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An official in Togo says authorities are holding more than 150 Sri Lankan refugees who entered the West African nation en route to Canada. |
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New York, Jan 31 2012 1:10PM The United Nations fund tasked with promoting rural development will provide a $22-million loan to Sri Lanka to finance the improvement of the South Asian country’s irrigation infrastructure and crop diversification, as well as projects to expand market opportunities for smallholder farmers. |
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined the ‘Black January’ campaign against attacks on journalists in Sri Lanka, organized by the Alliance of Media Organizations. The month of January 2012, has been nominated as ‘Black January’ ... |
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On January 26, 2012, the former OIC of Polpithigama Police was convicted under the torture Act by the High Court of Kurunegala. Wijeratne, the former OIC of Polpithigama Police Station, was sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment and was ordered ... |
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The Attorney General had informed the Supreme Court that steps were being taken by the Police Department to gazette the regulations covering the rights of Attorneys-at-Law to represent their clients at police stations. Deputy Solicitor General Shavindra ... |
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LOME, Togo (AP) — An official in Togo says authorities are holding more than 150 Sri Lankan refugees who entered the West African nation en route to Canada. |
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They had fled the recent civil war in Sri Lanka between Tamils and the Sinhalese. |
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LOME, Togo (AP) - An official in Togo says authorities are holding more than 150 Sri Lankan refugees who entered the West African nation en route to Canada. |
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Two hundred Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka are stranded in West Africa, BBC reports, after the human smuggling ring they hired to bring them to Canada marooned them in Togo. |
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The refugees had informed the TGTE Ministry that, "twenty people are due to return back to Sri Lanka against their will on Friday, February 3, 2012. The remaining Sri Lankan refugees are in fear not knowing their fate upon return."(PRWEB) February 02, 2012 The Ministry of Refugees, IDPs, and POWs of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) was informed on November, 2011, of the arrest ... |
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