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Displaced in Pudukudiruppu to be resettled this week

War displaced people in Pudukudiruppu are to be resettled later this week, the Mullaitivu government agent said. The official had sent out a notice to the displaced staying in temporary homes or with their relatives in Pudukudiruppu saying that they will be resettled on Thursday. The war displaced people from the area have been told to gather at the Pudukudiruppu central college on Thursday with the relevant documents. The government had last week said that all the war displaced in the north

30 Sep, 2012

TNA awaits agenda for India talks

The Tamil Natioanl Alliance is awaiting the agenda for talks to be held with the Indian government next week. TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran says the agenda is expected to be received by this week. India had invited the TNA for talks after the Indian government had discussions with President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently. The TNA is expected to discuss about a political solution for the Tamils as well as other related issues. However Sumanthiran said that the exact topics will be known only once the I

30 Sep, 2012

More Sri Lankans return from Australia

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, today announced that another group of Sri Lankan men were returning home voluntarily after choosing not to pursue their asylum claims, the Australian High Commission in Colombo said. The group of 28 men consists of people who arrived both before and after new regional processing arrangements were announced on 13 August, and came out of detention facilities on Nauru, Christmas Island and the mainland. Bowen said the Sri Lankans were

29 Sep, 2012