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The graduates are two men Santhirarasa Viikneswaran and Sipathasundaram Piratheepan, and three women Ethirmanansingi Kilaiman Kiristilda, Vikiramarasa Vijeyalatchumi and Sayanthan Mathini. The whole world admires their achievement overcoming untold hardships By N. Lohathayalan Five students graduated with Bachelor’s Degrees in University of Jaffna’s just concluded the 34th convocation on 4-6 December. While many earn degrees, what is noteworthy is that all five lost both eyes and a hand or a part in the civil war. During the evil events of the Vanni war, three of the five lost their eyes and hand. Santhirarasa Vikneswaran around October 2008 in the Suthanthirapu…

Vithyatharan attacked by 'abductors' inside white-van [TamilNet, Thursday, 26 February 2009, 17:06 GMT] The wife of Chudaroli (Sudar Oli) Editor who was 'abducted' first and later claimed 'arrested' by the Sri Lankan Police, told media Thursday night that her husband had been attacked on his head and heels inside the white-van by the abductors. Meanwhile, Vithyatharan was dumped at Demattagoda by the abductors, Police told Mrs. Kala Vithytharan Thursday evening. However, Vithyatharan is detained at the Crime Division of the Police in Demattagoda where his wife visited him with their three children with police permission. In the meantime, Sri Lankan President Mah…

Ready to Kill, Willing to Die The rebel Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka use suicide bombers and go into battle with cyanide capsules around their necks. The EU has labeled them terrorists, but they say it's the Tamil people who are being terrorized. By Kevin Sites, Wed Jun 14, 12:26 AM KILINOCHCHI, LTTE-controlled Sri Lanka — Formed in Sri Lanka in 1976 amid growing ethnic tensions between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or Tamil Tigers, are known as one of the most disciplined, organized and ruthless rebel forces in the world. They are led by a shadowy figure named Velupillai Prabhakaran who is r…

January 3, 2008 (1:30 p.m. EST) No. 2 STATEMENT ON THE POSSIBLE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement following developments in Sri Lanka: “Canada deeply regrets the decision of the Government of Sri Lanka to withdraw from the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement. “Withdrawal from this important agreement will make the search for a durable political solution more difficult, and only increases the likelihood that the incidents of violence being carried out by both sides will increase. “We remain deeply concerned about the impact of the escalating violence on civilians, …

By M. A. Sumanthiran - M A Sumanthiran ‘I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent’. Grief is the inevitable consequence of violence. The tragic and inexcusable events of Weliweriya have left its residents with unimaginable grief. Akila Dinesh Jayawardena was a 17 year-old student of Chandrajothi Vidhyalaya, Yakkala. He was killed by a soldier’s bullet as he inched through protestors searching for his mother. As his body lay at the mortuary of the Gampaha hospital on the evening of August 1, two others, Ravishan Perera and Nilantha Pushpakumara, fought for their lives. But they too did…

Russia And China Challenge The U.S. Dollar's Global Reserve Status If you’ve blinked over the last month, you may have missed it… China and Russia are taking their shot at the U.S. dollar. And as often happens with consequential news in the United States and the West, no one seems to notice or even care. Since the beginning of the year, I have been writing about the possibility of Russia and China challenging the US dollar’s global reserve status. Now, it’s happening. Source: Quoth The Raven It shouldn’t be any surpri…

Tamils ordered to vacate lodges in Pettah [2ND LEAD] Tamil owners of 68 lodges in Pettah (Peaddai) Police Division in Colombo have been instructed by the Police Officer in Charge of Pettah to immediately expel around 5000 Tamil tenants from Northeast and Upcountry, currently staying in 68 lodges in Pettah, to their "native places" within 24 hours before the military is deployed to forcefully transport the inmates. Chief Inspector Jayaratne, the OIC, Thursday evening summoned the owners of the lodges on short notice to convey the warning, lodge owners told media. Tension prevails in Pettah as Tamil parliamentarians were trying to get in touch with the Sri Lankan govern…

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)

The United Nations on Wednesday pointed the finger at Sri Lankan forces over the killing of 17 French charity workers on the island nine years ago, despite repeated denials by the military. A UN war crimes report on Sri Lanka said the 2006 attack against Action Against Hunger (ACF) staff was "the most significant case of humanitarian workers killed" in the country. "Based on the information (the investigation) has compiled, there are reasonable grounds to believe that members of the security forces committed the extrajudicial executions of the ACF staff," the report said. It is the first time a UN organisation has placed blame for the aid workers' deaths on Sri Lank…

"The LTTE claims that one of the paramilitaries is an Islamic Jihad group with links to Pakistan's security forces." The civil war in Sri Lanka between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) looks set to continue despite upcoming peace talks. Although a ceasefire is in place, violence continues and the LTTE alleges the government is using paramilitary forces in a "shadow war". The LTTE claims that one of the paramilitaries is an Islamic Jihad group with links to Pakistan's security forces. The presence of paramilitaries could derail the peace process. Helen Vatsikopoulos talks to Dr Anton Balasingham, political…

Majority in TN supports LTTE’ N Ravikumar Chennai, Aug. 11: Majority of the people in Tamil Nadu are supporting the LTTE, despite accepting that the organisation was behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, according to a survey conducted by a leading Tamil weekly here. The shocking results of the survey published in this week's Ananda Vikadan, which tops the circulation among weeklies in Tamil Nadu said that 54.25 per cent of the respondents said that they have always supported the Tigers and their goal of a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka. Although it is known that support for the Tigers is rising in Tamil Nadu, as seen from the la…

Around 50 civilian passengers were killed and more than 30 wounded when a civilian bus was attacked by Claymore mine near Kebitigollawe, 23 km southeast of Vavuniya, Thursday around 7:50 a.m., medical sources said. Wounded passengers were rushed to Kepitigollawe and Anuradhapura hospitals. tamilnet

LTTE Are Genuine Freedom Fighters. Dr-Lalith Kotelawala. They have done great service to their people and you can't brand them as pure terrorists as they are genuine freedom fighters. That is the structure that needs to be discussed.The current policy of the government is a hit-back policy and that is an Israeli policy. I don't think it's right. Mahatma Gandhi said that the eye-for-an-eye, a-tooth-for-a-tooth policy makes the world blind and toothless. And it will only keep escalating.We can't ask them to disarm in order to sit down and talk while we hold onto our arms. Things must be left as they are and we must talk about devolution, federal state or autonomy. …

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MAY 6 A Report on Shocking Revelations Shocking revelation of Rajiv’s assassination It is with the tragic assassination of former Prime Minister of India Mr. Rajiv Gandhi that the real face of the deep seated threat to the national security posed by long term and wider conspiracy came to lime light. But unfortunately, the reputed investigation agencies of the nation along with judiciary, succumbing to the acutely misguided public opinion and shoddily influenced by a long hatched conspiracy ended up naming few innocent individuals as being solely responsible for an unprecedented event demeaning national security. This carefully orchestrated exercise in the gui…

Gary Anandasangaree The images of young children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border over the past several years was a shocking revelation of the cruelties faced by migrants, asylum seekers and those seeking a better life than the ones they were born into. The anguish they faced and their desperate cries for help made us weep for the world and the times we are living in. But not too long ago, Canada was at the centre of this cruelty. Since we never saw these stark images on our TV screens or Twitter feeds we did not think this could exist in our country, or so we believed. We are, by all accounts, a reasonable peop…

Satellite Image Analysis to Establish Sri Lanka’s War Crimes - TAG, USA TAG will be using several images of the war area acquired from a Satellite Image vendor at different dates prior to and after May 18th when the Sri Lanka’s war officially ended, and will be processing the data to collect evidence of the massacre by Sri Lanka. Times UK has alleged from aerial photos and using expert analysis that the number killed is close to 20,000 civilians. TAG has assembled a group of experts and volunteers to do the work, and have sought help from image analysis departments in two premier educational institutions for assistance. As part of the effort, the team will at…

SLA attacks Vavuniya Mannar border villages [TamilNet, Thursday, 15 March 2007, 11:02 GMT] Sri Lanka Army Thursday morning launched heavy artilery and mortar fire towards Mannar Vavuniya border villages Mullikulam, Keerisuddan and Periya Pandivirichchan causing hundreds of civilian families to flee the villages, according to initial reports in Vanni. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) have carried out three aerial attaks in Mullaithivu district till Thursday noon. Artillery and mortar fire from Iranai Iluppaikulam, 20 km northwest of Vavuniya targeted villages surrounding Mullikulam, 10 km north inside Liberation Tigers controlled territory in Madu DS divisi…

Reliable sources based in Eastern Sri Lanka said “A Jihad group active in Sri Lanka has started training their suicide group for targeting their enemies.” The most chilling detail we received on the suicide bomber who recently did his operation at Colombo targeting a police bus and killing 15 policemen, was that the bomber was from a Jihad group in Sri Lanka. We note that a Jihad is defined as “a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims.” According to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), the recent suicide bomber’s National Identity Card number was 820244769V, his name Ibrahim Levke Mubharak and address Hospital Road, Kinnia, Trincomalee. “Twe…

[size=4]Texas to open fastest US highway with 85 mph limit[/size] AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will soon open a stretch of highway with the highest speed limit in the country, giving eager drivers a chance to rip through a trip between two of the state's largest metropolitan areas. The Texas Transportation Commission has approved a speed limit of 85 mph for a 41-mile toll road several miles east of the increasingly crowded Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. "I would love it," Austin resident Alan Guckian said. "Sometimes it's fun to just open it up." But while some drivers will want to test their horsepower and radar detectors, oth…

Stand-up Comedian! அதுவும் ஒரு தமிழர்.. எங்களில் மிகவும் அரிதாகவே இந்தமாதிரி விடயங்களில் பிரகாசிக்கிறார்கள்!! Weakest Link to return with Romesh Ranganathan and celebrities 2 minutes ago Image caption, Ranganathan said it was "an anxiety-inducing privilege" to host the show Comedian Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new celebrity version of The Weakest Link, the long-running BBC quiz show previously hosted by Anne Robinson. Ranganathan said it was an "honour" to bring back "a TV institution". Robinson hosted more than 1,690 editions of the show between 2000 and 2012, earnin…

INDICTMENT AGAINST SRI LANKA Genocide '83 'A tourist told yesterday how she watched in horror as a Sinhala mob deliberately burned alive a bus load of Tamils... A mini bus full of Tamils were forced to stop in front of us in Colombo' she said. A Sinhalese mob poured petrol over the bus and set it on fire. They blocked the car door and prevented the Tamils from leaving the vehicle. 'Hundreds of spectators watched as about 20 Tamils were burned to death'." On 24 July 1983, and in the succeeding weeks, around two thousand Tamils were killed - some were burnt alive - over a hundred thousand were rendered homeless Sinhala mob dancing around a Tamil youth, stri…

Apart from being an illegal appointment to the post of Chief Justice, Mohan Pieris undoubtedly is a controversial character in many respects. His business connections and government appointments are well known and contrary to the independence and integrity expected by that highest position in the judiciary. He was the Chief Legal Advisor to the Cabinet. He himself is personification of ‘conflict of interest’ par excellence. The following is an article I wrote about his views on the ethnic question and reconciliation which was published in the Asian Tribune on 16 June 2012, seven months ago. I wish the readers to pay attention to what he said about the ‘lawyers, consti…

European Union under Germany may lift Tamil Tiger ban: Sri Lanka. A lifting of the ban on the LTTE by the European Union (EU) is now a possibility because Germany is going to be EU President (for six months) from January 1, says the Colombo-based The Sunday Times. In a Frankfurt-datelined story, the paper said that at the very least, an EU under Germany would put economic pressure on the Sri Lankan government to abandon its military campaigns and return to the negotiating table for meaningful talks with the LTTE. Germany has already stopped its aid for tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka. Economic Cooperation Minister Heidmarie Wieczorek-Zeul had to…