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...it was in line with a pledge Sri Lanka gave Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The announcement came amid intense international pressure on Colombo to release tens of thousands of civilians held in the camps since security forces crushed Tamil...

In this article: Sri Lanka, United Nations, Agence France Presse, Mahinda Rajapakse, Vavuniya, All rights reserved, and Sarath Fonseka

U.N. Humanitarian Chief John Holmes, left, speaks as Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama looks on during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Holmes visited northern Sri Lanka to study the welfare of...

In this article: Sri Lanka, United Nations, Detainee, Vavuniya, Rohitha Bogollagama, Tamil Tigers, and Mahinda Rajapaksa

...camps ahead of completing their planned re-settlement in two months. The announcement comes amid strong international pressure on Colombo to release tens of thousands of civilians held in the camps. Some 136,328 men, women and children...

In this article: Sri Lanka, Ban Ki-moon, UN, and Mahinda Rajapakse

...separated from his wife, who moved to Canada with Sanjeev and his older brother. Mr Kuhendrarajah said he had met Sanjeev in Colombo in 2003 after his son was deported from Canada where, immigration documents reveal, he had been...

In this article: Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka, Canada, Hollywood, and London

...sides are working towards finalising an 'Agreement on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons'." "We will shortly send a delegation to Colombo to negotiate the finalised draft text," Krishna said in his letter, a copy of which is with IANS.

In this article: Sri Lanka, India, and New Delhi

...commodity prices and excess liquidity, stoke fears of high inflation and a weak rupee. Any rise in inflation could cause problems between Colombo and the International Monetary Fund, which has agreed to a $2.6bn loan on condition that the...

In this article: Inflation, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka, Sarath Fonseka, Tamil Tigers, Colombo Stock Exchange, and International Monetary Fund

...son of the chairman of the Sri Lankan arm of the Singer sewing machine company, Rajaratnam was born and raised into the privileged life of Colombo's post-independence elite. He grew up in Cinnamon Gardens, an enclave of Colombo dominated by...

In this article: Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Galleon Group, United States, Insider trading, Wharton School, University of Sussex, and University of Pennsylvania

...class="redtext">AFTERNOON SPORTS CLUB </span>Bears 1st & 10: Orton, Colombo, Brown and more Bears 1st & 10: Orton, Colombo, Brown and more Kyle Orton's ankle injury bears watching - not so much because of...

In this article: Kyle Orton, Broncos, Sprain, Redskins, Lions, Packers, Tennessee Titans, and Brandon Marshall

...with the United Nations saying more than 7,000 civilians may have died in the final stages of the fighting. And since the victory, Colombo has been criticised for not moving swiftly enough to resettle Tamils uprooted by the war. Fonseka...

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Mahinda Rajapakse, Democracy, Political science, Sri Lanka, Nimalka Fernando, and Allegations

Colombo bound: Sri Lanka tuk-tuk challenge What do you get when you put 70 foreigners in charge of 25 tuk-tuks? Charles Starmer-Smith finds out as he leads Team Telegraph on a wild and wonderful 10-day ride across a devastated land that's...

In this article: Sri Lanka