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	Sri Lankan legislative election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Legislative elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004.
		Sri Lanka's Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake said that despite reported cases of electoral malpractice in certain polling stations in six electoral districts, there would be no fresh elections in these areas and the results issued by the Commission were final.
		However, except for a slightly lower turnout in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and allegations of fraud in the North, the election was calm and orderly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election,_2004 (454 words)

	Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The island of Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, lies within the Indian Ocean, with the Bay of Bengal to the northeast, separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical and characterised by monsoons; the northeast monsoon which lasts from December to March and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
		Around 75% of the Sri Lankan population belongs to the Sinhalese majority, which is predominantly Buddhist and in particular of the Theravada tradition.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/s/sr/sri_lanka.html (1216 words)

	Sri Lanka - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical, characterized by monsoons: the northeast monsoon lasting from December to March, and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
		Sri Lanka is the country with the highest species richness in the world and home to several forest ecoregions, whose flora and fauna is related to that of southern India.
		Sri Lanka is historically famous for its cinnamon and tea (introduced by the British in the 19th century).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia?title=Ceylon&redirect=no (1935 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sri Lanka
		Sri Jayewardanapura or Kotte is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka.
		New elections were held on April 2 and the new parliament convened on April 23 and elected Mahinda Rajapakse as the prime minister.
		Sri Lanka is a centre of bird endemism.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sri-Lanka (7384 words)

	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Online Research :: Information about Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		One Norwegian chief monitor was asked to leave Sri Lanka because of open bias during a sea battle off the eastern Sri Lankan coast; the monitor, according to the Sri Lankan government, helped frustrate efforts to seize a Tamil Tiger ship carrying arms.
		After the election of Ranil Wickramasinghe as prime minister on a pro-peace mandate, the LTTE unilaterally declared a ceasefire in 2000 in which the government reciprocated and both later entered into a ceasefire agreement with the Sri Lankan government brokered by Norway.
		Wijeratne was the commander of Sri Lankan forces in the Point Pedro area of the Jaffna peninsula in the Tamil-inhabited north of the country.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/Tamil_Tigers.html (2333 words)

	Sri Lanka (08/05)
		Sri Lanka is ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse.
		The future of Sri Lanka's economic health is uncertain but is primarily dependent on continued tsunami relief and reconstruction, political stability, continuation of the peace process, and continued policy reforms--particularly in the area of fiscal discipline and direct management.
		U.S. policy toward Sri Lanka is characterized by respect for its independence, sovereignty, and moderate nonaligned foreign policy; support for the country's unity, territorial integrity, and democratic institutions; and encouragement of its social and economic development.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5249.htm (5423 words)

	South Asia
		However, by the end of 2004, the report on the number of cases that should be re-opened had not been submitted to the Supreme Court, and only three cases related to the Gujarat rioting had completed trial in the lower level courts.
		Safe migration is a significant issue in Sri Lanka, as approximately one million women are employed as domestics in the Gulf States and reports of physical and sexual abuse and denial of wages may affect up to ten percent of workers.
		For the first time, Sri Lankan NGO representatives were permitted in polling places and were able to observe election conditions in most parts of the country.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/shrd/2004/43112.htm (12866 words)

	Business Software Review : Article 'Politics of Sri Lanka' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		TULFS.jpeg TULF Election Symbol The Tamil United Liberation Front (in Sinhala: Tamil Vimuktasi Peramuna) is a political group in Sri Lanka, which seeks autonomy or independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka, which they call Tamil Eelam.
		In the general election of July 1977, TULF won eighteen seats in the legislature, including all fourteen seats contested in the Jaffna Peninsula.
		In October 1983, all the TULF legislators, numbering sixteen at the time, forfeited their seats in Parliament for refusing to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state in accordance with the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.
	www.business-software-review.org /DisplayArticle50995.html (686 words)

	Sri Lanka Accused at UN Commission on Human Rights - March 2004
		The current cease-fire agreement reached in February 2002 between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government has eased tensions and opened the door to reconciliation, and the country is now attempting to come to terms with its past.
		It is essential that the government of Sri Lanka demonstrates its commitment to human rights by allocating adequate funds to the HRC to enable it to efficiently investigate all cases of torture.
		Due to non-implementation of the outcome of the peace talks by the government of Sri Lanka, on 21 April 2003 the LTTE leadership informed the Sri Lankan government that it had decided to suspend its participation in the negotiations for the time being.
	www.tamilnation.org /unitednations/uncom04.htm (2751 words)

	Election 2004 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Presidents Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia and Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines are both running for the top seats, and while Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga was not standing it was she who called Saturday's election following a row with the prime minister.
		In India's case In the 1999 parliamentary elections, a total of 277 female candidates contested polls and 47 of them were elected, compared with 3,977 male contestants of whom 490 were elected to the 544-member house.
		In the 1999 parliamentary elections, a total of 277 female candidates contested polls and 47 of them were elected, compared with 3,977 male contestants of whom 490 were elected to the 544-member house.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/7066_661442,001600630004.htm (1117 words)

	November 2004 Military News
		IRAQ/WRAP VOA 10 Nov 2004 -- The U.S. and Iraqi offensive on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah progressed rapidly on Wednesday, with U.S. military officials announcing they are in control of 70 percent of the city.
		SUDAN/DARFUR VOA 10 Nov 2004 -- Following the end of peace talks in Nigeria between the Sudan government and rebel groups operating in the war-torn Darfur region, a spokesman said the government is relieved that the issue of security in Darfur has been cleared up.
		SRI LANKA REBELS VOA 10 Nov 2004 -- Norway's foreign minister is in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo for talks with the president as part of efforts to restart stalled peace talks between the government and the Tamil Tiger guerrilla group.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2004/11/11-10_index.htm (1903 words)

	News from Sri Lanka - 27 June 2004
		The Sri Lankan minister was in the city to participate in an international conference on Mahabharata.
		The Sri Lankan government would soon enact the law to punish those converting people from one religion to another by use of force or inducements, Mr Maheswaran said, expressing concern about the increasing incidence of religious conversion among the poor, traumatised by the prolonged ethnic strife in the island.
		Among the Sri Lankan Tamil people in Norway there will be those who are sympathetic to the LTTE, so in that context, there are Tamils in Norway who will propagate the cause of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka (full report in Sinhaya).
	www.spur.asn.au /News_2004_June_27.htm (6410 words)

	TamilNet
		Very low attendance of voters was reported at the cluster-polling booths in the North-East as the voting in Sri Lanka to elect the fifth executive president began at 7:00 a.m Thursday.
		A Sri Lanka Army soldier and a policman were wounded in the incident, police said.
		The invitation to the poets in the Northeast and among the Tamil diaspora came in an announcement by the Media Unit of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), from its base in Kilinochchi, Thursday.
	www.tamilnet.com (1768 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Sri Lankan talks 'set for August'
		He was speaking after the alliance met the president on Thursday - their first meeting since April elections.
		Mrs Kumaratunga defeated her rival, former prime minister Ranil Wickramasinghe, in parliamentary elections in April.
		However, her party is still five seats short of a simple majority and is unable to press ahead with its legislative agenda.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3797069.stm (469 words)

	ipedia.com: Sri Lankan legislative election, 2004 Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The ruling United National Party of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated, winning only 82 seats in the 225-member Sri Lankan p...
		Other parties in the Alliance are the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, the Democratic United National Front, the Lanka Equal Society Party and the Sri Lanka People's Party.
		At this election the Alliance also included the People's United Liberation Front (JVP), an extreme left party which contested the 2001 election as a separate party, winning 9.1% of the vote and 16 seats.
	www.ipedia.com /sri_lankan_legislative_election__2004.html (449 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		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.
		Growth recovered to 4.0% in 2002 and to 5.2% in both 2003 and 2004.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ce.html (1333 words)

	Sri Lanka
		It was not formally approved; however, it was sent to the Attorney General for a review that was ongoing at the end of the period covered by this report.
		While the potential legislation sparked intense discussion, it has yet to be approved by Parliament or endorsed by the Government.
		During the period covered by this report, several alleged attackers were arrested, and the intensity and frequency of the attacks had declined.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35520.htm (4347 words)

	Indian American Center for Political Awareness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Aug. 12 called the assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar a "senseless murder" and "a vicious act of terror," which the United States "strongly condemns." She also spoke to President Chandrika Kumaratunge on Aug. 14 extending Washington's condolences.
		Those responsible must be brought to justice, Rice asserted as a manhunt ensues in Sri Lanka for the killers.
		Rice visited the Sri Lankan Embassy on Aug. 14, on behalf of President Bush and again praised Kadirgamar, adding that his death may recommit people to the path of peace.
	www.iacfpa.org /p_news/nit/iacpa-archieve/2005/08/26/cap-sd1-26082005.html (287 words)

	International IDEA \| News
		The aim of the event was to engage academics, political party leaders and cooperation representatives in collective analysis on the situation of political parties in the Region and to lay the groundwork for enhanced coordination between actors in the field.
		The Role of Religions in the Sri Lankan Conflict’ was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
		In late 2004, IDEA and its partners, Center for Democratic Governance and EISA, held workshops in Burkina Faso and South Africa to review the studies undertaken to establish facts about parties in selected countries in West Africa and in Southern Africa and make a joint assessment by party representatives and researchers.
	www.idea.int /news (6076 words)

	Sri Lankan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sri Lankan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Sri Lankan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sri Lankan.
		Here you will find more informations about Sri Lankan.
		The orginal Sri Lankan article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Sri-Lankan.html (85 words)

	Election Globe - daily news and current events
		San Fransisco Chronicle Washington -- The idea of asking United Nations monitors to observe the 2004 presidential election, a proposal embraced by some Bay Area Democratic House members, was rejected in a House debate so hea...
		Yahoo Daily News DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Stand-in Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene elected to bat after winning the toss against the United Arab Emirates in the Asia Cup Group-B league match at the Rangiri In...
		Taipei Times Scorning the vehement criticism that the Kaohsiung City councilor by-election is tainted by candidates with bl...
	archive.wn.com /2004/07/17/1400/electionglobe (680 words)

	ASEAN Post
		Indonesians began voting in parliamentary elections on Monday, following the killing of a policeman and an elected official over the weekend in the archipelago's easternmost province of Papua.
		JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesians voted in legislative elections Monday with the party that once supported ex-dictator Suharto expected to win the most seats - a result likely to hurt President Megawati Sukarnop...
		Go Asia Pacific Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have warned they could take up arms again unless the new government to be forme...
	archive.wn.com /2004/04/05/1400/aseanpost (1080 words)

	Sri Lankan legislative election, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Legislative elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001.
		Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Sri Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya, SLNP)
		Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (Sri Lanka People's Party, SLMP)
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Sri-Lankan-legislative-election,-2001.htm (135 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Image:Sri lanka flag large.png (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
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	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004; all previous versions may be viewed here.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election,_2004 (591 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		COLOMBO - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead a police officer in Sri Lanka’s volatile east on Saturday, triggering concerns that the guerrillas were now targeting security forces, a senior police officer said.
		Theygarajha was involved in intelligence gathering on the Tamil Tigers and had returned home for a vacation near Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka’s main town.
		Ten injured in grenade attacks on Sri Lanka polling booths
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/May/subcontinent_May1088.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= (222 words)

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