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'Tamils have not given up demand for separate homeland'
Reacting sharply to reports from Colombo that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has given up its demand for a separatist demand, the Canadian Tamil Congress here said Saturday that the Tamils have not given up their demand for a separate homeland........
Published : Sunday 14 Mar 2010 10:06 | Read More
Reacting sharply to reports from Colombo that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has given up its demand for a separatist demand, the Canadian Tamil Congress here said Saturday that the Tamils have not given up their demand for a separate homeland........
Published : Sunday 14 Mar 2010 10:06 | Read More
India for quicker resettlement of Tamils
India Monday said it has urged Sri Lanka to quicken the resettlement of Tamils displaced by war and pledged aid for their housing projects as Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao returned home after a three-day visit to Colombo........
Published : Monday 08 Mar 2010 16:40 | Read More
India Monday said it has urged Sri Lanka to quicken the resettlement of Tamils displaced by war and pledged aid for their housing projects as Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao returned home after a three-day visit to Colombo........
Published : Monday 08 Mar 2010 16:40 | Read More
Sri Lankan activists seek Brit MPs support for Global Tamil Forum
London, Feb 25- ANI: Several Sri Lankan activists will hold meetings with senior British politicians, including Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his shadow counterpart William Hague, in London to promote a new campaign for the ethnic Tamils crushed in.......
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 16:10 | Read More
London, Feb 25- ANI: Several Sri Lankan activists will hold meetings with senior British politicians, including Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his shadow counterpart William Hague, in London to promote a new campaign for the ethnic Tamils crushed in.......
Published : Thursday 25 Feb 2010 16:10 | Read More
Fonseka's arrest aimed to suppress war crimes: Tamil Canadians
Calling the arrest of former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka 'the murder of dissent'' by Colombo, Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada have sought immediate international trial of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for war crimes........
Published : Tuesday 09 Feb 2010 9:46 | Read More
Calling the arrest of former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka 'the murder of dissent'' by Colombo, Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada have sought immediate international trial of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for war crimes........
Published : Tuesday 09 Feb 2010 9:46 | Read More
India to protect fishermen from Lankan naval attacks
India will take necessary steps to protect fishermen from the attacks of Sri Lankan Navy and will ask the island government to look at a political resolution of the problems of Tamils living there, said new National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon........
Published : Sunday 31 Jan 2010 20:31 | Read More
India will take necessary steps to protect fishermen from the attacks of Sri Lankan Navy and will ask the island government to look at a political resolution of the problems of Tamils living there, said new National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon........
Published : Sunday 31 Jan 2010 20:31 | Read More
New Zealand gives refuge to Sri Lankan asylum seekers
Wellington, Jan.19 - ANI: New Zealands Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman's office has confirmed that New Zealand has agreed to give asylum to 13 of the 78 Tamils who were taken to the Indonesian port of Tanjung Pinang. "While New Zealand was .......
Published : Tuesday 19 Jan 2010 12:16 | Read More
Wellington, Jan.19 - ANI: New Zealands Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman's office has confirmed that New Zealand has agreed to give asylum to 13 of the 78 Tamils who were taken to the Indonesian port of Tanjung Pinang. "While New Zealand was .......
Published : Tuesday 19 Jan 2010 12:16 | Read More
Australia rejects five Tamils asylum claim on security grounds
Melbourne, Jan.13 - ANI: A Tamil couple and three men involved in the impasse with Australian and Indonesian authorities have had their claims for asylum rejected on national security grounds........
Published : Wednesday 13 Jan 2010 10:56 | Read More
Melbourne, Jan.13 - ANI: A Tamil couple and three men involved in the impasse with Australian and Indonesian authorities have had their claims for asylum rejected on national security grounds........
Published : Wednesday 13 Jan 2010 10:56 | Read More
Tamil migrant claims of routine death threats in homeland and harrowing time in Canada
Vancouver, Jan 5- ANI: A Sri Lankan migrant, who was among the 76 young Tamils who paid smugglers to take them to Canada on a decrepit freighter, has claimed that they are routinely threatened both by government officials and rebel separatists in their ho.......
Published : Tuesday 05 Jan 2010 16:05 | Read More
Vancouver, Jan 5- ANI: A Sri Lankan migrant, who was among the 76 young Tamils who paid smugglers to take them to Canada on a decrepit freighter, has claimed that they are routinely threatened both by government officials and rebel separatists in their ho.......
Published : Tuesday 05 Jan 2010 16:05 | Read More
Tamils in Canada vote for independent homeland in Sri Lanka
Montreal, Quebec (Canada), Dec. 21 - ANI: Sri Lankan Tamils living in Canada have overwhelmingly voted yes for an independent homeland in a referendum held Saturday........
Published : Monday 21 Dec 2009 11:26 | Read More
Montreal, Quebec (Canada), Dec. 21 - ANI: Sri Lankan Tamils living in Canada have overwhelmingly voted yes for an independent homeland in a referendum held Saturday........
Published : Monday 21 Dec 2009 11:26 | Read More
Martyrs' Day goes smoothly for Canadian Tamils despite Seemans deportation
Toronto, Nov. 28 - ANI: Despite the deportation of their keynote speaker, thousands of Tamils gathered at a banquet hall in Toronto to observe the annual Martyrs' Day commemoration of Tamil Tigers who died in Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war........
Published : Saturday 28 Nov 2009 14:25 | Read More
Toronto, Nov. 28 - ANI: Despite the deportation of their keynote speaker, thousands of Tamils gathered at a banquet hall in Toronto to observe the annual Martyrs' Day commemoration of Tamil Tigers who died in Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war........
Published : Saturday 28 Nov 2009 14:25 | Read More
BJP asks Govt. to ensure early rehabilitation of Tamils in Sri Lanka
New Delhi, Nov. 14 - ANI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday asked the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to ask the Sri Lanka Government during his scheduled visit for early rehabilitation of the Tamils in Sri Lanka........
Published : Saturday 14 Nov 2009 20:27 | Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 14 - ANI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday asked the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to ask the Sri Lanka Government during his scheduled visit for early rehabilitation of the Tamils in Sri Lanka........
Published : Saturday 14 Nov 2009 20:27 | Read More
Tamil asylum seekers caught in Indonesian waters say they face genocide in Sri Lanka
Canberra, Oct. 18 - ANI: Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers, whose boat was stopped in Indonesian waters on the pretext that they were not genuine refugees, have claimed that ethnic Tamils face a genocide threat in their country........
Published : Sunday 18 Oct 2009 12:40 | Read More
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Canberra, Oct. 18 - ANI: Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers, whose boat was stopped in Indonesian waters on the pretext that they were not genuine refugees, have claimed that ethnic Tamils face a genocide threat in their country........
Published : Sunday 18 Oct 2009 12:40 | Read More