Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Marie Colvin remembered in Jaffna



Tamil Net
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Tamil journalists from various media organizations came together on Monday in Jaffna with civil society members and student representatives of various faculties of the Jaffna University, to pay tribute to the slain war correspondent in Syria, Marie Colvin, who had been in the island covering the conflict earlier. Paying floral tribute, the event, organized by Nimalarajan Memorial Foundation, remembered the late Marie Colvin as a Journalist Friend of Tamils. Meanwhile, remembering Marie Colvin in the diaspora, the London-based International Association of Tamil Journalists came out with a tribute last Thursday, saluting her courage, discipline and commitment to her work and to humanity.

In the memorial event held in Jaffna, Editor of Yaazh Thinakkural Mr. A. Rajeevan, President of the student union of the Vavuniyaa campus of the Jaffna University Mr. Sakthi, the Director of Media Resource and Training Centre of the Jaffna University V. Thevananth and the Jaffna reporter of Lankadeepa and Dailymirror, Mr. Parameswaran, delivered speeches. The event took place at Yaazhpaadi hotel from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.


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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tamils 'face torture after UK deportation'



Sky News
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The UK is due to deport up to 100 Tamils this week, despite warnings from human rights groups that they face torture from the Sri Lankan security services.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have both voiced their concerns over the mass deportation of Tamils, which will be the UK's third since June.

Sky News has spoken to one man who was deported from the UK last year who claims he was tortured but managed to escape and get back to Britain.


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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Sri Lanka: Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) begins



The Island
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The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Operational issues workshop, hosted by the Sri Lanka Navy commenced yesterday (28). Director General Operations Rear Admiral Jayantha Perera inaugurated the workshop at the Galadari Hotel.

The two day workshop conducted under the theme Enhancing Operational Efficiency through Sharing of Information and Coordination is attended by representatives from Australia, Bangladesh, France, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Iran.


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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Britain defends the decision to deport asylum seekers



By Charles Haviland | BBC Sinhala
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Britain has questioned concerns raised by two charities which say that Sri Lankan Tamils deported from the UK are at danger of being tortured or raped.

Another charter flight returning people to the island nation, including Tamil and Sinhala failed asylum-seekers, is due to leave on Tuesday.


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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Sri Lanka may see tyranny of markets to be worse than IMF, World Bank



Lanka Business Online
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The pain imposed by the tyranny of markets could be much greater than adjustments caused by the International Monetary Fund or World Bank, an economist has warned.

Indrajith Coomaraswamy, an economist who has been at Sri Lanka's central bank, finance ministry and at the Commonwealth Secretariat said borrowing in commercial markets required good policy and transparent reporting.

"Now that we are exposed to the market and rating agencies even if we keep our house well, there could be exogenous shocks," Coomaraswamy told a forum in Colombo organized by the Sri Lanka Association of Exporters.


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