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Ban Ki-moon Advisers Defend Sri Lanka Crimes By Linking Press with LTTE, France Smells Blood?

This is the UN itself, at the highest level, fanning anti press freedom flames. - Inner City Press

(UNITED NATIONS) - Amid threatening anonymous telephone calls triggered by a proceeding at the UN against Inner City Press, a Sri Lankan journalist asked Inner City Press:

`Letter From Urbino` Debuts this Friday in London

‘A people does not carry the memory of its humiliation as an individual does.’ André Chamson. 1940.

(LONDON) - Letter From Urbino is a film about a Sri Lankan refugee working as an attendant at the National Gallery in London.

Each day he gazes at the paintings there and watches the faces of the people who come and go through the rooms.

The Prudent Reply of E.N.D.L.F. to the Wicked Monk Ellawella Thero Who is Trying to Distort History

Opinion statement from the Political Wing, Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (E.N.D.L.F.)

(COLOMBO Sri Lanka ) - The wicked man Mr. Ellawella Methanka Thero, who is congratulating the Defence Secretary belonging to the Sinhalese Race, has again proved himself as the heir of the inhuman rogues.

Because of their savage deeds, the Sinhalese alone were outlawed by their native nation in Vanga (Bangladesh) and they reached Sri Lanka seeking refuge for their livelihood as the immigrants.

Sri Lanka: Disturbing Questions

Does the pressure from Tamil Nadu really help in the resolution of the knotty ethnic issue in Sri Lanka?

(NEW DELHI, India) - Some years ago, I was in Sri Lankan capital Colombo.

On learning that my home state happens to be Odisha despite my Delhi-upbringing, the general manager of the hotel where I was staying at upgraded my booking to an executive-suite and extended me further facilities.

UK Under Fire for Deporting Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers

By engineering social status and a divide and rule system, Britain ensured that when it withdrew, chaos would follow.

(LONDON Press TV) - It was supposed to be a celebratory lunch; the Sri Lankan President flanked by leaders from other Commonwealth countries dining in sumptuous style with the queen to celebrate 60 years on the British throne.

Letter From Urbino 6. `After Rain the Angels come`

In my rain-swept garden, although the Albertine roses that usually cascade against the wall have failed to appear, the foxgloves seem to be withstanding this unseasonal rain.

(LONDON) - So many people have supported this little project of mine that this post can only be dedicated to them.

SRI LANKA: A Diplomatic Representative of the Nation or Just a Rascal?

Why has Sri Lanka allowed itself to be so ridiculed and mocked by its public officials?

(HONG KONG) - Former AG, Mohan Peiris, last November told the UN CAT Committee that he knew Prageeth Eknaligoda was living in a foreign country.

However, last week when giving evidence before the Homagama Magistrate's Court he said that he does not know whether Prageeth Eknaligoda was dead or alive.

Captive, Handcuffed and Dying... `Brutal` and `Shocking` Describe Newly Released Sri Lanka War Crime Images

War Crimes, Sex Crimes; photos and videos just released offer more compelling evidence.

(SALEM) - A system of doubt exists at every step along this road when this government starts talking.

Rajapakse Speech Halted But He Still Meets the Queen

Human rights abuses are still reported to be widespread.

(LONDON Channel 4) - A meeting in the City of London, due to have been addressed earlier by the president of Sri Lanka, was cancelled, because of demonstrations by Tamil rights groups.

But Mahinda Rajapakse – whose presidency has been tainted by persistent allegations of war crimes committed by Sri Lankan armed forces...

Ocampo Says Speech Can Be Crime, Steps Back from Sri Lanka Mapping

Sri Lanka's General Shavendra Silva, depicted in Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's own report engaged in war crimes.

(UNITED NATIONS) - As International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo delivered his swan song Tuesday in a Security Council briefing on Darfur, Sudan's Permanent Representative Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman sounded a discordant note outside at the stakeout.

In the end each man declared victory.