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                    [Title] => Germany offers help for Sri Lankan probe of war atrocities
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Germany is ready to help Sri Lanka investigate alleged atrocities during its civil war, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-22 17:00:01 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1169191 [AuthorName] => Bharatha Mallawarachi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1359699 [Title] => Sri Lanka won't allow UN war crimes panel to visit [Summary] =>

Sri Lanka's president said yesterday he will not allow a UN panel investigating allegations of war crimes to enter the country.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-20 05:47:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 769557 [Title] => Sri Lanka warns ex-rebels against moves to overthrow gov't [Summary] =>

Sri Lanka has warned former Tamil Tiger rebels not to engage with any group which may attempt to overthrow the government.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-21 14:06:39 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 760732 [Title] => Over 38,000 displaced due to floods in northern Sri Lanka [Summary] =>

Over 38,000 people in former war-torn northern Sri Lanka have been displaced due to heavy rains and floods, Disaster Management Center said on Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-22 00:11:15 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 751265 [Title] => Sri Lanka takes first count of civilian war deaths [Summary] =>

Sri Lanka said Thursday it was counting on its own how many civilians were slain at the end of its bloody civil war to counter claims that tens of thousands were killed and fend off international calls for a war crimes probe.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-24 18:10:45 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 749200 [Title] => Sri Lanka war hero gets 3 year sentence [Summary] =>

Sri Lanka's former army chief was sentenced Friday to three more years in prison for reportedly implicating the defense secretary in war crimes at the end of the country's civil war.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-18 16:36:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 740490 [Title] => 400 former Tamil Tigers to be released in Sri Lanka [Summary] =>

The Sri Lankan government will release 400 rehabilitated former Tamil Tiger combatants to celebrate a Hindu festival this week, the government said here on Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-24 14:13:42 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 739116 [Title] => Sri Lanka to free more Tamil Tiger rebels [Summary] =>

Sri Lanka was to free another 350 Tamil Tiger rebels who had undergone rehabilitation since the end of the war just over two years ago, an official said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-20 13:02:01 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 712601 [Title] => Rights group demands probe of Sri Lankan massacre [Summary] =>

 An international human rights group is calling for an international inquiry into the execution-style slaying of 17 workers for a French aid agency in Sri Lanka five years ago after a government inquiry did not identify the killers.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-03 17:17:43 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 712277 [Title] => Rights group: Sri Lankan war report is a whitewash [Summary] =>

 An international rights group on Tuesday called Sri Lanka's report on its 26-year civil war an attempt to whitewash growing evidence of alleged government atrocities.

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