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Sri Lanka's government sets up committee to investigate claims of media intimidation

iht.com Jun 24, 2008 8 related

Sri Lanka has appointed a ministerial-level committee to investigate allegations that local journalists trying to cover the country's civil war have been threatened and harassed, a senior government official said Tuesday.

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Sri Lanka to investigate claims of threats to media

nwsource.com Jun 24, 2008 6 related

Sri Lanka has appointed a ministerial-level committee to investigate allegations that local journalists trying to cover the country's civil war have been threatened and harassed, a senior government official said Tuesday.

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Diminishing Returns

asiantribune.com Jun 21, 2008 8 related

By M Rama Rao, India Editor, Asian Tribune The civil war in Sri Lanka is becoming bloodier by the day. The casualties are now in the hundreds per encounter as the Sri Lankan armed forces are creeping up to the Liberation Tigers...

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Sri Lankan journalists cite intimidation

iht.com Jun 21, 2008 15 related

With civil war raging in Sri Lanka, the journalists trying to cover the conflict find themselves increasingly under siege. Rights groups blame much of the intimidation on the government, saying that since fighting with the...

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Who can fulfil Prabakaran’s Dream?

asiantribune.com Jun 20, 2008 30 related

By Shenali Waduge Martin Luther King had a dream………it was to see people of all countries, races, and religions living together in harmony. He was assassinated before he could “see” that dream. But he is fondly remembered...

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As Sri Lanka's civil war escalates, so do attacks on its journalists

iht.com Jun 19, 2008 4 related

With civil war raging in Sri Lanka, the journalists trying to cover the conflict find themselves increasingly under siege. Rights groups blame much of the intimidation on the government, saying that since fighting with the...

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NASCAR IRL Pole Winners

iht.com Jun 17, 2008 239 related

Eranga Jayawardena/The Associated Press Bomber kills police officers in Sri Lanka A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up Monday outside a police complex in a town near the front lines of the civil war in Sri Lanka,...

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INTERVIEW-Sri Lanka not ready for peace moves-Tamil Tigers

alertnet.org Jun 10, 2008 94 related

By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, June 10 (Reuters) - Tamil Tigers accused the Sri Lankan government on Tuesday of denying international mediators access to the rebels and said Colombo was not ready for peace talks. In...

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Sri Lanka puts reporters' lives at risk-media body

alertnet.org Jun 6, 2008 8 related

GENEVA, June 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan government statements accusing critical journalists of treachery in the civil war against Tamil Tiger rebels could encourage "extreme violence" against them, an international media body...

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Sri Lanka bus explosion kills 21

rte.ie Jun 6, 2008 337 related

A roadside bomb exploded near a crowded passenger bus in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo killing 21 people and wounding 47. The blast occurred during the morning rush hour in the southern suburb of Moratuwa. The military blamed...

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