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July 6, 2010 (BBC) - The European Union has decided to withdraw Sri Lanka's preferential trade access to EU markets after it failed to improve its human rights record.

June 23rd (VOA News) - Sri Lanka has slammed the creation of a panel by the United Nations to advise on alleged human rights violations in the country during the final stages of the civil war, which ended last year.  

With the LTTE out of the picture and Sri Lanka growing stronger, India struggles to maintain its relevance in the strategically crucial Indian Ocean nation. But so far, China is ahead of the game.

COLOMBO, May 17th (AFP) — One year after Sri Lanka's army wiped out the Tamil Tigers, there are no signs of the rebel group's revival at home, but concerns remain about extremist fund-raisers abroad.

Feb. 9 (BBC News) - Sri Lanka's recently re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa is dissolving parliament and calling early elections, officials say.

January 08, 2010 (Al Jazeera) - A UN human rights official has urged Colombo allow an impartial investigation after he concluded that video footage allegedly showing Sri Lankan troops executing Tamil Tiger fighters last year is authentic.

December 7, 2009 (ABC News) - Six months after the Sri Lankan Government won its war with the Tamil Tigers, allegations are surfacing of war crimes committed in the final months of the conflict.

New Delhi October 27, 2009 (The Christian Science Monitor) - Sri Lanka has responded to mounting international criticisms of its wartime conduct by announcing it will appoint a "homegrown" committee to probe alleged human rights abuses.

October 22, 2009 (Guardian.co.uk) - The Sri Lankan government today angrily rejected a US state department report containing allegations of human rights abuses in the final days of the country's civil war, saying the document would fan further conflict.

September 2, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - A top UN investigator has called for a full international investigation into whether Sri Lankan soldiers killed captured and unarmed Tamil rebels in violation of international law.