The Sri Lankan government is worried about the trenchant criticism it has been subjected to in recent times in regard to the political and economic management of the country, and the human rights situation in it.
PK Balachandran, 'Defamed' Rajapaksa asks Ranil to cough up Rs 2 billion, Hinustan Times, July 8, 2007.
Tamil Nadu's interest in Sri Lanka is as limited as the State's direct involvement in Sri Lankan affairs, but the sensitivity of the Tamils in India over the plight of their brethren across the Palk Strait remains. It is all about the cross that the fellow Tamils in Sri Lanka have been made to bear only because they are born Tamils for no fault of theirs.
N Sathiya Moorthy, Understanding Tamil Nadu, Daily Mirror, July 9, 2007.
The Leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front, V. Anandasangaree presents an open appeal to the leaders and the people of Tamil Nadu to solicit their sincere co-operation, irrespective of their political affiliations to help liberate the Tamil people of the North and East of Sri Lanka by finding a reasonable solution to the ethnic problem.
The entire country is focusing its undivided attention on the north-east war. Meanwhile, foreign powers, NGOs, missionaries and local agents with vested interests are causing untold damage to the rest of the country.
Sandun A. Jayasekera, Alleged secret deal with LTTE: Prelate demands the truth, Daily Mirror, July 9, 2007.
Tamil daily Sudar Oli quoted the LTTE as saying that 322 "Black Tigers" (suicide cadres) had sacrificed their lives since the first suicide attack by "Capt" Miller at Nelliyadi, in Jaffna district, on July 5, 1987.
PK Balachandran, LTTE staged 49 suicide attacks since July 2006, Hindustan Times, July 5, 2007.
The intensification of conflict in Sri Lanka is provoking growing concerns in New Delhi over the impact on India’s strategic interests.
Deepal Jayasekera, Sri Lankan war provokes deep unease in Indian political establishment, World Socialist Web, July 7, 2007.
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