INDEPENDENT PRESS ARTICLES ABOUT THE EPPAWALA ISSUE (in descending
chronological order)
"The Eppawela judgement"
December 1, 2000
www.island.lk/2000/12/01/featur03.html
"The Eppawala example"
October 2000
www.himalmag.com/oct2000/features.html#The%20Eppawal%20example
"Eppawala: Contribution to Nutrient Flows in the Ancient Aquatic Ecosystems of Rajarata"
www.sinhale.org/Ivane.htm
"Eppawela: The Fight for Phosphate"
July 2000
lightworks.8m.com/eppawela.htm
"The hidden agenda of Eppawela"
July 2, 2000
www.island.lk/2000/07/02/feature.html#The hidden agenda of Eppawela
"Japanese firm out of Eppawela?"
July 2, 2000
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/000702/news4.html#14LABEL3
"LEGAL WATCH
S.C. judgment vindicates Eppawala objectors"
June 11, 2000
www.lanka.net/upali/island/2000/06/11/politics.html#LEGAL WATCH
"Ministry, BOI ordered to desist from implementing Eppawala Phosphate Agreement"
June 3, 2000
www.island.lk/2000/06/03/islnews.html#Supreme Court judgement:
"Sri Lanka ruling seen shelving phosphate mine"
June 2, 2000
www.sinhale.org/270603.htm
"Sri Lanka ruling seen shelving phosphate mine"
June 2, 2000
famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters06-02-045720.asp?reg=ASIA
"COURT ORDERS HALT TO EPPAWELA PROJECT "
June 2, 2000
people.whitman.edu/~walterjs/supcourt.html
"Grim warning on world’s fast depleting
phosphates"
May 28, 2000
www.lanka.net/upali/island/2000/05/28/news.html#Grim
warning on world’s fast depleting phosphates
"Eppawela Phosphate
Agreement – Part I"
May 9, 2000
www.island.lk/2000/05/09/islfetrs.html#Eppawela
Phosphate Agreement – Part I
"Eppawela Phosphate Agreement – Part II
and Part III"
May 11, 2000
www.island.lk/2000/05/11/islfetrs.html#Eppawela
Phosphate Agreement – Part II
"Eppawela Phosphate Agreement - Part
IV"
May 12, 2000
www.lanka.net/upali/island/2000/05/12/islfetrs.html#Eppawela
Phosphate Agreement - Part IV
"Heritage of Sinhala people threatened
by multinational companies say Wimal Weerawansa"
May 3, 2000
www.island.lk/2000/05/03/islnews.html#Heritage
of Sinhala people threatened by multinational companies say Wimal
Weerawansa
"Sri Lanka Association for Theology: Statement on
Eppawela
A colossal human and environmental tragedy"
April 26, 2000
www.island.lk/2000/04/26/islfetrs.html#Sri
Lanka Association for Theology: Statement on Eppawela
"Eppawala: the
river, the archaeology and the temple"
April 23, 2000
www.lanka.net/upali/island/2000/04/23/feature.html#Eppawala:
the river, the archaeology and the temple
"Eppawela phospate mining
agreement deplored"
April 23, 2000
www.lanka.net/upali/island/2000/04/23/news.html#Eppawela
phospate mining agreement deplored
"Proposed Mineral Investment
Agreement
Benefits to country on present data: mind boggling -
Counsel"
April 23, 2000
www.lanka.net/upali/island/2000/04/23/news.html#Proposed
Mineral Investment Agreement
"Eppawala protest in Kandy next
month"
April 23, 2000
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/000423/newsm.html#2LABEL7
"Japanese
rise up against Eppawala mining"
April 23, 2000
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/000423/specrpt.html#14LABEL3
"Eppawala:
Don’t sell family silver"
April 17, 2000
www.lanka.net/upali/island/2000/04/17/islopnon.html#Eppawala:
Don’t sell family silver
"Eppawala: who is behind it?"
April 9,
2000
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/000409/letm.html#4aLABEL1
"Eppawela:
'stop this crime'"
April 2, 2000
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/000402/news2.html#4LABEL1
"Over
10,000 demonstrate against sale of Eppawela phosphate mine"
March 31,
2000
people.whitman.edu/~walterjs/tenthou.html
"Sri
Lanka activists denounce mining plan"
March 30, 2000
biz.yahoo.com/rf/000330/hz.html
"Rally
for solidarity with Eppawala people's struggle"
March 28, 2000
people.whitman.edu/~walterjs/rallyfor.html
"Eppawala
- the sum of it all" (Sunday Island version)
March 26, 2000
people.whitman.edu/~walterjs/sumofit.html
"Eppawela cries freedom!"
March 26, 2000
www.is.lk/spot/sp0438/clip8.html
"Eppawala:
the sum of it all" (Sunday Times version)
March 26, 2000
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/000326/sitrep.html#10LABEL6
"Eppawela
cries freedom!"
March 26, 2000
www.lanka.net/sundayleader/2000/Mar/26/issues.html
"The
folly of the Eppawala Project proposal"
March 5, 2000
people.whitman.edu/~walterjs/folly.html
"The
village that refused to die"
January 30, 2000
www.lacnet.org/island/sun/feature.htm#The
village that refused to die
"The facts behing the Eppawela
project"
December 26, 1999
www.lanka.net/sundayleader/1999/dec/26/business.html#business2
"The
goon is on the loose"
November 21, 1999
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/991121/news3.html
"Eppawala
Fundamental Rights case granted Leave to Proceed"
October 27, 1999
people.whitman.edu/~walterjs/fundrights.html
"American
confronts American at Eppawela"
October 11, 1999
www.lankaweb.com/news/items/111099-3.html
"Eppawela
controversy rages"
October 9, 1999
www.is.lk/is/spot/sp0414/clip9.html
"HOTSPOTS:
California, Indonesia, North Carolina, Russia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Turkey,
Washington - Drillbits & Tailings August 25"
www.igc.org/mining/world.html#hot0825
"Eppawela:
An economic necessity and an environmental disaster?"
n.d. [October
1999]
www.btinternet.com/~chronicle/environment.htm
"Say
NO to Eppawala Sell-Out"
n.d. [October 1999]
www.svv.org/Eppa2.htm
"Eppawela:
If you don't mine"
September 5, 1999
lacnet.org/suntimes/990905/specrpt.html
"5000
people vow to stop Eppawela project"
August 29, 1999
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/990829/news2.html
"AI
slams Eppawela phosphate buyer"
July 25, 1999
lacnet.org/suntimes/990725/frontm.html#1LABEL2
"Eppawela:
Does Anyone Care?"
July 4, 1999
www.is.lk/is/spot/sp0352/clip8.html
"This
nonsense has to stop and stop now!"
February 7, 1999
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/990207/plus8.html
"People
simply don't care"
January 17, 1999
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/990117/letm.html#LABEL1
"Eppawela: People vs. MNC power"
January 17, 1999
www.sinhale.org/Eppawela.htm
"Eppawela
- a disaster in the making"
January 10, 1999
www.lacnet.org/island/i990110/wed/islfetrs.htm#Eppawela
- a disaster in the making
"An eco-political time bomb"
November
18, 1998
www.lacnet.org/island/i981115/wed/isleditr.htm
"Eppawala:
going into a deal not knowing much?"
November 8, 1998
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/981108/plus6.html#LABEL1
"Eppawala:
don't change this way of life"
October 4, 1998
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/981004/plus11.html#LABEL1
"Living
atop a mine of uncertainty"
September 27, 1998
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/980927/plus10.html
"Resistance
grows to Sri Lanka/TNCs mining deal"
n.d. [May 1998]
www.southside.org.sg/souths/cap/souths/twn/title/deal-cn.htm
"Eppawala
- A Case of the Manifest Evil of Privitisation"
n.d. [May 1998]
www.ahrchk.net/solidarity/199805/v85_09.htm
"Eppawala
Phosphate Deposit - Myths and Realities"
March 4, 1998
www.ccom.lk/mep/archive.htm
"Batty
hits out at Eppawela deal"
February 22, 1998
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/980222/newsm.html#2LABEL2
"Eppawala:
civic group wants a debate"
February 8, 1998
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/980208/news3.html#4LABEL9
"Unions
Tell President: Don't Sell Eppawala"
n.d. [February 1998]
www.ahrchk.net/solidarity/199802/v82_05.htm
"Unions
tell President, don't sell Eppawala"
January 25, 1998
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/980125/news5.html#4LABEL7
"CBK
determined on Eppawala deal"
January 18, 1998
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/980118/newsm.html#2LABEL5
"ENVIRONMENT: US Company's plans in Sri Lanka Raises Questions"
January 4, 1998
www.oneworld.org/ips2/jan98/mining.html
"The
mine-field of Eppawala: Sell-out and human rights abuse or gains and
benefits?"
December 28, 1997
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/971228/spec.html
"Sri
Lankans Vehemently Oppose Freeport Mining Plans"
December 7, 1997
www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/drillbits/971207/97120701.html
"Eppawala
protesters take case to CBK"
November 30, 1997
www.lacnet.org/suntimes/971130/newsm.html#LABEL1
"Phosphate
mining"
November 28, 1997
csf.colorado.edu/lists/envtecsoc/97f/0148.html
"Joint
ventures and the nation's interest"
May 25, 1997
www.lanka.net/sundayleader/1997/may/25th/business.html#business1
"Joint
ventures and the nation's interest"
May 25, 1997
www.lanka.net/sundayleader/1997/may/25th/business.html#business1
"The
right to grant exclusive rights"
May 18, 1997
www.lanka.net/sundayleader/1997/may/18th/business.html
"UNP
MP in slander campaign against multinationals taking part in the development
program."
January 20, 1997
www.lankaweb.com/news/views/200197-1.html
GOVERNMENT PRESS ARTICLES ABOUT THE EPPAWALA ISSUE (in descending
chronological order)
"Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka"
June 6, 2000
www.lanka.net/lakehouse/2000/06/06/fea03.html
"Shjhgj"
June 8, 2000
www.lanka.net/lakehouse/2000/06/06/fea03.html
"The Eppawala apatite deposit - a unique and a
troublesome resource"
May 28, 2000
www.lanka.net/lakehouse/2000/05/28/fea04.html
"Eppawala
phosphate deposits in relation to the development of the country"
May 24,
2000
www.lanka.net/lakehouse/2000/05/24/fea01.html
"Eppawala
phosphate project will bring in 477 m US dollars"
March 15, 1998
www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/03/15/fea04.html
"Eppawala
phosphate deposit nothing to shout about"
February 12, 1998
www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/02/12/pol02.html
"Eppawala
Phospate Project will be biggest investment in manufacturing sector"
January
11, 1998
www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/01/11/bus02.html