Inside Story - Can Sri Lanka achieve reconciliation?
A British TV documentary says war crimes were committed against Tamils in Sri Lanka's long civil war. The government is now under pressure to investigate. Is reconciliation still possible? Guests: Rajiva Wijesinha, Phil Rees, Kumar Kumarendran.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is an island located off the southern tip of India. Formerly known as Ceylon, the country was once a British colony under the Raj and is now independent. Despite the closeness to India, Sri Lanka is noticeably more serene.The Island? idyllic landscape knows as ?he Garden of Eden?is only...
Man returns after Sri Lanka kidnap ordeal
Australian Kumar Gunaratnam says he was abducted and tortured by Sri Lankan government forces.
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Taking the bite out of Sri Lanka's crocodiles
Reacting to a series of deadly crocodile attacks, the Sri Lankan government wants to capture the reptiles and confine them to national parks.
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India's vote against Sri Lanka was bewildering: Chandrika Kumaratunga
Former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga on Tuesday said that she was rather bewildered by India's decision to vote against the country at a US-sponsored UN resolution seeking action against Lanka on the purported war crimes committed during its almost three-decade-long war against the L...
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Sri Lanka - 2012
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Sri Lanka need not fear Kudankulam N-plant: Nuclear chief to NDTV
Sri Lanka recently raised concerns of a radiation threat from the Kudankulam nuclear reactors being made close to Kanyakumari, not far from the island nation. NDTV's Science Editor Pallava Bagla spoke to India's chief of the nuclear energy program Dr Srikumar Banerjee to seek a clarification if t...
Snakebites prove deadly in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of snakebite deaths in the world. While most of the 93 snake species on the island nation are harmless, it is the venomous few that are posing a threat to humans. Minelle Fernandez reports.
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Jayalalithaa pulls out AIADMK MPs from Sri Lanka delegation - NewsX
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa has withdrawn her MPs from a parliamentary delegation that is to visit Sri Lanka this week. The team is supposed to take a close look at the rehabilitation and developmental work for Tamils in post-war Lanka. Jayalalithaa feels the visit will be of little use. For more ...
Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks With Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Peiris
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris at the Department of State in Washington, DC on May 18, 2012. [Go to video.state.gov for more video and text transcript.]
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Kudankulam: Sri Lanka's objections not acceptable, says Karunanidhi
DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday termed Sri Lanka's objections to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu as 'unacceptable'. "The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant did not start yesterday; it has been there for a long time. Today, if Lanka raises doubts about Kudankulam, it is not acceptab...
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Shit Sri Lankan Mothers Say
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com We loved "Shit Girls Say" and had to do the Sri Lankan Mother version. We dedicate this to Amma's worldwide. Staring Sanushka Ranasinghe and Jehan Ratnatunga MORE VIDEOS: www.youtube.com Subscribe to jehanr for all your Sri Lankan YoutTube needs!
Sri Lankan MP addresses Amnesty's allegations
Sri Lanka continues to arrest and detain suspects without minimal safeguards, according to Amnesty International. A new report out says the government is still carrying out practices from the civil war that ended in 2009. It says torture, disappearances and extrajudicial killings are continuing. ...
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Sri Lankan faces beheading in Saudi Arabia for 'witchcraft'
nma.tv A Sri Lankan woman was arrested and given the death penalty for allegedly using witchcraft on an unsuspecting 13-year-old girl in Saudi Arabia. The young girl began acting erratically during a shopping trip in Jeddah after she was in close proximity to the suspected woman. Her father accus...
Sri Lanka's first census in 30 years
Sri Lanka is in the final process of completing its first nationwide census in more than 30 years. The last one was in 1981 before the civil war. This poll could show the true extent of war casualties, and the number of people displaced. Especially in battle scarred areas such as Kilinochchi as A...
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