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India `most dangerous place in world to be born a girl`
Saturday, 4 February 2012 - 9:43 PM SL Time
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The report, which analyses differences between male and female child mortality rates over the last 40 years, reveals that from 2000 to 2010 there were 56 deaths of boys aged one to five for every 100 female deaths.
Indian campaigners for the rights of girls said the figures reflected widespread discrimination against girls, ranging from neglect to abuse and killing of unwanted female infants.
The figures, compiled by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, emerged as India was plunged into introspection over the case of a two year old girl fighting for her life in hospital after being abandoned by her family and trafficked between several adults before being beaten, bitten and branded by a 14 year old girl. The girl, known as Falak, is suffering from severe chest injuries and brain damage and according to her doctors is unlikely to survive the next 48 hours.
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Few refugees recognized from Sun Sea, Ocean Lady - report
Tuesday, 7 February 2012 - 8:05 PM SL Time
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The refugee claims from the nearly 600 Sri Lankans who paid smugglers to ferry them to Canada are moving slowly and face dwindling odds of success, new statistics show.
More than two years after the Ocean Lady arrived off Vancouver Island carrying 76 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, only one has been accepted as a refugee so far, according to newly released Immigration and Refugee Board figures. Another has been ordered deported and the remaining claims are pending.
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RUTHLESS LTTE S FINAL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Wednesday, 8 February 2012 - 7:17 PM SL Time
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The Defence and Urban Development Ministry today released a video titled `Ruthless LTTE`s final crimes against humanity`. In the two part video series the first part depicts how the LTTE abducted 600 children from the St. Mary`s Church in Valayanmadam and shelling the church compound in March 21, 2009.
The second part is of the massacre of disables, wounded cadres and civilians by the LTTE in Mullaivaikkal on 17 May, 2009.
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CANADIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HELPING LTTE
Thursday, 9 February 2012 - 8:30 AM SL Time
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A Canadian has pleaded guilty in a New York court to plotting to supply materials to a foreign terrorist organization, according to the FBI.
Ramanan Mylvaganam, 35, was extradited three years ago to the United States where he lived previously when he was charged with trying to purchase equipment to send to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a Tamil independence organization named as a terrorist group by both Canada and the U.S.
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Deportees from Togo to be checked for yellow fever - They were asked to clean the crap, not eat it. Stupid WETamils
Thursday, 9 February 2012 - 11:41 AM SL Time
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The Health ministry yesterday alerted Medical Officers of Health (MOH) to locate the illegal immigrants who were recently deported from Togo and check them for symptoms of the dreaded yellow fever.
The officers were asked to report immediately to the Government Epidemiology Unit (GEU) and Quarantine Unit (QU) if any of the deportees are found to suffer from the disease.
A Health Ministry spokesman said Ministry Secretary Dr. Ravindra Ruberu had issued the relevant circular so as to prevent a possible spread of the killer fever which was wide spread in Africa.
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Lankan threatens suicide outside UN office - Anyone got a light?
Wednesday, 15 February 2012 - 12:08 PM SL Time
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A Sri Lankan man threatened self-immolation in front of the United Nations office on Ratchadamnoen Avenue (Bangkok) on Tuesday afternoon as he demanded asylum in the United States.
Kaevanumtam Devakumar, 37, who was with his wife and four children, a son and three daughters, went to the gate of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office to demand they be allowed refuge in the US.
Mr Devekumar, who looked highly tense, soaked himself with gasoline from a 10 litre-container and threatened to burn himself to death if his request was turned down. The man said he feared UN officials would send him and his family back to Sri Lanka after their asylum certificates expire on Nov 1.
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A Win Win (tm) Situation, any which way you look at it. Doctor struck off for having links to Tamil Tigers
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 - 11:12 PM SL Time
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A doctor has been struck off after being accused of having links to the Tamil Tigers.
Dr. Muregeshu Vinayagamoorthy wanted to return to his GP surgery in Enfield, north London, after he spent four-and-a-half years in a US prison for providing material support to Sri Lanka`s Tamil Tigers.
He was detained following a taped conversation with undercover US government agents in which he attempted to bribe them into removing the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) from the country`s list of designated foreign terrorist organisations.
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Two arrested for forging military documents
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 - 5:37 PM SL Time
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The police arrested two men who were printing letters by placing official stamps used by the Military and sending letters to residents of Vavuniya who are now living abroad, stating that they should come to military camps for further questioning.
The police said the letters had been used by those abroad to seek asylum in those countries. They also said that the suspects had sent letters saying people are being harassed by the military inside the camps and urging people living abroad not to come back to Sri Lanka again.
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