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    SL Police expel Tamils from Colombo lodges

    Sri Lanka slammed for deporting Tamils, bomb defused By Simon Gardner COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police defused a big roadside bomb in Colombo on Friday as local and international rights groups slammed the government for rounding up minority ethnic Tamils and deporting them to the...
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    SL Police expel Tamils from Colombo lodges

    Sri Lankan court halts Tamil eviction From correspondents in Colombo, Sri Lanka June 08, 2007 SRI Lanka's Supreme Court today ordered an immediate halt to the eviction of minority ethnic Tamils from the capital, a day after hundreds were expelled at gunpoint. The Court issued the order...
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    SL Police expel Tamils from Colombo lodges

    Sri Lanka police evict ethnic Tamils from capital (AFP News) Sri Lankan police forced hundreds of ethnic minority Tamils out of the capital Colombo Thursday as part of an effort to clear the city of feared Tiger terror cells, officials and witnesses said. Armed police stormed Tamil-majority...
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    SL Police expel Tamils from Colombo lodges

    http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&a...25071&w=450 Police evict Tamils from Colombo Human rights groups have condemned the evictions Police in Sri Lanka have forced hundreds of the minority Tamil community out of the capital Colombo for what they say are security reasons. They...
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    SL Police expel Tamils from Colombo lodges

    Police evict Tamils from Colombo (BBC World News) Police in Sri Lanka have forced hundreds of the minority Tamil community out of the capital Colombo for what they say are security reasons. They launched overnight raids in Tamil areas of the city and forced guests staying in budget hotels...
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    SL Police expel Tamils from Colombo lodges

    The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colombo, June 8, 2007: The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils from Colombo. Such measures violate the Sri Lankan Constitution’s guarantee...
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    The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils

    Colombo, June 8, 2007: The United States condemns the forced removal of Tamils from Colombo. Such measures violate the Sri Lankan Constitution’s guarantee that every citizen has the right to freedom of movement and choice of residence within Sri Lanka. The United States condemns the forced...