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January 11, 2008
Ahilan Kadirgamar, Spokesperson, Sri Lanka Democracy Forum interviewed by Jayshree Bajoria, Staff Writer
Interview
Sri Lanka democracy activist Ahilan Kadirgamar paints a bleak picture for the country in 2008 after the collapse of a six-year-old truce between the government and the separatist Tamil Tigers.
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January 1, 2006
Essential Documents
Agreement
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February 5, 2007
Daily Analysis
In some South and Southeast Asia countries, worrisome signs of a slide toward militarism in a region where democracy had planted some roots.
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September 11, 2006
| Author: | Carin Zissis |
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Backgrounder
Renewed suicide attacks and assassinations mark an unwelcomed renewal of one of Asia's most intractable conflicts.
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September 11, 2006
Daily Analysis
As the cease-fire between the Tamil Tiger terrorist group and the Sri Lankan government crumbles, the South Asian nation is on the verge of being engulfed in another round of its decades-old civil war.
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Updated: January 11, 2008
Backgrounder
A profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist terrorist group that seeks an independent state in areas in Sri Lanka inhabited by ethnic Tamils.
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