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`Mama, will Baba Roumieh (the Pope from Rome) visit us in Shatila camp?`

Understandably, the Pope’s schedule is going to be tight with many pressures on the Pontiffs limited time...

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - It’s official according to the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will visit Lebanon from the 14th to the 16th September, in just five months’ time.

The Pontiffs visit will coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre during which Christian militia, facilitated by Israeli troops sealed a refugee camp, slaughtering over 3000 unarmed civilians.

Carpetbaggers in Sri Lanka: Traitors Terrorize Northern Tamils

Adding local perspective to the ongoing human rights struggle of Tamil people in Sri Lanka's north.

(SALEM / JAFFNA ) - Imagine if Hitler had simply been taken to court and told he had to reexamine what he had done; with no military retaliation or punishment for his ruthless, intentional killing.

Imagine Hitler being cocky, denying ethnic cleansing and calling every accuser from world government, to national media... liars.

India`s Vote at UN Not Good for Sri Lanka: Chandrika Kumaratunga

"Much more can be done, for reconciliation, for physical reconstruction, its three years since the war ended... " - Chandrika Kumaratunga

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka IBN Live) - Former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga on Tuesday said that India's decision to vote against the country on a UN resolution is not good for the island nation.

Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN's Senior Editor Suhasini Haidar, Kumaratunga said something "serious must have happened" that India took a decision of not supporting Sri Lanka.

Jilted Sri Lanka Ups the Hate-Speak Against India

India has so far chosen to ignore the provocation.

(NEW DELHI First Post World) - Proxy-speak is a unique feature in Sri Lanka’s propaganda machinery, particularly during the present Rajapaksa regime.

Whether it is to defend its “war against terror” or cover up allegations of large-scale Tamil civilian casualty, or to take cheap potshots at countries that do not buy its line, the regime lets loose its proxies.

An Appeal From NSSP of Sri Lanka to World Media to SAVE Those Who Are Being Abducted

The Nava Sama Samaja Party demands the immediate release of the comrades of the Frontline Socialist Party.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Two leaders of the Frontline Socialist Party were separately abducted in the early hours of Saturday 7 April 2012 from Kiribathgoda and Godagama respectively (suburbs of Colombo).

They are prominent representatives of a new Left party that has broken away from the JVP in opposition to coalition politics and in solidarity with the Tamil peoples struggle for justice and equality.

Womb Producing Terrorism Must be Surgically Removed

White van abductions, random shootings, blackmail, threats and intimidations are part of this deterioration.

(LONDON Sri Lanka Guardian) - In an egg and chicken argument, Sri Lanka stands nakedly exposed of giving birth to illegitimate babies of terrorism for many decades.

Sri Lanka has seen state violence against the Tamils who are its national minority that led to three decades of unprecedented warfare between the government and Tamil group LTTE.

Lanka May Miss Chance to Heal its War Wounds

“Relations with India are essential and crucial” - former PM Chandrika Kumaratunga

(NEW DELHI Hindustan Times) - Sri Lanka has a “marvellous opportunity” to heal and reconcile its twin populations after 25 years of civil war, says Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s former prime minister and president.

Which is why she is more than a little baffled at the slowness with which the Mahinda.

Sri Lanka Orders Probe on Attack on Indian Statue

According to the police, two other statues of local figures had also been attacked on Thursday, which appeared to have been a coordinated crime.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Xinhua) - Sri Lanka's government ordered an investigation into the vandalism of several statues including that of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi.

There were fears the attack on the Indian icon's statue may have been in retaliation to India's decision to vote against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council recently.

Gandhi Statue Vandalized in Sri Lanka

Attackers beheaded the statues of Gandhi and Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout movement.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka AFP) - Statues of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi and Britain's Robert Baden-Powell have been vandalised in Sri Lanka amid an anti-Indian and anti-Western campaign on the island, police said on Friday.

Anti-Western graffiti appeared in many parts of the country after the UN human rights council last month adopted a US-led resolution urging Sri Lanka to probe alleged war crimes.

UN Blames Assad, Assad Blames Opposition for Violence Ahead of Ceasefire

People, all against international interference in Syria, are showing support for the reform program Assad promised to implement.

(MOSCOW, RTV) - Thousands of people have taken into the streets of Damascus in a massive pro-government rally.

Syrian President Assad, meanwhile, has sent a message to the UN blaming the opposition for the recent spate of violence ahead of the ceasefire deadline.