Posted in Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Uncategorized, United Nations, tagged IDPs, LTTE, Muslim, reconcilation, reconstruction, return, Sri Lanka, Tamils on April 29, 2010 |
JAFFNA, 29 April 2010 (IRIN) – Sri Lankan Muslims displaced during the country’s decades-long civil war are slowly returning home, but the challenge of reconciling with their Tamil neighbours, and their past, remains.
About 75,000 Muslims were evicted in October 1990 from the northern districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu and some parts of Vavuniya by the now-defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who were fighting for an independent Tamil homeland. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Country, Diplomacy, Insurgents, ISAF, NATO/Allies, Other, Region, Taliban, tagged Afghanistan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, EU, ISAF, Nato, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, reconcilation, Taliban on August 3, 2009 |
DPA
August 1st, 2009
COPENHAGEN – The new head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) spoke out in favour of negotiations with the radical Islamist Taliban in Afghanistan, Danish media reported Saturday. (more…)
