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Lankans have made desire for peace, progress and democracy very clear - President
This evening, I stand before you having been pronounced only a few days ago, the 6th Executive President of my country,
GSP cannot be terminated arbitrarily
The Sri Lankan government, in a statement this evening, said that the termination of trade concessions such as GSP+ is not a mere mechanical process that can be done arbitrarily, but one that should be decided upon fully cognizant of its associated political and socio-economic ramifications at the time of doing it.
Mahinda off to Russia tomorrow
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will undertake a working visit to the Russian Federation from 6-9 February 2010, the Foreign Ministry said.
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SFD to give $46 million for Lanka dam project - Monday, 8 February 2010

RIYADH: The Kingdom will contribute $46 million for the construction of a dam in Sri Lanka. A four-member delegation headed by S. Amarasekera, secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services arrived here Sunday to discuss the technical details of the project and prepare a draft agreement with the Saudi Fund For Development (SFD). The agreement will be signed later in Colombo.

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Gazprom seeks development of offshore fields in Sri Lanka - Monday, 8 February 2010

MOSCOW, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s gas giant Gazprom plans to take part in exploration of offshore hydrocarbon fields in Sri Lanka. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is visiting Moscow, discussed this issue at the talks on Monday.

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The 2010 Question - Monday, 8 February 2010

At the Iraq inquiry in London on January 29, former British prime minister Tony Blair found a new way to defend his decision to join George W. Bush in invading Iraq in 2003: the what-if defence. What if they hadn’t invaded Iraq, and Saddam Hussein had remained in power there?

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Budget deficit 17.6% of GDP up to Sept 09 - Monday, 8 February 2010

Available data shows the budget deficit for the first nine months of 2009 at 17.6 percent of GDP but with revenues generally coming in during the last few months of the year there is a possibility that the budget deficit could near the IMF target of 7 percent of GDP for the year.

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Window of opportunity still remains to retain GSP+ - Sunday, 7 February 2010

Although the suspension of Sri Lanka’s GSP+ facility, important especially to the garment export industry is due to be endorsed by European finance ministers in Brussels on Feb. 16, it will not be effective for a six month period, reports from Brussels said. This is to give manufacturers and traders time to adjust to the new rules and also to give Colombo ``a fair opportunity to get the decision reversed,’’ a Brussels datelined AFP report said.

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Prabhakaran’s prized documents found - Sunday, 7 February 2010

A special Police team yesterday traced a hideout used by LTTEleader Velupillai Prabhakaran during the final stages of war at Vellamulliwaikkaland and recovered several files containing classified information, 56 CDs and a large quantity of sophisticated weapons.

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President Rajapaksa needs to expand his comfort zone - Saturday, 6 February 2010

The resounding victory by President Mahinda Rajapaksa placed in perspective the feelings of many Sri Lankans, a sense of gratitude towards a President that had the courage to withstand international pressure and take the battle to the end. A feat that was by all considerations thought to be inconceivable. As a war-time President he braved international pressure and provided political determination as never seen before to completely annihilate the LTTE.

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Independence now more meaningful – President - Friday, 5 February 2010

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his Independence Day message to mark the country’s 62nd independence anniversary today, says his renewed popular mandate has enabled him to work harder to build a stronger nation.The following is the full text of President Rajapaksa’s message:"The 62nd anniversary of Independence we mark today has special significance being the first such celebration of our freedom since the defeat of terrorism in our country last year

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Trio raised funds for terrorism group, court told - Thursday, 4 February 2010

The Victorian Supreme Court has heard three men from Australia's Sri Lankan community have raised more than $1 million for the terrorist organisation The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Melbourne men Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, 35 and Sivarajah Yathavan, 38, along with 43-year-old New South Wales man Arumugam Rajeevan, have pleaded guilty to providing money to a terrorist organisation between 2004 and 2007.

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From John D’Oyly to Robert O’Blake - Thursday, 4 February 2010

By Lt Col (Retd) Anil Amarasekera - I have read many e-mails and articles with regard to the presidential election but failed to gain the better of my profundity to express my point of view. However soon after the successful conclusion of the presidential election, when the mind was placed at ease once more, I regained my depth of thought or understanding to write this article

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Aussie Tigers plead guilty - Wednesday, 3 February 2010

A court has heard that three men who raised more than one million Australian dollars for the LTTE are senior members of the terrorist organisation in Australia. The three men pleaded guilty to funding the Tigers, Radio Australia reported. Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, Sivarajah Yathavan and Arumugum Rajeevan have admitted to giving money to the Tamil Tigers between 2004 and 2007. The Tamil Tigers is listed as a terrorist organisation in Australia.

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1,200 IDPs to be resettled in Kilinochchi - Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Over a year after Kilinochchi district was liberated from the LTTE, the Sri Lankan Army today started the process of resettling Tamil civilians displaced due to the war in the former de-facto capital of the Tamil Tigers. In the first phase, 1,200 civilians, who have been living in several camps in northern Lanka since January, 2009 will be resettled in and around Kilinochchi, which was captured by the Sri Lankan Army on January 2, 2009 after eight months of intense fighting.

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India has confirmation of Prabhakaran death: Minister - Tuesday, 2 February 2010

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI has) received the "documentation" confirming the death of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran, prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, from the government of Sri Lanka, Home Minister P Chidambaram said yesterday. "The CBI has told me that they received documentation from the Government of Sri Lanka confirming the death of Prabhakaran," the Home Minister said.

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- - Friday, 2 October 2009

Humanitarian Assistance to IDPs in Sri Lanka from New Zealand

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- - Thursday, 2 July 2009

Keith Locke Campaigns for LTTE Terrorists

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- - Friday, 19 June 2009

Boycott Of Ties With Sri Lanka Will Not Work

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- - Wednesday, 10 June 2009

SL in Auckland commemorate The Ranaviru Day

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- - Sunday, 5 April 2009

Patriotic Sri Lankan expacts pays tribute to valiant troops

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- - Friday, 27 March 2009

Promoting LTTE Terrorism in New Zealand - SCOOP.CO.NZ

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- - Saturday, 14 March 2009

Genocide and Cyanide - Both LTTE favourites; True face of LTTE terrorists

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- - Saturday, 14 March 2009

Tamil Tiger Terrorists Carry Out Suicide Attack At Muslim Religious Festival

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- - Saturday, 7 March 2009

A Message from the Sri Lankan Youth in Canada

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SPUR NZ News Letter - Friday, 6 February 2009

Save Sri Lanka from LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorism

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LTTE Abuses Against Civilians in the Vanni - Friday, 6 February 2009

Trapped and Mistreated -- SPUR news release

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- - Thursday, 5 February 2009

LTTE must release the civilians held by them as a human shield

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- - Sunday, 9 November 2008

Sri Lanka Governments Right to Reclaim

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- - Friday, 3 October 2008

Sri Lanka: Can the Tamil Tigers save the Tamils?

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- - Sunday, 28 September 2008

Chronology of Suicide Bomb Attacks by LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists in Sri Lanka

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- - Friday, 5 September 2008

Open the gates of Hell - and let my people go ...

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- - Saturday, 16 August 2008

Is LTTE the Sole Representatives of Tamils?

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- - Friday, 15 August 2008

E-Petition to Save Sri Lanka from the terrors of a fascist

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- - Friday, 20 June 2008

  

The speech made by Mr. M.C.A. Hassan at the Ranaviru Day       

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- - Sunday, 8 June 2008

Auckland Sri Lankans Commemorate the Ranaviru Day

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- - Friday, 9 May 2008

A document exposing LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists Prepared by SPUR (NSW)

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- - Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Appeal for Stronger Sanctions against Tamil Tiger Terrorism

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- - Sunday, 27 April 2008

“One Million Hits” milestone reached by the SPUR New Zealand web site

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- - Saturday, 26 April 2008

SPURNZ Media Release - LTTE Terrorists target civilians for slaughter with impunity

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- - Tuesday, 8 April 2008

SPUR Media Release - Safeguard Democracy in Sri Lanka – Unite to Eliminate LTTE Terrorism.

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- - Friday, 4 April 2008

SPUR NZ Media Release - Documentary Film "My Daughter the Terrorist " by Norwegian Film maker

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- - Thursday, 20 March 2008

NZ SPUR - Salutes, Sri Lankabhimanya Sir Arthur C Clarke - The Truly Great Friend of Sri Lanka

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- - Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Responses to Concerns of International Community on Sri Lanka - Media Release SPUR- New Zealand

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- - Sunday, 24 February 2008

Chronology of Suicide Bomb Attacks by LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists in Sri Lanka

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- - Friday, 22 February 2008

News Release by NZ SPUR - Tamil Tigers attack a Catholic Church in Mannar

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- - Sunday, 17 February 2008

SPUR Media Release  - Tamil Tigers must be made to pay for desecrating  Catholic churches

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- - Monday, 4 February 2008

SPUR Media Release - LTTE’s path to Democracy – Bus Bomb at Dambulla

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- - Sunday, 3 February 2008

WAPS letter to Ms Louise Arbour - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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- - Thursday, 31 January 2008

SPUR Media Release - Madu Bomb - Desperate LTTE cause civilian carnage to grab international sympathy

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- - Saturday, 26 January 2008

SPUR Media Release - Ethnic cleansing of the Sinhalese by Tamil Tigers must be stopped..

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- - Friday, 18 January 2008

Is LTTE the Sole Representatives of Tamils?

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- - Thursday, 17 January 2008

SPUR Media Release - LTTE terrorists greet the end of Sri Lanka CFA by slaughtering civilians

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- - Tuesday, 15 January 2008

SPUR Rejects the Statement made by Nordic Ministers

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- - Sunday, 13 January 2008

FBI - LTTE is the Most Dangerous Terrorist Outfit in the World

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- - Friday, 11 January 2008

 Joint Media Release by SPUR  in Australia and New Zealand - A Requiem for a Ceasefire Agreement

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- - Sunday, 6 January 2008

A list of atrocities committed by the LTTE on Tamils, whom the LTTE say have to be "liberated"

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- - Thursday, 27 December 2007

Liberate Tamils from LTTE Tiger Terrorists

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- - Saturday, 15 December 2007

Whitehall 'whitewashes' LTTE terrorists again - By : Nimal LIYANAGE

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- - Saturday, 27 October 2007

Terrorist Fundraising & Money Transfer Operations.

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- - Sunday, 9 September 2007

Military ethics and the responsibility of the soldier

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- - Thursday, 23 August 2007

The Limits of State Sovereignty: The Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century - Eighth Neelam Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture, International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Colombo, 29 July 2007

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- - Wednesday, 11 July 2007

Liberal MPs, Dan McTeague & Albina Guaneiri on Sri Lanka.

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- - Friday, 6 July 2007
 Tamil doctors in the forefront of Tiger terrorism
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- - Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Prabakaran should be held responsible for the deaths of over 70,000 people in Sri Lanka - V.Anandasangaree

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