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  Comparative Criminology | Asia - Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, known as Ceylon until 1972, is a teardrop shaped tropical island nation in the Indian Ocean lying 29 kilometers off the southeast coast of peninsular India.
Sri Lanka's socio-economic indicators are better than average for developing countries, with an annual population growth rate estimated at 1.3%, a literacy rate of 89%, and an infant mortality rate of 18 per 1,000.
Sri Lanka is a party to the 1988 United Nations Drug Convention, although enabling legislation for the convention had not been presented to parliament by the end of 1998.
www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/asia_pacific/sri_lanka.html   (16275 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library:  Magnificent Wilpattu
Snakebite is also a very common accident in Sri Lanka which, with a population of 19 million, suffers hundreds of snakebite fatalities each year and has earned the dubious reputation of being the country with the highest annual snakebite death rate, per capita, in the world.
Here the ultimate aim is to produce a specific antivenom for Sri Lanka Russell’s viper bite from the venom of Sri Lankan Russell’s vipers, thereby increasing the efficiency of the available treatment and reducing the unpleasant side effects that resulted from large doses of Indian antivenom.
The Sri Lankan Russell’s viper (Daboia russelli russelli) is the snake at the centre of an epidemic.
www.lankalibrary.com /wlife/snakes4.htm   (2592 words)

  
 SRI LANKA, Landmine Monitor Report 2001
Sri Lanka participated as an observer at the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva in September 2000 and at the intersessional Standing Committee meetings in December 2000 and May 2001.
Sri Lanka is not party to the Amended Protocol II of the Convention of Conventional Weapons; however it participated as observer at the December 2000 Annual Conference of the States Parties.
Sri Lanka is not known to have produced or exported antipersonnel mines.
www.icbl.org /lm/2001/sri_lanka   (2374 words)

  
 Northern Province, Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northern Province is a province of Sri Lanka.
It is one of 2 provinces of Sri Lanka that has an overwhelming non Sinhalese population.
Jaffna peninsula itself is irrigated by underground aquifers fed by wells where as the rest of the province has irrigation tanks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka   (164 words)

  
 Sri Lanka Truth
The Sri Lankan forces and other auxiliary armed groups jointly functioning with them have carried out several human rights violations such as incidents of violence, killings, abductions, missing of persons, arrests, tortures and iniquitous activities in the North East Province of Sri Lanka.
The island of Srilanka (known as Ceylon until the promulgation of the new Republication Constitution in 1972) is the historical homeland of two ancient civilizations, of two distinct ethno-national formations with different languages, traditions, cultures, territories and histories.
An act of arson committed by Sri Lankan troops supervised by two senior ministers destroyed the jaffna Library, the citadel of Tamil heritage and culture 97000 valuable books including centuries old Ola manuscripts were burnt irretrievably.
www.srilankatruth.com   (615 words)

  
 Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealo
Maria Dorothea Elizabeth Koch, born 1766 in Jaffna, Northern Province, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; married (1) Hendrik Speldewinde 1780 in Jaffna, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; born Abt.
Susanna Henrietta Koch, born 22 September 1798 in Jaffna, Northern Province, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; died 30 March 1866 in Jaffna, Northern Province, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; married Carl Fredrik Isaac Ebell in Jaffna, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; born 1798 in Jaffna, Northern Province, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; died 10 October 1855 in Jaffna, Northern Province, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka.
Clarence Wilfred Koch, born in Jaffna, Northern Province, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; died 11 December 1937 in (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; married Ida Ethel Anthonisz 11 September 1918 in St Paul,Milagriya, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; born 5 April 1893 in Colombo,Western Province, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka; died 11 November 1943 in (Ceylon) Sri Lanka.
www.rootsweb.com /~lkawgw/gen1203.html   (1843 words)

  
 CIVIL ADMINISTRATION IN THAMILEELAM - Observations of a US Academic
Students of agriculture and the Sri Lankan government agriculture extension officers from the northern districts were actively involved in the preparation of the final project which was approved at the conference.
Despite the killing of several technicians and artisans by the Sri Lankan and the Indian Armies (and migration of others due to fear for their lives and unemployment), the LTTE has managed to train a new generation of workers with technical skills.
The northern residents, despite the economic embargo and the blockade, are reasonably well dressed, groomed and observe reasonable standards of hygiene.
www.sangam.org /ANALYSIS_ARCHIVES/civil.htm   (4195 words)

  
 Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Jaffna is a city in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
In the current unsettled situation in the northern part of Sri Lanka, many have moved out of the town, and it is presumed that the population of this town has been reduced considerably.
The town also functions as the capital of Northern Province and the cultural capital of Sri Lankan Tamils.
creekin.net /c6681-n173-jaffna-sri-lanka.html   (202 words)

  
 Tamil masses in the north of Sri Lanka protest cuts in food rations
The Tamil masses, trapped in the racist war in the Mulaithivu and Killinochchi districts of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, are protesting against cuts in food rations imposed by the government in Colombo.
But the ruling class in Sri Lanka and the PA government use the LTTE's confiscation of food aid as a pretext to intensify its racist oppression.
The working class and oppressed in Sri Lanka must campaign internationally for an end to this racist war, for the withdrawal of armies from the north and east, and for the securing of the democratic rights of the Tamil nation.
www.wsws.org /news/1998/sep1998/sri-s25.shtml   (1368 words)

  
 Canadian Human Rights Mission to Sri Lanka 1992   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While in Sri Lanka, the Canadian team investigated continuing reports of human rights abuses and growing concern that a full-scale military offensive is likely to be mounted in the Jaffna peninsula.
The incredible beauty of Sri Lanka, its enormous potential and rich human resources seemed to magnify the deep tragedy of the ethnic conflict which threatens all that Sri Lanka could be.
At the very heart of the conflict in Sri Lanka is the widening gap between the rich and the poor and between the North/East and the rest of the country.
www.tamilnation.org /diaspora/canada/92humanrights.htm   (3470 words)

  
 Northern Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northern Cape Province, South Africa, in line with reference to the former Cape Province as simply The Province, particularly in rugby.
North Sumatra (Sumatra Utara) - a province in Indonesia
North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) - a province in Indonesia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Province   (137 words)

  
 Media Release by Pacifia Alliance for Peace in Sri Lanka (PAPS) - 26 April 2003
While the Sinhalese were shunted out in late 80s from the Northern province and are harassed even today in the Eastern province, the attack on the Muslims began in early 90s in Avranathlawa with plundering of a Muslim village.
Sri Lankan people should ponder why there is an unholy alliance between the UNF and the Tamil Tigers to get together and plunder civilians for one party to achieve their racist political objectives and the other to savour political power in the South and collect commissions in dollars.
Let the Government protect the unarmed civilians in Sri Lanka from the world's most violent terrorist group and their blood-thirsty leader, Prabakaran who is a wanted criminal by INTERPOL, Sri Lanka and India.
www.spur.asn.au /PAPS_26_April_2003_Sri_Lanka_Muttur.htm   (618 words)

  
 “We may now go home”: Muslim Refugees of Sri Lanka
Equally, it is also the responsibility of the Tamil community of the Northern province in general, and the leaders and civil society in particular, to offer support and safety for those displaced Muslims who have opted to come back to live with them. 
So far, the international community has been playing a positive role in resolving ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.  The international community could allay the fears of smaller minorities such as the Muslims of the Northern Province by supporting the efforts towards peace with justice for all those who were affected by the ethnic conflict.
If the present situation continues, Muslim refugees are not likely to return home in large numbers.  They need to be certain of the protection accorded to them by the parties to the conflict, and by the constitution.  Negotiating their protection is the responsibility of the state, the LTTE, and the Muslim political parties.
www.lines-magazine.org /textnovember/Hasbullah.htm   (945 words)

  
 Sri Lanka, 11 - 2 - 2006: The Northeast De-merger unmasks the myth of a Tamil Homeland
Sri Lanka, 11 - 2 - 2006: The Northeast De-merger unmasks the myth of a Tamil Homeland
This raises a cloud of doubt as to the commitment of the LTTE to talk peace with the government of Sri Lanka when the government stance is clear that negotiations will be toward maximum devolution within a unitary state.
It is clear that investors will not step into areas controlled by terrorists, leading to a logical conclusion that the eastern province needs to be freed from the clutches of the LTTE and nudged on to achieve economic freedom, enhanced infrastructure and a higher quality of life for the people.
www.colombopage.com /archive/November2133119CH.html   (687 words)

  
 Ethnic Cleansing in Sri Lanka
This trend continued in the Northern and Eastern Provinces and spread to adjacent villages like Palliyagodella and Alinchinnapotai in the North Central province where families were hacked to death while going about their day to day affairs, or at night when asleep.
A letter from AGOTIC to the Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka as appearing in "The Island" of 16.4.99 under the title "International pressure necessary to end war" cannot go unchallenged so far as the entirety of its contents are concerned.
Sri's father, two sisters and a cousin were brought to the camp and were tortured in separate rooms.
www.spur.asn.au /ethnic_cleansing_in_sri_lanka.htm   (5043 words)

  
 Fierce fighting around key northern military base in Sri Lanka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is continuing its military campaign to penetrate the Jaffna peninsula in the northern province of Sri Lanka.
Earlier Sri Lankan Army (SLA) press releases reported a seaborne attack on the east of peninsula at Thanankilappu and “continuous clashes” around the Elephant Pass base.
Sri Lanka: Tens of thousands flee in the face of advancing LTTE forces
www.wsws.org /articles/1999/dec1999/slwr-d29.shtml   (1259 words)

  
 CNN - Sri Lanka rebels attack police station, kill 20 - May 12, 1997
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Separatist rebels stormed a police station in northeastern Sri Lanka and killed at least 20 people, including the wife and child of an officer, authorities said Monday.
The station is 130 miles northeast of Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital.
The rebels have lost control of certain key areas in the northern province over the past two years, but have established themselves in Sri Lanka's eastern province.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9705/12/srilanka.civilwar   (274 words)

  
 Sri Lanka: Spirit of Inclusion Augurs Well for Peace Talks
The latter half of 1990 was the worst, when the Tigers gunned down and killed over a hundred Muslims at prayer in two mosques in the eastern province, and when the Tigers drove away at gunpoint over 70,000 Muslims from their homes in the northern province.
Because conflict between the Tigers and Muslim civilians is often overshadowed by bloodletting between the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan state and the armed Tamil minority, negotiators at the previous peace talks have spent most of their efforts on finding solutions that largely address the concerns of the two main communities.
Sri Lankan Muslims fear becoming a minority - and thus open to persecution -- in a future political administration controlled by the Tigers, not least because of proposals that the rebels run an interim administration in the north and east.
www.ipsnews.net /srilanka/spirit1509.shtml   (1084 words)

  
 LankaWeb News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Sinhalese organizations have told the Sri Lankan government they must be in the know of what is happening and be able to react in matters concerning their future when taken up in the proposed peace talks between the LTTE and the Sri Lanka government.
The Sinhalese, the Muslims and the Tamils equally inhabit Eastern province of Sri Lanka.
But the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauf Hakeem, who represents some Muslims in Sri Lanka and the terrorist leader Velupillai Prabhakaran came into an agreement in early April accepting each other as the sole representatives of the Muslims and the Tamils.
www.lankaweb.com /news/items02/170502-1.html   (439 words)

  
 Tamil Tigers say Sri Lanka's government bombed orphanage
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam accused the air force of Sri Lanka of deliberately bombing an orphanage, killing 50-60 children and injuring 150 more.
The air strike in took place in the rebel-controlled northern district of Mullaitivu in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
Since the early 1980s, there has been an ongoing ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka between the Sri Lankan government and members of the Tamil ethnic group in the northeast of the island.
www.bloggernews.net /static/archive000001973.html   (306 words)

  
 The World's First Terrorist Air Force   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Sri Lankan authorities, who have been seriously concerned over the implications of the LTTE's success in clandestinely acquiring an air capability for terrorist operations, have for the present confined their reaction to bringing the matter to the notice of foreign governments, including reportedly those of India and Pakistan.
During its various rounds of fighting against the Sri Lankan security forces before 2002, it was totally relying on conventional anti-aircraft weapons and surface-to-air missiles for bringing down aircraft of the Sri Lankan Air Force.
Despite these difficulties, the LTTE continued to clandestinely procure arms and ammunition from different sources and transport them in its ships to northern Sri Lanka, without anything being done to stop this either by the Norwegian-led monitoring mission or by the other members of the international community.
www.observerindia.com /analysis/A445.htm   (957 words)

  
 Press Releases: Sri Lanka, More Sri Lankan Tamils find refuge in India
RAMESHWARAM: As peace talks continue in Sri Lanka, fresh violence and fear of repression after three years of ceasefire drive new groups of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to the shores of Tamil Nadu once again.
Pesalai at Mannar island in the northern province of Sri Lanka is in the eye of a storm since Christmas.
After a phase of emergency Sri Lanka went to polls, the Tigers boycotted it and hardliner Mahinda Rajapaksa became the President.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6LF36M?OpenDocument   (694 words)

  
 Sri Lanka 2000: Country Report
SRI LANKA'S LIVELY AND COMBATIVE MEDIA FACED NUMEROUS CHALLENGES from a hostile government, with the most intense battle waged over the president's tightening of censorship restrictions.
Journalists in Sri Lanka vigorously challenged these actions in the courts and in the pages of their newspapers.
Journalists in Sri Lanka submitted reams of evidence to the Supreme Court (and to CPJ) documenting the censor's often arbitrary and partisan decisions to bar articles and even cartoons that, while critical of the administration, did not jeopardize the country's national security.
www.cpj.org /attacks00/asia00/Sri_Lanka.html   (2757 words)

  
 SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Army allegedly kidnaps 17 year-old boy
The AHRC strongly condemns the alleged assault and abduction by the Sri Lankan military.
This is another example of the rampant impunity enjoyed by Sri Lanka's military personnel and security forces.
It is a matter of national shame that the government of Sri Lanka continues to allow the military to conduct forced disappearances.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1942   (489 words)

  
 Sri Lanka Water falls
The Waterfalls of Sri Lanka are breathtaking and a spectacular sight to watch.
Sri Lanka has the largest number of waterfalls of any given country.
The suites locations could be classified on the basis of Sri Lankas inland provinces as follows.
www.triptosrilanka.com /articles/waterfalls/waterfalls.htm   (140 words)

  
 Sri Lanka to launch survey on a study on unknown gem deposits | Asian Tribune
Sri Lanka to launch survey on a study on unknown gem deposits
The discovery of new gem bearing locations is largely fortuitous and expansion of the industry is hampered by the lack of understanding of the extract source of gems and of guidelines for gem exploration.
In order to complete this project in eight provinces in Sri Lanka total estimate would be Rs.30, 120,000.00 and duration will be four years.This excluded the cost of survey equipment, the sources said.
www.asiantribune.com /index.php?q=node/471   (622 words)

  
 Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan
The Sri Lankan authorities, who have been seriously concerned over the implications of the LTTE's success in clandestinely acquiring an air capability for their operations, have for the present confined their reaction to bringing the matter to the notice of foreign governments, including reportedly those of India and Pakistan.
During its various rounds of fighting against the Sri Lankan security forces before 2002, the LTTE totally relied on conventional anti-aircraft weapons and surface-to-air missiles for bringing down aircraft of the Sri Lankan Air Force.
From this, it would not be wrong to conclude that the silence and inaction of many external powers have contributed to the LTTE's emerging as the most ruthless non-jihadi organization in the world, with a capability for sea and air-mounted suicide missions.
www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/GF03Df01.html   (1199 words)

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