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Journalists are not officially permitted into the camps, but TIME obtained firsthand information about them from organizations alarmed by the internment of civilians, a practice that violates internationally accepted conventions on the rules of war. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Human Rights Watch and several other local and international groups have been pushing Sri Lankan authorities for months to open up access. On Jan. 10, the Sri Lankan government instead turned several of the camps into "high-security zones," off limits to everyone except the U.N. and the Red Cross. A recently disclosed proposal to set up "welfare...
...Mannar. But this strategy may not be sustainable throughout the Tamil-majority areas of the north and east. The Sri Lankan government holds up the eastern province of the nation as a model of postconflict governance; the army took control of the area in 2007, and the government held local elections last year. But even in the east, 50 civilians were killed in November alone, according to local media, in violence involving two former Tiger factions as well as military and paramilitary forces. This growing insecurity, says Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, executive director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives, a public-policy...
...main employer, and without it, families will begin to feel the full effect of the global recession in the garment, tourism and tea industries--the three pillars of Sri Lanka's economy. The government's only response so far has been to tighten import controls and promote local agriculture...
...which has been slated to occur over a 50-year time span. She said that Harvard will deliver on its previously agreed-upon community benefits, as well as “develop options for interim improvements to [its] existing properties”—which some local residents say Harvard has left undeveloped to Allston’s detriment...
...Consul General of France, Francois Gauthier, presented Ost with the honor in Gauthier’s Cambridge home. The French government award recognized Ost’s culinary career, which spans nearly four decades. It also honored his promotion of French cuisine and his use of local ingredients in his dishes. Gauthier indicated that approximately three to five people in the US receive the distinction each year, and that he was the individual who had nominated Ost for the highly selective honor. Past recipients of the award include culinary luminaries Julia Child, who introduced French cuisine to the American palate...