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Keywords: Sri Lanka

INTERNATIONAL

Senseless death of Sri Lankan Good Samaritan
- Danielle Vella
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
Last week, a local Jesuit Refugee Service coordinator in Sri Lanka was killed when his van was blown up by a mine in rebel-held territory, as he was delivering aid to displaced people and orphans. Typically the army and Tamil Tigers blamed each other for the blast, and we are unlikely to discover the truth.
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INTERNATIONAL

Asylum seeker swap a puzzling policy decision
- Andrew Hamilton
- 05 June 2007
6 Comments
The fate of those who are found not to be refugees, and of those refugees who are not accepted by the United States, will remain one of torment.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Hector Welgampola
- Hector Welgampola
- 17 May 2007
Former chief editor of Sri Lanka's Catholic weeklies, Messenger and Gnanartha Pradeepaya. He was Executive Editor of the Hong Kong-based regional Asian Catholic publications UCA News and Asia Focus, before retiring to Brisbane.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Ben Coghlan
- Ben Coghlan
- 17 May 2007
Dr Coghlan is a specialist in applied epidemiology and is currently based at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne. He has been involved extensively in public health work in developing countries, and has worked for a range of organisations including Medecins Sans Frontieres, the International Rescue Committee, and the Australian Red Cross.
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AUSTRALIA

Sri Lanka's seesaw of war and cricket
- Hector Welgampola
- 15 May 2007
11 Comments
Last week, Sri Lanka's media reported Mahela Jayawardena’s Buddhist parents praying at a Hindu temple for his team’s success in the World Cup cricket. The continuing war is a legacy of the divide and rule strategy of the colonial elites.
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INTERNATIONAL

Where to now for the Sri Lankan asylum seekers?
- Georgina Pike
- 04 April 2007
1 Comment
Georgina Pike on the plight of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been sent to Christmas Island.
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AUSTRALIA

The quality of asylum seeker processing
- David Corlett
- 02 April 2007
4 Comments
What matters is not where the 83 Sri Lankan asylum seekers will be processed – Christmas Island or Nauru – but the nature of their reception and processing.
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AUSTRALIA

Pacific Solution sends wrong moral message
- Andrew Hamilton
- 02 April 2007
4 Comments
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews justified his decision send the 83 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Nauru, on the grounds that it was necessary to send a message to other would-be illegal immigrants. It is like a teacher beginning class by beating a couple of boys at random in order to discourage others from playing up.
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INTERNATIONAL

Jaffna heading towards "silent death"
- Eureka Street Staff
- 27 February 2007
A group of priests in Sri Lanka has written to let the outside world know about the "isolated, unknown and silent death" of many people on the Jaffna Peninsula
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AUSTRALIA

Warne's world of Hollywood and the modern Ashes
- Binoy Kampmark
- 22 January 2007
3 Comments
Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, he is seen as the reviver of cricket. For better or worse, he brought cricket up-to-speed with other sports, in terms of quality, and scandal. Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, Australians remain loyal to his superiority. Warne is seen as the reviver of cricket, bringing slow bowling back from the desert.
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AUSTRALIA

Monster-making mutes purposeful alarm
- Michael Mullins & James Massola
- 04 September 2006
1 Comment
Last week, 'Jihad' Jack Thomas was recalled from a beach holiday with his family after he had a control order placed on him. Our capacity to respond to alarm is diminished by the media's manufacturing of monsters to sell papers and compete for ratings and website hits.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Firebrand
- Rebecca Marsh
- 10 July 2006
Rebecca Marsh considers Naomi Klein’s challenge to the multinationals in No Logo.
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