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Sri Lanka camps 'to be opened'

Source country bbc Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:43:00 PM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Sri Lanka says people held in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil rebels will be allowed out for short periods....

Sri Lanka agrees to release 130,000 Tamils displaced by war

Source country cnn Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:15:00 PM CET | info More about this article... [other]

The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps....

Sri Lanka to release 136000 Tamil war refugees

Source country telegraph Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:30:00 PM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Sri Lanka is to release the remaining 136000 Tamil refugees still detained in government camps since the country's civil war ended six months ago a top government official said....

Sri Lanka 'to free Tamil refugees'

Source country aljazeera-en Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:17:00 PM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Government official says last batch of inmates of detention camps to go home in December....

Sri Lanka Free From 136,000 Tamils

Source country apakistannews Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:01:00 PM CET | info More about this article... [other]

:All ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps on December 1, a senior Sri Lankan official has said. Some 300,000 war-displaced Tamils were forced into camps after fleeing the final months of the government’s decades-long war with the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, which ended in May....

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees

Source country thenational Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:37:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still held in squalid and overrun government camps....

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

Source country yediotaharonot Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:12:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees Dec. 1, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said Saturday. Some 300,000 war-displaced were forced into camps after fleeing the final months of the.......

Sri Lanka detainees 'to be freed'

Source country bbc Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:12:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Sri Lanka says thousands of people held in camps since the fight against the Tamil Tigers ended will be free to leave next month....

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamils

Source country irish-news Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:04:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

SRI LANKA TO RELEASE 136,000 TAMILS All ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps on December 1, a senior Sri Lankan official said today. Some 300,000 war-displaced Tamils were forced into camps after fleeing the final months of the government’s decades-long war with the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, which ended in May....

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

Source country ynetnews Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:40:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees Dec. 1, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said Saturday. Some 300,000 war-displaced were forced into camps after fleeing the final months of the.......

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees

Source country AP Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:29:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.......

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

Source country independent Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:23:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees on 1 December, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said today....

Sri Lanka to free 136,000 Tamils

Source country channel4news Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:07:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Updated on 21 November 2009 Source PA News All ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps on December 1, a senior Sri Lankan official has said. Some 300,000 war-displaced Tamils were forced into camps after fleeing the final months of the government's decades-long war with.......

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

Source country JakartaPost Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:39:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

A senior Sri Lankan official says all ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps Dec. 1. Read More...

Sri Lanka to Release 136,000 War-Displaced Tamils

Source country ABCnews Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:36:00 AM CET | info More about this article... [other]

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils held 6 months in detainment camps Sri Lanka - Tamil people - Asia - Government - Travel and Tourism...

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