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[...] the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution asking the Prime Minister not to attend the meet in Sri Lanka. Following is the transcript of the interview with Prasad Kariyawasam: CNN-IBN: To begin with [...]

[...] Diplomats from Commonwealth countries meeting in London today must push Sri Lanka to end its continuing crackdown on human rights defenders, Amnesty International said in a [...]

[...] Colombo — Britain's David Cameron is set to become the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka's war-torn Tamil heartland during next month's Commonwealth summit when he will press Colombo on [...]

[...]   Kenya is threatening to pull out of next month's CHOGM in Sri Lanka and canvass other East African countries in the Commonwealth to do so as well, a leading Nairobi [...]

[...] and attacks on lawyers, reporters and campaigners.   It also raised concerns over the Sri Lankan government's failure to support an independent investigation into allegations of war crimes in the [...]

[...] attendance could help legitimise the situation.   In particular, campaigners want the Sri Lankan government to allow an independent investigation into allegations that government forces committed [...]

[...] Packer  was quoted as saying the multi-national casino operator is in talks with the Sri Lankan Government about the project.   "I have great confidence in the country's future and [...]

[...] Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid visited Sri Lanka. During the visit, he assured the Sri Lankan government that India would soon facilitate talks between representatives of fishermen from both [...]

[...] that Canada's Prime Minister was "totally isolated" in his decision to boycott a Commonwealth summit in Colombo in protest at alleged war crimes and rights abuses on the island.   Sri [...]

[...] (AFP) Britain's Prince Charles will tour India for nine days next month ahead of the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka, his office said Tuesday. It will be the heir to the throne's eighth official [...]

[...]  The United Kingdom's delegation to next month's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka will press the island on human rights and reconciliation issues, the [...]

[...] BBC as saying he hoped progress would be made following David Cameron's visit for a Commonwealth summit.   Red Cross worker Mr Shaikh, 32, from Milnrow, Rochdale was shot and stabbed. & [...]

[...] the chairmanship of the Commonwealth for the next two years after the country hosts the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on 15-17 November 2013, HRW said in a statement made [...]

[...] that India will not tolerate any violation of human rights by completely boycotting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Colombo in November, the Express News Service [...]

[...] in their attempt to persuade Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran for a TNA boycott of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo. He rejected their calls during a meeting of TNA [...]

[...]  External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will represent India at the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) summit, though the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a [...]

[...] Reiterating her appeal to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to personally intervene to stop attacks by Sri Lankan forces on the fishermen, [...]

[...] Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam has said that India will be isolated if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh doesn't attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka, CNN- [...]

[...]  COLOMBO,  (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Wednesday that Canada's Prime Minister was "totally isolated" in his decision to boycott a Commonwealth summit in Colombo [...]

[...] Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convey that India will not tolerate any violation of human rights by [...]

[...] petition in the Madras High Court against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Sri Lanka, Indian media reported.   Singh is scheduled to visit Sri Lankan for the Commonwealth summit in [...]

[...] those from Tamil Nadu who inadvertently enter Sri Lanka waters and are detained or arrested, Indian media reported.   "We are trying to create a mechanism. For those Indian fishermen who [...]

[...] a complaint. They formally charge a suspect in court at the end of the investigation.   Indian media said commercial activity is banned on the premises of the Taj Mahal, a World Heritage Site. & [...]

[...] India's participation at the upcoming Commonwealth heads of governments meeting in Sri Lanka, Indian media reported.   The Times of India reported that the first bench comprising Chief Justice RK [...]

[...] justice.   The global broadcast coincides with the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo that has been highly criticised in the face of Sri Lanka’s ever-increasing [...]

[...] and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Khurshid not to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the PTI reported.   The incident comes a day after two petrol bombs were hurled at [...]

[...] Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to go to Colombo to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, according to a report which appeared in the Times of India.    According to the [...]

[...] Queen Elizabeth II, the head of the Commonwealth, at the 53-member organisation's heads of government meeting in Colombo. The 87-year-old queen has only missed the biennial summit once before, when it [...]