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How Sri Lanka's inmates smuggle phones into prison By Iqbal Athas, for CNN A mobile phone and a hands free kit are seen in an X-ray of a Sri Lankan prisoner. Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- When 58-year-old G. Siripala, a Sri Lankan prisoner serving a 10-year sentence for theft, was escorted by armed prison officials to Colombo's National Hospital with severe back pain, doctors rushed him for an X-ray. Doctors thought he might have orthopaedic complications, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. "But the X-ray showed a cell phone and two hands-free kits." Medical staff prepared to carry out a surgical procedure on the prisoner, the source said. "However, th…

Foreign Minister John Baird has called in Sri Lanka’s high commissioner to Canada to discuss Canada’s “deep concern” with the country, according to his spokesperson. The country is facing growing pressure from all major parties in Canadian Parliament to improve its human rights record. But Sri Lankan High Commissioner Chitranganee Wagiswara argues that after an almost 30-year civil war, significant social change in the country is not a sprint—it’s a marathon. The parties are urging Sri Lanka to boost reconciliation between groups involved in the war. If the situation doesn’t improve, the parties have suggested Canada minimize (or fully stop) its participation in a h…

Civilians flee as rivals say over 110 killed in Sri Lanka fighting. Some 3,000 civilians are fleeing as heavy artillery duels in Sri Lanka's restive northeast killed more than 110 people, including 41 civilians, according to rebels and security forces. The two sides said sporadic mortar bomb attacks and artillery fire continued throughout Sunday along the Trincomalee and Batticaloa district borders. The International Red Cross said more than 3,300 people were displaced Sunday. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a statement asked both the military and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to comply with international hu…

Anyone found guilty on a credible war crimes investigation would be dealt with the necessary punitive measures, Army Commander Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake said. In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Leader, he maintained that the Army did not treat the appointment of a Three-member Advisory Council as a 'betrayal' of the forces. 'The government has appointed this committee to advice the government and we have nothing to be concerned about as we have only done our duty. We are a professional army and we don't mind anyone investigating our actions as we have done nothing wrong,' he added. He further noted that the Sri Lankan army did what no other a…

தமிழீழத்தை நோக்கி - ரொன் ரிடோனர் Towards Tamil Eelam London Speech by Ron Ridenour / March 7th, 2012 This speech has been unusually difficult for me to prepare, because I am so angry with the whole world, and most of the people in it, including many of the victims of oppression. I will explain underway. I try to speak my talks and not read them, but this topic is too complex for me to rely on my spontaneity, so I have chosen to write it, and then rewrite it, and end up still angry. Why did I, a white westerner get involved in this crazy world of Sinhalese and Tamils? I knew nothing about Sri Lanka until the end of the internal war, May 2009. I was as…

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By Peter Apps COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers launched a new attack overnight on the northern Jaffna peninsula, the army said on Thursday, as a U.S. envoy visited the island but the worst fighting since a 2002 truce showed no sign of abating. The military said it had few details but that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched a new offensive around Kilali, at the western end of the peninsula's front line. Since the Tigers launched attacks toward Jaffna last week, telephone communication with the area has been virtually cut off. "There is an attack in Jaffna, that is all we can say," said an army spokesman. An aid worker report…

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[TamilNet, Monday, 23 September 2013, 08:23 GMT] The obsession of utmost priority for a section of TNA leadership is to satisfy the Sri Lanka saving agenda of New Delhi and Washington, by interpreting the TNA victory as supersession of the Vaddukkoaddai Resolution based mandate of 1977, political observers in Jaffna commented on a statement made by the TNA leader Mr. R. Sampanthan, aided by Mr M.A. Sumanthiran, at a press conference convened in Jaffna on Sunday. Sampanthan talking of united and undivided country described the TNA victory as a clear verdict of Tamils, unprecedented in the political history of the island. Answering a question raised by an Eezham Tamil jour…

De regering van Sri Lanka laat een onderzoek instellen naar de dood van vijf jonge Tamil-mannen maandag in de noordoostelijke havenstad Trincomalee. Militairen zeiden dat zij om het leven zijn gekomen nadat een granaat ontplofte die zij bij zich droegen. Zij zouden volgens de militairen met de Tamil Tijgers van plan zijn geweest hun konvooi in een hinderlaag te lokken. Volgens mensenrechtenorganisaties had het leger het vuur op de mannen geopend. 'Wij constateerden bij een bezoek aan het mortuarium dat ze in het achterhoofd zijn geschoten', zei woordvoerster Helen Olafsdottir van de Nordic Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission. 'Een aantal van hen bleek schotwond…

2 SLA soldiers killed, 3 wounded in Thenmaradchi [TamilNet, April 16, 2006 05:05 GMT] Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed Sunday morning and three wounded in a Claymore attack in Mattuvil, Thenmaradchi in Jaffna, SLA sources said. Unidentified attackers targetted a group of SLA soldiers on road patrol west of Kanakampuliyadi junction. The attackers fired gunshots after the Claymore attack, sources said.

15 Years Later, No Truth or Justice for Missing Priest and Aide Ruki Fernando on 08/20/2021 Photo courtesy of Ruki Fernando On August 20, 2006, Father Jim Brown, a Catholic Priest, and Wenceslaus Vimalathas, his associate, disappeared. They were last seen at a Navy check point in Allaipiddy in the Jaffna district while they were going to visit displaced civilians in the Navy controlled village. August was a tragic month for Allaipiddy. On the night August 12, the parish priest, Father Brown had welcomed civilians flocking to the local Catholic church seeking refuge from th…

“What can I do?” - thoughts for the Tamil Diaspora Janani Barathy Tamil Guardian 06 February 2008 The plight of our people has been steadily reaching newer levels. And, after being an observer with a hands-off approach, I decided to do something about it. I became proactive - in small ways. As a mother of two young children living in Sydney, Australia and having many commitments, it was not easy to change my inaction - but I did. I firmly believe now, that if we all do our little part and started working towards a common vision, that vision will and must materialize. I realise there’s spiritual element to this as well, and of course some people are skepti…

Italians over 80 'will be left to die' as country overwhelmed by coronavirus Hardest-hit region drafts new proposals saying who will live and who will die ByErica Di Blasi TURIN Medical staff walk out of a tent at one of the emergency structures that were set up to ease procedures at the Brescia hospital, northern Italy CREDIT: Luca Bruno/AP Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase, a document prepared by a crisis management unit in Turin proposes. …

Mahinda Rajapaksa, under fire over human rights in Sri Lanka, says at the U.N. General Assembly that the U.N. is being manipulated. From Moammar Kadafi's baffling fantasies to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's room-emptying rants, almost every confab of world leaders at the annual United Nations General Assembly includes speeches that make people squirm in their chairs. http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-un-odd-leaders-20130927,0,1383011.story

Sinhala Interview with M. A. Sumanthiran சிங்கள மக்களிடையே தமிழரின் அரசியல் நிலைப்பாடு பற்றியிருக்கும் சில அடிப்படைக் கேள்விகளுக்கும், சமகால அரசியல் தொடர்பில் தமிழரின் மற்றும் தமிழ் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பின் நோக்குநிலை குறித்தும் சுமந்திரன் தொடர்பில் சிங்கள மக்களிடையே இருக்கும் வினவல்களிற்கும் பதிலளிக்கும் முகமாக எம். ஏ சுமந்திரன் சிங்கள ஊடகமொன்றிற்கு வழங்கிய பேட்டியின் முழுமையான காணொளி இதோ:

The “Intermestic” Tamil issue in Indo-Lanka Relations June 4th, 2010 by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The term “Intermestic” was first used by Henry Kissinger to explain international issues having domestic economic implications like for instance the middle-eastern situation abroad impacting on the price of gas in the US. The term coined by Kissinger took the “inter” from International and “mestic” from Domestic. It was however veteran Journalist Mervyn de Silva who popularised the term in Sri Lanka.Mervyn who was then editing the “Lanka Guardian” fortnightly and writing a weekly column for “Sunday Island”. Mervyn applied the term to all issues crossing the boundarie…

Nuclear weapons of mass destruction – an end of everything The nuclear club consists of nine nations out of which 5 (USA, Russia, UK, France and China) are internationally recognized nuclear weapons states conferred by nuclear non proliferation treaty. India, Pakistan and Israel have declined to sign the treaty and have tested their nuclear weapons. North Korea withdrew from the treat in 2003. The global nuclear disarmament campaigns are gaining momentum with many NGOs actively involved in creating a global awareness. Nuclear disarmament is not just a wish, it is a legal commitment agreed upon and signed by the five official nuclear states under the nuclear non- Prol…

We All Are Tamils, We All Are Sinhalese And We All Are Muslims April 19, 2013 | Filed under: Colombo Telegraph,Opinion | Posted by: COLOMBO_TELEGRAPH By Laksiri Fernando - Dr. Laksiri Fernando I am saying it should be the spirit. I am not asking anyone to shed away or denounce their ethnicity or religion. We all love the way we are and what we believe in or not believe in. In this small Island of ours we should live like brothers and sisters with equal rights and also equal responsibilities, without rancour or violence. Although I am not there bodily now, my ‘spirit’ appears to be haunting this Island all the time, day and night. I admit that it may be eas…

பிரபல சி.என்.என் அறிவிப்பாளர் Rick Sanchez வேலையால் நீக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார். CNN’s Rick Sanchez fired for saying TV industry is run by Jews Comments Twitter LinkedIn Digg Buzz Email .Agence France-Presse October 1, 2010 – 7:25 pm Stewart .Rick Sanchez, a CNN television anchor, was fired on Friday after calling a popular comedian a “bigot” and suggesting the TV industry, including his own news network, is run by Jews. “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well,” CNN said in a terse statement released less than 24 hours after the afternoon anchor made his controversial comments. Sanche…

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…

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இன்று மன்னிப்பு கேட்டு அறிக்கை விட்டுள்ளார்கள்.. ஆனால் என்ன பிரயோசனம்.. Professor Stone, who is an expert on the significant cultural destruction during the Iraq war, compared the blast to the destruction of sacred artefacts by the Islamic State in recent years. The site included significant archaeological discoveries, including the oldest example of bone tools found in Australia. "They were not only extremely important sites for Aboriginal communities, but also they were extremely important sites for archaeological understanding of the distant past in Australia," Professor Stone said. The 'Arch of Triumph' at Palmyra was destroyed by Islamic State …

Choosing When To Go by Lee Kuan Yew Life is better than death. But death comes eventually to everyone. It is something which many in their prime may prefer not to think about. But at 89, I see no point in avoiding the question. What concerns me is: How do I go? Will the end come swiftly, with a stroke in one of the coronary arteries? Or will it be a stroke in the mind that lays me out in bed for months, semi-comatose? Of the two, I prefer the quick one. Some time back, I had an Advanced Medical Directive (AMD)) done which says that if I have to be fed by a tube, and it is unlikely that I would ever be able to recover and walk about, my doctors are to remove the tube …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4688696.stm Call for internet safety lessons Children need to know the risks of the web, say researchers Lessons on how to use the internet safely should become compulsory in schools, university researchers say. The Cyberspace Research Unit at the University of Central Lancashire (UCL) says learning about internet safety should be on the National Curriculum. Pupils should be taught about the potential dangers posed, such as paedophiles using internet chatrooms to make contact with children. The researchers say too few pupils are taught how to use the internet safely. Director of the unit Dr Rachel O…