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Space Shuttle Atlantis has launched from the Kennedy Space Center. Senior NASA officials spoke glowingly of the shuttle Atlantis' performance late Friday after the orbiter shot into space this evening without any significant hiccups. "We had a very good countdown and launch," said NASA associate administrator Rex Geveden in a post-launch news conference. "The space shuttle Atlantis is safely in orbit for the STS-117 mission." Atlantis lifted off from Pad 39A here at NASA's seaside Kennedy Space Center at 7:38:04 p.m. EDT (2338:04 GMT), rising on a sinuous cloud of expanding smoke in a blue sky still illuminated by sunlight. "It was a beautiful launch…

Gunmen attack Jaffna daily Uthayan, casualties not known [TamilNet, May 02, 2006 14:25 GMT] Armed men who entered the main office of Uthayan, Jaffna daily, around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, opened fire at editorial staff. At least 40 gunshots were heard, residents said. Casualty details are not available at the moment. Uthayan office is located on Kasthuriyar Road in Jafna town. Further details are not available at the moment.

Will The LTTE make an air Strike on Colombo? by B. Raman (The LTTE has still much bite left in it as seen by the rapidity and deadly effectiveness with which it has hit back against the Sri Lankan Police, Army and Navy after each incident of reprisal killing by the Government in which their hand is suspected……After the spectacular assassination of Laxman Kadirgamar, the then Foreign Minister, last year, the LTTE has not been able to mount any other spectacular strike in Colombo. Most of its post-November,2005, terrorist strikes have been confined to the Northern and Eastern provinces. Is it due to operational weaknesses on the ground in Colombo or due to fears o…

UK universities are finding it hard to recruit overseas Universities face foreign slump By Mike Baker BBC News education correspondent The anxiously awaited university application figures are due next week. They will show that the introduction of "top-up" fees is having an impact on the demand for university places in England. However, soundings suggest they will be down by only a few percentage points which, after last's year spike in demand, will not yet ring alarm bells or suggest school-leavers are abandoning the idea of going to university. This will be a great relief to the government which, with its hands full on schools poli…

Operation Unceasing Waves - 1 (Battle of Mullaitivu) Background: Operation Unceasing Waves was the code name assigned to the LTTE assault on the Sri Lankan army's military complex at Mullaitivu launched on 18 July 1996. A week of intense fighting followed and the result was an overwhelming victory for the Liberation Tigers. Apart from inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy, and capturing vast quantities of arms and ammunition, the operation boosted the morale of the Tamils both in the homelands and abroad. Sri Lankan propaganda claims that the LTTE had been destroyed were disproved. A few documents related to the operation have be…

Discipline, death and martyrdom By Dumeetha Luthra BBC News, Trincomalee The Tigers are renowned for their discipline It is a small glass vial, no longer than a cigarette, and it is worn with a little black string as a pendant. It could almost be a fashion accessory if it were not for the white powder inside - a fatal dose of cyanide. Nothing symbolises the Tamil Tigers and their culture of death and martyrdom quite so succinctly. Every rebel wears it when on duty. Death is better than capture. Maraivendan describes exactly how it is taken. "We need to bite into the glass so that it will cut the skin on …

Carleton Tamil students react to accused terrorist links Written by Alexander Baker Thursday, 14 September 2006 Four University of Waterloo students were arrested for allegedly providing money and weapons to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in August. In a sweeping raid RCMP and FBI officers detained 11 men, including seven Canadians, alleged to have links to the terrorist group. The group is fighting for an independent Tamil state in northern Sri Lanka. The incident generated publicity, including a front-page spread in the National Post Aug. 31 with an image of students raising the LTTE flag. It depicts crossed AK-47 assault rifles. The…

Artillery attacks on Pa’lai, Mukamaalai, Ki’laali areas [TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 13:16 GMT] Large number of artillery shells said to be launched by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) since Monday midnight fell and exploded near A9 road in Pa’lai and Mukamaalai, until Tuesday afternoon, sources in Thenmaraadchi said. Around 22 lorries loaded with goods which started to Jaffna along A9 road around 11:00 a.m Monday are yet to reach Naavatku’li but 25 buses carrying Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers have reached Thenmaraadchi along A9 route around Tuesday afternoon, the sources added. Shells fell and exploded in Pa’lai, Mukamaalai, Ki’laali areas earlier …

Please have a look on below article. It is showing how BBC is supporting propaganda of Sinhala government and its ruthless killings http://www.tamilsydney.com/content/view/43/37/ ( Since there are some important pictures on the article, i cannot do copy & paste the entire story)

STF camp attacked in Amparai Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched an attack using small arms on Thangavelauthapuram Special Task Force (STF) camp located on the top of Sangermalai, Thirukovil in Amparai district Sunday around 10:30 p.m, sources in Thirukovil said. STF, however, has not revealed any casualties or damages. TamilNet

தொப்பிக்கல அல்லது குடும்பி மலை எனப்படும் தென் தமிழீழத்தின் காடும் வயலும் சார்ந்த பிரதேசம்.. சிங்கள பெளத்தத்தின் புராதன இடமாம்.. ஆராய்ச்சி என்ற பெயரில்.. சிங்களம் அதனை உறுதி செய்து சிங்கள பெளத்தத்தின் திணிப்பை ஊக்குவிக்கிறது தென்னிலங்கையின் இனவாதப் பல்கலைக்கழகங்களில் ஒன்றான.. சிறீ ஜெயவர்த்தன புர பல்கலைக்கழகம். தெந்தமிழீழத்தில் சிங்கள.. இந்திய..ஆக்கிரமிப்பு விடுவிப்பில் குடும்பி மலை பெரும்பங்காற்றி இருந்தமை இங்கு குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. இதன் பூகோள கேந்திரம் அறிந்து அதனை தனது பாரம்பரிய பிரதேசமாக்கிக் கொள்ள நினைக்கிறது சிங்கள பெளத்த பேரினம். It also has some archaeologically important ruins of ancient Buddhist temple and a Pagoda http://www.sjp.ac.lk/news/present-…

இந்த கட்டுரையை வாசித்தபொழுது, எனக்கு தோன்றியது என்னவென்றால், சாதாரணமாக இங்கே பிறந்தவர்கள், மொழிபிரச்சனை இல்லாதவர்களே கஷ்டப்படும் பொழுது ஆங்கிலமொழி அல்லது அந்தந்த நாடுகளின் மொழி அதிகம் பரீட்சயமில்லாதவர்கள் உளவியல்ரீதியான பிரச்சனைகள் வரும்போது எவ்வளவு கஷ்டப்படுவார்கள் என்பதே. எங்களது சமூகத்தில் கூட இந்த உளவியல்சம்பந்தமான தொழிசார்நிபுணர்களும் அதிகம் இல்லை என்பதும் கவலையான விடயம். Suicide prevention programs are a cornerstone of the mental health system, but how well do they work? - ABC News By Bridget Judd Posted 6 days ago For every death by suicide, as many as 30 others attempt to end their life. Australia has a suicide problem — it seems we can all agr…

A four-year-old peace deal has been shattered by a government that has resorted to copying its opponents' brutal tactics Jonathan Steele in Colombo Friday February 9, 2007 The Guardian The roadblock was unexpected. Driving to Colombo along Sri Lanka's south-west coast, we were forced on to a sidestreet by police in Hikkaduwa, one of the island's main tourist centres. There must have been a multiple crash, we assumed, as the detour along narrow village lanes took us past rice paddies shimmering in the afternoon sun. Back on the coast road, fleets of ambulances racing south seemed to confirm our suspicions. Later we discovered the problem was a bomb.…

Mr. Ban Ki Moon – Why Sri Lanka? Why not Gaza Nihad Issa - Ramallah, Palestine, www.Asiantribune.com) As friends of Sri Lanka, Palestinians find it extremely difficult to keep silent when we hear of the sinister manipulations and arm bending tactics practiced by the heads of influential organizations like UNO and Human Rights Commission and also by some leaders of UK and the European Community to destabilize Sri Lanka and reverse the newly gained victories and freedom after defeating the terrorists. We are compelled to come to the conclusion that these organizations are fostering terrorism so that they can sell arms and ammunition to all parties. Palestinia…

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Sri Lankan Human Rights Advisers Resign, Criticize Government By Jay Shankar Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Four activists resigned from Sri Lanka's advisory panel on human rights, saying the government is intent on fighting Tamil rebels, not protecting civil rights. The administration ``is not serious about protecting human rights or eliminating the culture of impunity,'' Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, one of those who resigned from the 10-member panel, said in an interview yesterday. ``There is no window of opportunity left to hold talks with the government on the issue.'' More than 1,100 abductions and ``disappearances'' have been reported in Sri Lanka since…

List of Black Money holders in Swiss Bank accounts leaked by WikiLeaks? If the latest guideline of Supreme Court is to be followed, the entire list of black money account holders should be out by the early hours of October 29. The Apex Court has ordered the Narendra Modi-led central government to reveal the entire list of perpetrators who are guilty of stocking up unaccounted sums of money. A day after the government revealed the names of Pradeep Burman (Promoter of Dabur India), Pankaj Chimanlal Lodhiya (Rajkot-based bullion trader), Radha Satish Timblo (Director of Goa-based mining company Timblo Pvt. Ltd), the SC lashed out the government …

https://wolfstreet.com/2019/12/25/how-amazon-gains-control-domination/ How Amazon Gains Control & Domination by Wolf Richter • Dec 25, 2019 Amazon takes over the last mile and everything else. By Wolf Richter. This is the transcript from my podcast last Sunday, THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Amazon just gave us an update on how rapidly its own delivery system is replacing UPS, the US Postal Service, FedEx, and other carriers in delivering packages from an Amazon fulfillment center to the door of Amazon’s customer. The numbers show how big this system is already after practically no time of starting it up, how big the package volume is …

6TH LEAD 9 killed, 101 wounded in Colombo train blast [TamilNet, Sunday, 03 February 2008, 08:45 GMT] Nine people were killed and 101 wounded in a bomb explosion inside Matara-Vavuniyaa train while it reached the 3rd platform of Colombo Fort Railway station, situated in the High Security Zone in Sri Lanka's capital Sunday at 2:10 p.m. All train services have been suspended, the Fort station was cordoned off and a search operation by the Sri Lankan armed forces was launched. The blast comes a day before Sri Lanka's 60th Independence Day celebrations amid speculations of Colombo embarking on a full fledged war on Vanni, stepping up aerial bombardment and artillery …

The Mullivaikkal Massacre was a genocide. This period saw the deaths of 70,000-140,000 Tamil civilians, primarily due to the Sri Lankan military’s intentional shelling of safe zones and extrajudicial executions, the maiming of thousands from that shelling, and at least hundreds of incidents of sexual violence. . In the week ahead of May 18th, PEARL is deconstructing the term genocide. Our series of posts will build on arguments presented in last year’s photo exhibit “Tamil Resistance & Resilience In the Face of Genocide” to demonstrate the final phase of the armed conflict was a genocide committed by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil people. . It is …

Clashes erupt at Nagarkovil, SLAF bombs Palai Artillery attacks from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) positions towards Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Forward Defence Line in Vadamaradchi East intensified Thursday noon after exchange of mortar and gunfire in Nagarkovil. Earlier, around 10:0 a.m., Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir bombers dropped at least 9 bombs in Pachchilaippalli village in Pallai in Thenmaradchi, destroying at least five civilian houses. Meanwhile, informed military circles in Colombo said some SLA coastal sentries near Nagarkovil camp were destroyed by the Sea Tigers in the fighting that ensued. Artillery firing was reported from 5:00 p…

Sri Lankan born Kiwi girl takes GSK to court Shivangi Ambani-Gandhi Sunday, April 15, 2007 23:08 IST SYDNEY: In a modern day David and Goliath story, two New Zealand science students have embarrassed one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), with just a school science project. Anna Devathasan and Jenny Suo have proved that the black current drink, Ribena, which made claims of having 7mg of Vitamin C per 100ml, in fact had no detectable Vitamin C content. GSK, the maker of Ribena, has been fined AUD 2,17,500 after admitting it mislead customers about the vitamin C content of the blackcurrant drink. The company appe…

Mannar Tamil girls arrested in Negombo Ten Tamil girls who are residents of Mannar district working in a garment factory located in Negombo in the Western Province were arrested by Peliyagoda Police Wednesday. They had been residing in a house when they were taken into custody by the police on suspicion. The father of a girl now in custody of the Peliyagoda police Saturday lodged a complaint with the Regional Office of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) regarding the arrest of ten Mannar girls. HRCSL officials in Mannar immediately contacted the Peliyagoda police and inquired about the arrest. Peliyagoda Police told Mannar HRCSL officials that th…

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'Karuna' threatens political parties Leaflets distributed in the east has threatened people not to support Tamil parties A Tamil political party in Sri Lanka has expressed optimism that differences with the breakaway LTTE group would be resolved through dialogue. Leader of PLOTE, Dharmalingam Siddharthan, told BBC Sandeshaya that the party would be allowed to carry on political work in the east despite threats allegedly made by the Karuna group. Leaflets distributed in Batticaloa in the name of Chennan Force has threatened people not to support TNA, TULF, EPDP, PLOTE and EPRLF political parties. Karuna group denies "If this warning is ne…