LTTE targets more families for conscription
Those seeking higher education told to give
brother/sister to Tigers:
The LTTE, the self-claimed sole representative
of the Tamil people in the North-East has imposed yet another
restriction on Tamil youth in the Vanni to curtail their university
education by making it compulsory for one of their family members to
join the Tiger outfit, for them to proceed to their respective
universities to continue university education.
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SAARC legal framework to counter terror
A common legal framework to be set up among the
South Asia Association Regional Cooperation SAARC countries to
counter terrorism will allow the region to combat terrorism on a
common platform, Foreign Affairs Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said.
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Govt. refutes Nowak's 'torture' statement
The Government yesterday refuted UN Special
Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak's statement to Untied Nations
General Assembly's Third Committee that the practice of torture in
Sri Lanka is "widespread", saying that he acknowledged torture is
not systematic in the country during his tour here.
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