South East Asia Terrorist Groups

Sri Lanka vows to free 130,000 refugees

Colombo government bows to international pressure to close internment camps that have held civilians since end of civil war with Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka today bowed to international pressure and announced plans to close the...

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Lanka to free war-displaced Tamils

Sunday, November 22, 2009 VAVUNIYA: Sri Lanka said on Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of the international community. The government...

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Ban hails Sri Lanka camp freedom

New York, Nov 22 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed the Sri Lankan Government's decision to allow greater freedom of movement to people sheltering in makeshift camps in the north of the country. There were...

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Philippines 'could become another Afghanistan for USA'

PHILIPPINE revolutionaries are warning that their country could become another Afghanistan for the USA. As US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton made a two-day visit, the National Democratic Front-Mindanao (NDF-Mindanao)...

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UN chief hails Sri Lanka's decision to release more than half of IDPs

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed Sri Lanka's decision to grant more free movement to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and also hailed the government's move to release...

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Shooting the messenger

Shooting the messenger Aljazeera.net November 20, 2009 Shooting the Messenger – Part 1 Shooting the Messenger – Part 2 Shooting the Messenger – Part 3 Shooting the Messenger – Part 4 Shooting the Messenger, Al Jazeera’s...

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Tamil activists' shock on return to Jaffna

It is difficult and expensive to travel to Jaffna (Photos: Ananda Jayasekara) It has been six months since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, but normality has yet to return to the Tamil cultural heartland of Jaffna,...

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Sri Lanka former child soldiers' college

by Liu Yongqiu, Chen Zhanjie COLOMBO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- There seems no difference between the Colombo Hindu College Ratmalana and any other school, except for the armed police officers guarding the gate. Danika went through...

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Analysis: Local grievances are being sucked into 'global jihad'

Published Date: 21 November 2009 YOU may know al-Qaeda wants to kill you, but does al-Shabaab, the Islamic militia fighting the UN-backed government of Somalia, perceive the West as a direct enemy? And does the Eastern...

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Sri Lanka: Retired SLA major arrested for assisting LTTE in past

A retired Major of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) was arrested last week by the Terrorist Intelligence Division for allegedly assisting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) while in service and after retirement. The suspect is...

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