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• Sri Lanka bans global Tamil political groups – Associated Press. April 2, 2014
• UN launches Sri Lanka war crimes inquiry, Australia declines to support resolution – ABC Radio Australia. March 26, 2014
• Sri Lanka warns against UN war crimes inquiries – Agence France Presse. March 9, 2014
• Mass grave found in Sri Lanka ahead of United Nations rights forum – Agence France Presse. March 2, 2014
• UN seeks foreign probe of Sri Lanka war crimes – Agence France Presse. February 16, 2014
• Sri Lankan forces may have destroyed evidence of mass killings-new report - Reuters. February 6, 2014

• Tony Abbott's stance on Sri Lanka's human rights craven and irresponsible - Sydney Morning Herald. November 18, 2013
• Tamil protesters mob British Prime Minister in Jaffna infuriating Sri Lankan leader - Sydney Morning Herald. November 16, 2013
• Sri Lankan security forces detain protesters to stifle all dissent during CHOGM - Sydney Morning Herald. November 14, 2013
• Sri Lanka drifting toward authoritarian rule: UN rights chief - Reuters. September 26, 2013
• Sri Lanka army 'harassed Tamil voters', observers say - BBC News. September 24, 2013
• Tamil National Alliance wins landslide victory in first local elections since civil war - ABC Radio Australia. September 22, 2013
• Church says Sri Lankan military killed protesters - Associated Press. August 8, 2013
• Sri Lanka to probe mass grave with 150 skeletons - Associated Press. April 8, 2013.
• New fears in Sri Lanka amid anti-Muslim campaign - Associated Press. April 7, 2013
• Rights group: Tamil suspects raped by government  - Associated Press. February 26, 2013
• Sri Lankan leader replaces chief justice with ally  - Associated Press. January 16, 2013
• Sri Lankan lawmakers impeach chief judge  - Associated Press. January 11, 2013

• Sri Lankan asylum seekers challenge Australia deportation - Agence France Presse. December 4, 2012
• Sri Lanka War tourism skips reality - Inter Press Service. November 25, 2012
• World divided on Sri Lanka's human rights - Sydney Morning Herald. November 2, 2012
• Sri Lanka's ruling party wins provincial election - Associated Press. September 9, 2012
• Gunmen smash Marxist meet in Sri Lanka - Agence France Presse. June 16, 2012
• Sri Lanka rejects call to pull troops in ex-war zone - Agence France Presse. May 19, 2012
• White van brings fear in post-war Sri Lanka - Agence France Presse. April 27, 2012
• Activist vows to fight on after surviving abduction in Sri Lanka - Agence France Presse. April 12, 2012
• Sri Lanka rejects UN demands for inquiry - Sydney Morning Herald. March 24, 2012
• UN to urge Sri Lankan probe on war crimes - Sydney Morning Herald. March 23, 2012
• Sri Lanka police fire on fuel-cost protest, 1 dead - Associated Press. February 15, 2012

• Sri Lanka ruling party wins polls marred by violence - Agence France Presse. October 9, 2011
• Sri Lanka releases 1,800 former Tamil rebels - Agence France Presse. September 30, 2011
• Rights group: Sri Lanka still uses abusive laws - Associated Press. September 8, 2011
• Tight grip on Tamil suspects - Agence France Presse. September 2, 2011
• Sri Lanka imposes new laws to hold terror suspects - Associated Press. September 1, 2011
• Sri Lanka lifts emergency laws after three decades - Agence France Presse. August 25, 2011
• Rights group: Sri Lankan war report is a whitewash - Associated Press. August 2, 2011
• Sri Lanka says civilian war deaths unavoidable - Associated Press. August 1, 2011
• Sri Lankan journalist attacked 'with iron bars' - Agence France Presse. July 30, 2011
• Tiger-allied party sweeps Sri Lanka vote - Agence France Presse. July 24, 2011
• Sri Lankan boat people in Indonesian standoff - Agence France Presse. July 12, 2011
• Sri Lanka video shows executions, abuse of corpses - Associated Press. May 31, 2011
• Sri Lanka police say they shot at unruly protest - Associated Press. May 30, 2011
• Sri Lanka's president stands by his armed forces - Associated Press. May 27, 2011
• Women in front line as Sri Lanka tackles landmines - Melbourne Age. May 11, 2011
• Mass deaths in Sri Lanka may be 'war crimes': UN - Agence France Presse. April 26, 2011
• UN lashes Sri Lankan army, Tigers over offensive in civilian sanctuaries - The Australian. April 19, 2011
• War crimes claim sees Sri Lanka leader call for protests - Agence France Presse. April 17, 2011
• Sri Lanka urged to end detention without trial - Associated Press. March 9, 2011
• Press freedom burns in Colombo - Inter Press Service. February 1, 2011
• Offices of anti-government site burn in Sri Lanka - Associated Press. January 31, 2011

• Sri Lanka allows UN to 'share' war crime evidence - Associated Press. December 18, 2010
• New video allegedly shows Sri Lankan war crimes - Associated Press. December 9, 2010
• Sri Lanka president sworn in, vows economic revival - Agence France Presse. November 19, 2010
• In post-war Sri Lanka, women take on deadly duty of clearing explosives - Agence France Presse. October 5, 2010
• Sri Lanka embarking on troubling political trajectory - Pragati Magazine. August 20, 2010
• Sri Lanka evicts some war refugees from villages - Associated Press. August 2, 2010
• US calls for probe on rights abuses in Sri Lanka - Associated Press. July 21, 2010
• Sri Lanka applauds new asylum policy - The Australian. July 7, 2010
• End to bloody civil war left Tamils with nowhere else to go - Sydney Morning Herald. July 7, 2010
• Sri Lanka to block UN visits to probe war crimes - Agence France Presse. June 24, 2010
• Sri Lanka slams UN over war crimes probe - Agence France Presse. June 23, 2010
• Sri Lanka's ethnic divisions still deep and dangerous - Melbourne Age. May 19, 2010
• Sri Lanka under fire for killing thousands - Sydney Morning Herald. May 18, 2010
• Ruling party claims win in Sri Lanka - The Australian. April 10, 2010
• Ruling coalition leads Sri Lankan elections - Associated Press. April 8, 2010
• Sri Lanka to extend emergency laws - Aljazeera. March 3, 2010
• Sri Lanka tension rises as poll called - Melbourne Age. February 11, 2010
• Sri Lanka's election aftermath - media under attack - Inter Press Service. February 10, 2010
• Sri Lanka arrests former presidential challenger Sarath Fonseka - The Australian. February 9, 2010
• Sri Lankan fighting leaves a gruesome legacy - Sydney Morning Herald. February 3, 2010
• Sri Lanka press crackdown - Sydney Morning Herald. February 1, 2010
• Presidential smiles hide Sri Lanka woes - Melbourne Age. January 29, 2010
• Violence looms in aftermath of tense Sri Lankan election - Sydney Morning Herald. January 27, 2010
• Tamils have a vote, but little choice - Sydney Morning Herald. January 25, 2010
• A democracy in doubt - Sydney Morning Herald. January 23, 2010
• Sri Lankan general woos Tamils in election challenge to President - Sydney Morning Herald. January 23, 2010
• Probe Sri Lanka war crimes, says UN expert Philip Alston - The Times. January 9, 2010

• Ban Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka urges - The Australian. November 11, 2009
• Sri Lankan general on notice over war crimes - Agence France Presse. November 2, 2009
• Tamil asylum-seekers face death if sent home - The Australian. October 24, 2009
• Sri Lanka rejects abuses claim - Melbourne Age. October 24, 2009
• US war crimes report adds to pressure on Sri Lanka - Sydney Morning Herald. October 23, 2009
• Sri Lankan troops fire on refugees - Melbourne Age. September 28, 2009
• Sri Lanka dismisses war crimes allegations - The Guardian. August 28, 2009
• Tamil rebels say new leader arrested - Associated Press. August 7, 2009
• Thousands dying' in Sri Lanka camp for Tamil refugees - The Times. July 10, 2009
• Tamil refugees forced into sex rackets - The Australian. July 2, 2009
• Struggle is not over, say Tamil Tiger remnants - Sydney Morning Herald. June 18, 2009
• Sri Lanka camps a 'national disgrace' - Agence France Presse. June 12, 2009
• Sri Lanka rejects UN's civilian casualty figures - Sydney Morning Herald. June 6, 2009
• Sri Lankan journalist Poddala Jayantha beaten up - The Australian. June 3, 2009'
• Attack killed 20,000 Tamils: UN - Agence France Presse. May 29, 2009
• UN Human Rights Council praises Sri Lanka's defeat of Tamil Tigers - The Australian. May 28, 2009
• Killings and torture drive out Tamils: aid workers - Sydney Morning Herald. May 27, 2009
• Sri Lanka to 'avert' war crimes probe - Agence France Presse. May 27, 2009
• Tamils admit leader is dead - Agence France Presse. May 26, 2009
• Help us, imprisoned Tamils implore from camp - The Times. May 26, 2009
• Slain Tamil chiefs were promised safety - The Australian. May 25, 2009
• 30,000 Sri Lankan civilians maimed in battle - The Australian. May 25, 2009
• Ban warns Sri Lanka of new violence - Sydney Morning Herald. May 25, 2009
• Casualties revealed as Colombo counts cost of victory - Sydney Morning Herald. May 23, 2009
• Catching a tiger by the tail - Sydney Morning Herald. May 23, 2009
• Sri Lanka faces refugee catastrophe - The Australian. May 21, 2009
• 'Liberated' Sri Lanka to protect Tamils - Sydney Morning Herald. May 20, 2009
• Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka offer to lay down arms after 25 years of fighting - Associated Press. May 18, 2009
• Sri Lanka: Tamil Tiger rebel chief has been killed - Associated Press. May 18, 2009
• Sri Lanka president declares victory in civil war - Associated Press. May 17, 2009
• Sri Lanka vows to finish off Tigers - Agence France Presse. May 16, 2009
• Sri Lanka rejects calls for ceasefire - Agence France Presse. May 15, 2009
• Fighting rages in northern Sri Lanka - Agence France Presse. May 13, 2009
• Hundreds killed in Sri Lanka: doctor - Associated Press. May 11, 2009
• Kill or be killed: 11-year-olds forced to fight for Tamil Tigers - Sydney Morning Herald. May 5, 2009
• Sri Lanka dares to hope for harmony - Sydney Morning Herald. May 2, 2009
• Sri Lankan safe haven 'bombed' - The Australian. May 2, 2009
• Sri Lanka blocking humanitarian aid to civilians: UN - Agence France Presse. April 28, 2009
• Sri Lanka spurns rebel ceasefire despite UN pressure - Agence France Presse. April 27, 2009
• Sri Lanka: After the war, winning the peace - Sydney Morning Herald. April 25, 2009
• Calls mount for Tamil Tigers to surrender - Sydney Morning Herald. April 24, 2009
• UN says nearly 6,500 civilians dead in Sri Lanka - Associated Press. April 24, 2009
• Sri Lanka: Tigers resisting despite surrender call - Agence France Presse. April 23, 2009
• Sri Lanka: Camps overwhelmed by mass exodus - Sydney Morning Herald. April 23, 2009
• Bloodbath expected as Tamil Tiger rebels vow to fight on - Sydney Morning Herald. April 22, 2009
• Tigers given deadline to surrender - Sydney Morning Herald. April 21, 2009
• Sri Lanka says 35,000 civilians flee LTTE areas - Agence France Presse. April 20, 2009
• 2,800 flee Sri Lanka war zone - Associated Press. April 19, 2009
• Bloodbath looms in Tiger enclave, says UN - The Guardian. April 9, 2009
• Sri Lankan military begins two-day ceasefire - Agence France Presse. April 13, 2009
• Sri Lankan army raises ceasefire option: report - Agence France Presse. April 12, 2009
• Sri Lankan civilians trapped as Tamil Tigers face annihilation - Sydney Morning Herald. April 6, 2009
• More than 1,500 civilians flee Sri Lanka war zone - Associated Press. March 25, 2009
• Sri Lanka says seizes hospital from rebels - Associated Press. March 12, 2009
• Tamil Tigers' call for truce last line of defence, say Sri Lankan officials - Sydney Morning Herald. February 25, 2009
• Tamil Tigers call for truce, Sri Lanka army says no - Agence France Presse. February 23, 2009
• Civilians fleeing fighting stopped by Tamil Tigers, says UN - Sydney Morning Herald. February 18, 2009
• Sri Lanka military: 10,000 civilians flee war - Associated Press. February 8, 2009
• Tamil Tigers have lost their last sea base to Sri Lankan troops - The Australian. February 7, 2009
• Sri Lankan troops smash more Tiger bases - Agence France Presse. February 6, 2009
• Sri Lanka rejects Tiger talks - Agence France Presse. February 5, 2009
• Hospital shelled in Sri Lanka as fighting escalates - Australian Associated Press. February 2, 2009
• UN urges safety of civilians as Sri Lanka presses for victory - Agence France Presse. January 31, 2009
• Calls for Sri Lanka truce as fears mount for trapped civilians - Agence France Presse. January 30, 2009
• Civilians trapped by fighting in Sri Lanka - Sydney Morning Herald. January 29, 2009
• Fears for civilians as Sri Lanka troops, Tigers fight - Reuters. January 27, 2009
• Sri Lankan troops seize Tigers camps: military - Agence France Presse. January 24, 2009
• Another editor attacked in Sri Lanka - Australian Associated Press. January 23, 2009
• Row over Sri Lanka editor's murder grows as diplomat censured - Agence France Presse. January 14, 2009
• Sri Lanka military seizes key northern peninsula - Associated Press. January 14, 2009
• Sri Lanka troops seize strategic pass - Agence France Presse. January 9, 2009
• Sri Lanka government under fire over editor murder - Agence France Presse. January 9, 2009
• Sri Lanka pursues power-sharing, bans Tamil Tigers - Bloomberg. January 8, 2009
• Tiger rebels 'near extinction': Sri Lanka government - Agence France Presse. January 7, 2009
• Sri Lanka re-imposes formal ban on Tamil Tigers - Agence France Presse. January 7, 2009
• Sri Lankan army claims breakthrough in ethnic war - Agence France Presse. January 6, 2009
• Sri Lanka says army moving on rebel HQ - Agence France Presse. January 4, 2009
• Sri Lankan government forces 'seize rebel capital' - Agence France Presse. January 3, 2009