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August - 1 
Sivanathan Navindra alias Venthan, a former bodyguard of the slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is among nine ex-LTTE militants contesting the August 17 Parliamentary elections from the Jaffna-Kilinochchi elec
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Sivanathan Navindra alias Venthan, a former bodyguard of the slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is among nine ex-LTTE militants contesting the August 17 Parliamentary elections from the Jaffna-Kilinochchi electoral District as members of a new outfit, Crusaders for Democracy (CFD), reports Daily Mirror on August 2. Other CFD candidates are Rasaiah Tharmakulasingham alias Gamini, Kalikutti Subramanian alias Charles, Kumaravelu Akilan alias Iyal, Thangarasa Thevathasan alias Gangai Athman, Vinayagasundaram Mohanasundaram alias Gangai Alagan, Veeran Shakthivel alias Thani Arasan, Sivaguru Murugadas alias Raviraj, and Nadesapillai Vithyatharan, a non-LTTE cadre who is described as “Oodaga Porali” (Media Warrior).
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August - 2 
Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said that Government has taken measures to restore provision of electricity connections free of charge to 20,000 resettled families in the North and East, reports Colombo Page on August 3. At present, 796,342 peopl
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Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said that Government has taken measures to restore provision of electricity connections free of charge to 20,000 resettled families in the North and East, reports Colombo Page on August 3. At present, 796,342 people from 232,828 families have been resettled in the Northern and Eastern Provinces after the end of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist war in 2009. The provision of access to electricity, water, sanitation etc. to resettled families is a responsibility of the Government. The Government will also grant an additional allocation of SLR 105 million to facilitate free domestic power supply connection to 5,000 resettled families this year.
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August - 4 
The Crusaders for Democracy, a group of former members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), on August 4 urged the Sri Lankan Government to “honour its commitments” made in the past at the international level on the Tamil question, reports
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The Crusaders for Democracy, a group of former members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), on August 4 urged the Sri Lankan Government to “honour its commitments” made in the past at the international level on the Tamil question, reports The Hindu. The group in its election manifesto, released in Jaffna on August 4, said that according to the 1987 India-Sri Lanka Accord and the Oslo Communique of December 2002, the Sri Lankan Government had agreed to the concepts of federalism and internal self-determination, besides recognizing the Northern and Eastern Provinces as areas of historical habitation of Tamil speaking people. The manifesto wanted the creation of a mechanism that would facilitate self-rule of Tamils. N. Vithyatharan, coordinator of the group said that there was nothing new in the demands of the group. Everything was based on what the Sri Lankan Government had accepted. “We want them only to fulfil what they had promised at the international fora,” he said. While adhering itself to an undivided Sri Lanka, the group of former militants resolved that it would strive to achieve its goals through “peaceful and non-violent means”, Mr. Vithyatharan added.
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August - 4 
The Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Ajith P. Perera in a statement said it is clear that from the statements being made by Mahinda Rajapaksa, that the former president has amnesia since he has forgotten the past and asked the former leader to come up
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The Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Ajith P. Perera in a statement said it is clear that from the statements being made by Mahinda Rajapaksa, that the former president has amnesia since he has forgotten the past and asked the former leader to come up with a more intelligent slogan than racism and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to address the people, reports Colombo Page on August 5. The Minister said the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has taken the racism as his main slogan for each and every election held after 2005 but the people rejected this main theme on the 8th of January this year. Now he has forgotten that and is continuing to follow the same theme even during this election campaign, Perera pointed out. According to Rajapaksa if the LTTE was eliminated in 2009, Deputy Minister Ajith Perera questioned why he talks about LTTE raising its head again. He said the thirty year long war is like the beggar's wound to Rajapaksa. Perera said the most important fact that Rajapaksa has forgotten is the friendship he had with the LTTE. Rajapaksa had a very friendly relationship with LTTE, the Deputy Minister said. He reminded that Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman who is allegedly responsible for killing 600 Police officers and the murder of Bhikkus (Buddhist monk) at Aranthalawa was appointed as a Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) by Mahinda Rajapaksa. Perera also reminded that it was Mahinda Rajapaksa who directly gave Velupillai Prabhakaran a grant of LKR 800 million through Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA); as a result of which Mahinda Rajapaksa with Prabhakaran's blessings won the Presidential election in 2005. If not for this gesture on the part of Prabhakaran, Mahinda Rajapaksa would have not become the President of this country, Perera said.
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August - 6 
Prime Minister (PM) and leader of the ruling United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesinghe on August 6 assured the people of Sri Lanka not to fear over a resurgence of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as the country would be safeguar
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Prime Minister (PM) and leader of the ruling United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesinghe on August 6 assured the people of Sri Lanka not to fear over a resurgence of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as the country would be safeguarded with an excellent defense minister under a future UNP Government, reports Colombo Page. Wickremesinghe said that the defense minister under a future UNP government will be President Maithripala Sirisena, who is the commander-in-chief. He said the people should not worry about the resurgence of LTTE, since if the UNP wins the parliamentary elections on August 17 national security would continue to be new Government's main focus. The PM recalled that the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa claimed that he eliminated the terrorism but now says the LTTE is reviving. He asked how that can be possible if the LTTE was eliminated.
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August - 9 
Sri Lanka Police on August 9 arrested an Army Sergeant Major suspected to have played a role in the abduction of Lanka e News journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda at Kurunegala in North Western Province, reports Colombo Page. Sergeant Major’s arrest was
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Sri Lanka Police on August 9 arrested an Army Sergeant Major suspected to have played a role in the abduction of Lanka e News journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda at Kurunegala in North Western Province, reports Colombo Page. Sergeant Major’s arrest was a result of an urgent inquiry conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police following information received from two other suspects taken into custody earlier by the CID. Following the investigations initiated by the CID in to the disappearance of the Prageeth Eknaligoda, who was abducted at Rajagiriya (Sri Jayawardenapura) on January 24, 2010 two former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were arrested from Vavuniya by the CID several days ago. The suspects, identified as Kanapathipillai Suresh alias Satya Master and Sumathipalan Suresh alias Nagulan, have provided the information leading to the arrest of the army Sergeant Major according to the Police. Lanka e News reported that the two suspects were Tamil intelligence officers and they have revealed that they abducted Prageeth Eknaligoda and handed him over to the Girithale Army Camp. According to the report, the suspects have revealed that the journalist has been killed and drowned in the eastern sea. Based on those revelations, several others including a group of army officers have been identified in connection with the disappearance and they are to be arrested shortly, Police Headquarters said on August 9.
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August - 9 
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on August 9 denied allegations that he had given the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) money in 2005 in order to win the then Presidential election, reports Colombo Gazette. In 2005 the LTTE had prevented the
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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on August 9 denied allegations that he had given the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) money in 2005 in order to win the then Presidential election, reports Colombo Gazette. In 2005 the LTTE had prevented the people from taking part in the elections, which allowed Rajapaksa to win with the support of the Sinhala votes in the South. Rajapaksa said that if he had given money to the LTTE he would not have taken much effort to try to defeat them. He said that if LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was alive today he would ask him if the story was really true. The former President also said that it was no secret who gave arms to the LTTE to defeat the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) and who really funded the LTTE. Rajapaksa also said that the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) is confident of winning the August 17 Parliamentary election and he is confident of being made the next Prime Minister.
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August - 9 
Meanwhile, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) member and United National Front for Good Governance Parliamentary candidate Champika Ranawaka on August 9 said he is ready to expose former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on some deals he had allegedly made with th
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Meanwhile, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) member and United National Front for Good Governance Parliamentary candidate Champika Ranawaka on August 9 said he is ready to expose former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on some deals he had allegedly made with the LTTE through South Africa, reports Colombo Gazette. Ranawaka also challenged Rajapaksa to face him in an open debate on claims Rajapaksa never gave funds to the LTTE. Ranawaka said that Rajapaksa is already under investigation over funds diverted to the LTTE through the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA). “We will be taking legal action against Rajapaksa in future in relation to this incident,” he said. Ranawaka also insisted that there is no chance of the LTTE regrouping in Sri Lanka and that the security forces will ensure the security of the country.
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August - 10 
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) leader Champika Ranawaka said that the Government of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had allegedly given the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) over LKR 169 million to win their support at the 2005 Presidential el
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Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) leader Champika Ranawaka said that the Government of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had allegedly given the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) over LKR 169 million to win their support at the 2005 Presidential election, reports Colombo Gazette on August 11. Ranawaka said that he has all the evidence, including documents, to back the allegations. Ranawaka revealed the names of LTTE members who a businessman had met on behalf of Rajapaksa to seal the deals in the guise of tsunami relief. Ranawaka claimed that during discussions Basil Rajapaksa had with one LTTE negotiator identified as Emil Kanthan at the businessman’s office, Basil Rajapaksa had told Emil Kanthan that “What Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa wants is a boycott of voting in the North, and the PM wants to know what the LTTE would like to have in return.” In reply at a later date Emil Kanthan had said that the LTTE wants to purchase some boats and requested for a sum of LKR 180 million from Basil Rajapakse. Ranawaka claimed that Basil Rajapakse agreed immediately to provide the said amount of money and on a later day Basil Rajapaksa came with a number of large travelling bags to meet Emil Kanthan at the businessman’s office to seal the deal.
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August - 13 
A United Kingdom (UK) based human rights organization, Freedom from Torture, has alleged in its new report entitled ‘Tainted Peace’ that torture by Sri Lanka’s state agencies of Tamils seen to have links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
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A United Kingdom (UK) based human rights organization, Freedom from Torture, has alleged in its new report entitled ‘Tainted Peace’ that torture by Sri Lanka’s state agencies of Tamils seen to have links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued unabated well after the end of the civil war in May 2009, reports The Hindu on August 14. The report claims that the medico-legal reports in the cases of 148 survivors shows that they were subjected to a range of torture methods that included brutal beatings (100 per cent of the 148 cases), burning (78 per cent) and sexual torture (71 per cent), as well as asphyxiation techniques (38 per cent), forms of suspension (45 per cent) and solitary confinement (70 per cent). The report says the eradication of torture by the military and Police is “one of the most urgent tasks” that the Government to be elected on August 17 must address. “The new leadership will need to tackle vested interests in the military, police and intelligence services who until now have resisted any proper reckoning for torture and other grave abuses committed during the civil war and the six years since the conflict ended,” the report states. Of the survivors, 93 per cent were tortured because of real or perceived links to the LTTE, and that in a majority of cases (139 out of 148) the victims were Tamil. More than a third of the Tamils who survived torture were those who had returned to Sri Lanka from the UK, usually following a period of study or work, often when visiting their families back home the report claims.
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August - 13 
Sri Lankan Government on August 13 insisted that there is no room for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to regroup in Sri Lanka and that the unity of the country will be maintained, reports Colombo Gazette. Power and Energy Minister and Jat
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Sri Lankan Government on August 13 insisted that there is no room for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to regroup in Sri Lanka and that the unity of the country will be maintained, reports Colombo Gazette. Power and Energy Minister and Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary Champika Ranawaka said that the current Government does not have double standards on the LTTE like the previous regime. He said that the former Government had maintained ties with the LTTE both during and after the war but the current Government has no ties with the rebels. “We will not leave room for democracy to be threatened. We are actually going through a new stage of democracy in the country and we will not allow that process to be harmed. We give a firm assurance on National Security,” he said.
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August - 24 
Police on August 24 arrested four Army personnel for alleged involvement in the abduction and murder of Lanka e News journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, reports Colombo Page. Police Media Spokesman Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ruwan Gunasekar
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Police on August 24 arrested four Army personnel for alleged involvement in the abduction and murder of Lanka e News journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, reports Colombo Page. Police Media Spokesman Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ruwan Gunasekara said two Army officers and two other ranks who were being questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the disappearance of Eknaligoda were arrested today (August 24). Military spokesman Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera confirming the arrest said at the request of the CID, the Army has released two officers and two other ranks to undergo investigation. He did not say what the other two ranks were. Earlier, the CID investigation has also led to the arrest of two former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres who had given the information on the Army's involvement in the disappearance. Prageeth Eknaligoda was abducted at Rajagiriya on 24th January 2010 just two days before 2010 Presidential election.
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August - 26 
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on August 26 met with the visiting top United States (US) officials for discussions on critical issues, reports Colombo Page. Members of the TNA met with the visiting US Assistant Secretary
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Sri Lanka's main Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on August 26 met with the visiting top United States (US) officials for discussions on critical issues, reports Colombo Page. Members of the TNA met with the visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Biswal, and Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski at the official residence of the US Ambassador to Colombo, Atul Keshap. Addressing media after the meeting, MP Sumanthiran, who was elected to parliament from the TNA at the recent elections, said the discussion with the American officials was headed by TNA leader R Sampanthan. The discussions focused on the United Nations (UN) international investigation report to be submitted in Geneva next month, the resettlement of the displaced and the release of political prisoners, he said. The US officials have assured to discuss the issues with the Sri Lankan Government. They announced that the US will sponsor a resolution at next month's United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva supporting the Government to conduct its own domestic probe into the alleged war crimes committed during the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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August - 27 
Former Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe on August 27 said that previous administration of Sri Lanka did not seize the opportunity to fully implement the United Nations (UN) resolution presented by the country to the United Nations Human Rights Council (
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Former Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe on August 27 said that previous administration of Sri Lanka did not seize the opportunity to fully implement the United Nations (UN) resolution presented by the country to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in 2009, reports Colombo Page. Samarasinghe said previous administration failed to prove Sri Lanka's diligence in implementing the resolution adopted in 2009 at the UNHRC. If Sri Lanka took steps to fully implement the 2009 resolution, which supported the reconciliation, then it would have been difficult for the UN to adopt the 2012 and 2013 resolutions against Sri Lanka, he pointed out. However, Sri Lanka now has received another opportunity next month to move a similar resolution in the UNHRC supporting the reconciliation process in the country. Samarasinghe added that if it is possible to launch a programme that will not lead to the creation of an extremist organization such as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), there is a possibility of providing a better country to the people.
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August - 29 
Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Eastern Commander and former Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralidharan alias Karuna Amman claimed, in an interview with an Indian TV channel, that the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, committed su
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Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Eastern Commander and former Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralidharan alias Karuna Amman claimed, in an interview with an Indian TV channel, that the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, committed suicide by shooting himself with a firearm, reports News First on August 30. Responding to a question made by a reporter during the interview, Muralitharan also revealed that Prabhakaran’s wife and the daughter were killed by shell-fire during the final stage of the war. While praising Prabhakaran for his war strategies, Muralitharan, however, asserted that the LTTE was defeated owing to its unsuccessful war tactics. “If the LTTE had fought a guerrilla battle, it would not have lost,” he added.
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August - 31 
On August 31, Sri Lanka's Attorney General's (AG) Department told the Court of Appeal that no crimes involving the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP have been found during their examination, reports C
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On August 31, Sri Lanka's Attorney General's (AG) Department told the Court of Appeal that no crimes involving the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP have been found during their examination, reports Colombo Page. The examination was carried out by the AG Department in response to a writ petition filed by JVP Propaganda Secretary Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath citing that no legal measures have been taken against KP. Herath filed a suit in the Court of Appeal seeking the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus for the arrest of KP allegedly for his role as an LTTE arms dealer and in the killing of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The Court of Appeal earlier directed the AG to conduct an examination on the 193 allegations in the petition which include money laundering and procurement of arms.
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August - 31 
Sri Lanka's former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka rejected the claim made by the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander turned ex-deputy minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman that the slain LTTE chief
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Sri Lanka's former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka rejected the claim made by the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander turned ex-deputy minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman that the slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran committed suicide, reports Colombo Page. In an interview with an Indian Tamil TV channel Karuna claimed that the LTTE leader shot himself with a firearm when capture seemed imminent. He denied that his former leader was captured, tortured and killed by Lankan troops. However, Field Marshal Fonseka, who led the war against the LTTE from 2006 until its end in 2009 told the Express News Service that LTTE chief could been hit by shrapnel from a mortar bomb or a shell. "He had a head injury in which a part of the skull had come off. If he had shot himself, the bullet would have come out from the other side of the head. But this had not happened. He might have been hit by shrapnel from a mortar bomb or a shell," Fonseka told Express News Service on August 31. Fonseka said a post mortem was done on Prabhakaran's body by the Police as per law and a DNA test was also conducted to establish his identity.
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