh evidence from satellite imagery that last year''s U.S. troop surge in Iraq may not ...
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September 21st, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 21 (ANI): A team of UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) geographers has uncovered fresh evidence from satellite imagery that last year''s U.S. troop surge in Iraq may not ...
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September 20th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 20 (ANI): A team of UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) geographers has uncovered fresh evidence from satellite imagery that last year''s U.S. troop surge in Iraq may not ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 10 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa here Wednesday and assured his country's "continued support" for Sri Lanka's sovereignty, territorial integrity and efforts to ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 14 (IANS) Sri Lankan jets Thursday bombed four suspected Tamil Tiger targets in rebel-held Mullaitivu district where troops are locked in heavy fighting, military officials here said. The jets bombed ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
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By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The spearhead of Sri Lanka's war against the Tamil Tigers Wednesday made light of India's criticism that Tamils were not with Colombo, saying the ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 12 (IANS) Fresh clashes between advancing Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas have left at least 26 rebels and six soldiers dead and 47 wounded on both sides, military ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Brussels, Aug 11 (DPA) Russia's ambassador to NATO asked Monday to meet the alliance's top officials over the crisis in Georgia and rejected any criticism of his country's actions, drawing parallels with ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 1 (IANS) India is sympathetic to Sri Lanka’s Tamil community on humanitarian grounds, a Tamil politician quoted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as saying Friday. D. Sitharthan of the People’s Liberation ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
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On Board PM’s Special Flight, Aug 1 (IANS) India favours “maximum devolution” for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka and feels that Colombo is slowly moving towards a federal power structure, a ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
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By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian fishermen under attack from Sri Lanka's navy admit they frequently fish in the island nation's waters, but argue that they have no other ...
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July 25th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A Sri Lankan activists body Friday called for a political solution to the dragging ethnic conflict that has claimed around 70,000 lives since 1983. The Sri Lanka ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 9:24 am ICT by IANS
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By Michael Logan
Nairobi/Khartoum, July 16 (DPA) The official levelling of war crimes charges against Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir has been welcomed in many quarters, but fears remain that the decision ...
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July 15th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, July 15 (IANS) British Foreign Office Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, Lord Malloch Brown, arrived in Colombo Tuesday on a three-day official visit during which he is ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Sri Lanka's inability to resolve the ethnic conflict poses dangers, a rights group has said, adding that Tamils firmly believe in the "justice of the liberation struggle" ...
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June 26th, 2008 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) India has told Sri Lanka that it needs to do more on power sharing to end its dragging ethnic conflict, a senior official said Thursday. The official ...
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June 26th, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, June 26 (IANS) Refuting allegations in sections of the political and media circles, Sri Lanka has said there was no request from India to stop the military campaign against ...
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June 25th, 2008 - 1:59 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, June 24 (DPA) The chief UN mediator in negotiations to end the ethnic conflict in Sudan's Darfur region said Tuesday neither the Sudanese government nor the rebel groups trust the ...
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June 23rd, 2008 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
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By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) India is pushing hard for a broader devolution process in Sri Lanka as it grapples with the strategic and diplomatic challenges arising out of ...
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