Menon, Nirupama to hold talks with Sri Lankan officials

Tuesday, Jun 07, 2011

India faces the uphill task of getting Sri Lanka act on joint statement

The aim is to ensure lasting peace in Sri Lanka

R.K. Radhakrishnan  COLOMBO: Two top Indian officials will visit Sri Lanka later this week to discuss, among other things, the progress in the reconciliation process in north Sri Lanka, and the United Nations Secretary-General's Expert Panel Report on Accountability in Sri Lanka.
Menon, Nirupama to hold talks with Sri Lankan officials
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Much blood spilt on 13th Amendment but India still wants it?

Tuesday, 07 June 2011 01:01 

They say 13 is an unlucky number. Irrespective of numerology, 13th amendment [13th] to the Constitution was never rosy. Indo Sri Lanka Accord conceived the 13th- an Indian lasso to loop Sri Lanka off the saddle.
Genie of the 13th was released deceptively by an eerie spirit of India, at a ceremony the Defence Minister Lalit Athulathmudali declined to attend and in protest Mahinda Rajapaksa took to the streets
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

On Sri Lanka, Ban Hasn't Moved to Review Actions of UN & Nambiar, Get Rajapaksa Support for 2d Term

June 6, 2011 3:31 p.m. 

By Matthew Russell Lee

UNITED NATIONS, June 6, updated -- In the past forty days, Ban Ki-moon has apparently done no review of Sri Lanka after he said on April 25 that he would act on the Panel of Experts' recommendation for a “review of the United Nations’ actions regarding the implementation of its humanitarian and protection mandates during the war in Sri Lanka – particularly in the last stages."  

Pillay & Ban previously in Geneva, Sri Lanka Report not shown

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