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The Good News And The Bad News
The Good News And The Bad News By Kath Noble -November 7, 2012 Kath Noble The good news is that there is nothing illegal about impeaching the Chief Justice. If one third of MPs sign a petition...
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U.S. Ambassador Opens Two Schools in Batticaloa
U.S. Ambassador Opens Two Schools in Batticaloa ReliefWeb Embassy of the United States of America Colombo PRESS RELEASE Public Affairs Section Tel: +94 (1) 249-8100 ● Fax: +94 (1) 244-9070 Email:...
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Intervention by Canada at Sri Lanka’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR 14,...
Intervention by Canada at Sri Lanka’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR 14, November 1, 2012) In 2008, Sri Lanka agreed to investigate and prosecute all allegations of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary...
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Nauru a ‘breach’ of rights
Nauru a ‘breach’ of rights Human rights commissioner Gillian Triggs. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones THE indefinite detention of asylum seekers on Nauru is ”an egregious breach of international human...
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Sri Lanka must be investigated for crime of genocide: London conference
Sri Lanka must be investigated for crime of genocide: London conference [TamilNet, Wednesday, 07 November 2012, 18:09 GMT] The global conference organized by British Tamils’ Forum (BTF) and All Party...
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Lanka rejects 98 recommendations at UPR
Lanka rejects 98 recommendations at UPR Wednesday, November 07, 2012 Sri Lanka has rejected 98 recommendations submitted by countries at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, the troika...
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TESO decision handed over to Navanethem Pillay
TESO decision handed over to Navanethem Pillay UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay had said that she would head a team to Sri Lanka in January next year to look into the alleged...
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Ofcom rejects complaints against Channel 4 documentary on Sri Lanka
Ofcom rejects complaints against Channel 4 documentary on Sri Lanka The British broadcasting regulator Ofcom has cleared Channel 4’s documentary “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished”...
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Post-war Sri Lanka’s media landscape: In conversation with Frederica Jansz
Post-war Sri Lanka’s media landscape: In conversation with Frederica Jansz Groundviews 6 Nov, 20122 Before she was forced to flee Sri Lanka, before the Sunday Leader started to edit submissions by...
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London hoisted the world Tamil conference
London hoisted the world Tamil conference [ Wednesday, 07 November 2012, 04:07.00 PM GMT +05:30 ] Three day International conference on urging to hold independent investigations on Lankan genocide...
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Sri Lankan discord on ethnic integration continues
Sri Lankan discord on ethnic integration continues Last Updated : Wednesday, November 07, 2012 12:49 AM Tariq A. Al-Maeena SRI Lanka fought Tamil separatists for nearly three decades. The civil war...
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President annoyed by a land advertisement
President annoyed by a land advertisement Wednesday, 07 November 2012 President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been annoyed by an advertisement on the sale of a land called Blue Mountain that is being telecast...
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As US Trashes “Evil 8” on Human Rights, Nothing on Sri Lanka, Bahrain, S. Sudan
As US Trashes “Evil 8″ on Human Rights, Nothing on Sri Lanka, Bahrain, S. Sudan By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, November 6 — It was US election day when the US Mission to the UN got its chance...
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Supreme Court Declares Two Other Bills Unconstitutional
Supreme Court Declares Two Other Bills Unconstitutional By Colombo Telegraph -November 7, 2012 Justices Shiranee Tilakawardane The Supreme Court has declared two clauses of the Appropriation Bill...
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Lankan government fails to solve ethnic problems: Group for peace and...
Lankan government fails to solve ethnic problems: Group for peace and reconciliation [ Wednesday, 07 November 2012, 01:41.19 PM GMT Group for peace and reconciliation informed multi religious...
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Will SLMC And Left Parties Give The 2/3 Majority Needed?
Will SLMC And Left Parties Give The 2/3 Majority Needed? By Colombo Telegraph -November 8, 2012 An interesting constitutional issue has arisen consequent to the determination of the Supreme Court in...
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Impeachment motion-a damp squib.! charges stink like bowel discharges – MaRa...
Impeachment motion-a damp squib.! charges stink like bowel discharges – MaRa in a fit of rage and insanity (Lanka-e-News -08.Nov.2012, 4.30PM) Because of reports that the impeachment motion is...
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BASL Has Failed To Act Positively
BASL Has Failed To Act Positively By Lal Wijenayaka -November 8, 2012 | Lal Wijenayaka The series of events which are naked attacks on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in the...
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JUSTICE MUST BE SEEN TO BE DONE
JUSTICE MUST BE SEEN TO BE DONE Media Release JUSTICE MUST BE SEEN TO BE DONE Created on 08 November 2012 The Government has tabled a motion in Parliament to impeach the Chief Justice Shirani...
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Ruling Coalition Partner Communist Party Says They Are Not For Impeachment Of CJ
Ruling Coalition Partner Communist Party Says They Are Not For Impeachment Of CJ By Colombo Telegraph -November 7, 2012 “The Communist Party of Sri Lanka dissociates itself from the initiation of the...
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