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Is Tamil Blood Cheap in the Eyes of Indian Government? TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2007 (ID. 2007-04-u1-a-x) (This is an update to Reference 1 that discussed the killings of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy and Indian Government's refusal to take any effective action to stop it or even register a diplomatic protest with the Sri Lankan Government.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pakistan Maritime Security Agency shot and killed a fisherman from northern India, twenty-one year old Shantilal Mangal, off the coast of Gujarat on Monday February 13, 2006. Indian External Affairs Ministry called Pakistan's…

Is this the beginning of Eelam war IV? Situation Report - by Iqbal Athas LTTE's new high tech claymore bomb There are some stark realities to the latest phase of the shadow war launched by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against the armed forces and the Police. For the past 16 days, since the murder of Vanniasingham Vigneswaran (51), a staunch LTTE supporter, Tiger guerrilla attacks have increased. As President of the Trincomalee District Tamil People's Forum, he was responsible for a string of Hartals and anti-Government protests. A father of three, he was to be parliamentarian for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). That was to f…

Is Undiyal Kazhan's honeymoon period over? Written by Administrator Monday, 06 March 2006 Reports suggest that quibbles have begun to emerge between prominent paramilitary supporters and Rajasingham Jayadevan popularly known as 'Undiyal Kazhan'. Jeyadevan, who was the chairman of Eelapatheeswarar Hindu temple in Wembley, North-West London, was allegedly apprehended by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for stealing money from the 'Undiyal'. Claiming ill treatment by the LTTE, Undiyal Kazhan formed alliances with prominent paramilitary supporters in Europe, and maintained control of the temple in question. Undiyal Kazhan also fo…

ISIL pounded as Iraqi and Kurd forces advance Peshmerga and Iraqi forces say they have retaken key areas in Iraq's north and south, supported by 22 US air strikes. Peshmerga forces are continuing to counter ISIL's offensive in northern Iraq [Reuters] Ground offensives by the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces, backed by a barrage of US air raids, have forced ISIL fighters from several key towns in the north and south of Iraq, officials said. Kurdish peshmerga forces said on Saturday they had recaptured several towns and villages held b…

Isis releases 11-point guide for journalists UPVOTE Isis, which calls itself Islamic State, has occupied the world’s attention since it took over large swathes or Syrian and Iraqi territory this year, eventually declaring a new caliphate. But precious little is known about the group, which has its own surprisingly slick PR machine, mainly because its record with journalists is tragically abysmal - militants sparking global revulsion by beheading US reporters James Foley and Stephen Sotloff, as well as killing many other local journalists. Somehow, some journalists continue to report from the region, defying the incredible risks to document the group’s ma…

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Israel-Palestine war: How the AI 'Habsora' system masks random killing with maths Newly revealed 'mass assassination factory' technology is likely being showcased for future international sales, experts say Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, 22 November (AP) By Nader Durgham in Beirut and Lubna Masarwa in Jerusalem Israel's war on Gaza has seen it strike the Palestinian enclave with new and deadly ferocity. That onslaught, according to a recent report, is being powered with an artificial intelligence system that experts warn is indiscriminate and …

" It is the plight of the Tamil people that compelled me to take up arms. I felt outraged at the inhuman atrocities perpetrated against an innocent people." The ethnic conflict between the Tamils and the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka shows no sign of abating,. The Tamil militants, especially the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) seem determined to pursue their military tactics. Velupillai Prabhakaran, Military Commander of the LTTE who lives in the jungles of Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka, in a rare interview spoke to GENTLEMAN about the future of the strife- torn island. In a rare interview, the controve…

Why do we head for the shops with such determination as soon as we have money in our wallets? With every new purchase we feel a little happier, but a few days later that satisfaction is often gone without a trace. We at Bright Side decided it was time to get to grips with this problem once and for all, and to make sense of how we can all find true happiness. It turns out that the main impediment to happiness is adaptation. As soon as something we’ve bought becomes ordinary and unexciting, the level of life satisfaction we feel falls, and we’re forced to search around for the next purchase. This process is repeated again and again. However, research carried out at Corn…

It’s just not cricket that Sri Lanka keeps playing - PROFESSOR DAMIEN KINGSBURY The call for a boycott of Sri Lanka’s cricket team following the actions of the Sri Lankan military against the country’s Tamil population is growing. But it’s not just a cricket issue The government of Sri Lanka has been embarrassed over its human rights record by a call for a boycott campaign being run by respected Australian sports writer Trevor Grant. Grant has been using the Sri Lanka cricket team’s current tour of Australia to highlight what the UN believes were war crimes committed in Sri Lanka in 2009 and a subsequent campaign of human rights abuse against the country’s Tamil…

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. …

ITJP submits criminal complaint against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Singapore http://www.newswire.lk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PSX_20220724_163351.jpg Lawyers from the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) have submitted a criminal complaint to the Attorney General of Singapore requesting the immediate arrest of former Sri Lankan President, Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, for war crimes. The 63-page complaint argues that Rajapaksa committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the civil war in 2009 when he was secretary of defence and that these are crimes subject to domestic prosecution in Singapore under universal jurisdiction. The legal …

ITRO condemns SLAF attack on "Peace Village" with 5 orphanages [TamilNet, August 14, 2006 13:42 GMT] Chencholai Valaham is the campus among the orphanages at the Peace Village of Vallipunam, said the International Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (ITRO London), the representative body of the overseas offices of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation in a press statement condemning the Sri Lanka Air Force bombing that killed 61 schoolchildren and wounded more than 129. "The area is well known by all parties: the Government of Sri Lanka, the Government Agent, ICRC, UNICEF and all those who work in the Vanni," the organisation said urging the international communit…

[size=5]Jacqueline Fernandez, who seems to be doing rather well for herself, has bought an island off the south coast of Sri Lanka. The isle is close to where former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has also bought a little island. [/size] [size=5]This is part of a realty project that is now a playground of the rich and famous, and looks like Jackie's obviously one of them.[/size] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Jacqueline-buys-an-island/articleshow/17401837.cms

In an interview with Al Jazeera, the Commander of the Security Forces in Jaffna Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe laughed off reports of abductions, torture and rape committed by the Sri Lankan armed forces, dismissing them as ‘lies’. Speaking on the documentary ‘Scars of Sri Lanka’, which aired on Thursday, Hathurusinghe dismissed claims of abductions, stating, “I flatly deny... None we do not. We don’t have anyone and we don’t abduct. Because there is no reason, why should we abduct? We have no terrorism.” See interview from 14:00 When questioned about individual reports of abductions by reporter Evan Williams, Hathurusinghe laughed before respo…

Jamaat-e-Islami leader on why young Muslims turn to extremism - The spread of extremist ideas cannot be controlled due to the use of social media, according to the Leader of Jamaat-e-Islami organization Moulavi Rashid Hajjul Akbar. The moulavi expressed these views at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the Easter Sunday attacks. He was grilled for nearly 6 hours when he appeared before the Commission, yesterday (11). Moulavi Rashid Hajjul Akbar is the brother of Moulavi Ibrahim, who is the father of the main suspects of the case of vandalizing several Buddhist statues in Mawanella area, Saadik and Shahid. H…

Dyson has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators to support efforts by the country's National Health Service to treat coronavirus patients. James Dyson, the company's billionaire founder, confirmed the order in a letter to employees shared with CNN on Wednesday. "A ventilator supports a patient who is no longer able to maintain their own airways, but sadly there is currently a significant shortage, both in the UK and other countries around the world," Dyson wrote. Dyson said the company had designed and built an entirely new ventilator, called the "CoVent," since he received a call 10 days ago from UK Prime Mini…

Japan and Shell can lose stake in Sakhalin-2 as Putin takes over Sakhalin Energy At the end of May, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Koichi Hagiuda, said that Sakhalin-2 is an asset "our predecessors worked hard to acquire". He said that Russia might own the land, but the leasehold and the liquefaction and transportation equipment belong to the Japanese government and Japanese companies. "We do not intend to leave [the project], even if we are told," he said. ByJoseph P Chac…

Japan keenly interested in investing in Sri Lanka in several sectors Measures will be taken to further strengthen long-standing bilateral relations between Japan and Sri Lanka, Japanese State Minister for Regional Revitalization Kozo Yamamoto said. Minister Yamamoto made these remarks when he paid a courtesy call on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat Monday (13). Sri Lanka is secured and stable under the current government. The economy is also progressing. In this context, a conducive investment environment had been created in Sri Lanka for the Japanese investors, the State Minister a…

Visiting top officials of the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) have expressed willingness to set up the third coal fired power plant in Sri Lanka, The Islandreliably learns. JBIC Managing Director Yagima Koichi, who visited Power and Energy Ministry has assured Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Senior ministry officials and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) high ranking officials, that the Japanese government will provide the latest technology to boost the country’s power sector. Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, while expressing major tie ups with the Japanese government, said she had been assured of best o…

AFP Japan, a top aid giver to Sri Lanka, on Wednesday urged the island's government to probe war crimes allegedly committed while defeating Tamil rebels and pressed Colombo to improve human rights. Japan said it wanted "genuine reconciliation" in Sri Lanka after troops crushed Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009 and declared an end to nearly four-decades of ethnic strife that claimed up to 100,000 lives. Tokyo's special envoy to Sri Lanka, Yasushi Akashi, said there was a "perception of insecurity" despite the end of conflict. "I emphasised the vital need to improve the human rights situation in this country," Akashi told reporters at the end of a four-day visit …

Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation has decided to wind up operations in Sri Lanka next month after being an integral part of bilateral ties and some of the country’s key infrastructure projects for nearly 60 years. The closure of Colombo Office by Mitsubishi by 31 March has come as a big shock to the private sector, both local and foreign which described the move as a big setback for Sri Lank Sources said for Mitsubishi, Sri Lanka was one of its first overseas offices as it contributed immensely towards the businesses and many Sri Lankan companies. It also played a significant role in the bilateral relationship between Japan and Sri Lank …

In an appeal to the Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Shinzō Abe, the Prime Minister of Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam Mr. Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran has urged the Japanese leader to raise with Sri Lankan President the issue of protection for witnesses who will be testifying before a UN inquiry for the mass killing of Tamils. Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Shinzō Abe begins his visit to Sri Lanka on September 7, 2014. The new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein will also emphasize this issue during his upcoming address to the current UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva on September 8, 2014. Advance copy of his statement sent by OHC…

Jaya writes to PM on Lankan Navy attack on Indian fishermen Source: UNI - January 8, 2006 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged the Centre to take the Katchatheevu Island on lease in perpetuity to solve the problem of frequent attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a copy of which was released to the press here, Ms Jayalalithaa referred to the firing on Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy early this morning and asked him to take up the issue of ''indiscriminate attack on poor fishermen belonging to Tamil Nadu on high seas with the Government of Sri Lanka and register a strong pr…

Jayadevan forms Youth Organisation in UK Written by Administrator Wednesday, 26 July 2006 Infamous temple thief "Undiyalaan" Rajasingham Jayadevan has formed a Jayadevan Youth Organisation (JYO) in the United Kingdom, reliable sources said. Jayadevan Youth Organisation (JYO), headed by Bahi Jayadevan The organisation formed by Jayadevan aged 52 is headed by his eldest son Bahi, sources added. "The mission of the group is to follow on the footsteps of Jayadevan senior," said one source. Others disputed this claim and said that Jayadevan has a sinister motivation of involving the British-Tamil youths in anti-cultural activiti…