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Raja Rajaratnam, Billionaire Hedge Fund Founder, Sued For Allegedly Funding Tamil Tigers

Reuters | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accused billionaire Raja Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, and his family's foundation were sued in a U.S. court on ...

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"We Don't Want Development, We Want Our Rights!"

Nimmi Gowrinathan | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

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Nimmi Gowrinathan

The message shouted from an elder woman was clear as she harassed a worker attempting to install latrines that would signal a longer, more permanent, residence in unlivable Sri Lankan internment camps.

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Why Refugees Need to Make a Living

Dale Buscher | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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Dale Buscher

It is time to implement interventions that are tailored to the local context, that build on the refugees' existing skills, and that match local market demand.

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Selvarasa Pathmanathan, Tamil Tigers New Leader, Arrested By Sri Lanka

AP | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka says that a wanted arms smuggler who recently took over as the new leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has ...

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A Tamil Tragedy

James Ross | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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James Ross

Holding several hundred thousand civilians under lock and key, the government is keeping the survivors of the fighting from telling their stories to the media and human rights groups.

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The Saga of Colonel Karuna

Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

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Anuradha K. Herath

Humanitarian organizations criticized the Sri Lankan government for collaborating with Karuna, a former rebel alleged to have committed war crimes.

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Tamil Tigers To Regroup As Political Body

Al Jazeera English | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

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The few surviving leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have announced that they are transforming the former Sri Lankan rebel movemen...

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Bob Rae: Canadian Politician, Critic Booted From Sri Lanka

GroundReport | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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From GroundReport.com, the world's most trusted citizen journalism network. By Emanthi Marambe Sri Lankan authorities today detained and expelled Ca...

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Securing Peace and Human Rights in Sri Lanka

Balakrishnan Rajagopal | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal

The Tamil people need to see concrete improvement in their livelihood and economic security swiftly, in order to begin to trust the Sri Lankan government's intentions.

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Sri Lanka: The Last Battle

Eric Margolis | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

Standard wisdom has it that conventional armies can't win guerilla wars. But last week's defeat of the Tamil Tigers shows there are important exceptions to this general rule.

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Tamil Tiger Leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran Survival Conspiracy Theories Emerging

The Independent | Jerome Taylor | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

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Pictures like this will certainly add to the ongoing rumour mill that LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran is still alive. I've been speaking to ...

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Tamils Skeptical Of Conflict's End, Sri Lankan Acceptance

New York Times | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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Sri Lankans were given the day off Wednesday as the government declared a national day to celebrate its victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels....

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Jet Black Hair: A Fashion Statement for Your Local Despot.

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

Watching the television as the 25 year war in Sri Lanka was announced as having finally reached its dénouement, I was struck again by one of the truly great horrors of life in Asia. The very bad male jet black hair dye job.

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Tamil Tiger Leaders Were Shot 'While Trying To Surrender': Rebels Claim

Telegraph | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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A pair of Tamil Tiger leaders were shot dead as they tried to surrender following desperate last-minute negotiations to guarantee their safety, it was...

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Sri Lankan Military Fights To Surround Reeling Tamil Tigers

AP | BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's military said it took control of the island's entire coastline Saturday and cut off any sea escape for Tamil Ti...

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Sri Lankan Civilians Now Able To Flee Safely, Government Says

New York Times | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

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At least 1,500 civilians who had been trapped in Sri Lanka's shrinking war zone managed to flee on Thursday, the country's military said, as its force...

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Sri Lanka Shelling: Doctors Flee From Last Hospital

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians waded across a vast lagoon under a hail of rebel gunfire Thursday, breaking out of Sri Lanka's war z...

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Obama Asks Tamil Tigers To Surrender, Sri Lanka To Mind Civilians

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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President Obama, speaking this afternoon, made a direct statement to both the Tamil Tigers as well as the Sri Lankan government regarding the enduring...

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Sri Lanka Hospital Attack Kills Over 50 Civilians

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Artillery shells tore through a hospital packed with wounded civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for a second day Wednesday, ...

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Sri Lanka: West Appalled by Bloodbath but Action is Scarce

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Evelyn Leopold

While U.N. officials have regularly expressed concern at events in Sri Lanka, the bloody war is not high on most nations' agenda.

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Sri Lanka Safe Zone Attack: '1,000 Civilians Killed'

Guardian | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Doctor reports hundreds of bodies being brought to hospital as UN says feared bloodbath has now become reality...

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Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers Civilian Treatment Sparks Concern (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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As the civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebel group rages on -- with the army refusing the Tigers' proposed ceasefire...

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An Urgent Need for UN Action on Sri Lanka

Steve Crawshaw | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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Steve Crawshaw

There is still time to act, to prevent yet more senseless deaths. But every day and every hour count.

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Tamil Tigers Recruit Child Soldiers As Young As 11

Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows how to handle a Kalashnikov and ...

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Tigers End Game In Sri Lanka

James Ross | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

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James Ross

One might think that no one would shed a tear for the insurgents, but support for the Tamil Tiger cause remains strong for many Tamils in Sri Lanka and among the large Tamil diaspora.

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