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Sri Lanka: Asymmetries in the peace process - the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran As Clausewitz observed, war is politics by other means. Negotiations are a form of politics, but without some real or perceived symmetry of power they will be an exercise in one side imposing its will on the other. Power - i.e. the ability of one party to move the other in an intended direction - is constituted by military resources, economic leverage, international legitimacy, the moral basis of one's position, mass support, leadership, etc. It includes 'hard power' such as military coercion, as well as 'soft power', which is defined by Jos…

[size=1] [size=5]It was a snowy Wednesday evening when the UN held a screening and panel discussion entitled "The Holocaust by Bullets: Uncovering the Reality of Genocide." [/size][/size] [size=1] [size=5]The event was sponsored by the French Mission to the UN; the short but moving films were on Holocaust killings of Jews in Ukraine and of Roma.[/size][/size] [size=1] [size=5]After the first film, UN official Gillian Kitley told the snow-limited audience that the UN's now combined Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect advises Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of development in which mass killing may become possible.[/size][/size] [size=1]…

At UN, Sri Lanka Briefing Now Set for Friday, As Editor Arrested in Colombo Byline: Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at the UN: Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 26 -- A UN Security Council briefing on Sri Lanka has now been scheduled for Friday, February 27, Inner City Press has learned. Three days after the spokesperson for the UN's top humanitarian John Holmes told Inner City Press that "there is no request for a Council briefing," and a week after the Council's president, Yukio Takaso, said "there is no strong request" anymore, a Permanent Five Council member told Inner City Press on Thursday morning that the Sri Lanka briefing is set for Friday. …

Attack on SLA supply bases defensive - Ilanthirayan [TamilNet, August 02, 2006 06:53 GMT] Liberation Tigers' Military Spokesman, I. Ilanthirayan, said Wednesday that the artillery attack on Trincomalee naval base, providing rear support to Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive operation towards Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled territory down south in Trincomalee, the clash in the seas off Pulmoddai, and the attacks on SLA camps located along the supply route A15 from Muttur to Mavil Aaru offensive site, were defensive attacks that aimed at curbing the artillery attacks towards LTTE controlled villages and aimed at blocking troop movement and supply to t…

AUDACITY OF HOPE IN A BROKEN CITY The Northern Province is in a state of economic isolation. While the state is in a political dreadlock, ordinary people have taken charge June 28, 2017 By Devin Jayasundera 16 min read For the last three months, Kamalnath*, 26, has been arriving to work in Chunnakam two hours late, leaving two hours early and spending his free time at a friend’s home in Nallur. He works at his family’s fancy goods store, retailing beauty accoutrements like bangles, hairpins …

At least nine Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who attempted to illegally ferry to Australia from the coastal town of Oriyur in Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Indian police last night. Police said they had come from different refugee camps in the State and had been staying in rooms attached to St. Arulanandar Church at Oriyur for the past two days when police zeroed in on them on Friday night. They started moving out after realising that police had sensed the 'human trafficking' when local and Q branch police arrested them. Six of them were arrested near the church premises, while three others, who tried to escape in a car, were intercepted and arrested at Devako…

Australia Medical Aid Foundation (AMAF) donated drill system to Teaching hospital Jaffna. Dr Ketheeswaran, President AMAF visited and handed over the equipment.

Australia returns 50,000 hectares of land to Aboriginals. "Today, we formally recognize what Larrakia people have always known."

Australia, one of the Quad partners in the emerging Indo-Pacific military alliance of the US, has recently decided to spend A$1.1 billion to upgrade the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base at Tindal, which is located in its Northern Territory. When the upgrade is complete, the RAAF Tindal will be the “most potent military base south of Guam,” according to Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb AM, who is the director of Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University. The US Air Force would be able to operate its nuclear-capable B-52 strategic bombers from the expanded airfield in the future. In the meantime, the US has approved the sales of up to 200 …

Australian citizenship application fees to increase from July 1 Posted Yesterday at 10:21am The government says the price increases reflect inflation, staffing costs, and more complex applications.(AAP: Dan Peled) Citizenship applications to the Department of Home Affairs will cost more from July 1. Under the price changes, which the federal government says will more accurately reflect the costs of processing citizenship applications, the standard citizenship by conferral application fee will increase from $285 to $490. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announced the changes in a statement on Thursday afternoon. "Thi…

http://www.3news.co.nz/Australian-customs-intercepts-79-boat-people-near-Christmas-Island/tabid/313/articleID/126000/cat/251/Default.aspx Australian customs intercepts 79 boat-people near Christmas Island 0 comments | Post Comment Email SharePrint Text Size: aAaAaA Customs officials say they are not sure where the boat people are from - although signs on the boat say 'We are Sri Lankan' Mon, 19 Oct 2009 1:03p.m. Australian customs officials have confirmed that they have intercepted 79 people on a boat between Christmas Island and Indonesia. The boat was picked up by the HMAS Armidale after it responded to a distress signal. Most …

Sri Lanka air raids 'kill 15 civilians' Tuesday Jan 2 19:43 AEDT Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said that 15 civilians, including four children, were killed in air strikes by government forces in the northwest of the island on Tuesday. The military confirmed the strikes, but did not comment on casualties. They said a Sea Tiger base in Mannar and another rebel position in the eastern area of Vakarai were targeted. A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) military spokesman said four fighter jets conducted the strikes, destroying dozens of civilian houses in Mannar. "There are 15 dead bodies and 25 wounded from the bombing," added R Ilannthirayan. The …

Published Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:51PM EST Last Updated Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:58PM EST CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's prime minister was under mounting pressure Monday to join his Indian and Canadian counterparts in boycotting a British Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka this week over concerns about the island nation's human rights record. India announced Sunday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the second leader after Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to boycott the Nov. 15-17 meeting. There are 54 members of the Commonwealth, a loose association of former British colonies. Australian Senator Lee Rhiannon called on Prime Mi…

Australian uni tops global sustainability rankings Western Sydney University is the world's top institution for sustainability after taking out first place in the Times Higher Education's Impact Rankings. The university claimed the overall top honour on Thursday evening, beating out the University of Manchester in second spot and Canada's Queen's University in third. The rankings, now in their fifth year, measure an institution's contribution to the United Nations' sustainable development goals, with a focus on the areas of research, stewardship, outreach and teaching. Western Sydney vice-chancellor Barney Glover said the university was committed to …

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23 November 2013 An acclaimed Tamil writer Shanmugampillai Jayapalan has been arrested and detained by Sri Lankan police on Friday (22) while he was on his way to pay homage to his mother at her graveyard in the former war-zone of Wanni. Reports from Jaffna say that the 69-year old Tamil scholar, who is now a Norwegian citizen, has visited Jaffna during the second week of November after seven long years. As a Tamil literary stalwart, he was interviewed by Tamil newspapers in Jaffna and was warmly welcomed by his community. Photographs of him, addressing the media in Jaffna on his latest work in the field of literature, art and South Indian Kollywood film indu…

B.Raman on Anuradhapura raid by LTTE மிகவும் நடுநிலைமையோடு, நிதானமாக அலசி ஆய்ந்து எழுதப்பட்ட கட்டுரை. எல்.டி.டி.ஈ யின் நிலைமை முன்பை விட மோசமாக இருக்கிறது, கிழக்கில் கருணாவால் ஏற்பட்ட பின்னடைவிலிருந்து இன்னும் அவர்கள் மீளவில்லை, முன்பிருந்த நிலப்பரப்பு அவர்களிடம் இல்லை, 9/11 நிகழ்வுகளுக்குப் பிறகு உலகமே தலைகீழாக மாறிவிட்ட நிலையில் அவர்கள் முன்னெப்போதுமில்லாத அளவிற்கு பலவிதத்திலும் நெருக்கடிக்குள்ளாகியிருக்க

A look at some key facts about Sri Lanka, as violence threatens to push the island nation back to civil war. ___ GEOGRAPHY: A tropical teardrop-shaped island off India's southern tip, covering 25,500 square miles. Capital is Colombo. Plantations of coconut, rubber, tea, cinnamon and other spices, with large, sparsely inhabited areas of forest and scrub land. ___ PEOPLE: About 20 million, including 74 percent Sinhalese, 18 percent Tamil and 7 percent Muslim. Most Sinhalese are Buddhists, while Tamils are predominantly Hindus or Christians. The Tamil population is concentrated in the north and east, or in the central hill plantations. ___ …

Bahrain fire kills 16 Indians --------------------------------- Sunday, July 30, 2006 (Manama): At least 16 Indians were killed and seven others injured when a major fire broke out in a building housing over 200 workers in Bahrain early today. The incident, apparently caused by a short circuit, took place in Gudabiya area when there were 218 people in the camp, mostly Indians. However, workers claimed that there were over 350 Indians in the building. The seven injured were being treated in a hospital for burns they received in the fire. Indian Ambassador to Bahrain Balakrishan Shetty said that most of the 16 workers killed were from Tamil …

Balance of power: West v East Seda Punkt - 4/12/2008 World dominant is in question. West, namely, US, EU, and Canada are on one side, East-namely, Russia, and China, are on the other front, where India is increasingly aligning itself with Russia. The breakup of USSR was one of the US's major foreign policy achievements. Now, the lone Russia with Chechnya, is not much of a threat. Tibet, and Xinjiang can give long term headache to China, but breaking up Russia and China is very difficult. But India. Powerful India is a growing trouble for the West, and the solution is breaking up India. India is very similar to Yugoslavia; the 30% of the Hindi spea…

Ban Ki-moon urges dialogue to halt violence in Sri Lanka following latest attacks UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 16 January 2008 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the attacks which occurred in Sri Lanka today, killing and injuring dozens – including children – and coinciding with the formal end of a truce between the Government and Tamil rebels. “The only way to stop further violence in Sri Lanka is through dialogue,” Mr. Ban said in a statement issued by his spokesperson. He also urged the parties concerned “to undertake genuine efforts to achieve a peaceful negotiated solution.” Earlier this month, Mr. Ban had expressed his c…

Bastille Day honors the rebellion that sparked the French Revolution On July 14, France celebrates the anniversary of the day revolutionaries rose up against the monarchy and seized one of its most potent symbols. July 13, 2020 When angry commoners stormed the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, they struck a blow against one of the monarchy’s most forbidding symbols. The infamous prison no longer exists—it was destroyed in a bout of revolutionary fervor a few months later—but its legacy can still be felt in celebrations across France on Bastille Day, or la Fête Nationale (the national holiday), the anniversary of one of the defining moments of …

Bazeer declares Jihad on Tamil Editors Written by Administrator Wednesday, 26 July 2006 The leader of an Islamic group in the United Kingdom, and the alleged "political theorist" of Sri Lanka based Islamic extremist Jihad Group, Mr. SMM Bazeer has declared Jihad on TamilEditors.com via a paramilitary websites operated by temple thief "Undiyalaan" Rajasingham Jayadevan. Recently Bazeer was contacted by TamilEditors? Islamic Affairs Correspondent Mr. NK. Navaratnam for comments on violent demonstrations held by Muslims in Sri Lanka against the United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Bazeer while refusing to make direct comments to o…

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BBC Interview Wrong Guy They were supposed to get Guy Kewney, a technology expert, to comment on the 'Apple v Apple' lawsuit, but mistakenly got a job interviewee by the name of Guy Goma - look at his face as he is introduced at the beginning! Click here for Video clip