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Ghosts of Sri Lanka Haunts India
M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
Mrs. Clinton, Leave Sri Lanka Alone
Michael Rubin, Contentions
South Asia's False Spring
Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate
A Way Forward in Sri Lanka
The Hindu
Sri Lanka's (Nearly) Forgotten Massacre
Jonathan Kay, National Post
Deep-rooted contradictions are surging to the surface in India's Sri Lanka policy. The deep bonds of ethnicity, culture, geography and history make India and Sri Lanka ins...(full article)
The civil war in Sri Lanka was both brutal and a human tragedy. The United Nations estimated that the death toll from the Tamil Tigers’ long secession struggle might exceed 100...(full article)
NEW DELHI – From the armed coup that recently ousted the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, Mohamed Nasheed, to the Pakistani Supreme Court’s current effor...(full article)
Aside from allaying Tamil apprehensions about the heavy military presence in Jaffna and the rest of the region, the government must plan to hold early provincial elections in the...(full article)
The word "massacre" is thrown around a lot in wartime. But in this case, there is solid evidence behind the charge. This is no Jenin-style pseudomassacre we're talking about....(full article)
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About Sri Lanka
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Population: 21,324,791 (53rd)
- Area Size: 25,330 sq mi (121st)
- GDP: $92.09 billion (68th)
- Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
- Official Language: Sinhala, Tamil
- Capital City: Colombo
- Largest City: Colombo
Sri Lanka Prosperity Rank: 59 |
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