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Let the army make it next time
In bigger barracks IN THE run-up to Vesak, the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar, which this year coincided with the second anniversary of its victory against the Tamil Tiger rebels, Sri Lanka’s armed...
US praises ‘very serious’ Sri Lanka reconciliation plan
The United States said Sri Lanka had on Friday put forward “a very serious” reconciliation … The United States said Sri Lanka had put forward “a very serious” plan Friday for...
U.S. “encouraged” by Sri Lanka moves on Iran oil
WASHINGTON- The United States is encouraged by Sri Lanka’s drive to cut its oil imports from Iran, the U.S. State Department said on Friday in a positive assessment of the island nation’s efforts...
Sri Lanka faces impatience in US over rights record
Sri Lanka is looking to ease growing friction with the United States, but it faces exasperation from policy makers who see little progress on concerns three years after a bloody civil war ended. Hillary...
Sri Lanka grants bail to ex army chief Fonseka
COLOMBO 18 May 2012: A court granted bail for Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief yesterday, a move seen as a step toward a full pardon for the man credited with ending the country’s long civil war but who later...
‘This agony is unbearable’ – Relatives of surrendered and disappeared
Collective Appeal Kilinochi, Mullaitheevu District 2012.05.15 The Relatives of the Surrendered and Disappeared Persons We, the members of the above organization, humbly make the following submission to...
Rumours of Freedom: Whither Fonseka now
“I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot” - Gary Hart The grapevine has been rife with many a gossip and rumour over the last couple days about the impending...
SRI LANKA: Thousands missing three years after war end
COLOMBO, 18 May 2012 (IRIN) – Three years after the government of Sri Lanka declared an end to decades of civil conflict with separatist rebels, thousands of people are still missing, according to...
‘Journalists failed to tell the story of war crimes in Sri Lanka’
“No intrepid journalists smuggled their way into rebel territory as they did in Syria, even though an erratic bus service ran across the frontline until mid January 2009″ - Frances Harrison “Every...
Newsweek: Obama Is ‘The First Gay President’
President Barack Obama’s unplanned, sudden endorsement of gay marriage may pose potential political challenges for him in the upcoming months, but at least one news organization is proclaiming the married...
Amidst the victory parades remember the victims of war: Permit public mourning in the North
15.05.12 The third anniversary of the end of the war will be celebrated in the coming week. In the past two Relatives of the slain French aid group Action Contre La Faim's local staff mourn during...
Sri Lankan military behind slaying of Canadian Tamil says Toronto Sun report
MONTREAL – The Sri Lankan military is thought to be involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen of Tamil origin, according to Sri Lankan military troops march during celebrations for Sri Lanka's...
A picture of the North three years after war’s end
First green shoots of new life are emerging after a long period of drought in the north of the country, parts of which were not under Sri Lankan Army soldiers patrol near Muhamalai in the Jaffna Peninsula,...
Beloved actress Betty White supports Obama in 2012
Betty White Betty White says she usually keeps her political views private but in this presidential election strongly favors one candidate. As she prepares to visit the Smithsonian Institution and National...
Colombo reporter’s story lacks decency and professional ethics says Dayan
An axiom of professional journalism is that comment is free but facts are sacred. Another is that a story must have balance, in that Dayan Jayatilleka facts must be checked by getting in touch with all...
A case for peer group based self-learning – Part 1
A The Philosophical Background 1. Thinking Process Philosophical and scientific thinking originated in the world because man first learnt to think on his own, self learning, and then impart this knowledge...
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