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		<title>NPC: Enhance Democratic Norms in the post election period in the East</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/461</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 02:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement by National Peace Council of Sri Lanka:
The violent clashes that have taken place in the Muslim-inhabited parts of the east have led to the killing of several persons and to a climate of rapidly escalating tension. These clashes have come shortly after the Eastern Provincial Council elections which the TMVP contested while  remaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPC: Flawed democracy and prosecution of war cannot win peace</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/453</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 16:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full text of media release by National Peace Council of Sri Lanka:
The suicide bombing in a busy street in Colombo&#8217;s commercial area of Fort, targeting buses in which riot police were stationed have killed at least 10 and injured another 95 including civilians passing by in the vicinity. The National Peace Council condemns this attack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPC: Eastern Election Must Not Lead to Further Alienation</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/440</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement by National Peace Council:
On Saturday May 10 the people of the Eastern Province will cast their vote at crucial elections that will have a bearing on the future course of politics in the country, and especially with regard to the ongoing ethnic conflict. The election can be historic as it will represent for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remarks by Mano Ganesan MP Bogowantalawa May Day Rally</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/435</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 15:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our journey among the plantation workers is to evict the clique of reactionary &#8216;all-time ministers&#8217;
Remarks by Mano Ganesan MP, at Bogowantalawa May Day Rally:
Today the plantation workers vote and elect their own representatives. Beginning from the bottom, there are hundreds of local and provincial councilors. There are ten parliamentarians of recent Indian descent. Except me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report on fact finding visit to Jaffna &#8211; February 2008</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/436</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 15:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A team from the Centre for Policy Alternatives and INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre visited Jaffna from 18-21st February 2008 to meet with colleagues and partners in the peninsula and to obtain a firsthand impression of the situation there. The team spoke to local civil society actors, community leaders, IDPs, and members of international humanitarian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights abuses in Sri Lanka flourish under veil of secrecy</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/434</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement by Amnesty International
Ensuring respect for human rights around the world very often relies on impartial and rigorous media coverage–without exposure and public scrutiny abuses can flourish under a veil of secrecy and denial.
The importance of the media in conflict situations cannot be overstated, without reports, pictures and film of the fighting and the violence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPC: Universal values provide basis for dialogue</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/433</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 12:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full Text of Media Release by National Peace Council of Sri Lanka:
The human and economic costs of war are taking an ever increasing toll on Sri Lankan society. The battles at Muhamalai in the north in which several hundreds of combatants either died or were injured serves as a reminder of the costs of war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Rae Calls for Canadian Leadership on Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/427</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pointing out the &#8220;continuing fighting and terrible loss of life in Sri Lanka,&#8221; Mr Rae, former Ontario Premier and an advisor to an earlier round of peace talks, said in a media release issued in Canada&#8217;s Liberal party website that &#8220;The world can&#8217;t just sit back and let this death and destruction happen. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FMM: Government bars photographers, censors news from war front</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/424</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government officials barred photographers from entering hospitals where soldiers injured in battle are being treated, four photo journalists told the Free Media Movement (FMM) yesterday. Hitherto, photographers have had no problems in entering hospitals to report on the casualties of war. It is highly likely that these measures have been taken after heavy losses (numbering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior U.S. State Department Official Visits Sri Lanka April 20-22</title>
		<link>http://federalidea.com/focus/archives/422</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Camp, the principal assistant secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, visited Colombo this week and met with Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama, SL Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe, Secretary to the SL Ministry of Defense Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. &#8220;Many of the issues we discuss are difficult ones, [...]]]></description>
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