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As Vote Nears, Astrologer for Sri Lanka’s President Faces Ultimate Test of His Skills By ELLEN BARRY Photo Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena identifies auspicious timing for the president’s political acts.CreditSanka Vidanagama for The New York Times Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Email Share Tweet Save More Continue reading the main story GALLE, Sri Lanka — Few people will be watching this week’s presidential election in Sri Lanka with more pointed interest than a balding, prosperous-looking man wearing a gold amulet under his shirt, who claims the title of “royal astrologer.” For decades, the astrologer, S…

Matthew Youlden speaks nine languages fluently and understands more than a dozen more. He’s what is known as a polyglot, a member of the multilingual elite who speaks six or more languages fluently. He’s also a sociolinguist who studies the revitalization of minority languages. But to see him in action on a daily basis – deftly and comfortably talking to native-speakers in their own languages – suggests that he’s more than a polyglot. Matthew, who is originally from Manchester, England, is a language chameleon: Germans think he’s German, Spaniards think he’s Spanish, Brazilians think he’s Portuguese (he proudly speaks the good-old European variety). By his own account, M…

Listen to Internews CEO Jeanne Bourgault discuss media dangers in global conflict zones http://c72710c35a98c0e0a42d-2df07eb466c3361e3d607b0dca5aa8b3.r79.cf2.rackcdn.com/141118_SWSP_Bourgault.mp3

“We Dont Have any Horses, Lamborghinis or Helicopters” -Namal Rajapaksa Speaks out in Candid Interview Hafeel Farisz Namal Rajapaksa, the son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Hambanthota District parliamentarian, in a candidinterview with the Dailymirror responded to allegations against him, the state of the country, broken promises and the way forward. Excerpts: Q;We are in the last phase of the election campaign. How do you see it progressing as of now and where do you see it headed towards? This has been one of the shortest election campaigns this country has witnessed. This is an election in which the campaign lasts for only 3 or 4 weeks, and I think w…

How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift Almost everyone today has flown in an airplane. Many ask the simple question "what makes an airplane fly"? The answer one frequently gets is misleading and often just plain wrong. We hope that the answers provided here will clarify many misconceptions about lift and that you will adopt our explanation when explaining lift to others. We are going to show you that lift is easier to understand if one starts with Newton rather than Bernoulli. We will also show you that the popular explanation that most of us were taught is misleading at best and that lift is due to the wing diverting air down. Let us start by defining…

Sri Lanka Tourism today welcomed the arrival of 1,500,000th tourist for the year 2014 at the Bandaranaike International Airport. Sri Lanka Tourism officials including Managing Director Rumy Jauffer and representatives from travel and tourism industry warmly welcomed Torence Jimmy, who arrived with Qupika Hedwig, via UL 558 Sri Lankan Airlines flight from German, as the 1.5 millionth tourist in 2014 to Sri Lanka. http://www.dailymirror.lk/59849/the-1-5-millionth-tourist-arrives-in-sl#sthash.NfYzhPfk.dpuf

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12-Year-Old Girl Charged After Police Chase| Is This Kid Shenanigans or Should She Be Charged? 12-Year-Old Girl Charged After Police Chase A 12-year-old girl and her 14-year-old friend allegedly stole a family member’s car and took police officers on a dangerous car chase through Kitchener, Ontario. According to police, an officer tried an attempt to pull the vehicle over but the young driver refused to stop. The officer continued following with its lights and sirens on. Eventually more police cruisers joined to help in putting a halt to the car chase. When officers finally managed to stop the vehicle, they were surprised to find a 12-year-old gi…

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Somali sex gang groomed and raped underage British schoolgirls saying it was 'part of their culture' Men ranging in age from 18 and 22, encouraged girls, one of who was just 13, to have sex with them in a flat and hotel rooms http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/somali-sex-gang-groomed-raped-4706033?ICID=FB_mirror_main This is the shocking moment a member of a brutal prostitution gang checked into a hotel to rape a 13-year-old girl. In the sickening CCTV shot, twisted Jusuf Abdirizak, 20, is seen at the reception of the Premier Inn in Bristol where he and Said Zakaria, 22, attacked the terrified girl. The teenager had been traffic…

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10152907149776133 Lee Rhiannon Today in Parliament I spoke about what November 27 means for the Tamils both in Sri Lanka and in the many countries they now call home. It is a day they remember with deep pain and sadness the 26 year long civil war in Sri Lanka in which over hundred thousand Tamils were killed and the more than 60 years of systematic Sri Lankan state orchestrated brutality towards them. In previous years I have been able to join the community in Sydney in their grieving. The horror of the 2009 war has left deep lasting scars. This year I will be in Parliament. My heart and thoughts are with the Tamils i…

Former Miss World: 'I'm not scared to talk about my rape. But I hope men will be afraid' When Israeli Linor Abargil collected her Miss World crown, she was in floods of tears. Why? She'd just been raped. Now, 16 years later, she tells Radhika Sanghani why she's made a film, encouraging female rape survivors to share their experiences Linor Abargil won Miss World in 1998 and is now fighting for women's rights Photo: BRAVEMISSWORLD.COM By Radhika Sanghani Linor Abargil was crowned Miss World in 1998. She was 18 years old and was representing her country, Israel. When her name was announced, she stood on stage, sobbing. But they were not t…

Nov 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's private television service providers have blocked the common opposition candidate's first TV interview, media reports said here. Peo TV cable television network and Dialog TV satellite television network have reportedly blocked the Sirasa TV from broadcasting the "Satana" program which interviewed the common opposition candidate and several other members of opposition. The program was live streamed on the internet. The subscribers have complained that Peo TV cable television network and Dialog TV satellite television network have blocked Sirasa, Shakthi and MTV Sports channels of the MTV/MBC media network. The Dialog network was ba…

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WHAT DOES YOUR TONGUE SAY ABOUT YOUR STATE OF HEALTH? If you are feeling under the weather, just stick out your tongue – the state it’s in can present an accurate picture of your health. The colour, texture and moisture of your tongue can provide signs of what’s going on inside your body. Many complementary therapies, including Acupuncture and Naturopathy, use the tongue to aid diagnosis. When examining the tongue, the Acupuncturist looks at the colour of the tongue body, its’ size and shape, the colour and thickness of its’ coating or fur, locations of abnormalities and moistness or dryness of the tongue body and fur. These signs reveal not only overall states …

One Sunday morning last December, China’s defense ministry summoned military attachés from several embassies to its monolithic Beijing headquarters. To the foreigners’ surprise, the Chinese said that one of their nuclear-powered submarines would soon pass through the Strait of Malacca, a passage between Malaysia and Indonesia that carries much of world trade, say people briefed on the meeting. Two days later, a Chinese attack sub—a so-called hunter-killer, designed to seek out and destroy enemy vessels—slipped through the strait above water and disappeared. It resurfaced near Sri Lanka and then in the Persian Gulf, say people familiar with its movements, before return…

Probably one of the most powerful and best documentary on the ethnic issue between singalish and tamil people in Sri Lanka, how these historical inter ethnic imbalances between majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil populations created the background for the origin of the LTTE and how these issues developed into a most disastrous bloody ethnic warfare..... And also This documentary film "Our Nation" reviews and analyzes how these have an impact not only on Sri Lanka's politics, but also on regions stretching from South Asia to Europe - from East to West, How the war came to an end without a solution to the ethnic conflict, and that future world will tolerate such unnecess…

The Plants Respond An Interview With Cleve Backster by DERRICK JENSEN TABLE OF CONTENTS DERRICK JENSEN’s most recent book is titled As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial (Seven Stories Press). He lives in Crescent City, California. www.derrickjensen.org Sometimes it happens that a person can name the exact moment when his or her life changed irrevocably. For Cleve Backster, it was early in the morning of February 2, 1966, at thirteen minutes, fifty-five seconds into a polygraph test he was administering. Backster, a leading polygraph expert whose Backster Zone Comparison Test is the worldwide standard for lie detection, h…

A young reporter dares to cover press freedom in one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists - Sri Lanka. http://aje.me/YAE6H1 Despite the dangers involved in working for the Tamil newspaper Uthayan in Jaffna, young journalists like Thadsa still join their ranks. Apart from the chief editor, Uthayan does not have a single news journalist over the age of 40. As they grow older, young journalists come under family pressure to find a safer job. Thadsa is passionate about reporting and wants to cover a story on a journalist who disappeared in 2007, and look into the ongoing restrictions to press freedoms in Sri Lanka today. Filmm…

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 …

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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…

What is the key to work satisfaction? While some may say it is job stability or a hefty paycheck, the answer may lie in another factor — the number of public holidays your country observes. According to a survey by human resources consulting firm Mercer LLC, countries including India and Colombia have the most public holidays, while Mexico has the least. But how do these numbers correlate to workplace fulfillment? BBC Capital compares Mercer's survey results with data from HSBC's Expat Explorer. Scroll through to learn more. Do you think your country should offer more paid holidays? Tell us what you think on our Facebook page. http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/201…

Russia-China trade hits record $59bn in first half of 2014 Reuters / Sergei Ilnitsky / Pool 895210 The EU remains Russia's biggest trading partner and made up half of all trade worth $263.3 billion in the first half of 2014, but China remains the strongest single trade partner at $59.1 billion, Russia’s statistics bureau announced Monday.Russia’s recent trade figures show strengthening ties eastwards, not westwards. Trade with the 28-nation European Union declined 3.2 percent from the same period last year, whereas trade with China increased by 3.4 percent. China is Russia’s second-biggest trading partner after the EU, and total trade between the …