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The Tamil National Alliance (தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ISO 15919: tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu; TNA) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan Tamil minority. [1]

136 relations: A. Chandranehru, A. Vinayagamoorthy, A12 highway (Sri Lanka), Agence France-Presse, Al Jazeera, Alaveddy, All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Ampara Electoral District, Ananthi Sasitharan, Anuradhapura District, Associated Press, Autonomy, Batticaloa, Batticaloa District, Batticaloa Electoral District, BBC, BBC News, C. V. Vigneswaran, Ceylon Today, Chief Minister (Sri Lanka), Chulipuram, Colombo, Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka), Daily FT, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Devolution, Die Welt, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front, Eelam People's Democratic Party, Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, Federalism, Federation, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, Global Times, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Government of Sri Lanka, Government of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Gulf Times, Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi, Indo-Asian News Service, Inter-Parliamentary Union, ISO 15919, Jaffna, Jaffna Electoral District, Joseph Pararajasingham, Kiddinan Sivanesan, Kilinochchi, Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka), ..., Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War, List of political parties in Sri Lanka, Local government in Sri Lanka, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka), M18 Claymore mine, Maankulam (Sri Lanka), Mahinda Rajapaksa, Maithripala Sirisena, Mallavi, Mavai Senathirajah, Midnight Mass, Minority group, Mullaitivu District, Nadarajah Raviraj, National List Member of Parliament, News First, North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Provincial Council, Parliament of Sri Lanka, Pathmini Sithamparanathan, People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam, Political alliance, President of Sri Lanka, Press Trust of India, Provinces of Sri Lanka, Provincial government in Sri Lanka, Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu), R. Sampanthan, Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka, Reuters, S. Kajendran, S. Shritharan, S. Sivamaharajah, Sarath Fonseka, Self-determination, Selvam Adaikalanathan, Shanghai Daily, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections, 2008, Sri Lankan Civil War, Sri Lankan local elections, 2009, Sri Lankan local elections, 2011, Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001, Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004, Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010, Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015, Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010, Sri Lankan presidential election, 2015, Sri Lankan provincial council elections, 2012, Sri Lankan provincial council elections, 2013, Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups, Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism, Sri Lankan Tamils, Suresh Premachandran, Tamil Eelam, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, Tamil National People's Front, Tamil nationalism, Tamil United Liberation Front, TamilNet, Tellippalai, The Age, The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), The Guardian, The Hindu, The Island (Sri Lanka), The Nation (Sri Lanka), The New Indian Express, The Sunday Leader, The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), The Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph (Calcutta), The Times of India, The Washington Post, Thimpu principles, Trincomalee, United People's Freedom Alliance, University Teachers for Human Rights, USA Today, V. Anandasangaree, Xinhua News Agency. Expand index (86 more) »

A. Chandranehru

Ariyanayagam Chandranehru (அரியநாயகம் சந்திரநேரு; 15 October 1944 – 8 February 2005) was a Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman, politician and Member of Parliament.

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A. Vinayagamoorthy

Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy (அப்பாத்துரை விநாயகமூர்த்தி; 19 December 1933 – 28 May 2017) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.

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A12 highway (Sri Lanka)

The A 12 road is an A-Grade trunk road in Sri Lanka.

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is an international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera (translit,, literally "The Island", though referring to the Arabian Peninsula in context), also known as JSC (Jazeera Satellite Channel), is a state-funded broadcaster in Doha, Qatar, owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network.

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Alaveddy

Alaveddy (அளவெட்டி, ඇලවැද්ද Alavedda) is an area of South-West Valigamam (Valikamam) Division, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka.

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All Ceylon Tamil Congress

All Ceylon Tamil Congress (அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்), is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.

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Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War

There are allegations that war crimes were committed by the Sri Lankan military and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers) during the Sri Lankan Civil War, particularly during the final months of the Eelam War IV phase in 2009.

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Ampara Electoral District

Ampara Electoral District (அம்பாறை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் Ampāṟai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka.

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Ananthi Sasitharan

Ananthi Sasitharan (translit; born 10 September 1971) is a Sri Lankan Tamil activist, politician and provincial minister.

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Anuradhapura District

Anuradhapura (අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය anūrādhapūra distrikkaya; அனுராதபுரம் மாவட்டம் Aṉurātapuram māvaṭṭam) is a district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Autonomy

In development or moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, un-coerced decision.

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Batticaloa

Batticaloa (மட்டக்களப்பு, Maṭṭakkaḷappu; මඩකලපුව, Madakalapuwa) is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital.

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Batticaloa District

Batticaloa District (மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் Maṭṭakkaḷappu Māvaṭṭam; මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය maḍakalapūva distrikkaya) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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Batticaloa Electoral District

Batticaloa Electoral District (மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் Maṭṭakkaḷappu Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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C. V. Vigneswaran

Justice Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, PC (கனகசபாபதி விசுவலிங்கம் விக்னேஸ்வரன் Kaṉakacapāpati Vicuvaliṅkam Vikṉēsvaraṉ; born 23 October 1939) is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, judge and politician.

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Ceylon Today

Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited.

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Chief Minister (Sri Lanka)

Chief Ministers in Sri Lanka are heads of the provincial boards of ministers, bodies which aid and advice the governors, the heads of the provincial government, in the exercise of their executive power.

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Chulipuram

Chulipuram is a village in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)

The Commander of the Army is the title of the professional head of the Sri Lanka Army.

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Daily FT

The Daily FT or the Daily Financial Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Wijeya Newspapers.

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Daily News (Sri Lanka)

The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.

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Devolution

Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level.

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Die Welt

Die Welt ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE.

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Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The Eastern Province (கிழக்கு மாகாணம் Kil̮akku Mākāṇam; නැගෙනහිර පළාත Næ̆gĕnahira Paḷāta) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front

The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF) is a former Indian backed Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka.

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Eelam People's Democratic Party

The Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka.

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Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front

The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.

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Federalism

Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system.

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Federation

A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central (federal) government.

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Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam

Gajendrakumar Gangaser Ponnambalam (கஜேந்திரகுமார் காங்கேசர் பொன்னம்பலம்; born 16 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and former Member of Parliament.

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Global Times

The Global Times is a daily Chinese tabloid newspaper under the auspices of the People's Daily newspaper, focusing on international issues from China's perspective.

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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP, psc, GR (ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ) (born 20 June 1949) is a retired officer of the Sri Lanka Army, a former Secretary to Ministry of Defence and Urban Development of Sri Lanka.

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Government of Sri Lanka

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය Śrī Laṃkā Rajaya) is a semi-presidential system determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution.

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Government of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka

The Government of the Northern Province refers to the provincial government of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

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Gulf Times

The Gulf Times newspaper was founded in 1978 as the first publication of the Gulf Publishing and Printing Company in the capital city of Qatar, Doha (or ad-Dawhah).

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Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi

Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) (இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி, ඉලංගෙයි තමිළ් අරසු කච්චි) is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country.

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Indo-Asian News Service

Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a private Indian news agency.

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Inter-Parliamentary Union

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; Union Interparlementaire) is a global inter-parliamentary institution established in 1889 by Frédéric Passy (France) and William Randal Cremer (United Kingdom).

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ISO 15919

ISO 15919 "Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters" is one of a series of international standards for romanization.

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Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

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Jaffna Electoral District

Jaffna Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka.

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Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham (யோசப் பரராஜசிங்கம்; 26 November 1934 – 25 December 2005) was a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, journalist, businessman and politician.

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Kiddinan Sivanesan

Kiddinan Sivanesan (கிட்டிணன் சிவனேசன் (Kiţţiṇaņ Civaņēcaņ); 21 January 1957 – 6 March 2008) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

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Kilinochchi

Kilinochchi (கிளிநொச்சி, IAST Kilinocci, කිලිනොච්චි) is the main town of Kilinochchi District, Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

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Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)

The Leader of the Opposition in Sri Lanka is the politician who leads the main opposition party.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (translit, translit, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization that was based in northeastern Sri Lanka.

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List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War

During the Sri Lankan Civil War militant groups, paramilitary groups and government security forces were accused of assassinating many public figures on suspicion of being sympathizers or informants, in retaliation for killings and attacks, to eliminate competition from rival groups, or to stifle dissent.

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List of political parties in Sri Lanka

This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka.

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Local government in Sri Lanka

Local government is the third and lowest level of government in Sri Lanka – after the central government and provincial councils.

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Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)

The Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) (Sinhala: දිගු දුර විහිදුම් බලකාය Digu Dura Vihidum Balakaya) (Tamil:ஆழ ஊடுருவித்தாக்கும் படையணி) is a covert operation (black ops) unit of the Sri Lanka Army.

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M18 Claymore mine

The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces.

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Maankulam (Sri Lanka)

Maankulam or Mankulam is located in northern Sri Lanka, about 3.5 hours drive south of City of Jaffna.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa, MP (පර්සි මහේන්ද්‍ර රාජපක්ෂ; born 18 November 1945), more commonly known as Mahinda Rajapaksa (මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015.

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Maithripala Sirisena

Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena (මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන; மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன; born 3 September 1951) is a Sri Lankan politician and the 7th and current President of Sri Lanka, in office since January 2015.

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Mallavi

Mallavi is a town in the Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka.

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Mavai Senathirajah

Somasundaram Senathirajah (சோமசுந்தரம் சேனாதிராஜா; born 27 October 1942; commonly known as Mavai Senathirajah) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

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Midnight Mass

In many Western Christian traditions Midnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally beginning at midnight when Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day.

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Minority group

A minority group refers to a category of people differentiated from the social majority, those who hold on to major positions of social power in a society.

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Mullaitivu District

Mullaitivu District (முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டம் Mullaittīvu Māvaṭṭam; මුලතිවු දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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Nadarajah Raviraj

Nadarajah Raviraj (translit,; 25 June 1962 – 10 November 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician.

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National List Member of Parliament

A National List Member of Parliament (National List MP) is an unelected Member of Parliament who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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News First

News First or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news network owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd.

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North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The North Eastern Province was one of the provinces of Sri Lanka.

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Northern Province, Sri Lanka

The Northern Province (வட மாகாணம் Vaṭa Mākāṇam; උතුරු පළාත Uturu Paḷāta) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Northern Provincial Council

Northern Provincial Council (வட மாகாண சபை Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka.

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Parliament of Sri Lanka

The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa, Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம்) is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka.

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Pathmini Sithamparanathan

Pathmini Sithamparanathan (பத்மினி சிதம்பரநாதன்; born 26 July 1954) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

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People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam

The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) is a former Tamil militant group that had become a pro-government paramilitary group and political party.

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Political alliance

A political alliance, also referred to as a political coalition, political bloc, is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on common political agenda, often for purposes of contesting an election to mutually benefit by collectively clearing election thresholds, or otherwise benefiting from characteristics of the voting system or for government formation after elections.

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President of Sri Lanka

The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi; இலங்கை சனாதிபதி Ilankai janātipati) is the executive head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and commander-in-chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.

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Press Trust of India

Press Trust of India (PTI) is the largest news agency in India.

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Provinces of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, provinces (translit; translit) are the first level administrative division.

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Provincial government in Sri Lanka

Provincial councils of Sri Lanka are legislative bodies of the nine Provinces of Sri Lanka.

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Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)

Puthukkudiyiruppu (புதுக்குடியிருப்பு, Sinhala: පුදුකුඩිඉරුප්පු/අලුත්කුලිස්ස) is a small town in the Mullaitivu District of Sri Lanka.

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R. Sampanthan

Rajavarothiam Sampanthan (இராஜவரோதயம் சம்பந்தன்; රාජවරෝදියම් සම්බන්දන්; born 5 February 1933) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer who has led the Tamil National Alliance since 2001.

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Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka

The Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka was a 2011 report produced by a panel of experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon to advise him on the issue of accountability with regard to any alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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S. Kajendran

Selvarajah Kajendran (செல்வராசா கஜேந்திரன்; born 29 October 1974) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

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S. Shritharan

Sivagnanam Shritharan (சிவஞானம் சிறீதரன்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament.

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S. Sivamaharajah

Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah (சின்னத்தம்பி சிவமகராஜா; 28 June 1938 – 20 August 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher, politician and Member of Parliament.

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Sarath Fonseka

Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, MP, rcds, psc (ගර්දිහේවා සරත් චන්ද්‍රලාල් ෆොන්සේකා, சரத் பொன்சேகா; born 18 December 1950), commonly known as Sarath Fonseka, is a Sri Lankan politician and senior military officer, being the first Sri Lankan Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

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Self-determination

The right of people to self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law (commonly regarded as a jus cogens rule), binding, as such, on the United Nations as authoritative interpretation of the Charter's norms.

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Selvam Adaikalanathan

Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (அமிர்தநாதன் அடைக்கலநாதன்; born 10 June 1962; commonly known as Selvam Adaikalanathan) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and Member of Parliament.

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Shanghai Daily

Shanghai Daily (Pinyin: Shànghǎi Rìbào) is an English-language newspaper in China started in October 1999 and owned by Shanghai United Media Group.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Sri Lanka Armed Forces

The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy,and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

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Sri Lanka Army

The Sri Lankan Army (Śrī Laṃkā yuddha hamudāva; Ilankai iraṇuvam) is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is the nation's army.

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Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections, 2008

The Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections, 2008 was held on May 10, 2008 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s Eastern Provincial Council.

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Sri Lankan Civil War

The Sri Lankan Civil War was an armed conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lankan local elections, 2009

Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 August 2009 for two local councils in the north of the country: Jaffna Municipal Council and Vavuniya Urban Council.

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Sri Lankan local elections, 2011

Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 17 March 2011, 23 July 2011 and 8 October 2011 to elect 4,327 members for 322 of the 335 local authorities in the country.

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Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 5, 2001, just a little over a year after the last elections in October 2000.

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Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004.

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Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010

The 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on April 8 and April 20, 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament.

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Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015

The 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on 17 August 2015, ten months ahead of schedule, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 15th Parliament.

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Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 2010 was the sixth presidential election of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lankan presidential election, 2015

Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 January 2015, two years ahead of schedule.

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Sri Lankan provincial council elections, 2012

Provincial council elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 September 2012 to elect 114 members to three of the nine provincial councils in the country.

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Sri Lankan provincial council elections, 2013

Provincial council elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2013 to elect 148 members to three of the nine provincial councils in the country.

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Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups

Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups rose to prominence in the 1970s to fight the state of Sri Lanka in order to create an independent Tamil Eelam in the north of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism

Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism is the conviction of the Sri Lankan Tamil people, a minority ethnic group in the South Asian island country of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), that they have the right to constitute an independent or autonomous political community.

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Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils (also) or Ceylon Tamils, also known as Eelam Tamils in Tamil, are members of the Tamil ethnic group native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.

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Suresh Premachandran

Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran (ஆறுமுகம் கந்தையா பிரேமச்சந்திரன்; born 8 November 1957; commonly known as Suresh Premachandran) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and former Member of Parliament.

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Tamil Eelam

Tamil Eelam (தமிழீழம் tamiḻ īḻam, generally rendered outside Tamil-speaking areas as தமிழ் ஈழம்) is a proposed independent state that Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

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Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization

The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka.

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Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal

Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) (தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப்புலிகள், Tamil Peoples Liberation Tigers), previously known as the "Karuna Group", is a political party in Sri Lanka.

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Tamil National People's Front

The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) is a Sri Lankan political alliance which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country.

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Tamil nationalism

Tamil nationalism asserts that Tamils are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Tamil people.

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Tamil United Liberation Front

The Tamil United Liberation Front (தமிழர் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி, ද්‍රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ) is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.

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TamilNet

TamilNet is a news website that provides news and feature articles on current affairs in Sri Lanka, specifically related to the erstwhile Sri Lankan Civil War.

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Tellippalai

Tellippalai or Thellippalai (தெல்லிப்பழை Tellippaḻai, Tamilnet) is a small town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

The Daily Mirror is a daily English-language newspaper published in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Wijeya Newspapers.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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The Island (Sri Lanka)

The Island is a daily English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.

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The Nation (Sri Lanka)

The Nation is a weekly English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.

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The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications.

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The Sunday Leader

The Sunday Leader is an English-language Sri Lankan weekly newspaper published by Leader Publications (Private) Limited.

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The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

The Sunday Times is a weekly Sri Lankan broadsheet initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by Wijeya Newspapers.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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The Telegraph (Calcutta)

The Telegraph is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982.

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The Times of India

The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Thimpu principles

The Thimpu principles or Thimpu Declaration were a set of four demands put forward by the Sri Lankan Tamil delegation at the first peace talks undertaken with respect to the Sri Lankan civil war.

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Trincomalee

Trincomalee (திருகோணமலை Tirukōṇamalai; ත්‍රිකුණාමළය Trikuṇāmalaya) also known as Gokanna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

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United People's Freedom Alliance

The United People's Freedom Alliance, often abbreviated as UPFA (එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி), is a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded by former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2004.

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University Teachers for Human Rights

*For the figure in Norse mythology, see Urðr The University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) or UTHR(J) was formed in 1988 at the University of Jaffna, Jaffna in Sri Lanka as part of the national organization University Teachers for Human Rights.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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V. Anandasangaree

Veerasingham Anandasangaree (வீரசிங்கம் ஆனந்தசங்கரி) is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front.

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Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English) or New China News Agency is the official state-run press agency of the People's Republic of China.

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Sri Lanka Tamil Government Party.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance

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