Canada takes hard line on Tamil migrants
VANCOUVER, August 17, 2010 (AFP) - A Canadian tribunal on Tuesday ordered continued detention for the first person interviewed in a group of 492 Tamil asylum …
VANCOUVER, August 17, 2010 (AFP) - A Canadian tribunal on Tuesday ordered continued detention for the first person interviewed in a group of 492 Tamil asylum …
VANCOUVER, August 17, 2010 (AFP) - Canadian authorities are investigating whether Sri Lankan rebels financed the passage of nearly 500 Tamil refugees to Canada …
MONTREAL, August 15, 2010 (AFP) - A Tamil man who travelled with hundreds of other Sri Lankan migrants aboard a cargo ship bound for Canada died during the …
August 15, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka will appeal against a court martial conviction that stripped him of his rank, pension and …
ESQUIMALT, August 14, 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamil migrants who arrived aboard a rusty cargo ship were in good condition after their three-month …
VICTORIA, August 14, 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of Tamils seeking asylum from Sri Lanka sailed into Canada on Friday under the scrutiny of authorities, who vowed to …
August 14, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has formally stripped former army chief Sarath Fonseka of his rank, medals and pension after his conviction by a …
VANCOUVER, August 12, 2010 (AFP) - The Canadian navy on Thursday intercepted a cargo ship carrying up to 500 Sri Lankan asylum seekers and prepared to screen …
August 13, 2010 (AFP) - A court martial convicted Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka Friday of dabbling in politics and stripped him of his rank and …
MONTREAL, August 11, 2010 (AFP) - A ship full of Sri Lankan refugees was less than 320 kilometers (200 miles) from Canada's western shores and could be …
August 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Tuesday sacked a maverick minister who had tied a state official to a tree as punishment for failing to control …
WASHINGTON, August 10, 2010 (AFP) - A group of US lawmakers is urging the Obama administration to push for an independent international investigation into …
August 10, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka announced the government-appointed panel looking into the island's civil war that ended last year would hold its first public …
SYDNEY, August 8, 2010 (AFP) - Despite its Aboriginal roots and a large Asian population, Australia's politics are almost exclusively white with just a handful …
WASHINGTON, August 4, 2010 (AFP) - The United States and Canada said Wednesday they are monitoring a ship said to be packed with Tamil refugees bound for …
August 5, 2010 (AFP) - Two opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka defected to the ruling party on Thursday, bringing President Mahinda Rajapakse closer to altering …
August 3, 2010 (AFP) - A group of global statesmen, founded by Nelson Mandela, Tuesday criticised the Sri Lankan government for failing to build on peace …
August 2, 2010 (AFP) - Thousands of men, women and children displaced by Sri Lanka's civil war are living in the open air 15 months after fighting ended, the …
July 30, 2010 (AFP) - Unidentified attackers set fire to a private television station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Friday after smashing editing …
July 29, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was brought before the Colombo High Court on Thursday to …