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Transnational Government of Tamil Eleam (TGTE) Announces Appointments to the House of Senate

Two people who write for Salem-News.com are now part of the new government of Tamil Eelam (Sri Lanka).

(NEW YORK CITY) - Significant progress is being realized in the effort to establish the nation of Tamil Eelam in the north of Sri Lanka. Senators for the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam have been announced.

The Tamil population in this island nation off the coast of India was massacred by the Sri Lanka government in a pogrom that ended just over three years ago, in May of 2009.

Britons Given Travel Warning on Sri Lanka

Britons should make arrangements with reputable travel firms when moving around in the country.

(LONDON Times Online) - The British Government has warned of an upsurge in Nationalism and sexual offences on minors in Sri Lanka and has put out a travel warning to its citizens living, working and intending to travel to the island nation.

Women in particular were told to take extra care when traveling alone or in small groups and to carry personal alarms.

Will Sri Lanka`s President Fetter the SEC?

Investigations into stock exchange mafia...

(COLOMBO, The Island) - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and its officials who have come under severe pressure for trying to stamp out illegal market practices in the Colombo Stock Exchange.

The has government yet to make public its stance regarding the issue as market manipulators gleefully watch the pendulum swing their way.

Tamils Should Protest Against UN, Demand Referendum: May 17 Movement

The demonstration was organized by TN political activists to convey solidarity with the demands of Eezham Tamil youth activist Gobi Sivanthan.

(CHENNAI, India TamilNet) - Criticizing the UN for collaborating with vested interests of world powers in denying a just political solution for the Eezham Tamils, Thirumurugan Gandhi from the May 17th Movement said that Tamils should direct their protests against the UN.

They're asking for an internationally monitored referendum to resolve the national question of the genocide affected Eezham Tamils.

New Book Examines History of the Tamil People`s Struggle for Self-Determination

Ridenour is a long-term activist in solidarity with Cuba and other Latin American revolutions and a regular contributor to Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal.

(CHENNAI, India) - Ron Ridenour‘s latest book is a very informative history of the struggle for self-determination by the Tamil people on the island of Sri Lanka.

Ridenour explains the reasons why many Tamils took up arms to fight for an independent Tamil state. He shows the history of racism in Sri Lanka and the violent repression carried out by successive governments against peaceful Tamil protests.

Indian Apathy Towards Tamil Eelam and Tamils of Eelam

As a nation subject to a protracted genocide, the Eelam Tamils’ dignity and freedom can be guaranteed only under a free Tamil Eelam.

(LONDON) - It is high time that the Tamils in India and elsewhere accepted that the formation of Tamil Eelam as the only way forward and actively supported its formation.

Simply crying foul over the socio-political plight of Eelam Tamils won't do and will not bring about any positive outcome.

Reincarnation/Rebirth of the Indo-Lanka Accord

It is obvious that no Sri Lankan government will find a viable political solution to the Tamil question in the Island.

(PARIS, France) - Reading this headline, extreme Singhalese may say, ‘another....... paving the way for a separate state’, extreme Tamil nationalists may say, ‘another one going against the independent state’, but the wisest may say, ‘the right thinking at the right time’.

Twenty five years ago, the India's PM Rajiv Gandhi and the Sri Lanka Pres. J. R. Jayawardene signed the Indo-Lanka accord..

UN Urged to Take Notice of Atrocities Against Baloch People

The Baloch Human Rights Organisation urges the UN to take notice of ‘state terrorism’ in Balochistan and send a fact finding mission to impartially observe the endless brutalities against Baloch people.

(KARACHI, Pakistan) - The Baloch Human Rights Organisation held a protest in front of Karachi Press Club against on-going state terrorism in Balochistan.

Large numbers of Baloch women, children and elderly gathered outside the Karachi Press Club to demonstration against raids on houses of innocent Baloch and military offensives in different areas of Balochistan.

A Statement: Eluded Peace

The incidents of ordinary people being attacked by the army for no rhyme or reason are not rare occurrences in the North.

(JAFFNA, Sri Lanka) - The widely advertised ‘war for peace’ came to an end more than three years ago. Yet the fruits of this peace are yet to be enjoyed by the people in the North, who were most affected mentally, physically and economically.

This reality is verified by the day to day events which are taking place here. The hop for a real peace is declining day by day.

`SILENCE BREAKS` by Nadarajah Kuruparan - Part 2

Mahinda Rajapakse Would Kill on the Day, Ranil Wickramasinghe Would Await the Day.

(LONDON) - Now I am taking you back in time by some 12 years, not with exultation, but with excruciating agony. The peace talks that came after the war and profuse bloodshed gave a sigh of relief to many.

But it only proved to be a mirage. Nobody could have imagined that the apparent quiet was only gestating to deliver a post-peace tsunami.