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by: Lakshmi de Silva The Ministry of Disaster Relief Services has opened six transit camps for internally displaced persons reaching Vavuniya, from the rebel controlled areas of Kilinochchi and was providing cooked food and dry rations, Ministry Secretary of the A. C.M. Raseek told The Island yesterday (15).The temporary shelters were provided with electricity and water service. |
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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 COLOMBO: VIGILANCE OF A PASSENGER and timely action of a bus conductor saved many lives from an explosion that took place inside a CTB (Central Transport Board) bus near the Horton roundabout in COLOMBO-07 this afternoon (16) around 1.50 p.m.
One passenger, having noticed an unattended parcel on a rear seat of the bus plying between MATTAKKULIYA and MORATUWA, brought it to the notice of the conductor who immediately instructed the passengers to leave. In the meantime, Police, on being informed of the recovery of the suspected parcel, reached the scene and took every possible step to minimize the damage that could course in an explosion. After about ten minutes, the parcel exploded causing extensive damages to the bus. |
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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 The United Nations in Sri Lanka says remaining workers in the LTTE-held territory will be leaving on Tuesday after receiving assurances from the rebels.“The UN has received assurances from the LTTE that UN and humanitarian agency staff remaining in Kilinochchi can leave.
We intend moving those staff in a single convoy at 10am tomorrow morning,” a statement issued by UN spokesman in Colombo, Gordon Weiss stated. The UN expects that the workers and the vehicles will be offered a safe passage by the LTTE to Omanthai check point. |
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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 Non Government Organizations leaving the LTTE held areas won't hinder the humanitarian activities of the civilians living in those areas, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said, pointing out that the state has put in place a systematic mechanism to address all the necessary grievances of the Northern masses.
While commenting on the factors that led to urge these organizations to vacate from Wanni, Defence Secretary said that the decision was taken to ensure that no unfortunate incidents took place. |
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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 by: Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha
The Peace Secretariat welcomes the statement by the Defence Minister of India regarding concerns about civilians in the North. Recently, in an interview with the BBC, the question was put as to whether the comments of NGOs such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, along with the position of the Indian government, suggested that the Sri Lankan government was being isolated. My response was that, whilst the general approach of HRW and the particular approach now of AI were apparent, and had been dealt with, there was no disparity between the position of the Sri Lankan and the Indian governments. As far as the Sri Lankan government was concerned, our Tamil fellow citizens were sacrosanct, terrorism was not, and had to be dealt with firmly. This as far as one could understand was the position of the Indian government too. |
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