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Sri Lanka – the surfers’ new favourite

Sunday, 05th October 2014 The island that has everything.Green mountains, mist and chilliness in the morning.Burning hot beaches and large waves in the afternoon. Sri Lanka offers all this – in one single day. On a w ...

Media Statement

The Government of Sri Lanka has noted with concern the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 16th October, to annul the EU regulations proscribing the LTTE. The defendants of this case have been the Council and Commission of the European Union, together with two member states, the Netherlands and the UK.

Expectedly, the ECJ judgment requires in-depth study by all the defendant parties. It is noteworthy that the Court has stressed the annulments to be “on fundamentally procedural grounds” and “do not imply any substantive assessment of the question of the classification of the LTTE as a terrorist group.” Further it is observed from the decision of the ECJ that “the effects of the annulled measures are maintained temporarily in order to ensure the effectiveness of any possible future freezing of funds”.

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Dramatic decrease in asylum-seeker deaths

Tuesday, 14th October 2014 Stefanie Balogh - Canberra Where the worst trouble zones are. Source: TheAustralian THE number of asylum-seekers who have died seeking refuge in Australia has dramatically ­decreased, as t ...

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