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Sri Lanka Police intelligence wings have revealed that around 150 former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorists have returned to the island after receiving training in Tamil Nadu (India), reports Colombo Page. The information came after q
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Sri Lanka Police intelligence wings have revealed that around 150 former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorists have returned to the island after receiving training in Tamil Nadu (India), reports Colombo Page. The information came after questioning the three suspects arrested for the murder of a member of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), a ruling party constituent partner. According to Police, the suspects have tried to flee to India after the murder of the EPDP member; however, the Police have foiled their attempt and arrested them.
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April - 2 
Meanwhile, the Security Forces (SFs) have begun search operations in the Eastern Province, where the murder of the EPDP member took place, for the LTTE suspects who have reportedly returned to the country, military sources said on April 2. The SFs ar
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Meanwhile, the Security Forces (SFs) have begun search operations in the Eastern Province, where the murder of the EPDP member took place, for the LTTE suspects who have reportedly returned to the country, military sources said on April 2. The SFs are searching for illegal weapons and other armed gangs hiding in and around Trincomalee-Anuradhapura junction and Anbuwelipuram in Trincomalee, adds Daily Mirror. The EPDP member, identified as Ragu Nadanalias Muttu, a resident of Muttu, was killed after his throat was slit at Periyakulam in the Kuchchaveli area of Trincomalee District. The police found a note with the word ‘LTTE’ placed near the body. Reports said that the victim was with the EPDP for last 15 to 20 years as an active member and was in hiding during that period due to threats by the LTTE. He had also reportedly acted as a military informant.
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April - 2 
The Indian High Commission in Colombo on April 2 rejected a news report which claimed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were being trained in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu, reports Colombo Page. It said in a statement, "The suggestion c
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The Indian High Commission in Colombo on April 2 rejected a news report which claimed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were being trained in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu, reports Colombo Page. It said in a statement, "The suggestion contained in the news item regarding the training of terrorists at three secret camps in Tamil Nadu, India is entirely erroneous and baseless. Relevant agencies of the two countries have ongoing cooperation and no such information has been brought to the notice of the Government of India." The Island newspaper titled "Tigers return from India on a destabilization mission - SL intelligence, three arrested, others at large", on April 1 had said that state intelligence services have received information that around 150 terrorists who underwent a special arms training at three secret camps in Tamil Nadu, have returned to Sri Lanka and are hiding in the North and the East to carry out a destabilization campaign. According to the report the information was revealed during an interrogation of three suspects arrested for the March 17 killing of an Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) member in Trincomalee District. The suspects, who have been former LTTE cadres have fled to India after the end of the war, have claimed that they have been trained in three camps located in Tamil Nadu and sent back to create disorder in the liberated areas, the report added. They have said that they returned to Sri Lanka under the guise of fishermen to conduct clandestine operations in the North and the East. Sri Lankan intelligence services believe the suspects have been involved in several unsolved murders in the North and East reported in the past.
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April - 4 
The US-sponsored resolution on the implementation of the recommendations stipulated in Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report is non-binding because bringing out the report was the State’s responsibility, Human Resources Senior Mi
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The US-sponsored resolution on the implementation of the recommendations stipulated in Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report is non-binding because bringing out the report was the State’s responsibility, Human Resources Senior Minister D E W Gunasekera told the Daily News on April 4, adding that only Sri Lanka can resolve its ethnic question. "The US cannot resolve Sri Lanka's ethnic question," the minister said. He added, "The government will decide how it should go about implementing the LLRC report. The government will implement what it considers necessary and feasible in the LLRC report as a sovereign nation with zero tolerance against external interferences in its internal affairs. The LLRC report has recommendations that are acceptable and that can be implemented. Most have been implemented. There are other recommendations that are under consideration by the government. There are recommendations that cannot be implemented. The report is not without deficiencies. The report is our own concern and we will decide what is best as a sovereign nation." Asked about the stance taken by the Indian Government to vote against Sri Lanka at UNHRC in Geneva, Gunasekera said although India voted against Sri Lanka under pressure by the situation of their domestic politics in Tamil Nadu, they must be respected for the amendment they have moved in to the resolution that any assistance from the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights or visits of UN special procedures should be in consultation with the concurrence of the Sri Lankan Government. Explaining the Government's work towards national reconciliation, Gunasekera said: "The government has already resettled all those who have been displaced by the war. We have taken steps to rehabilitate thousands of LTTE cadres who were taken as prisoners by the Security Forces. We sent them home after rehabilitation to live normal lives."
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April - 5 
Meanwhile, Police and the Security Forces have asked the members of the EPDP to be cautious in view of the recent killing of one of its members at Periyakulam, allegedly by the LTTE. Security forces have issued the instructions after receiving intell
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Meanwhile, Police and the Security Forces have asked the members of the EPDP to be cautious in view of the recent killing of one of its members at Periyakulam, allegedly by the LTTE. Security forces have issued the instructions after receiving intelligence reports on a group of LTTE members attempting to create trouble in the area.
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April - 5 
The United States Department of State has, on April 5, released a report, titled "Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies to Investigate and Hold Accountable Violators of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law"
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The United States Department of State has, on April 5, released a report, titled "Measures Taken by the Government of Sri Lanka and International Bodies to Investigate and Hold Accountable Violators of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law", prepared by the Office of Global Criminal Justice of the Department addressing Sri Lanka's accountability and alleged violations of international humanitarian laws during the country's three-decade long war with Tamil Tiger terrorists, reports Colombo Page. The report in detail addresses the Government's efforts at accountability, UN Panel of Experts report, Government's report on Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis: July 2006-May 2009, the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report and its recommendations, and inter alia issues of civilian casualties, shelling in no fire-zone, child soldiers. The report, however, is not meant to be a legal determination confirming any of those allegations.
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April - 6 
Meanwhile, Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told the 126th session of the Inter Parliamentary Union that Sri Lankan Government is taking unique and durable measures to expedite the reconciliation process at t
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Meanwhile, Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told the 126th session of the Inter Parliamentary Union that Sri Lankan Government is taking unique and durable measures to expedite the reconciliation process at the end of a three decades ruthless war, reports News Ik. He also noted that Sri Lanka has achieved significant progress in the field of education and human resources development. The entire indexes in this regard show that Sri Lanka has gained a tremendous achievement in this respect. He urged the delegates not to be deceived by the incorrect and as well as ill-hated campaign against Sri Lanka by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Diaspora.
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April - 8 
naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command had recovered 12.7mm anti-air craft gun and a Multi-Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) in the seas off Kuchchaveli from a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack craft in the seas during a salvage
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naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command had recovered 12.7mm anti-air craft gun and a Multi-Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) in the seas off Kuchchaveli from a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack craft in the seas during a salvage operation carried out on April 8.
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April - 9 
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Treasurer and Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma asked Tamil National Alliance (TNA) not to act like agents of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and risk dividing soci
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Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Treasurer and Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma asked Tamil National Alliance (TNA) not to act like agents of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and risk dividing society once again. He said it is now time for the TNA to take a new turn and emerge from the grip of the LTTE that does not exist anymore. The minister noted President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s stand that there are no minorities in this country.
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April - 10 
UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, Subinay Nandy said that demining process in Sri Lanka’s war ravaged Northern and Eastern provinces has recorded satisfactory progress, reports Colombo Page. The country's North and the East were heavily mined by
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UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, Subinay Nandy said that demining process in Sri Lanka’s war ravaged Northern and Eastern provinces has recorded satisfactory progress, reports Colombo Page. The country's North and the East were heavily mined by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) prior to their defeat in May 2009. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has identified 10 Districts in the North and East -Ampara, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Mullativu, Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee, and Vavuniya- as areas contaminated with landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). Since 2009, 101,827 hectares of paddy land, 29,999 hectares of water bodies, 538 kilometers A class roads, over 1,500 kilometers of other roads and 263 kilometers of railway lines have been cleared of landmine and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) contamination. An area of 124.7 sq kilometers is yet to be cleared in the North and East of buried death traps, landmines and other deadly explosives. A total area of 1,937 sq kilometers has been cleared up to the end of February 2012. Over 3,600 skilled and trained persons have been deployed to de-mine the area. Sri Lanka Army Humanitarian Demining Unit along with a Sri Lankan NGO Milinda Moragoda Institute for People's Empowerment and six foreign organizations are conducting the demining operations.
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April - 17 
On April 17, a group of four persons was arrested showing and viewing a video film containing scenes of the past Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) victories in the warfront and its training programmes in an attempt to promote LTTE organisation,
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On April 17, a group of four persons was arrested showing and viewing a video film containing scenes of the past Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) victories in the warfront and its training programmes in an attempt to promote LTTE organisation, reports Daily Mirror. They were taken into custody during a raid on a house at Mohontuwarama in Eechalanpattu area in Trincomalee District. The suspects were residents of the same area and two of them are believed to be former LTTE cadres. Police are conducting further inquiries into the suspects’ involvement in LTTE activities and to detect the origin of the video.
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April - 22 
A major search operation by Terrorists Investigations Department (TID) and other State Intelligence bureaus is in progress in the eastern region in search of ex- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres, who had not gone through Government reha
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A major search operation by Terrorists Investigations Department (TID) and other State Intelligence bureaus is in progress in the eastern region in search of ex- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres, who had not gone through Government rehabilitation programs as well as cadres, who had returned from overseas, reports Daily Mirror. Accordingly, after registering an interviewing, authorities would be decided to send those ex-cadres for Government rehabilitation programs or not. No one would be arrested in this operation but would be carried out to identify those ex-members.
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April - 26 
According to BBC News, unexploded cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka, a UN expert on land mines Allan Poston has claimed. Poston is the technical adviser for the UN Development Programme's mine action group in Sri Lanka
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According to BBC News, unexploded cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka, a UN expert on land mines Allan Poston has claimed. Poston is the technical adviser for the UN Development Programme's mine action group in Sri Lanka. In an email, he said that small bombs from the weapons were discovered in the North, near to where a child was killed in an explosion last month. The Government has denied that it ever used cluster bombs during the civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels. Cluster bombs are banned under an international treaty that took effect in August 2010. The treaty has been signed by more than 60 countries, but not Sri Lanka, China, Russia, India, Pakistan and the US - who all argue that the bombs are a legitimate weapon of war when used properly.
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April - 27 
According to Daily Mirror, the Sri Lanka Army on April 27 denied reports that security forces had used cluster bombs during the war and requested to provide any evidence so that an investigation can be launched. “I wish to reiterate that Sri Lanka Ar
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According to Daily Mirror, the Sri Lanka Army on April 27 denied reports that security forces had used cluster bombs during the war and requested to provide any evidence so that an investigation can be launched. “I wish to reiterate that Sri Lanka Army, Navy or Air Force never used cluster bombs. We request Allan Poston to provide us with any evidence he may be having so that we could investigate,” military spokesperson Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya said. The denial came after a report citing a top UN demining expert, Allan Poston, claimed that unexploded cluster bombs were discovered in the Puthukudyiruppu area in the north. The area known as PTK was a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) nerve centre during their decades old fight with the Government troops
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United States Department of Justice is seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Canadian Tamil man who pleaded guilty in a United States district court to charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
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United States Department of Justice is seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Canadian Tamil man who pleaded guilty in a United States district court to charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a proscribed organization in the US. Mylvaganam, a Canadian citizen who previously lived in the US, was arrested by Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers in Toronto and extradited to US in 2009, following his indictment in the Eastern District Court of New York. He pleaded guilty on February 8, 2012 to conspiring to procure sophisticated technology, including submarine design software and night vision equipment for the LTTE in 2006. Mylvaganam faces a maximum term of 15 years' imprisonment.
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