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President Instigates Inamaluwe Thero Against Muslims

The Muslim mosque in question is over 40 years old and had been completely renovated recently.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Lanka News Web) - Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero has organized a protest campaign on the 18th against the construction of a Muslim mosque in the Dambulla city on a Presidential directive, it is reliably learnt.

The Thero had summoned several donors to the temple and said that the protest was being organized on a Presidential directive.

Sri Lankan Mosque Forced to Abandon Prayers by Protesters

Last September a monk led a crowd to demolish a Muslim shrine in Anuradhapura, not far from Dambulla.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka BBC) - A mosque in Sri Lanka has been forced to abandon Friday prayers amid community tensions in the central town of Dambulla.

About 2,000 Buddhists, including monks, marched to the mosque and held a demonstration demanding its demolition.

India`s U-turn on Sri Lanka

It remains to be seen how far the gamble has paid off...

(CHENNAI, India) - India's decision to vote in favor of a US sponsored UN Human Rights Council resolution censuring the Sri Lankan government for alleged Human Rights aberration during the ethnic conflict has raised several eyebrows.

Colombo has for long perceived its connection with Southern India as the primary source of a perennial concern to Sri Lanka’s territorial integrity.

India`s Diplomatic Stand on the Resolution Against Sri Lanka

Includes brief timeline of India and Sri Lanka's political history.

(LONDON) - India has tried to strike a balance between support for the Sri Lankan government and calls for Tamil rehabilitation - ultimately backing the UN resolution↑ urging Sri Lanka to investigate abuses of international law during the final phase of the civil war.

Behind this lie a number of external, internal and strategic factors.

Three Powerful Women Leaders who could bring about Justice and Peace for the Tamil People!

An Appeal to Hon. Hillary Clinton, Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Smt Jayaram Jayalalitha.

(LONDON) - It is with much humbleness, I write this appeal expressing my sincere feelings on the stands taken by both India and America on the issues affecting the Tamil people of Sri Lanka.

Both are powerful nations on their own strengths.

T-Junction in the Road

Two years later the T-word is back.

(CHENNAI, India Hindustan Times) - At one point in May, four years ago, it seemed a golden age in India-Sri Lanka relations was imminent.

Tamil Tiger supremo V Prabhakaran had been killed and the 26-year-old Lankan civil war had come to an end. India was pleased. Both sides were one the need to defeat the LTTE.

India Should Support Referendum for Tamil Eelam: Karunanidhi

He said India should given necessary support and pressure for the measure.

(CHENNAI, India NDTV) - DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday welcomed the idea of a referendum for creation of a separate Tamil Ealam and called for India to play a role in this regard.

"The demand for a referendum among Tamils for a separate Eelam is welcome..." he said in 'Murasoli.

SRI LANKA: Innocent Man Detained Almost Four Years on False Terrorism Charges

Salem-News Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts officials in Sri Lanka and with the UN to help free an innocent man.

(HONG KONG) - A 24-year old Tamil Sri Lankan, Thankshanamoorthy Selvakumar, has been detained nearly 4 years on false terrorist accusations.

Mr. Selvakumar was taken into custody shortly after a number of Tamil youths (none of whom had committed any crimes) were arrested and tortured by the police in the Matale district.

Palestine/Israel Story Missed by Much of US Media

This strange story is being covered by Israeli papers such as Yediot Aharonot and Maariv. But it is ignored by most U.S. media.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - Palestinians and Israelis have been preparing for weeks to greet international visitors to Bethlehem. Several hundred were expected from Europe and the United States.

But Israeli authorities do not want outsiders to see life in the occupied territories.

1,600 Palestinian Prisoners Begin Open-Ended Hunger Strike

The latest plan by Palestinian prisoners comes days after Israel released female Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi

(TEHRAN Press TV) - About 1,600 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails will go on an open-ended hunger strike on April 17 to protest imprisonment without charge and solitary confinement exercised by the Tel Aviv regime.

Issa Qaraqi, the Palestinian Authority minister for prisoner affairs, said on Saturday the detainees also demand Israel allow families to visit them.