| 14/04/2008, 08:57am, Mon. | Lanka Dissent |
| Gurkhas to protect top politicians? |
The government is considering getting down Gurkha soldiers from India
to beef up the security of top political leaders who face grave threats
to their lives, reports said. A proposal in this regard has already been made to the Ministry of
Defence, and it will be taken up at government level in due course.
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| 17/02/2008, 11:16am, Sun. | The Times of india |
| Lanka procuring arms from Pak to fight LTTE |
Engaged in an all-out military campaign against the LTTE, Sri Lanka
has said it was procuring arms from Pakistan to meet the terror threat
from the Tamil Tigers. "We are facing a problem of terrorism against a democratically-elected
legitimate state. In that situation, the government needs to procure
equipment to resist that terrorism.
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| 11/02/2008, 09:06am, Mon. | The Times of india |
| Look Beyond the LTTE |
Sri Lanka is at the crossroads. The Mahinda Rajapakse administration
has officially called off the ceasefire agreement with the LTTE and
seems convinced that a peacefully negotiated settlement to the
three-decade-old ethnic strife is impossible. Since the ceasefire was
annulled a month ago, over 300 people have been killed in battle and in
bomb attacks and blasts.
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| 28/01/2008, 10:53am, Mon. | Daily News |
| Security Forces riding the crest of operational successes |
The media blaze created by the news of Prabhakaran, the leader of the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), sustaining minor injury in a
Sri Lankan air-strike in Wanni recently has underlined the importance
of Prabhakaran to the fate of the conflict in Sri Lanka.
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| 19/01/2008, 12:13pm, Sat. | Daily Mirror |
| Indian firm cements KKS deal |
The Birla Corporation of India is to take over the Kankesanturai Cement
Factory which is the first such industry in Sri Lanka. The government
suspended operations of the KKS cement factory since the 1980s after
the eruption of the ethnic conflict.
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| 29/12/2007, 12:01pm, Sat. | The Hindu |
| PM urged to keep off Sri Lankan I-Day function |
Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani has appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to participate in the Independence Day celebrations of Sri Lanka on February 4.
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| 16/12/2007, 08:46am, Sun. | TamilNet |
| India armed rival groups as Tigers disarmed – IPKF General |
Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, ordered an Indian
General to kill LTTE leader Vellupillai Pirapaharan in cold blood when
the latter attended a meeting under a white flag in September 1987. Maj. Gen. (retd) Harkirat Singh published his book ‘Intervention in Sri
Lanka: The IPKF experience retold’ (available through Vijitha Yapa
Publications) earlier this year.
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| 08/12/2007, 05:25am, Sat. | The Hindu |
| J.N. Dixit ordered LTTE chief’s killing: former IPKF chief |
A former Army officer, who headed the peacekeeping force in Sri Lanka,
has claimed that the then Indian High Commissioner to Colombo, J.N.
Dixit, had asked him in 1987 to eliminate LTTE chief V. Prabakaran when
he came for a flag meeting with the force.
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| 09/10/2007, 09:38am, Tue. | Independent SL |
| Sri Lanka must pursue genuine nation building: Dr Subramanian Swamy |
The LTTE can never be part of the solution; they will always be a
problem to it India’s radical politician and one of the brilliant minds
of the subcontinent, Dr Subramanian Swamy spoke his mind clearly on Sri
Lanka’s terrorism nightmare in an exclusive interview with Sri Lanka
Guardian.
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| 17/09/2007, 10:29am, Mon. | The Hindu |
| “Weakening of LTTE gives an advantage to Sri Lanka in finding a political solution” |
It will be worthwhile for the government to consider a “quasi-federal
system” for devolution of powers and meeting the aspirations of all
sections: N. Ram
“India will continue to encourage Sri Lanka for a solution to the national question”
“Publicity stunt by the likes of Nedumaran will not be tolerated”
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| 31/03/2008, 10:36am, Mon. | The Nation |
| Beleaguered or brotherly? |
India’s two-faced two-tongued policy of blowing hot and cold on its
willingness to supply Sri Lanka’s military needs, while expressing
displeasure at Sri Lanka going ‘elsewhere’ for same, is a political ill
wind that blows nobody in the region any good, least of all for India
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| 11/02/2008, 09:13am, Mon. | Lanka Truth |
| Rama Mani deported |
Dr. Rama Mani, Executive Directress of International Centre for Ethnic
Studies (ICES) has been deported to France states Department of
Immigration & Emigration
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| 01/02/2008, 11:12am, Fri. | Gulf Times |
| ‘India trying to stop Lanka forces from defeating Tigers’ |
A radical Sri Lankan nationalist party leader has accused India of
trying to stop the Sri Lankan Army from defeating the Tamil Tiger
rebels militarily.
India was forcing Sri Lanka to accept a political power-sharing
arrangement with the minority Tamils now only to thwart the Sri Lankan
Army’s successful campaign to crush the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE), charged K D Lalkantha, member of the Sri Lankan
parliament representing the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).
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| 28/01/2008, 03:21am, Mon. | The Hindu |
| Constructive proposals |
All except extremists and opportunists in the Tamil and Sinhala camps
will welcome the interim steps recommended by the All Party
Representatives Committee (APRC) to move forward the process of
earnestly implementing the devolution and official language provisions
of the Sri Lankan Constitution.
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| 06/01/2008, 05:53am, Sun. | Yahoo! News |
| Singh declines Sri Lanka's invitation, says he's too busy |
India has officially told Sri Lanka that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
is unable to accept the invitation to attend the island's 60th
independence day celebrations Feb 4, because of prior commitments.
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| 20/12/2007, 10:55am, Thu. | Daily Mirror |
| India joins Lanka to combat LTTE air power |
India was very much concerned about the LTTE air wing. Indian media reports said that the Indian Air Force has decided to
regularise exercises in the peninsula to keep its southern air arm
fighting fit. More assets are also being moved to cover gaps in the radar coverage.
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| 08/12/2007, 05:52am, Sat. | The Times of india |
| India washes hands of Malay protest |
"A terrorist is a terrorist. He has no religion and his origin does not
matter," said foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee. Reacting to a question
on a reported comment by the Malaysian
government that the protesting Indian community in the country were
sympathisers of the LTTE, Mukherjee said this issue was not discussed
with the Sri Lankan foreign minister Rohitha Bogollagama who met him on
Friday for bilateral discussions on the sidelines of the Saarc
intersession meeting.
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| 03/12/2007, 11:24am, Mon. | The Hindu |
| 60 LTTE rebels among 66 killed in Lanka: army |
At least 60 Tamil Tiger militants and six soldiers were killed in
pre-emptive operations by the security forces during the weekend in the
restive northern Sri Lanka, the Defence Ministry said here on Sunday.
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| 05/10/2007, 03:22am, Fri. | Lanka Truth |
| Concept of Ealam no longer valid! – Subramanium Samy |
The concept of Ealam is no longer valid and it is not a reality says
Mr. Subramanium Samy, President of Indian Janatha Party and former
Minister of India. He has said this when JVP Parliamentarian Bimal
Rathnayake met him In New Delhi during the 53rd summit of Commonwealth
Parliamentary Union held between 24th and 29th of last month.
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| 17/09/2007, 10:25am, Mon. | Daily Mirror |
| Indian spymaster speculates whether KP whisked away by FBI |
Adding further confusion to the alleged arrest of top LTTE
international operative Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) in Thailand, a former
head of the counter terrorism unit at the Indian intelligence agency
RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) B. Raman has speculated whether KP had
been whisked away by the FBI to be questioned by them on the LTTE's
links with Al Qaeda.
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