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Natural disasters affect Dalits most, says expert

by Indo-Asian News Service March 12, 2008 Asia

Natural disasters affect all communities but their impact on the Dalits and other marginalised social groups in India is the greatest, says an Indian social activist and researcher.
“Disasters affect the Dalits the most because of the nature of their habitations, their isolation from the surrounding communities of upper castes and restrictions on access to relief [...]

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India’s military support to Sri Lanka historic blunder: LTTE

by Indo-Asian News Service March 11, 2008 Asia

The Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday “strongly” condemned Indian military assistance to Sri Lanka as an “anti-Tamil move” and said Indian military assistance to Sri Lanka would prove to be a “historic blunder”.
In a statement issued to the media Tuesday, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) warned that India would be held responsible for the [...]

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Former Tamil militants sweep east Sri Lankan elections

by Indo-Asian News Service March 11, 2008 Asia

A new political party comprising those who quit the Tamil Tigers has swept the local body elections in the Tamil-speaking eastern Sri Lankan district of Batticaloa amid accusations of intimidation.
The Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP), founded by breakaway Tamil Tiger commander Karuna in 2004, won all the nine local bodies called Pradeshiya Sabhas and the [...]

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Prabhakaran, Karuna blacked out in east Sri Lankan elections

by Indo-Asian News Service March 7, 2008 Asia

Elections in the eastern Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking district of Batticaloa are being fought without any mention of two militant leaders who held sway over the area till the other day.
In the campaign for the local bodies elections of March 10, no party has mentioned Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam [...]

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Corporate tea estates in Sri Lanka are withering

by Indo-Asian News Service March 5, 2008 Business

Sri Lanka exported $1.3 billion worth of tea in 2007, the highest in the 141-year history of the crop in the island country. This has brought cheer to Sri Lankans, but tea industry experts see it as a flash in the pan.
Sri Lanka produces 304 million kg per year and is the fourth largest tea [...]

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