| Saturday 30 May 2009 |
|
Watch webcast
of HRC Special Session on Sri Lanka |
| You can now watch the webcast of the UN
Human Rights Council’s Special Session on
Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 29 May 2009 |
|
Another medical team from India for IDPs |
| A medical team of 27 doctors including a
surgeon and a pediatrician and paramedics
were sent to Sri Lanka by India for the
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in
North, The Hindu reported today (29).
[Full Story] |
|
|
President congratulates Nepalese Prime
Minister |
| The new appointment of Prime Minister
Madhav Kumar Nepal takes place at an
important juncture for Nepal.
[Full Story] |
|
US and world must help Sri Lanka re-settle IDPs
- US Congressman |
| The standards at the IDP
camps where Internally Displaced are
accommodated are much higher contrary to
what had been reported in the US, and the
international community should cooperate
with the government in reconstruction
efforts by increasing aid.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 28 May 2009 |
Conditions of the IDP centres are good and
impressive
- US Congress delegates |
| The US Congress delegation say they saw
that the standards of the relief villages
where the Internally Displaced are
accommodated are good and impressive, and of
a much higher standard than described by
some media.
[Full Story] |
|
|
We preserve right to decide modalities of
relief – Sri Lanka at UNHRC |
| “We are receptive to international
cooperation and assistance, however, as the
affected State we have to preserve our right
to decide the modalities and mechanism by
which we would address these issues. They
must be home-grown.
[Full Story] |
|
|
More funds to develop the East |
| Sri Lankan government has allocated
Rs.1270 million to develop the Eastern
province under "Naganahira Nawodaya"
project.
[Full Story] |
|
Never seen so much horror as in last few
days under LTTE
- Tamil public servant |
| “Since we were ordered by the LTTE to shift
out of Kilinochchi in November deeper into
the Tiger-held territory in Vanni, I have
lost count of the number of times I was
displaced.
[Full Story] |
|
UNHRC Special Session
Sri Lanka carries it with big majority |
| The Sri Lankan resolution that opposed
foreign interference in the internal affairs
of a country, which was expanded from 17 to
29 paragraphs to make it a consensual
resolution, was adopted with a clear
majority of members of the UN Human Rights
Council in Geneva last night (27).
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 27 May 2009 |
|
Russian President assures continued support
to Sri Lanka |
| Russia will continue to assist Sri Lanka
for the restoration of peace and
reconstruction of the country, said the
President of the Russian Federation Dmitriy
Medvedev, in a telephone conversation with
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, today.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 26 May 2009 |
|
Deep cracks in LTTE abroad |
| Strong divisions have emerged among
Tamils resident abroad on the future of the
LTTE and claims to its leadership.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Double standards on Sri Lanka by West -
Indonesia |
| Indonesia accused Western countries of
applying double standards for their rights
violation probe into Sri Lanka's final
offensive against the Tamil rebels,
comparing to the situation in Sri Lanka to
that in Palestine and Afghanistan, according
to local media on Tuesday, said Xinhua,
China, today, May 26.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Japan Extends Additional US$ 1.4 million to
North |
| Japan has decided to extend additional
grant aid totaling US$ 1.4 million
(approximately Rs.160 million) for
humanitarian de-mining activities in Jaffna,
Killinochchi and Vavuniya through DDG
(Danish De-mining Group) and the HALO Trust.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Democracy gets opening in Jaffna & Vavuniya |
| The Government has taken steps to hold
Local Government elections for the Jaffna
Municipal Council and the Vavuniya Urban
Council, in a bid to restore the democratic
rights of the people in the North.
Nominations for the election will be
announced on June 4.
[Full Story] |
|
|
India on alert for LTTE cadres |
| There is a possibility of LTTE terrorists
entering India through the sea and the Tamil
Nadu government has been sensitized about
it, said Home Minister P Chidambaram.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Vietnam donates US$30,000 for IDPs |
| Vietnam welcomes the
recent victory of the Government and people
of Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 25 May 2009 |
|
Ambassador Dayan firms Afro-Asian support
for Sri Lanka in Geneva |
| An address by Sri Lanka’s Permanent
Representative to the United Nations,
Geneva, Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka where he
criticized the sponsors of the Special
Session on the humanitarian situation in Sri
Lanka as “Western Colonizers” who refused to
consult with the Asian bloc, brought strong
support from Asian, African and Middle
Eastern countries for Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka - Australia agreed on combating
Transnational Crime |
| A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between the Sri Lanka Police and the
Australian Federal Police (AFP) on combating
Transnational Crime including Terrorist
Offences and Developing Police Co-operation
was signed recently in Colombo.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Govt. invites Sri Lankan’s abroad and
Migrant Working Community to invest in SL |
| The government invites Sri Lankan’s
resident abroad and the Migrant Working
Community to invest in the most secure and
high yielding Treasury Bills and Treasury
Bonds in the Sri Lanka while contributing to
the development of the nation.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Eelam Tamils warn India and IC |
| With the military defeat of the
separatists LTTE in Sri Lanka and the death
of its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran
accepted a pro- LTTE Tamils abroad who label
themselves as Eezham Tamil community have
warned India and the International Community
that they invite trouble if they do not
support the political war to Tamil
separatists.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Emulate Security Forces to rebuild nation –
Secretary
to President tells Public Servants |
| All public servants should dedicate
themselves towards rebuilding the Nation
considering themselves as true patriots… as
people who loved the country they should
work hard in a dedicated manner to assist
the national rebuilding effort.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Sunday 24 May 2009 |
|
Govt. & UN agree on post-conflict challenges
in Sri Lanka |
| The Government of Sri Lanka and the United
Nations are agreed that in the new
post-conflict situation, Sri Lanka faces
many immediate and long-term challenges
relating to issues of relief,
rehabilitation, resettlement and
reconciliation.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Saturday 23 May 2009 |
|
President honoured with highest honour in
land |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa was conferred
Visvakeerthi Tri Sinhaladheesvara, honour by
the Chief Incumbents of the Malwatte and
Asgiri Chapters, the highest title that one
born in the motherland could have, expect
for the leadership in the battle to defeat
terrorism.
[Full Story] |
|
IDPs: Govt. already acting on agreed areas
of priority
– President to Ban Ki-moon |
| The Government is already giving the highest
priority to the issues raised by the UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with regard to
the massive influx of Internally Displaced
Persons held hostage by the LTTE, and
matters that have arisen following the
defeat of LTTE terrorism, said President
Mahinda Rajapaksa at their meeting at
President’s House, in Kandy today.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 22 May 2009 |
|
The world now sees the path we took against
terror was correct – President |
| Many are the obstacles
placed in our way in this struggle. It was
no walk on a bed of roses.
[Full Story] |
|
More opportunities now for better Indo-Sri
Lanka ties
– President to Indian Prime
Minister |
| Sri Lanka's recovery
from the destruction wrought by terrorism
will, I am confident, open up even more
avenues for our two countries to further
deepen and strengthen their bilateral
cooperation.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Italian Bishops donate Euro One Million for
war victims |
| Italian Bishops’ Conference donates One
Million Euros for the war victims in Sri
Lanka, which has been made through the
intervention of Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith
now serving in the Vatican.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President wisely ignored international calls
for ceasefire -
Wall Street
Journal |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa wisely ignored
international calls for a ceasefire as he
got closer to victory, including threats
from the Obama Administration to block $1.9
billion in International Monetary Fund aid
money, states the Wall Street Journal
commenting on the defeat of terrorism in Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 21 May 2009 |
|
Let us be magnanimous in victory – President |
| "At a time when we seek
to embrace all of our people as members of a
single nation, the celebration of this
victory, as deep as it is felt, should be
expressed with magnanimity and friendship
towards all," ...
[Full Story] |
|
|
What International Community? |
| For the past several months Sri Lanka has
been the focus of attack by the
“International Community” as it exercised
its sovereign right to eradicate terrorism
from its soil.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Flow of praise for defeat of terrorism |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Sri
Lanka government continue to receive praise
and good wishes from many countries and
national leaders for the successful defeat
of terrorism in the country.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka and India focus on relief for IDPs |
| Sri Lanka and India are agreed that with the
end of military operations in Sri Lanka, the
time was opportune to focus attention on
issues of relief, rehabilitation,
resettlement and re-conciliation including a
permanent political solution in Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
India assures maximum assistance for IDP
relief |
| India has expressed readiness to give
maximum assistance to Sri Lanka’s programmes
to provide relief and early resettlement of
the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) due
to terrorism of the LTTE.
[Full Story] |
|
|
HRC session on Sri Lanka ill-timed and
unwarranted – Human Rights Minister |
| The convening of a special session of the
United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to
discuss ‘The human rights situation in Sri
Lanka” is ill-timed and unwarranted is the
view of the Sri Lanka Government.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 19 May 2009 |
|
Japan offers help for peace building |
| Japan is among the first countries to
welcome the defeat of the separatists Tamil
Tigers and the end of hostilities in Sri
Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Prabhakaran's body found - Army Chief |
| Commander of Sri Lanka Army General Sarath
Fonseka confirmed earlier today, May 19,
that the body of V. Prabhakaran,
psychopathic leader of world's most ruthless
terrorist outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) has been found.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Second attack on Sri Lankan Embassy in
Netherlands |
| The LTTE international terror network struck
again on the Sri Lanka Embassy in the Dutch
capital in the early hours, May 16. It was
the second such attack on the Sri Lanka
Embassy in the Dutch capital, The Hague
within a week.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE mob attack on World Health Assembly,
Geneva |
| Pro-LTTE mob entered the UN compound through
the main gates despite security resistance,
while Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, the
newly elected President of the WHA (World
Health Assembly), ...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Terrorism defeated: writ of Parliament now
throughout Sri Lanka – President |
| The Motherland has been
completely freed from the clutches of
separatist terrorism. From now on it is only
the laws enacted by this sovereign
Parliament that will be in force in every
inch of Sri Lanka, ...
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 18 May 2009 |
|
Forces end task of liberation |
| “On the morning of today- May 18 we have
carried out fully the task entrusted to us
by His Excellency the President of
liberating Sri Lanka from the terrorism of
the LTTE.”
[Full Story] |
|
|
Prabhakaran believed killed in bid to flee
troops |
| Defense sources say that the bodies of LTTE
leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and the
Intelligence Wing Leader Pottu Amman are
among those killed while trying to flee the
advancing troops.
[Full Story] |
|
|
President to address Parliament tomorrow |
| The President will address Parliament at the
ceremonial opening of its next session at
9.30 am on Tuesday (19), when he is expected
to make an important announcement on the
defeat of the LTTE, ...
[Full Story] |
|
|
Bodies of Charles Anthony and three top LTTE
leaders found |
| Sri Lanka Army special forces troops have
found a body suspected to be of Charles
Anthony and another three bodies of key LTTE
leaders identified as Nadeshan, Pulidevan
and Ramesh, during the mop up operations in
the last LTTE foothold, Karayamullavaikkal
area this morning, May 18.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Sunday 17 May 2009 |
|
President returns |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa went down on
his kneews and worshipped the Motherland on
his return to Sri Lanka at the Bandaranaike
International Airport this morning (May 17).
[Full Story] |
| |
| Saturday 16 May 2009 |
"I return to my country freed of LTTE
barbarism"
- President at G-11 Summit |
| “I will be going back to my country Sri
Lanka that has been totally freed from the
barbaric acts of terrorism of the LTTE. This
freedom comes after 30 long years”.
[Full Story] |
|
|
When the camera lies for terror |
| In the past few days the international
media has been full of alleged pictorial
evidence, mainly through video footage, of
what they claim to be scenes of the "massive
humanitarian crisis" said to be occurring in
the north of Sri Lanka, where the LTTE is
holding thousands of Tamil civilians
hostage.
[Full Story] |
|
Coastline free of terror
More civilians flee to freedom |
| Troops of the Sri Lankan Army’s 58 and 59
Divisions have linked on the coast of the No
Fire Zone in the North of Sri Lanka, freeing
the last coastal stretch from the LTTE.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Friday 15 May 2009 |
Humanitarian
mission forges ahead
Troops rescue over 3700 civilians : more
coming |
| In its continuing humanitarian operation in
the North of Sri Lanka, Army troops rescued
more than 3700 civilians held hostage by the
LTTE as at last evening, May 14.
[Full Story] |
|
Rescue all Tamil civilians near at hand
-
President Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| The freedom of the Tamil civilians held
hostage by the LTTE is near at hand and the
rescue of all civilians in the small patch
of land held by the LTTE will be done in 48
hours.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 14 May 2009 |
|
President warmly received at the Queen Alia
International Airport-Jordan |
| His Excellency President Mahinda
Rajapaksa was received by the Minister of
Industry and Trade of Jordan, AmerHadidi at
the Royal Pavilion of Queen Alia
International Airport today (14).
[Full Story] |
|
|
US gives further $6 million to IDPs |
| The U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), through the Office of
U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), has
donated $6 million (Rs.720.5 million) for
non-food aid assistance to provide
short-term, life-saving interventions for
IDPs in the North.
[Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE's shocking use of banned weaponry |
| LTTE terrorists are preparing the worst
slaughter of civilians ever witnessed by the
civilized world in modern times with the
systematic use of hostages as a weapon of
mass destruction, said defence observers
commenting on the unfolding human tragedy at
Mullivaikkal.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Troops ready for final operation |
| Sri Lankan troops who pushed 800 meters
deeper into the New Safety Zone, Wednesday,
May 13, are now set to launch a major
operation to rescue civilians held hostage
by the LTTE. [Full Story] |
|
|
LTTE forcing residents to be human shield -
Asahi Shimbun |
| Facing certain defeat, the LTTE has chosen
the desperate course of forcing local
residents to effectively act as human
shields, says Asahi Shimbun in its editorial
today(14).
[Full Story] |
|
|
Presidential Task Force on Northern
Development |
| A 19-member Presidential Task Force was
appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa for
Resettlement, Development and Security in
the Northern Province. [Full Story] |
|
|
Troops rescue 1300 more civilians today |
| Troops of the
Sri Lanka Army
now sweeping
around the new
Civilians Safety
Zone were able
to rescue nearly
1300 civilians
held by the LTTE
shortly after
noon today, May
14.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Security Council members agree Sri Lanka’s
right to combat terrorism |
| Members of the United Nations Security
Council, have strongly condemned the LTTE
for its acts of terrorism over many years,
and for its continued use of civilians as
human shields and acknowledged the
legitimate right of the Government of Sri
Lanka to combat terrorism. [Full Story] |
|
|
President Rajapaksa at G-11 Summit in Jordan |
| Sri Lanka will be represented by
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in
the Lower and Middle-Income Countries (G11)
Summit to open in Jordan today, May 14. [Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 13 May 2009 |
|
Czech Minister appreciates Government’s
improvement of security |
| The Czech Deputy Foreign Minister, Madam
Bambasova congratulated the Government on
the improvement of security in Colombo,
since 4 years her last visit to Sri Lanka.
She said so at a meeting held at the Foreign
Ministry yesterday, May 12.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Pro-LTTE attack on Sri Lanka embassy,
Netherlands |
| A pro-LTTE group, supportive of the LTTE’s
international terror campaign, attacked the
Sri Lanka Embassy in The Hague, the capital
of the Netherlands 11th May, at around
10.30.p.m. [Full Story] |
|
|
Speaker and MPs condemn pro-LTTE hijackers
of Parliament Square, London |
| British Members of Parliament on both
sides of the aisle in the House of Commons
have joined in condemning the pro-LTTE Tamil
demonstrators who many agree have hijacked
Parliament Square and are obstructing free
access by MPs to Parliament. [Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 12 May 2009 |
“Terrorist group is part of Toronto
demonstrations”
- Conservative government |
| The presence of pro-LTTE groups dominating
demonstrations in Toronto, Canada is giving
an impression that all Tamil demonstrators
are supportive of a terrorist group, say
several political and government leaders of
Canada. [Full Story] |
|
|
“Hospital hit” another fabrication -
Military |
| Sri Lankan military sources describe as yet
another fabrication the news item
prominently carried on some international
media that a hospital has been shelled
inside the conflict zone, killing at least
45 persons, according to LTTE and alleged
hospital sources. [Full Story] |
|
|
Hands off Sri Lanka - Palestinians |
| "Hand off Sri Lanka" say the Palestinians in
unison angered and dismayed by the sinister
manipulations and arm-bending tactics of
some self-centered politicians of the West
against Sri Lanka, one of the friendliest
nations of Palestine. [Full Story] |
|
|
UN Security Council refuses to discuss Sri
Lanka |
| New York, May 12 - Top diplomats from
Britain and France were rebuffed Monday when
some UN Security Council members refused
their request to discuss the fighting in Sri
Lanka, which conflicting media reports said
more than 400 people were killed during the
past weekend. [Full Story] |
|
|
Catholics pledge support to government |
| A delegation from Caritas, Sri Lanka-Sedec
led by the Most Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis,
Archbishop of Colombo, pledged their
complete support to the government in
providing relief to the IDPs who have left
LTTE held territory and come to government
areas in the Vanni. [Full Story] |
|
|
The great “bloodbath” lies: manipulation by
media and pro-LTTE pressure groups |
| The Government of Sri Lanka categorically
denies reports attributable to sources
aligned with or under duress from the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as
to supposed civilian casualties in the
no-fire zone in north-eastern Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
UN spokesman on mat for adverse remarks |
| The UN Spokesman in Sri Lanka, Gordon Weiss,
is to be summoned to the Foreign Ministry
for questioning over his comments to the
international media that there was a
bloodbath in the No Fire Zone.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 11 May 2009 |
“LTTE are terrorists”
- British MP Malcolm
Bruce |
| The Tamil Tigers have
assassinated many many Tamils including
those in and out of government and the
opposition parties, ... [Full Story] |
|
Pro-LTTE demonstration endangering children
- Toronto |
| Pro LTTE demonstrators in Toronto, Canada
have endangered the lives of children by
putting them on the front line of a protest.
They have closed down the important Gardiner
Expressway in downtown, Toronto. [Full Story] |
|
|
Another 1000 civilians break out of
captivity |
| Defense sources have reported in that
over 1000 civilians broke out of the
conflict zone at the Mullaitivu end over 24
hours, ending noon, May 11. The LTTE
sentries, initially overwhelmed, recovered
and opened fire on the fleeing civilians.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Thursday 07 May 2009 |
|
Pro-LTTE attack on Chinese Embassy, London |
| Chinese Embassy in Central London came
under attack by LTTE supporters this morning
(May 7). [Full Story] |
|
|
Teachings of the Buddha given utmost
place in our governance system - President |
| The doctrine of Lord
Buddha demonstrates the correct path to
life. [Full Story] |
|
Friendly countries must keep pressure on
LTTE to surrender and release hostages
-
President to DPLs |
| As members of the international
community, friends of Sri Lanka need to
bring pressure to bear on the LTTE to lay
down arms and surrender.
[Full Story] |
|
|
The Tamil Tigers have reaped what they have
sown – Jonathan Kay, Canada |
| Much as many
Tamil-Canadians claim that the Sri Lankan
government is engineering a “genocide,” the
greatest threat to the country’s Tamils has
been their professed protectors, states
Jonathan Kay, ... [Full Story] |
|
|
Three Canadians convicted for LTTE support |
| The trial of three Canadians accused of
traveling to New York in 2006 to buy
anti-aircraft missiles and assault rifles
for the LTTE ended on Tuesday, the Canadian
Media reported.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Wednesday 06 May 2009 |
|
Aid appeal for IDPs |
| The United Nations and the Government
yesterday (05) announced the launch of a $50
million appeal to meet the urgent
humanitarian needs of the rising number of
civilians fleeing the LTTE grip, states in a
statements issued May 05 by the U.N.
Headquarters, New York. [Full Story] |
|
|
President invites Ban Ki-moon |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited
the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Sri
Lanka to see for himself the situation
regarding the action for the accommodation
and treatment of Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) who have recently come to
government controlled areas in such large
numbers, and plans for their resettlement.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Tuesday 05 May 2009 |
Be cautious of LTTE’s false information
-
President tells British delegation |
| It is necessary to be cautious of the
false information spread by pro- LTTE groups
and sections of the media and to know that
the LTTE used donations made so far for their
military needs, said President Mahinda
Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today. [Full Story] |
|
|
Ceasefires don’t work with LTTE - Foreign
Minister to Canada |
| The LTTE had used the
pause in military operations to strengthen
its fortifications in the Civilian Safety
Zone and actively prevented civilians from
leaving. [Full Story] |
|
|
“Attack on Army convoy is a dangerous
trend”-Chidambaram |
| Indian Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram
on Monday said the attack on an Army convoy
in Coimbatore by a group was a “dangerous
trend” that needed to be viewed seriously.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Monday 04 May 2009 |
Tamil Nadu: Playing politics with Tamil
lives in Sri Lanka
"ManoramaOnline"
|
| Sri Lanka's beleaguered
Tamil community deserved better from Tamil
Nadu.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Accept responsibilities of
election - President to WPC members |
| The repeated victories in elections show
that the people endorse the path taken by
our government and that they believe the
country is going in proper direction.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Japan to donate $4 mn for IDPs |
| The Government of Japan decided to extend
emergency grant aid of up to 4 million
dollars (412 million yen) as assistance for
internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the
North of Sri Lanka.
[Full Story] |
|
|
Sri Lanka ready to reach full economic
potential – EU Envoy |
| "Sri Lanka is ready to
re-brand itself and to take off at this
time, to reach its full economic potential”,
said Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, ...
[Full Story] |
|
|
More arrests in pro-LTTE attack on Indian
Army convoy |
| At least 20 persons have now been arrested
in connection with the attack on an Indian
Army convoy in South India, by pro-LTTE
groups, reports from, Coimbatore state.
[Full Story] |
| |
| Sunday 03 May 2009 |
LTTE should allow IDPs to leave – Akashi
“Heartwarming
that Sinhalese are collecting aid for
northern IDPs” |
| We hope that even now the LTTE will change
its attitude and let the IDPs in areas it
still holds move to other areas, as several
thousands of others had already done, ...
[Full Story] |
| |
| Saturday 02 May 2009 |
Foreign funded weapons killing Tamils
seeking freedom from LTTE
- President |
| “It is with weapons obtained by funds
provided by Tamil people abroad to the LTTE
that the Tamil civilians fleeing for freedom
were attacked.
[Full Story] |
|
“Commitment to free my people remain”
–
President to Akashi |
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa told the
visiting Special Envoy from Japan, Yasushi
Akashi, that he was firm in his own
commitment and that of his government to
free the Sri Lankan Tamil citizens who
remained being held as hostages by the LTTE.
[Full Story] |
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