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		<title>Criticized by the West for its human rights abuses, Sri Lanka turns to the East</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations recently announced that internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka, housed in refugee camps since the time they fled their homes during the final and fatal offensive against the LTTE, can now go back to their homes. The questions are whether they still have homes to go back to and how safe is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka To Release Displaced Refugees</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/sri-lanka-to-release-displaced-refugees/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/sri-lanka-to-release-displaced-refugees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajeev 
Saxena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethnic tamil minority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LTTE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Menik farm]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Ltte war]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=29153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has announced that, it will begin the process of giving permission to the civilians who got displaced and lost their homes during the gruesome war between Sri Lankan military forces and the terrorist organization, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Since the military offensive began, the villagers and civilians from the nearby regions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going upstairs: Red light for the Umpire Decision Review System</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/going-upstairs-red-light-for-the-umpire-decision-review-system/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/going-upstairs-red-light-for-the-umpire-decision-review-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cricket]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave Richardson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[M S Dhoni]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=28569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yup, it seems that the red light has gone on for the Umpire Decision Review System that initially received so much support from players and cricket boards alike. Despite Dave Richardson, the ICC&#8217;s general manager of batting his heart out to try and keep the system alive it has just not taken off and is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving millions of lives: Bacteria that light up around Landmines!</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/saving-millions-of-lives-bacteria-that-light-up-around-landmines/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/saving-millions-of-lives-bacteria-that-light-up-around-landmines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BioBricking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bosnia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landmines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=28561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Landmines are arguably the gravest threat to both humans and wildlife alike in almost 87 countries across the planet and with war times long behind us the ugly scars and the undetonated landmines still haunt those who wish to put the past behind them. In countries such as Sri Lanka over 20 elephants each year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tendulkar’s 20 years of test cricket: Different strokes for different folks!</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/tendulkar%e2%80%99s-20-years-of-test-cricket-different-strokes-for-different-folks/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/tendulkar%e2%80%99s-20-years-of-test-cricket-different-strokes-for-different-folks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amitabh Bachan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sachin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sachin Tendulkar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sunil Gavaskar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tendulkar 20 Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Test Cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuvraj Singh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=28049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a generation of loyal Indian cricket fans who saw India lift the world cup at Lords he was the boy who had the potential to replace Sunil Gavaskar, For the next generation he was an icon and inspiration who carried their national side on his young herculean shoulders single-handedly and for the Dhoni-Yuvraj-smitten latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning to Tests: Sreesanth and Zaheer recalled for the Lanka test</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/turning-to-tests-sreesanth-and-zaheer-recalled-for-the-lanka-test/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/turning-to-tests-sreesanth-and-zaheer-recalled-for-the-lanka-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=27967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Indian cricket is as unpredictable off the field as it is on it and the selection of mercurial (on the borderline of crazy) Sreesanth seems to be another twist in its ever vibrant tale. Announcing the squad for the first two tests against Sri Lanka that will commence at Ahmadabad in less than a week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka: ethnic reconciliation is an elusive dream</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/sri-lanka-ethnic-reconciliation-is-an-elusive-dream/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/sri-lanka-ethnic-reconciliation-is-an-elusive-dream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[defeated LTTE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethnic conflict between Tamils and Sinhalese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethnic reconciliation in Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quarter of a million interned Tamils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism in Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racist Sinhalese state in Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-determination]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=24851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reconciliation between Tamils and the Sinhalese-dominated government in Sri Lanka is elusive as ever, even if the government tries to recruit Tamils into government service such as police work. ‘But such measures look paltry against an internment policy that the EU’s report calls a “novel form of unacknowledged detention”. The government justifies it by citing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN warns over inhuman treatment of Tamil refugees</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/un-warns-over-inhuman-treatment-of-tamil-refugees/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/un-warns-over-inhuman-treatment-of-tamil-refugees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[civil war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defeat of LTTE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[displaced Tamils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fight for autonomy of Tamil land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights violations on Tamils]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=24681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The UN is said to be ‘devoting special energy to the displaced Tamils, most still interned in camps, because the issue was critical for the country&#8217;s future.’ Assessing the condition that the internally-displaced Tamils are in, the UN believes that the Tamil refugees’ situation is ‘putting reconciliation at risk.’ This is because the sordid reality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is no statute for climate refugees</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/there-is-no-statute-for-climate-refugees/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/there-is-no-statute-for-climate-refugees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NARUTO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=16537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 10, the Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University published a report, conducted by the NGO Care and by the Center for International Network for Information in Earth Sciences (CIESIN) of Columbia University outlined the growth in migration due to climate change. By 2050, the migration will involve 200 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brutal Revenge on the Tamil Tigers</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/brutal-revenge-on-the-tamil-tigers/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/brutal-revenge-on-the-tamil-tigers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child abductions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detention centers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been reports of young Tamil women found with their throats slit, as well as abduction by paramilitary groups of Tamil children who have been suspected of being former Tamil Tigers child soldiers. Other refugees have reported the disappearances of some children from the camps. International humanitarian organizations have also observed that Sri Lanka’s [...]]]></description>
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