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| News - Saturday 5 July 2008
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| Moving portrayal of life as a child soldier - Friday, July 04, 2008 Nothing lends credibility to an argument or an accusation more than a first person account. Be it autobiographies or first person accounts, they are simple yet powerful. Such works also stand out for the courage, for you don’t know what the consequences will be. So, it was with great fear that, seven years ago, Sri Lankan Tamil writer Shobasakthi wrote about his time as a child soldier with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, blowing the lid on a cruel practice of one of the deadliest and most ruthless terrorist organizations in the world. read more ...
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| President Rajapakse urged Tamil medias to avoid creating hatred in the midst of the Tamils - Friday, July 04, 2008Colombo, 05 July, (Asiantribune.com): Those journalists who were attacked must come forward to identify their attackers and come forward to give evidences. In the event evidences are provided about the allegations of attacks on any journalists, actions will be taken immediately, said President Mahinda Rajapakse. read more ...
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| Boost anti-terror cooperation, Pakistan urges SAARC - Friday, July 04, 2008President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday urged member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to boost cooperation for the elimination of terrorism and extremism in the region. Talking to Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama at President’s Camp Office in Rawalpindi, Musharraf said the SAARC countries - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan and Afghanistan and Pakistan - would have to devise a joint strategy to surmount the challenges faced by the region. read more ...
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| No bridge too far against LTTE barbarism - Friday, July 04, 2008Last Tuesday President Mahinda Rajapaksa travelled to Arugam Bay in the East for the ceremonial opening of the bridge that links Pottuvil, Arugam Bay and Panama. It replaces the former bridge over Arugam Bay that was destroyed in the tsunami of December 2004. read more ...
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| Sri Lanka denied harassment of Indian fishermen - Friday, July 04, 2008Colombo, 05 July, (Asiantribune.com): The Government of Sri Lanka strongly refuted allegations contained in certain foreign media reports that the Sri Lanka Navy had detained and harassed Indian fishermen aboard fishing trawlers which had been detected poaching in Sri Lankan waters. read more ...
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| EU Commissioner lauds positive developments in East - Friday, July 04, 2008 Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister Karu Jayasuriya met EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner at the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The Minister was accompanied by Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Belgium and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha while Joao Aguiar Machado, DDG/External Relations (Asia and Latin America) of the EC who led the EC team to the recent Sri Lanka-EC Joint Commission was associated with Benita Ferrero-Waldner. read more ...
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| Tigers’ Michael Base captured - Friday, July 04, 2008WELIOYA: The Army’s 59 Division engaged in an offensive on the Weli-Oya front gained another victory by capturing the LTTE’s strategic ‘Michael’ base yesterday afternoon. The Michael base, part of the 1-4 base, is located seven km north of Janakapura. Munnagam, the first base in the 1-4 complex was captured earlier. read more ...
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| Civilians escaping terror held areas attacked by LTTE - Friday, July 04, 2008
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| Tamil Tiger Mafia, a major threat to French society - Jerome Pierrat - Friday, July 04, 2008"Tamil mafia works in hand-in-glove with the Tamil Tigers in their campaign to extort money from unwilling Tamil citizens in France and the mafia gangs keep a percentage and pass on the ransom collection to Tamil Tigers". read more ...
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| Sri Lanka: An Analysis of the Military Situation - by Col. R. Hariharan (Retd.) - Thursday, July 03, 2008Years back when I was a young officer in the Regiment of Artillery, our regiment moved from New Mal in Eastern India to Deolali in Western India. On the day of our departure we trooped into the railway station with our trucks, baggage, stores and all the men at 6 am in the morning. Our special train was scheduled to leave at 11 am. read more ...
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| LTTE claymore explosion wounds 6 people in Eravur - Batticaloa - Thursday, July 03, 2008LTTE terrorists have carried out an indiscriminate claymore attack in front of Eravur Railway station around 8.10 pm today (July 03), says the defence sources. According to the sources, 3 civilians and 3 police officers have been injured in the explosion. The injured have been admitted to the General Hospital Eravur. read more ...
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| Karuna Amman returns - Thursday, July 03, 2008Renegade former Tiger leader Karuna Amman returned to Sri Lanka yesterday after a six-month jail term in Britain for immigration offences, a spokesman for his breakaway party said. He was detained in November 2007 in London and pleaded guilty to carrying a passport in a false name. read more ...
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| 39 civilians flee LTTE - Thursday, July 03, 2008Around 39 civilians fleeing from the grip of the LTTE in Mullaitivu sought protection with the Security Forces in Pulmodai on Wednesday evening, Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said. He said 39 civilians from 13 families comprising 26 males and 13 females had arrived on a boat fleeing from the LTTE controlled areas in Mullaitivu and reached Pulmodai around 3.00 pm. seeking protection with the Security Forces. read more ...
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| Senior U.S. State Department Official Visited Sri Lanka and Maldives - Thursday, July 03, 2008Colombo, 04 July, (Asiantribune.com): Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum visited Sri Lanka June 30 and July 1 as part of the U.S. Government’s regular, ongoing consultations with the Sri Lankan Government. read more ...
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| Recently liberated areas to be developed - Thursday, July 03, 2008COLOMBO: The Government has formulated plans to develop areas liberated recently from the clutches of the LTTE, Defence Affairs Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said yesterday. Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said President Mahinda Rajapaksa was undaunted in his quest to eradicate LTTE terrorism despite attempts to target him. He said the President has accepted the LTTE’s challenge and would continue relentlessly his mission to end terrorism and lead the Forces to liberate all parts of the North as well from LTTE tyranny. read more ...
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| Study on National Strategy for Maritime Security unveiled - Thursday, July 03, 2008Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has emphasised the paramount need for Sri Lanka to adopt a national strategy for maritime security, given her geo-strategic location in the Indian Ocean straddling the vital sea route linking the Orient and the West. read more ...
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| The hard-nosed realism of General Sarath Fonseka - Wednesday, July 02, 2008Sri Lanka’s most successful Army Commander, serving under Sri Lanka’s militarily most successful Commander-in Chief and President, and most dedicated Defence Secretary, has held an important discussion with Colombo’s foreign correspondents on our most essential topic, the war. That General Fonseka is our most successful army commander may be hotly debated in the subjective and partisan Sri Lankan media, but not by top professionals overseas. read more ...
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| Brigadier Shavindra de Silva describes Mannar Campaign - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 Liberation ‘Rice Bowl’! - On June 29, the Sri Lanka Army’s 58th Division liberated what is known as the ‘Mannar Rice Bowl’ which had been in the LTTE grip for 20 years. Brigadier Shavindra de Silva said at 7:30 p.m. last evening, the 58th Brigade from Pallemadhu links with the 57th Brigade from Periyamadhu. read more ...
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| The ‘Abusive' state (2008) and Patrice Lumumba (1961) - C. Wijeyawickrema - Wednesday, July 02, 2008Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? Travel the world and the seven seas, Everybody's looking for something, Some of them want to use you, Some of them want to get used by you, Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be abused.... ... A retired foreign service officer, Izeth Hussain (IH) has recently informed us ("Understanding the HRC debacle," Island, 6/9 & 6/19, 2008), that Sri Lanka has been ‘awarded' a sobriquet the "abusive state" by the NGO coalition which canvassed against Sri Lanka's continued HRC membership. And IH was pleased with this "beautiful" award. read more ...
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| LTTE to hold Pongku Thamil event in London to glorify Black Tigers - Wednesday, July 02, 2008London, 02 June, (Asiantribune.com): Though Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam remains a proscribed Foreign Terrorist Organization in the United Kingdom, it is planning to hold ‘Pongku Thamil’ event in London to glorify Black Tiger suicide cadres and also to raise funds for its war chest. read more ...
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| Surrendered LTTE cadres joins their families after rehabilitation - Jaffna - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 Sri Lanka's war on terror is a process that goes beyond military operations. Though many LTTE sympathizers and their stooges in media try to give a wrong picture to the world that LTTE is as a representative of the Tamil citizens in Sri Lanka, there is ample evidence barred from the world that Tamils are nothing but the main victim of LTTE terrorism. This was evident when defence.lk covered the recent release of a group of rehabilitated LTTE cadres by Sri Lanka Army in Jaffna. read more ...
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| LTTE use Refugee camp to store explosives - Vavuniya - Wednesday, July 02, 2008Army during a cordon and search operation found over 4 Kg of C-4 high explosives hidden inside a barrel found in the Internally Displaced Persons' centre at Siddambarapuram , Vavuniya this morning (July 2). The search was launched after the arrest of a female resident of the IDP centre smuggling explosives inside coconut nuts last evening. read more ...
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| Eastern revival precursor to Northern liberation - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 President stresses at Arugam Bay bridge opening: President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged the international community to understand the reality and the motive of the Government’s humanitarian operations to liberate the North, in cognisance of the ‘Eastern Renaissance’ enjoyed by the Eastern polity now. read more ...
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| India to train Lankan soldiers - Report - Tuesday, July 01, 2008India will train Sri Lanka officers in its military academies and will also provide it with more defensive weapons, The Times of India newspaper reported Tuesday. In 2008-2009 alone, over 500 Sri Lankan officers and other ranks will receive training in institutions ranging from Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte.. read more ...
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| Building honourable, disciplined Police Force IGP’s aim - Tuesday, July 01, 2008COLOMBO: The new Inspector General of Police Jayantha Wickremaratne stressed yesterday that his aim was to build an honourable, disciplined and respectable Police Department. Addressing the media for the first time after assuming duties, he said that the Police Department has faced numerous challenges and stands tall to face the future. The Police Force is devoted to protect the country, he said. read more ...
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| Mahinda Rajapakse on Tiger hit list – Sivajilingam, TNA MP in Australia - Tuesday, July 01, 2008“Balasingham Prabhakara of the Inpath Tamil Vanoli is a noted broadcaster who carries virulent campaigns against the Sinhalese. He is seen as the Voice of the Vanni. Serious complaints have bee lodged against him with the Police for threatening people. He is backed by the noted pro-Tiger Dr. Mana Mohan of Sydney. The Sydney Tamil Coordinating Committee funds him.” read more ...
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| LTTE is targeting the innocent civilians in Sri Lanka, charged the widely circulated London Observer - Tuesday, July 01, 2008London, 01 July, (Asiantribune.com): The widely circulated Observer magazine distributed with the Observer newspaper said, in a four page in-depth article, by targeting innocent civilians the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is fast losing whatever sympathies they had earlier. read more ...
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| The Sri Lankan Conflict: A Multi-Polar Approach - Tuesday, July 01, 2008
By Asoka Bandarage - Narrow interpretations of cultural identity and models of conflict resolution built on ethnic dualism contribute to ethnic polarization and inhibit sustainable peace. To improve both the analysis and processes of conflict resolution, it is necessary to move beyond the bipolar ethnic model and explore the multi-polar nature of conflicts. read more ...
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| Of Patriots, Heroics, Subversions of a nation - Tuesday, July 01, 2008"When information flows freely, people are equipped with tools to take control of their lives"……Ban Ki Moon - 2nd May 2008 (Press Freedom day) My attention was caught by the comment made to the press by the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for "Democracy", "Human Rights", and Labour Erica Barks-Ruggles at the conclusion of her recent visit to Sri Lanka. read more ...
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| LTTE days numbered: Fonseka - Tuesday, July 01, 2008COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Army chief Sarath Fonseka said on Monday the LTTE had "lost the capability to fight as a conventional force" due to the relentless "overall military strategy" since August 2006. In an interactive session with members of the Sri Lanka Foreign Correspondents Association (FCA) at the Army Headquarters here, Lt. Gen. Fonseka said the Tigers would be reduced to nothing more than a "rag-tag terrorist outfit" in a year’s time. read more ...
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| 'OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE' - Monday, June 30, 2008 The Ministry of Defence, invites Sri Lankan intellects, professionals, businesspersons, technocrats and apprentices of conflict resolution and think tanks to contribute in the areas of foresight, forecasting, long range planning and visioning with respect to the Sri Lankan Peace building issue and its future challenges. read more ...
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| Tigers can no more fight like a conventional army - Army Chief - Monday, June 30, 2008COLOMBO: The Tigers have "lost their capability of fighting as a conventional army" because of the offensive the military is waging against them, Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka said yesterday. "The LTTE has lost the capability of fighting as a conventional army. Although they are (still) fighting us, they (are) not in the same manner as was in the past. read more ...
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| Arugam Bay bridge opens today - Monday, June 30, 2008COLOMBO: The Government will open the new Arugam Bay bridge connecting Pottuvil, Arugam Bay and Panama in the Eastern province, to the public from today. The bridge constructed at a cost of US $ 10 million, will replace the old bridge over Arugam Bay which was severely damaged in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. read more ...
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| Wanni liberation enters decisive phase - Monday, June 30, 2008MANNAR: The Security Forces engaged in the Wanni liberation operation, entered a decisive phase yesterday as the troops created the biggest ever military front to the LTTE in the western flank of Wanni with two Army divisions that independently operated in Mannar and Vavuniya linking together from southeast of Periyamadu yesterday afternoon. read more ...
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| Anti- terrorism protest rally in Italy - Monday, June 30, 2008 Rome, 01 July, (Asiantribune.com): Sri Lankans and other nationalities participated in a huge anti-terrorism protest rally in Milan, Italy. The demonstration against terrorism was held on 29 June, at Piazza Castello, Milan.The aim of the demonstration according to the organizers was to invite people all over the world to get together to defeat terrorism. More than 5000 Sri Lankans - Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, Italians and other nationalists who live in Italy participated in the anti-terrorists rally. read more ...
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| Bruce Fein – The Great White Hope - Monday, June 30, 2008By Stephen Long of Los Angeles - I just saw the Bruce Fein interview on Canadian ITV Live that has been posted on YouTube. This is a must-see for all who are interested in the Tamils for Justice push to grab international media attention for their primary cause: a separate Tamil country in Sri Lanka. First of all, I think the interviewer did an excellent job; he was unemotional, centered, well-informed, and poised. read more ...
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| House ban on laptops to thwart LTTE infiltration - Monday, June 30, 2008Fearing the LTTE would use someone to smuggle in an explosive device to Parliament to carry out an assassination, the government has prohibited all members from bringing in electronic equipment into the House. Acting on the instructions of security services, Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara has informed ministers, deputy ministers and members of the unprecedented decision to prohibit laptops and similar equipment in Parliament. read more ...
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| LTTE sourcing explosives from India - Sunday, June 29, 2008NEW DELHI, June 26 (UPI) — Indian intelligence agencies said Sri Lanka’s rebels are sourcing raw materials for explosives from two major Indian cities. According to a senior Intelligence Bureau official, armed guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are sourcing raw materials for explosives and ammunition from Information Technology city Bangalore and industrial city Mumbai, previously called Bombay. read more ...
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| Sri Lanka denies arrival of any foreign troops for the security of visiting heads of states - Sunday, June 29, 2008Colombo, 30 June, (Asiantribune.com): Sri Lanka denied yesterday the news reports about the arrival of the elite Indian and Afghanistan troops for the special security of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Indian delegation and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan. read more ...
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| Does it Make Sense? - Sunday, June 29, 2008"Vellupillai Pirapaharan is no Rohana Wijeweera. This difference can be best understood by the difference between the anti-IPKF struggles of the LTTE and the JVP. The LTTE took on the IPKF militarily; the JVP waged a poster war against the IPKF in the South, reserving its lethal violence for unarmed and unprotected Sinhala civilians." read more ...
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| Improving the Quality of Life of the Less Privileged - Sunday, June 29, 2008The less privileged I write about today are injured armed forces personnel and school children in disadvantaged schools. And who attempts the improving of their quality of life? The Dharmavijaya Foundation in one project and the Melbourne based Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights (SPUR) through the Dharmavijaya, on the other. read more ...
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| Sri Lanka urges for the continuation of GSP facilities to the new European Union presidency - Sunday, June 29, 2008Paris, 29 June, (Asiantribune.com): Sri Lanka has presented a very compelling case and has requested European Union for the continuation of Generalized System of Preferences facilities for another three years, from 2009 to 2012. Sri Lanka has taken up the issue with France, which will be taking over from 1st July, the rotating EU Presidency for the next six months from Slovenia, the present holder. Sri Lanka Minister Professor G.L. Peiris was in the French capital last week and held talks with French authorities regarding this issue. read more ...
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| Asistant Governmennt Agent of Thunukkai killed under mysterious circumstances - Sunday, June 29, 2008Colombo, 30 June, (Asiantribune.com): The Assistant Government Agent of Thunkkai, located in the Mullaithievu district, was killed yesterday around 5.00 p.m., under mysterious circumstances. Thunukkai is an AGA Division, coming under the control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam read more ...
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| Troops regain Mannar Rice Bowl - 120 Sq Km of fertile territory falls to the Army: - Sunday, June 29, 2008MANNAR: The 58 Division of the Sri Lanka Army operating on the Mannar front yesterday successfully completed operation ‘Rice Bowl’ after capturing over 120 square kilometres including 105 square kilometres of the most fertile land in the country. read more ...
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| Ammunition found in HRC vehicle - Sunday, June 29, 2008Police yesterday recovered twenty rounds of T-56 ammunition and a hand grenade from a vehicle belonging to the Jaffna branch of the Human Rights Commission (HRC). Confirming the incident, Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera told Daily News that the cache was found inside the vehicle while it was undergoing repairs inside a garage. read more ...
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| Navy hands over 18 Indian fishermen - Sunday, June 29, 2008The Sri Lanka Navy handed over 18 fishermen from Pamban, Tamil Nadu, to the Indian Coast Guard on Saturday. The fishermen were arrested for straying into Lankan territorial waters about one month ago. read more ...
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| - - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
SPUR New Zealand proudly presents
Neela Wickramasinghe in New Zealand read more ...
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SPUR New Zealand
proudly presents
Neela Wickramasinghe
in New Zealand read more ...
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| - - Friday, May 09, 2008A document exposing LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists Prepared by SPUR (NSW) read more ...
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| - - Tuesday, April 29, 2008Appeal for Stronger Sanctions against Tamil Tiger Terrorism read more ...
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| - - Sunday, April 27, 2008“One Million Hits” milestone reached by the SPUR New Zealand web site read more ...
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| - - Saturday, April 26, 2008
SPURNZ Media Release - LTTE Terrorists target civilians for slaughter with impunity read more ...
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| - - Tuesday, April 08, 2008SPUR Media Release - Safeguard Democracy in Sri Lanka – Unite to Eliminate LTTE Terrorism. read more ...
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| - - Friday, April 04, 2008SPUR NZ Media Release - Documentary Film "My Daughter the Terrorist " by Norwegian Film maker read more ...
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| - - Thursday, March 20, 2008NZ SPUR - Salutes, Sri Lankabhimanya Sir Arthur C Clarke - The Truly Great Friend of Sri Lanka read more ...
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| - - Wednesday, February 27, 2008Responses to Concerns of International Community on Sri Lanka - Media Release SPUR- New Zealand read more ...
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| - - Sunday, February 24, 2008Chronology of Suicide Bomb Attacks by LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists in Sri Lanka read more ...
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| - - Friday, February 22, 2008News Release by NZ SPUR - Tamil Tigers attack a Catholic Church in Mannar read more ...
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| - - Sunday, February 17, 2008SPUR Media Release - Tamil Tigers must be made to pay for desecrating Catholic churches read more ...
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| - - Monday, February 04, 2008SPUR Media Release - LTTE’s path to Democracy – Bus Bomb at Dambulla read more ...
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| - - Sunday, February 03, 2008WAPS letter to Ms Louise Arbour - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights read more ...
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| - - Thursday, January 31, 2008SPUR Media Release - Madu Bomb - Desperate LTTE cause civilian carnage to grab international sympathy read more ...
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| - - Saturday, January 26, 2008SPUR Media Release - Ethnic cleansing of the Sinhalese by Tamil Tigers must be stopped.. read more ...
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| - - Thursday, January 17, 2008SPUR Media Release - LTTE terrorists greet the end of Sri Lanka CFA by slaughtering civilians read more ...
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| - - Tuesday, January 15, 2008SPUR Rejects the Statement made by Nordic Ministers read more ...
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| - - Sunday, January 13, 2008FBI - LTTE is the Most Dangerous Terrorist Outfit in the World read more ...
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| - - Friday, January 11, 2008 Joint Media Release by SPUR in Australia and New Zealand - A Requiem for a Ceasefire Agreement read more ...
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| - - Sunday, January 06, 2008A list of atrocities committed by the LTTE on Tamils, whom the LTTE say have to be "liberated" read more ...
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| - - Saturday, December 15, 2007Whitehall 'whitewashes' LTTE terrorists again - By : Nimal LIYANAGE read more ...
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| - - Sunday, September 09, 2007Military ethics and the responsibility of the soldier read more ...
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| - - Thursday, August 23, 2007The 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 read more ...
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| - - Wednesday, July 11, 2007Liberal MPs, Dan McTeague & Albina Guaneiri on Sri Lanka. read more ...
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Prabakaran should be held responsible for the deaths of over 70,000 people in Sri Lanka - V.Anandasangaree
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