An ethnic Tamil policeman says he feels hurt that that he and 25 Tamil colleagues were excluded from a big parade by the country’s security forces last week.

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Tamil police ‘left out of parade’

Voting for assembly elections begins in the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the union territory of Pondicherry.

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Polls begin in key Indian states

Sri Lanka’s prime minister retracts his suggestion that the Tamil Tiger rebels are being revived in camps in southern India.

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The Sri Lankan government says 200 detained former Tamil Tiger rebels have passed a university entrance exam while in prison.

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Sri Lankan detainees pass exams

US diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks criticise both the government of Sri Lanka and the now defeated Tamil Tiger rebels of abuses during the civil war.

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Wikileaks shows Sri Lanka ‘abuse’

The Sri Lankan cabinet abolishes the Tamil version of the country’s national anthem.

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Sri Lanka abolishes Tamil anthem

International rights groups join Tamil diaspora groups and the UN to call for a full investigation into possible Sri Lankan war crimes.

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Demand for Sri Lanka crimes probe

Demonstrators try to storm the British embassy in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo over Tamil protests which marred President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s UK visit.

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Protest hits Sri Lanka UK embassy

In October 1990, the Tamil Tigers expelled the Muslim minority from north Sri Lanka – and 20 years on, some are making the journey back again.

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Sri Lankan Muslims returning home

A Sri Lankan politician demands that the government return gold and jewels seized during the final stages of the war against Tamil Tiger rebels last year.

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Sri Lanka urged to return gold

The Sri Lankan defence secretary says that he believes more than 6,000 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in the final stages of the war.

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Key evidence at Sri Lanka panel

A ship carrying almost 500 Tamil asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka docks at a Canadian military base in British Columbia.

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Tamil asylum boat docks in Canada

Canadian authorities board a ship thought to be carrying about 500 Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka off the coast of British Columbia.

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Canadians board Tamil asylum boat

A Thai ship thought to be carrying Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka is approaching Canada’s Pacific coast, officials say.

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‘Tamil refugee ship’ nears Canada