Government forces of Sri Lanka advancing into the LTTE held area. Colombo
Posted in News, Sri Lanka on 6 August 2008
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Posted in News, Sri Lanka on 6 August 2008
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After two decades of fighting between the government forces and the separatist LTTE (Lanka Tamil Tigers Elam) the stall mate seems to be ending. There has been intensive fighting between both sides in the recent years after the Norwegian brokered peace deal failed.
LTTE in a recent act of temporary cease of offensive released a [...]
Iran becomes Sri Lanka’s biggest donor
Posted in News, Sri Lanka on 17 July 2008
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Posted in News, Sri Lanka on 17 July 2008
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Sri Lanka has received 1.05 billion dollars (USD) in total as foreign aid so far this year with loans for projects (959 million) and grants (90 million). This year aid from Iran has surpassed Japan. Traditionally Japan has been the biggest donor of this island nation followed by the manila biased Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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