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	Sri Lanka - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This palm viper is a native of Sri Lanka.
		The battle for control of the Jaffna peninsula in the north of Sri Lanka was renewed in early September 2000 with the Sri Lankan army claiming to have killed 160 rebels in fierce fighting.
		Sri Lanka is a member of the Commonwealth and the non-aligned movement and joined the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in 1985.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Sri+Lanka (3161 words)

	Serving Sri Lanka: THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE
		It remains difficult to paint an accurate picture of the population living in the Eastern Province, as due to the political climate there, the Census of 2001[1] could not be effectively conducted in the East.
		In addition, the Eastern Province has been affected by several hartals during 2004 and into 2005 held to protest events from the arbitrary arrest and detention of individuals, the putting up of Buddhist religious iconography in predominantly Tamil and Muslim areas[12], and perceived discrimination.
		Despite this, the legality of the blanket implementation of the 100 metre buffer zone in the western and southern provinces and the 200 metre buffer zone in the north and east is questionable[43].
	servesrilanka.blogspot.com /2005/11/human-rights-situation-in-eastern.html (15014 words)

	Muslims have a Case in Sri Lanka
		Sri Lanka is the latest addition to the list of countries where Muslims are being persecuted and chased from their homes where they have been living for generations, peacefully with members of other communities.
		At present 33 percent of population in Eastern Province id Muslim whilst Tamils and Sinhalese are 41 percent and 26 percent respectively.
		The Indo-Sri Lanka peace accord provides for two political consultations elections to a council for both the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka and later, a referendum in Eastern Province, to decide whether both north and east should be merged into one unit.
	www.geocities.com /mforumsl/lw3.htm (1066 words)

	Welcome to the official web-site of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum
		The Sri Lanka Democracy Forum (SLDF) is alarmed by the escalation of violence in the North and East, which threatens the possibility of reaching a negotiated political solution to the conflict.
		The Sri Lanka Democracy Forum (SLDF) expresses its shock and outrage and outright condemnation of the attack on the Akkaraipattu Mosque in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka and the murder of innocent Muslim civilians engaged in prayer, on the morning of Friday 18 November 2005, a day after the Presidential Elections.
		The Sri Lanka Democracy Forum (SLDF) condemns the election violence, intimidation and the consequent disenfranchisement of Tamil citizens by the LTTE in the North and East.
	www.lankademocracy.org (4444 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sri Lanka - The Eastern Province Question \| Sri Lankan Information Resource
		Although Northern Province clearly had a Tamil majority and limited economic potential, the position in Eastern Province was ambiguous: 58 percent of its population was either Sinhalese or Muslim.
		They outlined a settlement that included provincial councils for Northern and Eastern provinces and special provisions for Eastern Province that would entail the establishment of local councils for Sinhalese in Trincomalee, Tamils in Batticaloa District, and Muslims in the southern district of Amparai.
		India had promised Sri Lanka that the Tigers would be completely disarmed, but it was apparent that the militants had surrendered only a fraction of their arsenal in August.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/sri-lanka/sri-lanka150.html (1691 words)

	Sir Lanka News by LankaPage.com - Latest Hot News from Sri Lanka.
		Sri Lanka were skittled out for 185 after being put into bat under overcast skies on a moist pitch on Monday.
		Sri Lanka has lost another Dvora and eight sailors, paradoxically after the much advertised Geneva talks, where the LTTE agreed to respect the ceasefire, having mounted a series of devastating attacks on the security forces.
		Sri Lanka Army (SLA) spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said the monitors should prove their allegations that the SLA officers are aware and/or closely working with the paramilitary groups operating in the north and the east.
	www.lankapage.com (3031 words)

	Sri Lanka's genocidal attack on Tamils in the East - 1990
		The government maintains that since Sri Lanka is a single country citizens may freely move into any part of the country and that it is necessary to transplant some populations to more productive areas.
		The Tamils in these Districts in the Eastern Province have been unable to go to their farms, they have been unable to go to their work places, and they have been unable to go out to fish.
		The attack on the Tamils in the Eastern Province is genocidal in intent.
	www.tamilnation.org /indictment/indict057.htm (2169 words)

	Improving Livelihoods for Conflict-Affected Coastal Communities in Sri Lanka
		A coastal resource management plan for the province will be prepared to establish a consistent framework for provincial coastal resource planning and management.
		The total project cost is about $28.4 million, to which the Government of Sri Lanka will contribute $5.6 million and the beneficiaries $1.3 million.
		Sri Lanka's coastal communities depend directly on the marine, lagoon, and land environments for their survival.
	www.adb.org /Media/Articles/2003/3812_Sri_Lanka_Improve_Livelihoods (749 words)

	News Archive - Sri Lanka
		In Negombo, on the northern outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Manju (16) sits on the concrete slab where his family home used to be, before the tsunami of 26th December 2004.
		World Vision Sri Lanka national director Yu Hwa Li says the deal has caused great excitement after years of civil war and has already led to government calls for the international community to pour in aid and expertise to help rebuild the divided and shattered country.
		World Vision Sri Lanka has begun (August 16) assisting 6,535 families affected by severe drought in the south of the country, distributing emergency food supplies in the Moneragala District in the Uva Province in Southeastern Sri Lanka, about 200 km from the capital Colombo.
	www.wvi.org /wvi/archives/asia/sri_lanka.htm (7636 words)

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		Within days of the tsunami, IMC began providing emergency relief to affected communities in Sri Lanka, and with a partner agency, has already established a transitional field hospital in the town of Kinniya, (southwest of the Trincomalee District) where the town’s existing hospital was completely destroyed.
		The malnutrition rate in the province is 15% higher than the national average and the infant mortality rate nearly 10% higher; the latter explained in part by a widespread shortage of qualified birth attendants.
		Historically, almost no health infrastructure has existed in rural inland areas of Eastern province, forcing many to travel to coastal areas where hospitals and health centers are routinely stretched to capacity and suffer chronic shortages of staffs and supplies.
	www.us-asean.org /Tsunami/IMC_SriLanka.doc (2454 words)

	The Eastern Situation in Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The situation in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka is getting messier by the moment with twists and turns in the script has made it that much more difficult for all the actors in the ‘peace process’.
		However, it has been established beyond doubt that there was a clash between the Karuna and Prabhakaran factions of the LTTE in the East though not to the extent of a full-fledged confrontation as reported in some sections of the media.
		S P Tamilchelvan, Leader, Political Wing of the LTTE has told the Norwegian led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) that the LTTE had sufficient evidence that the SLA was giving protection to Karuna and termed it a ‘fl mark’ on the Cease-fire Accord (CFA).
	www.observerindia.com /analysis/A211.htm (1558 words)

	IPKF Withdrawal Joint Communique
		The High Commissioner of India reiterated the invitation of the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India to the Foreign Minister of the Government of Sri Lanka to visit India to discuss the time schedule for the withdrawal of the remaining IPKF contingent in Sri Lanka.
		The Sri Lanka delegation leaves for Colombo today and will submit their report to His Excellency President R. Premadasa for his consideration and decision.
		An observer group consisting of the Sri Lanka Army Commander and the GOC of the IPKF will report any violations of the cessation of hostilities and immediate consequential action taken, and recommend further remedial action to the President of Sri Lanka.
	www.tamilnation.org /intframe/india/89ipkfwidthdrawal.htm (860 words)

	Eastern Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eastern Province and East Province may refer to the following places:
		Roman and Byzantine Greece Greece as an eastern province of Roman Empire
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Province (96 words)

	CSRwire.com -- Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
		The products will be shipped to the hard hit Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, where IMC is operating a comprehensive health care program in Ampara, as well as mobile clinics in Trincomalee and rehabilitating the rural hospital in Batticaloa.
		Ampara was directly in the path of the December 26 tsunami, and was the first area in Sri Lanka to be hit, without warning, by massive waves that struck the low-lying coast.
		Most of Sri Lanka's 30,000 fatalities were in the Ampara district.
	www.csrwire.com /print.cgi?sfArticleId=3620 (536 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Country Study and Country Guide \| Sri Lankan Information Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sri Lanka - Rise of Sinhalese and Tamil Ethnic Awareness
		Sri Lanka - DECLINE OF THE SINHALESE KINGDOM, 1200-1500
		Sri Lanka - Sinhalese Migration to the South
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/sri-lanka (564 words)

	AsiaMedia :: SRI LANKA: Pro-LTTE newspaper distributor murdered
		Colombo --- On June 27 a distributor of the pro-LTTE newspaper Eelanatham was shot and killed in the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
		Daya Ratnayake, told the press that the killing was "most likely linked to the dispute between the LTTE and the breakaway rebel faction lead by Colonel Karuna." Karuna, once a top-ranking soldier in the Tiger Military, and about 6,000 soldiers split from the main body last year.
		The two factions have been involved in a bloody struggle for dominance in the eastern province ever since.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=26528 (592 words)

	LankaWeb News
		Vinobha Indran giving a verdict of homicide at the inquest into the death of EPRLF Vice Chairman of the local government body of Poratheevu Pattu Pradeshiya Sabha said it was a murder committed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and ordered the Vellavely Police to arrest suspects.
		Police sources said that the LTTE has increased its violence against its political opponents and suspected informers among the Tamils in the Eastern province in a new effort to consolidate power under the terrorist group’s new commander Karuna.
		The LTTE is openly advocating a one party polity for the Tamil areas of Sri Lanka contrary to the provisions of fundamental rights granted to its citizens by the constitution of Sri Lanka.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items02/281202-3.html (398 words)

	I-FREED: CAT-Scan Unit in Ampara General Hospital
		Ampara district in the Eastern Province was one of the most devastated and had the highest number of deaths in the country.
		The Eastern Province received severe damage following the tsunami, and Ampara District was one of the areas that was most affected.
		The Ampara General Hospital was chosen to house the scanner as it is a major referral center for the Eastern Province and did not receive damage from the tsunami.
	www.i-freed.org /programs/tsunami_relief/catscan_ampara/catscan_ampara.htm (1340 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Sri Lanka
		The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India.
		Occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century, the island was ceded to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was united under British rule by 1815.
		Sri Lanka's most dynamic sectors now are food processing, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, telecommunications, and insurance and banking.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/ce.html (1203 words)

	LankaWeb News
		The seven-month pregnant young woman’s husband in a complaint to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission said that the gang sexually molested his wife while he was away from their home.
		The seven month pregnant woman Amavasa Yogeshwari had complained to her husband she was harassed and sexually molested by several men whom she identified as LTTE cadres from Navakkudam area in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
		After her husband complained the matter to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, in whose Batticaloa committee the rebel group is represented, armed LTTE men again allegedly stormed their house and warned them to keep the matter a secret.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items02/220601-1.html (461 words)

	VISIT UVA PROVINCE-SRI LANKA
		Fourth largest of Sri Lanka's nine provinces,Uva is unparalleled in natural beauty.Covering the south eastern parts of the central mountains and surrounding plains, the Uva province offers a tempting variety of diverse attractions to the visitor.
		The Uva province has many unspoilt wildness areas rich in animal,bird and plant life.Predominantly(78%) agricultural,the province has a haunting rural charm; outside its few bustling towns,life styles are serene,unhurried and still traditional.
		This friendly people of Uva who are of diverse ethnic origins,share a common tradition of hospitality to visitors and will make a stay in the province an enjoyble and enriching experience.
	www.geocities.com /uva_srilanka (146 words)

	Centre for Policy Alternatives
		The Road Map Programme on Negotiating a Political Settlement and Promoting Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka is a joint initiative of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and the Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies, Sri Lanka Office.
		The aim of the Road Map Programme is to support all stakeholders in Sri Lanka in their pursuit to find a just and equitable negotiated settlement to the ethno-political conflict in the country.
		It is particularly focused on the issues and challenges of the interim process and is designed to help decision-makers, policy-advisors and practitioners as well as the expert public to understand, shape and organize the transformation processes in a constructive way.
	www.cpalanka.org /roadmap_programme.html (361 words)

	Sri Lanka
		This gives the group legal standing in Sri Lanka to be treated as a corporate entity in financial and real estate transactions.
		On May 17, during an LTTE-sponsored strike over the erection of a Buddha statue on public land in Trincomalee in the eastern province of Sri Lanka, a Sinhala youth was killed and four members of the same family were injured when a grenade was thrown at them.
		The National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka reports that although approximately 40 percent of incidents were never reported to the police, approximately 50 attacks have taken place during the period covered by this report.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51622.htm (4236 words)

	Stone Laid for Houses in Kalmunai @ Amritapuri.org
		Today morning, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of 60 houses in Periyanilavanai in the Kalmunai division of Ampara District, Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
		of Sri Lanka's guidelines, the Math is building 3 story homes, each with a total of 530 square feet.
		He noted that in February, out of her compassion, Amma had traveled all the way from India to Sri Lanka, visiting many refugee camps in different parts of the country, and consoling thousands.
	www.amritapuri.org /tsunami/kalmunai.php (287 words)

	Human Rights Situation in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rumours about possible Tiger operations flourish throughout the city, claiming that a "pistol gang" is aiming to assassinate major public figures or that suicide-bombers have infiltrated and will attack the navy base again.
		Also, contacts suggest that detainees who have been abused are routinely hidden from the HRTF until their conditions improve, a practice that has become fairly common throughout the North-East Province.
		In at least one case, a Sri Lankan Army camp commander took a much more direct approach, reportedly compelling one village-based NGO to actually close down its operations completely.
	www.peacebrigades.org /lanka/slp9601.html (1264 words)

	Government leaves thousands of flood victims in eastern Sri Lanka without adequate ai - InfoLanka Forum
		Most of the flooded areas are in the eastern districts of Batticaloa and Amparai, where the majority of people are poverty-stricken farmers and fishermen belonging to the minority Tamil and Tamil Muslim communities.
		The East is a battleground in the protracted civil war between the Sri Lankan army and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
		The Mahaweli River, the longest and the largest in Sri Lanka, which flows through the borders of Batticaloa district, burst its banks and flooded surrounding areas.
	www.infolanka.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/001641.html (2582 words)

	China Travel
		Situated in the eastern port of Ningbo, the Daxie Harbor Area is across the sea from Shanghai, east China's largest city, and borders an international deepwater shipping lane.
		Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, with a history of more than 3,100 years, was the capital of 13 feudal dynasties, including those in the period of great prosperity such as the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) and the Tang Dynasty (6l8 A.D.- 907 A.D.).
		Simultaneous ceremonies were held recently in Cangzhou of north China's Hebei Province and Seoul of the ROK in celebration of the event.
	www.chinainfotravel.com /china_travel.htm (15456 words)

	Department of attorney generals department Sri Lanka
		Kamalasabayson has been serving as the Attorney - General of Sri Lanka since 1999.He was enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court on 23rd of June, 1972.
		K. Kamalasabayson obtained his secondary education at St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia followed by his legal studies at the Sri Lanka Law College where he was conferred a First Class Honours Pass at the Advocates Final Examination in 1971.
		He hails from Trincomalee a port town in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
	www.attorneygeneral.gov.lk /org/ProfileAG.htm (284 words)

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