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Sri Lanka: Tsunami and since
Scandal of government ‘relief’ fuels social, political and national crisis
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Sri Lanka: Tsunami people on the streets
"Demonstrations are escalating. From yesterday morning until today, homeless people in the East of the Island occupied the main road from Ampara all the way up to Batticaloa.
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Sri Lanka: latest news and appeal for help
The devastation and escalating death toll in the Indian Ocean region can leave no one unmoved.
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Earthquake: Devastation in Sri Lanka
The tragic devastation wreaked by the earthquake and tidal wave in the Indian Ocean has killed tens of thousands of people. In Sri Lanka alone, the death toll has reached 13,000 and is still rising.
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Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka at a crossroads
The victory for the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in the parliamentary elections, followed by the provincial elections, has brought more problems instead of solving the burning crisis of the country. The UPFA – a […]
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Sri Lanka: Bombing exposes weakness of “peace process”
On Wednesday 7 July, a suicide bombing killed four police officers in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka: Socialists nearly double their vote in three months
On Saturday 10 July, the Provincial Council elections saw a much lower turn-out than usual.
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Sri Lanka: Election to end crisis ends in new crisis
United Socialist Party achieves record result
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Sri Lanka: Political crisis at the top leads to new elections
The president has prepared the ground for elections through several dramatic measures during the last few months. On 4 November she conducted a ’mini-coup’, taking command of three minister’s posts from the UNP government. On […]
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Sri Lanka: The crisis in Sri Lanka and the role of the Left
The present government crisis in Sri Lanka arises out of the JR Jayawardene constitution, adopted in 1979, which gives dictatorial executive powers to the country’s President.