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23 November 2013 By Frances Harrison There are reports that the Sri Lankan security forces have been detaining and questioning Tamils who gave interviews to the British media covering the Commonwealth meeting in the island last week. In other cases family members of those who gave interviews or helped the media have been threatened and intimidated. The victims do not want publicity for their individual cases for fear of further retaliation but the intimidation has involved threatening phone calls, security forces turning up at people’s homes, as well as visits to children’s schools, work places and detention for hours of questioning. This is in additio…

Devolution panel’s mandate curtailedPublished: Monday, 21 January, 2008, 06:39 AM Doha Time COLOMBO: An all-party panel in Sri Lanka is set to reject the Tamil minority’s demand for a federal constitution while suggesting improvements in the present unitary system to make it more democratic. This follows pressure from President Mahinda Rajapakse on the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) not to go beyond the devolution granted by the 13th amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution that followed the 1987 India-Sri Lanka peace accord, an informed source told IANS. The APRC, headed by Science Minister Tissa Vitharana, is to give its recommendations January 23. …

Demonstrating devotees of the Eelap Patheeswarar Hindu temple in Wembley, North-West London, called up on Rajasingham Jayadevan alias Undiyalaan, to publish the account details of their temple. The peaceful demonstration took place in front of the temple premises on the auspicious day of Friday, 07 April 2006. Devotees said that Undiyalaan attempted to turn their demonstration into a confrontation by attempting to stop them from distributing leaflets that exposed his crimes against their religion. The leaflets claimed that Undiyalaan had a major role in the theft of several hundred thousand pounds from the unidiyal 'money box' and that Undiyalaan had tur…

Did Israel explode a small nuclear bomb in Syria? Spike in radiation report says… Reports have added that the European Union's Radioactive Environmental Monitoring found that the amount of radiation increased in Turkey and Cyprus hours after the intense blast, pointing towards a small nuclear attack. Benjamin Netanyahu In a step that has shocked the entire world, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out an airstrike on the weapons depot in Tartus, Syria on 16 December 2024. Through the massive strike, Israel reportedly destroyed the Scud missile facility located in Syria. However, reports are speculating that the damage cause…

[TamilNet, Saturday, 27 October 2007, 21:53 GMT] Whilst the Sri Lankan government has blamed engine failure for the crash of the Bell 212 last Monday, press reports Sunday raised the possibility it had been downed by a Tamil Tiger aircraft. Four airmen, including the pilots and door gunners were killed when the Bell 212, enroute to support the defence of Anuradhapura airbase which was under attack by LTTE commandos. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=23612

இது ஒரு நீண்ட கட்டுரை. சில வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னர் இலங்கை தமிழ் அகதிகள் இந்த தீவில் தவறுதலாக இறங்கியதும் பின்னர் அங்கிருந்து தம்மை வேறு நாடுகளுக்கு அனுப்புமாறு கேட்டு இருந்தனர் சில மேற்குலக நாடுகளிடம் புகலிடக் கோரிக்கையும் முன் வைத்து இருந்தனர். இத் தீவில் அமெரிக்க இராணுவத்தளங்களும் , ஐக்கிய இராச்சியத்தின் இராணுவத்தளங்களும் உள்ளன. எனவே மிக கடும் கட்டுப்பாடுகள் நடைமுறைப்படுத்தப்படும் தீவு இது. எவரும் இலகுவில் உள்ளே செல்ல முடியாது. இவ் நீண்ட கட்டுரை அங்கே பரிதவித்துக் கொண்டு இருக்கும் இலங்கை தமிழ் அகதிகளின் வழக்கு தொடர்பாகவும், கடும் கட்டுப்பாடுகள் கொண்ட, இந்த தீவு பற்றியும் சொல்கின்றது. Alice Cuddy BBC News …

Diego Garcia's Hidden Role in Sri Lankan Politics By S.N. Amazing how the three vital factors regarding real estate came into play even in the plight of the Tamils -- location, location, and location. Diego Garcia? Is he of any relation to the tall, dark and handsome Cuban, Andy Garcia? The very gentleman who set many female hearts afire when he played the most coveted roles in decades, the hot-headed son of Sonny Corleone and mob protégé of Michael Corloene, Vincent Mancini; in 1990 Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather: Part III -- Unfortunately, not! Then again, if you knew of Diego Garcia, you are clearly in the slim minority, for the name Diego …

Diplomatic strain between Sri Lanka and Norway Sunday, November 19, 2006, 15:21 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 19, Colombo: A diplomatic brawl has erupted between the Sri Lanka and Norwegian governments, Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry sources said. Diplomatic ties between the two countries have been alternatingly tense and highly cordial since Norway engaged in Sri Lanka's peace process as the facilitator. But several incidents that took place recently have made the situation worse. In one of the incidents, an angry Tamil Norwegian of Sri Lankan origin seeking a visa to travel in Sri Lanka stormed the Sri Lanka Embassy in Oslo and smashed a photograph o…

CENTRE FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 8, Grousseault Road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka Breaking news Shocking, Terrifying and Disheartening !! The Diocese of Jaffna is mourning over the disappearance of Rev. Fr. Thiruchchelvan Nihal Jim Brown a Catholic priest, born on June 4, 1972 and was ordained in 2003. Rev. Fr. T. N. Jim Brown was assigned as a parish priest of Allaipitty in the month of July. Allaipitty is known all over the world after the massacre of 9 people on May 13, 2006. On August 12 nearly 24 people were killed by the multi barrel artillery attack of the security forces when LTTE ran over the SLN and infiltrated Alla…

Discovery’s Night Launch Sends STS-116 to Station. Space Shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven astronauts lifted off Saturday from Kennedy Space Center at 8:47 p.m. EST. After reaching orbit, Discovery’s crew set to work to open the payload bay doors, set up computers and equipment and check out the shuttle’s robotic arm. Heat shield inspections will begin Sunday with a station docking scheduled for Monday at 5:05 p.m. The STS-116 crew members will dock to the International Space Station, install the new P5 truss structure and perform three spacewalks to rewire the station for electricity generated by a solar array delivered in September. STS-116 will als…

Dissecting the Semi-fictionalized HRW Report by Sachi Sri Kantha To paraphrase an aphorism of Einstein on 'quality,' "It's no use if the wrapper is of better quality than the meat it covers." In responding to the flurry of outbursts from the Eelam Tamil diaspora to the half-baked, mud-slinging report released this month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated: "Human Rights Watch investigations are based on qualitative rather than quantitative research" [Reuters report, March 16, 2006]. The two key words here are quality and research. Now, let me quote from an authority on research. To paraphrase an aphorism of Einstein on 'quality,' "It's no use if the wrapper…

CHENNAI: The DMK would welcome creation of a separate 'Eelam', a homeland for Sri lankan Tamils, if it was achieved through a democratic process , party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said on Monday. "We will be glad if a separate Eelam (state) is created (in the Island nation) by people voting for it," he told reporters here. He said that "attempts of some opposition parties in Tamil Nadu to paint the UPA government at the Centre and the DMK government in the state as anti Sri Lankan Tamils" would not succeed. "The opposition parties are trying to create an illusion among the public that my party is against Sri Lankan Tamils," …

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NAIDOC வாரம் : ஒவ்வொரு வருடமும் ஆடி மாதத்தின் முதல் வாரத்தை, அவுஸ்ரேலிய பூர்வீக குடிகளின் வாராமாக, அவர்களது வரலாறு, கலாச்சாரம் போன்றவற்றை கொண்டாடுவார்கள். அந்த வகையில் நான் வாழும் நாட்டின் நகரங்கள் எந்த வகை பூர்வீக குடிகளை கொண்டது என்பதை சொல்லும் ஒரு பதிவு. Source: NITV Hide Grid …

#001: Black July 1983 Week - Remembering the Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka CONSEQUENCES OF BLACK JULY -USHA SRISKANTHARAJA- WRITER TAMIL ACTIVIST கடந்த ஈழ தமிழர் வரலாறு ஆயிரம் கால தமிழர் வரலாற்றை தொடர்ந்து பல நூறு ஆண்டுகள் தமிழருக்கே விளங்கவைக்கும். ஈழ தமிழர் போராட்ட வரலாற்றை ஆவணப்படுத்தும் மற்றும் அதை ஊக்குவிக்கும் பணி புலம்பெயர் தமிழர் கையில் தான் உள்ளது. யாரோ செய்வார்கள் என்பது சுயநலம், எதிர்காலத்தில் யாருக்கும் தெரியாமல் மறைந்து போகட்டும் என்பது இழிவு. தொழில்நுட்பம் இல்லாத போதே எதிர்கால சந்ததி அறிய பழம் தமிழர் ஆவணப்படுத்தினர். எதிரியுடன் இடைவிடாத போரின்போது கூட புலிகள் ஆவணப்படுத்தினர். ஆவணங்களை காக்கவென்றே பல தமிழர் துணிவ…

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Don't Go To Geneva Unless .... World Tamils Plead With LTTE [by Admin , Jan 31,2006] Tamil civilian groups and individuals all over the world have sent an urgent appeal to the LTTE not to go for Talks in Geneva with the Sri lanka government, unless the TRO officers caught captive are released immediately. Five TRO officers were abducted on 30 January, around 2.00 pm. Tamils have denounced this an act of terrorism by State Armed Forces and the paramilitary attached to them. This act of provocation has happened at a time when both the government and the LTTE have promised to stop violence and confrontations, in order to facilitate a smoo…

Sri Lanka was for decades an example of how sectarian conflict can wreck an otherwise fortunate country. It has had three years to show how devolving power to an ethnic minority can bring about lasting peace. Now it looks as if the opportunity will be lost. Sri Lanka paid an enormous price to bring 26 years of civil war to an end. An estimated 40,000 people died in the last months of fighting in 2009, bringing the conflict’s final toll to more than 100,000. This includes a sitting president, Ranasinghe Premadasa, and a former Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, who were killed in suicide bombings by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Yet there was h…

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Donald Trump to Visit Ethiopia to Commission Nile Dam Could Ethiopia become the first African country to host U.S. president, Donald Trump? The United States of America President, Donald Trump By Amenna Dayo. If news making the rounds is anything to go by, then President Donald Trump of the United States of America will step foot in the African continent for the first time soon. The U.S. president who is yet to visit an African country since his inauguration on November 9, 2016 has reportedly said he is interested in visiting Ethiopia to commission the Nile Dam projec…

Donors warn on Sri Lanka violence International donors have urged Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels to halt worsening violence. At an aid meeting in the city of Galle, World Bank vice president Praful Patel said the bloodshed was "at the centre of any discussion" about the country. US ambassador Robert Blake told delegates there was no military solution to the conflict, which has claimed 65,000 lives since the 1970s. Most of about $4.5bn in foreign aid pledges is contingent on peace moves. 'Obstacle' Mr Patel said there was no way "to politely skirt" the issue of renewed and deepening conflict in the island. World Ba…

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