41. Sri Lanka - Country Information - Australian Department Of ForeignAffairsand Tra Country and regional Information Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade sri lanka Country Brief - July 2005. At a glance; Geography; history http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/sri_lanka/sri_lanka_country_brief.html

Country and Regional Information - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Skip to content About us ... Contact us Site Navigation: Travel Advisories Country information Trade Policy Global Issues ... Home Portfolio websites ACIAR AusAID Austrade EFIC Site tools Media Gateway Students Gateway Business Gateway Site Feedback ... Site Index Sri Lanka Country Brief - September 2005 At a glance Geography History Politics ... More information about Sri Lanka Facts at a Glance Area 65,000 sq km Population (2004) 19.3 million Capital Colombo Major Cities (population in '000) Colombo (2,234) Gampaha (2,066) Kurunegala (1,452) Kalutara (1,061) Languages Sinhala, Tamil and English Religion (2003) Buddhist 69%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% Currency Unit Sri Lankan Rupee Political System Republic Major Political Parties (there are 225 members elected by a modified proportional representation system) Sri Lanka Freedom Party-led People's Alliance coalition - 81 United National Party-led coalition (UNP) – 74 People’s Liberation Front (JVP) – 39 Tamil National Alliance - 22 Party of Buddhist Monks (JHU) - 9 Sri Lankan Muslim Congress - 5 Up-country People's Front - 1 Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) - 1 President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (PA) Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse (PA) Chief Justice Hon Sarath Nanda Silva Central Bank President A S Jayawardena Last Presidential Election 21 December 1999

42. Lonely Planet | Sri Lanka Overview regional Summaries. The tsunami did damage, in varying degrees, to 14 of srilanka s 28 In sri lanka, where the recent history of violence has tainted http://www.lonelyplanet.com/tsunami/srilanka.cfm

home search help worldguide ... ARTICLE ARCHIVE Images of Sri Lanka click for slideshow A monkey looks on reconstruction along the south coast. Sri Lanka: Reality Check Six months after the tsunami hit Asia, volunteers talk about what life is like after working in one of the world's worst natural disasters. Eighty percent of Sri Lanka's coastline was mauled by the December 26th tsunami, which inflicted great damage on life and property. The immediate international emergency response brought great hope. Unfortunately, today, with phase 1 of the recovery process complete, there is now political wrangling, poor communication and imperfect coordination. Still, survivors left homeless and currently living in temporary shelters with limited supplies may soon move into permanent settlements. Health epidemics have been avoided. And, in addition to the attractions of the unaffected interior open for tourism, the beaches are slowly returning to normal. Read more... Recovery In the weeks following the December 26th tsunami, hundreds of thousands of displaced and affected people were given immediate medical attention and emergency shelter, and provided with sufficient food, clean water, and even household items and cash compensation packages. The threat of disease outbreaks was quickly contained. Cleanup and repair work began on vital infrastructure, like roads and bridges, rails, hospitals and schools, as well as in many villages. And a variety of other clinics and services-document replacement, trauma counselling, work-for-hire temporary employment-helped those in need.

43. Internews - Employment Overseeing production of Internews’ daily regional program in the Colombo studio, Familiarity with sri lanka history and issues an advantage http://www.internews.org/about/emp_open/overseas/job_0088o.html

44. SSRC :: South Asia Program :: Regional Advisory Panel He is presently working on a book to be titled sri lanka Modernity, Willem vanSchendel is professor of Asian history at the University of Amsterdam http://www.ssrc.org/programs/southasia/regional_advisory_panel/

Regional Advisory Panel Dipak Gyawali is chair of the South Asia Regional Advisory Panel. He is a member of the Royal Nepal Academy of Science and one of the leading scholars of the environment, especially water, in South Asia. He is the editor of "Water Nepal" and the author of numerous articles and book chapters. His most recent publication is Water in Nepal (Himal: Kathmandu 2001), which is being republished by Zed Books, London. Imtiaz Ahmed is a professor and chair of the department of international relations at Dhaka University. He also directs the Centre for Alternatives, Dhaka. He is the author of numerous books and articles on South Asian security, Indian foreign policy, refugees and the environment, and South Asians in Japan. He is the editor of two journals, "Theoretical Perspectives" and "Afro- Asian Dialogue", the latter is jointly published with Codesria, Dakar. Sajeda Amin is a senior research associate at the Population Council, New York. She is the author of numerous publications in the field of demography, women studies, globalization and labour. Her present research is on garment workers in Bangladesh. Rajnarayan Chandavarkar is Reader in the History and Politics of South Asia, Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a leading historian of late nineteenth and twentieth century India, and the author of

45. Mystery, Understanding Flicker Within Buddhist Artworks From Sri Lanka At Stanfo But the earmarks of regional and period styles give us our bearings when we confront Throughout much of sri lanka s intermittently turbulent history, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/30/DDG

46. Sri Lanka. Conflict Affected Societies. Projects. Internation Bureau Of Educatio sri lanka, is presently undergoing a painful process of sociopolitical change, A revisiting of its history is attempted, to this effect. http://www.ibe.unesco.org/Regional/social_cohesion/sc_srilanka.htm

ACTION-RESEARCH PROJECTS C urriculum Change and Social Cohesion in Conflict-affected Societies Proposal of Sri Lanka Project Coordinator: Lal Perera Team Member: Aluthgama Sumanadasa Balasooriya Team Member: Swarna Wijetunge I. Background to the Conflict II. Background to the Education System III. Process of curriculum policy change IV. Translating curriculum policy change into organization of learning content V. Implementation VI. Evaluation VII. Key areas of outstanding issues VIII. Proposed Work Plan I. Background to the Conflict Sri Lanka, is presently undergoing a painful process of socio-political change, marked till very recently in its history by eruption of violence and unrest in forms of armed insurrection, ethnic conflict. A culture of violence and corruption is emerging in an unprecedented manner. A rising rate of crime, a very high rate of suicide, excessive alcoholism and drug addiction signify the marked degeneration witnessed in society. The island has a population over 18 million people. Ethnically the Sinhalese take up 73.95 percentage of the population, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils comprise 12.95% and 7.05% respectively, Muslims 7.57 % of the population.

47. Embassy Of Sri Lanka - Washington DC, USA the history of international relations when regional cooperation seems In sri lanka, we are beginning to witness the benefits of such an endeavour. http://www.slembassyusa.org/statements/2004/president_CBK_SAARC_04jan04.html

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA HER EXCELLENCY CHANDRIKA BANDARANAIKE KUMARATUNGA AT THE 12TH SAARC SUMMIT - ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - 4TH JANUARY 2004 Hon. Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Delegates, It gives me great pleasure to be present here, in this beautiful city of Islamabad, to attend the 12th SAARC Summit. I avail myself of this opportunity to thank His Excellency President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Jamali and the Government of Pakistan for the warm welcome and the generous hospitality that my delegation and I have been privileged to receive. The excellent arrangements made for this Summit would, I am assured, contribute to the success of this meeting. On behalf of my Government and my own behalf, I wish to extend to you, Prime Minister Jamali, our congratulations and good wishes on your assumption of the Chairmanship of our Association. We are confident Excellency, that under your wise and committed guidance, SAARC will make positive progress on its long journey towards the achievement of our common objectives. Mr. Chairman, I feel encouraged by the deep commitment you have expressed towards the SAARC process. I am personally aware of Your Excellency's abiding interest in the progress of SAARC.

48. SRI LANKA: Keeping Watch Over A Tenuous Ceasefire Far From Easy The ceasefire, the longest in sri lanka s history, continues today even if the regional powers like India, which had previously intervened in the sri http://www.ipsnews.net/srilanka/sri_0608.shtml

IPS Special Coverage of Talks between Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tiger Rebels Home Get to know the Chief Negotiators Anton Balasingham G L Peiris External Links Peace Process of Sri Lanka Official Website of the Sri Lankan Government Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam National Peace Council IPS is not responsible for the content of external sites Let us know what you think We have used PDF files to preserve the format of Sinhala and Tamil translations correctly across platforms. You may download PDF Acrobat Reader free from here News on the Peace Talks ... in THAI SRI LANKA: Keeping Watch over a Tenuous Ceasefire Far from Easy by Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Aug 6 (IPS) - The refusal of Tamil Tiger rebels to dismantle a camp in northern Sri Lanka highlights the supposed clout - as well as weaknesses - of Scandinavian peace monitors whose presence is supposed to keep the ceasefire going. The multinational Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM), as the monitors are called, ruled as early as Jun. 26 that a new Tiger camp in Manirasakulam in the north-eastern Trincomalee district lies in government-controlled territory - and must be removed.

49. Communal Conflict In Modern Sri Lanka: Search For A Resolution - Imtiaz Ahmed Ethnic Tensions in South Asia Complications for regional Cooperation. sri lanka history and the Roots of Conflict. London Routledge. http://www.gmu.edu/academic/ijps/vol1_2/Ahmed.htm

COMMUNAL CONFLICT IN MODERN SRI LANKA: SEARCH FOR A RESOLUTION Imtiaz Ahmed The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the nature of the internal conflict in modern Sri Lanka as well as to suggest means to overcome such a conflict. The paper begins with a discussion of the rationale of the modern Sri Lankan state, followed by a critical examination of three areas of modern nation building there, i.e., `politics,' `economics' and `security.' The concluding section then puts forward alternative solutions towards peaceful resolution of the internal strife in the island. The Rationality of the Modern Sri Lankan State Colonialism proper, however, did not begin in Sri Lanka immediately upon the arrival of the British. It was only in the 1830s-1850s (indeed, half a century after the British landed) that schools were constructed `to educate students on the British model' (Wijesinha, 1986:8; Obeyesekere, 1982), thereby first creating the conditions for the organization and reproduction of intellectual dependency of the Sri Lankans on the West. The impact of such intrusion was profound and all-pervasive. The word 'ethnic' is derived from the Greek ethnikos, which originally meant `heathen, pagan, gentile; non-Jewish, non-Christian nations' (Webster's Dictionary, 1981:781). It does not take much imagination to see the `otherness' in the concept, close to being, as Urmila Phadnis pointed out, `pejorative, particulartistic and parochial' (Phadnis, 1985:6). Any unity based on the so-called ethnic composition, or labelling people ethnically, therefore, creates structures of divisions and disunity within diverse groups of people in the society. Sri Lankan society is a living example of this.

50. Garden History Links The Sigiri Gardens, sri lanka, history; Plan (jpeg) of Sigiri Gardens photographs from the UC Santa CruzUniversity Library, regional history Project http://www.magma.ca/~evb/garden.html

Garden History Links These links connect to sites devoted to garden and landscape history. The sites are uneven some are more informative than others. Please e-mail me any interesting links you find. Canada USA Europe France ... Organizations Canadian gardens and landscapes Friends of Maplelawn Garden , Ottawa, Ontario. Information available in French and English Histories of Landscape Architecture in Canada, conference papers, March 26 to 28 1998. Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Le Jardin de MŽtis, Quebec Butchart Gardens , British Columbia Miraloma , an Arts and Crafts Movement-influenced garden in Victoria, British Columbia. Envisioning Yuan Ming Yuan (Garden of Centred Wisdom) Xing Xing Cultivating Canadian Gardens an exhibit at the National Library of Canada Hatley Park , Victoria, British Columbia International Peace Garden , on the border between Manitoba, Canada and North Dakota, USA Gardens of the Fortress of Louisbourg , Nova Scotia. History of gardens at this 18th century French fortress VanDusen Botanical Garden , Vancouver Wychwood Park and the Garden , Toronto Point Ellice House and Garden , British Columbia University of British Columbia

51. AnyWho: Internet Directory Assistance; Yellow Pages, White Pages, Toll-Free Numb sri lanka medical and health information, travel health issues, and medical advicefor Information on geography, culture, history and major attractions. http://www.anywho.com/cgi-bin/webdrill?catkey=gwd/Top/Regional/Asia/Sri_Lanka/Tr

52. PMag V10n6p17 -- Peace Through A South Asian Economic Bloc India, Pakistan, sri lanka, and Bangladesh are Commonwealth countries and canexploit Reasons for low intraregional trade include the long history of http://www.peacemagazine.org/archive/v10n6p17.htm

From Peace Magazine Nov/Dec 1994, p.17. Author=Amit Kumar ; Title=Peace through a south Asian economic bloc; URL=http://www.peacemagazine.org/archive/v10n6p17.htm Peace through a south Asian economic bloc In contrast to Richard Falk's concern about the negative effects of trading blocs, many economists regard globalization as a beneficial, even necessary, trend: here is a case for creating a bloc in south Asia Amit Kumar The world is becoming organized as a system of trading blocs, and the South Asian countries must adapt to that reality. The region accounts for about 20% of the world's population, yet generates only two% of the world's gross national product (GNP). It is also one of the most volatile regions of the world, for conflicts are still raging in Afghanistan, Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Burma, and northeastern India. A South Asian economic bloc would safeguard the region's economic interests and help bring peace. South Asian countries, which do not now belong to any trading bloc such as the European Community (EC), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), risk being isolated from other regional groupings. Since such blocs are formed on the basis of proximity, an economic bloc of seven South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, and Nepal) is a promising possibility. It could be extended to include Burma, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Central Asian republics of the former USSR.

53. Sri Lanka | Self-catering Holiday Rentals | Selfcateringhols.com regional Info; Links. Country Image of. sri lanka Villas A teardropshaped For a look at sri lanka s history, head to the ancient city of Anuradhapura, http://www.selfcateringhols.com/country-i144

Search HOME DESTINATIONS FEATURES ... CONTACT US Asia SRI LANKA Regional Info Links Sri Lanka Villas: A teardrop-shaped island off the coast of India, Sri Lanka is a tropical paradise buzzing with life. If you're planning a trip to Sri Lanka, the villas for rent on www.selfcateringhols.com give you great options for your holiday accommodation. All our Sri Lanka villas are available for flexible, short-term rental. read our mini guide to Sri Lanka... read less... Though its total area is only 66,000 square kilometres, Sri Lanka packs in an amazing variety of scenery, architecture, flora and fauna. Wild animals like elephants, tropical birds, and monkeys (best spotted in national parks like Yala West or Bundala) roam the island, and tropical flowers pop up in the most unsuspecting corners. Sri Lanka's landscape ranges from the endless beaches of the south, to the rolling hills of the interior, to mountains like Adam's Peak, a place of pilgrimage for a millennia. For sunshine and beautiful beaches, head to seaside destinations like Hikkaduwa, the most popular beach resort in Sri Lanka. A villa by the shore makes for a perfect escape and is an especially popular option in December and January, when this area is warm and bathed in sunlight. The hill country, home to many of the island's tea plantations, is beautiful as well. Kandy is the main city in this area of Sri Lanka, and a villa in this pretty town puts you in the historical heart of Sri Lanka's Buddhist centre. Here you'll find the Dalada Maligawa, where the island's most important religious relics are kept.

54. National 11   (Spotlight Weekly) Never in its twodecade-long history has sri lanka seen a month when the country Although South Asian countries initiated regional cooperation nearly 18 http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2002/sep/sep20/nati

VOL. 22, NO. 11, SEP 06 - SEP 12 2002. PEACE, CRICKET AND ENERGY All Come To Sri Lanka Ravaged by civil war, Sri Lanka is focusing on reconstruction By KESHAB POUDEL, in Colombo Never in its two-decade-long history has Sri Lanka seen a month when the country seems to have reached closer to achieving what it has long aspired for. Passing through the gloomy years of electricity outages and chaos of civil war, the country seems to be close to winning over all evils of the past. "We are developing a long-term plan to cope with the power shortage and we donít want to repeat the power cuts like those of previous years," said K.K.Y.W. Perera, secretary to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Power, at the inaugural ceremony of South Asia Regional Media Partnership on Energy. Conducted by the US Energy Association (USEA) under the South Asia Regional Energy Partnership Program and funded by the US Agency for International Development, the three-day seminar focused on ways of promoting energy exchange among the nations of South Asia. "At a time when the country is heading toward achieving long lasting peace in northeast with LTTE, we will require huge energy to rebuild the war-torn country. In that situation, we have to rely on our northern neighbor to have energy," said Vasana Wickersena, deputy news editor of Daily Mirror of Sri Lanka.

55. News From Sri Lanka - 21 October 2003 This is your proud history NOW AVAILABLE IN sri lanka AND IN AUSTRALIA . The PA now feels handing over land powers to the LTTE or any regional http://www.spur.asn.au/News_2003_Oct_21.htm

News from Sri Lanka Tuesday, 21 October 2003 Welcome to SPUR Online ..... Latest News, 24 Hours a day, 7 days a week, Archives since 1998 .... This Web Site is exclusively dedicated to counter the mis-information campaign of LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists ......... ..... The Sri Lanka Freedom Party expresses its grave concern over the failure of the attempt of the Sri Lanka Navy in capturing an LTTE armament ship located in the high seas, 250 miles away from the coast, due to the leaking of information to the LTTE by the Monitoring Mission ..... Current Significant Issues Persons Chargeable With Treason- THE DOSSIER The Chronicle Of acts of omission and commission which are seriously detrimental to the Sri Lankan nation and the state. Click on Lakhanda Web Page SPUR Sub - Webpages Home SPUR Policy Clarification Massacre of 175 Muslims by LTTE SPUR SEARCH ENGINE ... Serial Killings of some of the Parliamentarians Please sponsor a "Ranaviru" Child (New Management) 450 Years of Colonialism (Part 1 - British Rule) Media Releases SPUR Mission Statement Part ... The forgotten victims of WAR and Peace in Sri Lanka Please send your opinion to King Parayakaran or the JVP The forgotten victims of WAR and Peace in Sri Lanka Links to Other Websites Lanka Truth top stories on the national question LankaWeb Heladiva Sinhale in Italy ... Sihala Yovun Saviya in Colombo, Sri Lanka

56. The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances - History & Development The preparatory meeting, held in sri lanka in March 1998, was supposed to be The budding regional federation One of the major plans of AFAD for the http://www.desaparecidos.org/afad/dev.html

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances Home e-mail A BUDDING FEDERATION: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) by: Mary Aileen D. Bacalso THE DIFFICULT PROCESS OF CONCEPTION AND BIRTH Implanting the seeds of the federation The sprouting of the seeds... Strengthening its roots... The budding regional federation ... THE CONCRETE MANIFESTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND LOBBY Inter-continental Joint Intervention at the 55th session of the UNWGEID The Inter-Continental Forum On the Occasion of the 55th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights DREAMING DREAMS AND BEING WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE TO MAKE THESE DREAMS COME TRUE ...

57. History A European regional Committee is set up as followup of the European bi-annualSecretaries Work with sri-lankan repatriates in India and sri lanka. http://www.sciint.org/history/history.html

SCI's History Origins Review of SCI's historical development 1920-1987 Branches dates of foundation The SCI archives in Switzerland Origins The concept of workcamps evolved from a group of devoted individuals' efforts, sparked by the convictions of Pierre Ceresole . After World War I, Ceresole's pacifism and his interest in the philosophy of William James led him to create what he hoped would evolve as an alternative to military service. He and others went to work in a war-torn village in France. They helped with reconstruction, working to diffuse war hostilities. Thus the first workcamp was born. As the number of workcamps grew, SCI was formed and workcamps directed more attention to the needs of the underprivileged. During this period, workcamps spread outside of Europe to Asia and Africa. In the developing countries the emphasis was upon community development, education and agriculture. Workcamps take place because a project needs outside support. The workcamp is designed to help the project to eventually become independent. Short review of SCI's historical development 1920-1987 Source: SCI International Archives Pierre Ceresole and Hubert Parris organise and carry out with a small international team reconstruction service in the was devastated village Esnes near Verdun in France.

58. South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation Official site of SAARC, provides it's charter, summit declaration, activities , events, and publication, for the socioeconomic development of member countries, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and sri-lanka. http://www.saarc-sec.org/

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59. Http://www.ramakrishnamovement-srilanka.com/ Information on the movements in sri lanka, including its local regional branches. http://www.ramakrishnamovement-srilanka.com

60. CNN - Violence Mars Key Sri Lanka Regional Poll - January 25, 1999 CNN http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9901/25/sri.lanka.elex.01/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD africa americas ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pointcast DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: Keyword Title Author Violence mars key Sri Lanka regional poll January 25, 1999 Web posted at: 12:53 p.m. EST (1753 GMT) KURUNEGALA, Sri Lanka (CNN) Election officers, monitors and opposition parties complained of attacks on polling stations, vote-rigging and intimidation in a key election in Sri Lanka's Northwestern province on Monday. Political analysts say a victory by President Chandrika Kumaratunga's People's Alliance Party could spur the government to pursue its plan to end Sri Lanka's 15-year-old ethnic war against Tamil Tiger rebels by giving their parts of the country greater autonomy. No minority Tamil party contested the polls and the Tigers, who are fighting for a separate homeland in the north and east, are not active in Northwestern province. Nearly 1.3 million people were registered to elect a 52-member council from among 446 candidates from seven political parties, including Kumaratunga's party and the main opposition United National Party.

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