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Original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19472490903387191#inline_frontnotes Michael Roberts Pages 25-41 | Published online: 05 Jan 2010 Abstract Set within the context of the Sri Lankan Tamils' liberation war dominated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), this article examines the series of events that followed Pirapāharan's (Prabhākaran)…

தமிழர்களுக்கு குரல் கொடுப்பவர்களுக்கும் எமது ஆதரவை தெரியப்படுத்தினால் நல்லது.. Please read and sign the petition.. COVID-19 made all PR efforts online and social media.. So, don't ignore a minute time to argue what it will achieve, etc.. Just show your support.. "MP, Hugh McDermott, the state member for Prospect, NSW, has recently expressed his condolences and solidarity with the Australian Tamil community in his acknowledgment of the Tamil genocide. His statement, however, was met with opposition from the Sinhala nationalist polity who have indulged in a hate campaign against him and his family. " https://www.change.org/p…

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) embarked upon intense attack on the 'safety zone', in the early hours of Sunday, targeting a place called Pachchaip-pulmoaddai, aiming for bifurcating and capturing the northern part of the 'safety zone', initial reports from Vanni said. Heavy shelling and gunfire by the SLA started around 3:15 a.m. in the morning, and within 45 minutes, more than 300 shells exploded inside the civilian area of the safety zone around Pachchaip-pulmoaddai. Heavy civilian casualties are feared. Because of the rains, people are even unable to hide in the bunkers which are flooded, reports said. Meanwhile, since Friday, the SLA was building up heavily on the other side of…

நல்லொரு வித்தியாசமான கட்டுரை. காட்டு தீயை பொருளாதார தேக்கத்துடன் தொடர்புபடுத்தி எழுதப்பட்டு இருக்கிது. Surviving a Recession — And a Wildfire Forests have experienced fires for millions of years; yet for at least the last hundred years, fire departments in wooded areas have suppressed fires as quickly as possible. With ever-increasing efficiency they've succeeded in removing fire from its traditional role in a natural forest eco-system. We now understand that the result has been catastrophic for the forests and for the people who live in and around them. Fires play an essential role in burning away the old understory and regenerating the forest. If dead branche…

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Sukanyan a young musical composer from Hindu joins A.R.Rahman's Academy Posted on: 09/03/2014 (Sunday) Sukanyan Sunthareswaran (2011 A/L Bio) is a young, budding musician who has chosen a career in music, which is rare in our society. His passion for music from school days led him to choose music as a career. He is currently studying at Dr.A.R.Rahman's KM Music Conservatory. Even before coming to KM, he has composed music for more than 16 commercial adverts, 4 documentary films, 3 short films, 7 singles, and an album. Sukanyan’s passion for music started from his school days, and it was encouraged and flamed b…

Statement of Robert Blake before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during confirmation hearings as US ambassador to Sri Lanka, June 15, 2006 My challenge, if I am confirmed, will be to work with all legitimate political entities in Sri Lanka towards a durable peace, to show that peace and prosperity for all Sri Lankans are fundamental, interlinked goals. Peace provides the foundation for prosperity, which in turn demonstrates the benefits of peace and builds support for it. To reach these twin goals, the parties must be convinced that peace negotiations are the only way forward, that there can be no military solution to this conflict. Mr. Chairman and …

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CNN)Alex Trebek, the genial "Jeopardy!" host with all the answers and a reassuring presence in the TV game-show landscape for five decades, has died. He was 80 years old. Former "Jeopardy!" contestants react to Alex Trebek's death "Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends," said a statement shared on the show's Twitter account Sunday. "Thank you, Alex." The cause of death was not immediately announced. Trebek revealed in March 2019 he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, triggering an outpouring of support and…

Source: https://sangam.org/2010/09/Broken_Palmyra.php?uid=4061 by Sachi Sri Kantha, September 8, 2010 In Jaffna there lived four learned fools with names Soma, Sri, Rajani and Hoole Their Broken Palmyra book was filled with unpalatable muck as gossip/rumor ain’t excellent research tools. Nuda veritas is the Latin equivalent of ‘naked truth’. In the first preface (April 1988) by the authors of the Broken Palmyra, the phrase appears in the first sentence of the second paragraph. To quote, “We felt strongly that the community must revive, and to do so we must face the truth in …

கா வே பாலக்குமார் குறிப்பிட்ட தயான் ஜெயதிகவின் முக்கியாமன கட்டுரை- தற்போதய மகிந்த அரசின் போர் யுக்தியைப் புரிந்து கொள்ள உதவும். DEATH OF A THOUSAND CUTS DAYAN JAYATILLEKA April 22 Get this: the founding year of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was 1976. Its precursor the Tamil New Tigers was formed in 1972, but the LTTE, the Liberation Tigers, Viduthalai Puligal, was born in 1976. That makes this year, 2006, the 30th anniversary of the LTTE. If anyone thinks that Mr Prabhakaran is going to let that go uncelebrated by some major, if not historic exercise, he or she does not understand such struggles and movements. This would be the year that Prabhak…

Stand with the Victims of Vankalai and Pesalai ! By: World News Today – London Source: International Association of Tamil Academics - June 17, 2006 IATA Appeals to the College of Catholic Bishops Across the World The President of the International Association of Tamil Academics reported that he is mailing out over 3000 letters to all Catholic bishops across the world urging them “to stand on the side of the victims of Vankalai and Pesalai. IATA states that in an organized pogrom perpetrated by the Buddhist government of Sri Lanka where innocent Tamil children and helpless women and unarmed men are being selectively slaughtered, when churches are torched and …

This Israeli Soldier Fought In Gaza. Now He Speaks Out

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To End a Civil War: Norway's Peace Engagement with Sri Lanka Book Launch Time: 02 November 2015 13:00-14:30 Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo Please register here. Between 1983 and 2009 Sri Lanka was host to a bitter civil war fought between the Government and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers), which sought the creation of an independent Tamil state. The war ended violently in May 2009 with the crushing defeat of the Tamil Tigers by the Sri Lanka Army amid the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians. But prior to this grim finale, for there had been hope for a peaceful end to the conflict. Beginning with a ceasefire agreement in early 2002, for almost five years a series of …

A reputed newspaper in the United Kingdom, “The Independent”, published a disturbing news item and an article on 18 February 2013, under the headlines, ““Handed a snack, and then executed: the last hours of the 12-year-old son of a Tamil Tiger” (Photographs show boy was held before he was killed at close range) and “This is proof, beyond reasonable doubt, of the execution of a child – not a battlefield death”. The author of this news item is Callum Macrae, director of “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka”. The article establishes how 12 year old Balachandran, an innocent child, son of the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – LTTE was brutally kil…

SL Navy soldiers order Trinco residents to hoist white flags [TamilNet, January 08, 2006 18:51 GMT] Several Tamil residents of Trincomalee and its suburbs Sunday complained to civil right leaders and parliamentarians that soldiers of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) manning checkpoints in the eastern port town are harassing them to hoist white flags to observe mourning for the SNL personnel who died in the Dvora gunboat blast, sources said. More soldiers have been deployed in the town following the explosion of the SLN gunboat in Trincomalee harbor in the early morning of Saturday. Meanwhile, the Commanding Officer of the Dvora gunboat sunk in Trincomalee Sea foll…

Sri Lanka’s shelling ‘declaration of war’ - LTTE [TamilNet, August 06, 2006 17:26 GMT] The Liberation Tigers said Sunday that the Sri Lankan government’s artillery bombardment of LTTE-controlled territory as amounting to “declaration of war.” The LTTE has not said if it is going to retaliate. Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer is undertaking hectic diplomatic efforts from Kilinochchi where he had been meeting LTTE officials. “We consider this [bombardment] a declaration of war and strongly condemn the attitude of the government," S.P. Thamilselvan told Reuters through a translator via satellite phone. The LTTE called off a major counter-offensive ag…

Linking the country’s high central mountains with the famous west coast fjords, the 108km Sognefjellet Road is one of Norway’s most spectacular drives. A country packed with beauty Norway’s mountains, fjords and forests are known the world over; their splendour is certainly no secret. But arguably, one of the most impressive ways to see them is by traversing the Sognefjellet Road (pictured), known as the ‘Road over the Roof of Norway’. One of the 18National Tourist Routes that showcase the country’s exceptional natural wonders, Sognefjellet Road traverses 108km of fertile valleys, piercing lumbering mountains and deep lakes, linking the country’s high central mountains …

Implementation agenda of $ 400 m line of credit to be finalised during Prime Minister’s visit to India First State visit by PM since his appointment starts on Friday $ 400 m line of credit for infrastructure offered by Modi during President’s visit in Nov. while $ 50 m for security Talks on trade, defence and tourism with top Indian officials during visit Delegations expected to discuss key areas under defence and maritime security MR to also visit Varanasi, Sarnath, Bodhgaya and Tirupati Sri Lanka and India are expected to finalise the implementation agenda for a $ 450 million line of credit offered by the latter during the visit o…

It is no secret that China is well and truly dominating Srilankan affairs at the moment, especially under the current leadership of Srilanka. Rajapakshe brothers in power had very close relationship with Chinese communist party during their time from 2005 to 2015. Now, they are back in full force, we can see the Chinese government is more happier than before. This article was published in New York Times in 2018. Well written by By Maria Abi-Habib in June 2018. The details are mind blowing, I will let you to read and enjoy!!!! How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — Every time Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, turned to…

Macron: Russian resentment could be a reason Putin chose to invade Ukraine During an exclusive one-on-one, French President Emmanuel Macron opens up to CNN’s Jake Tapper about his theory on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mindset. Macron explains why he believes Russian resentment and isolation due to Covid-19 possibly played a role in Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.

TORONTO—A member of the Tamil Tigers who was allegedly sent to Toronto to run the Sri Lankan guerrilla group’s Canadian front organization has been ordered deported for terrorism, according to documents filed in the Federal Court. The government has been trying to deport Manickavasagam Suresh since 1995, when he was first arrested in Toronto. The case was thought to have languished but last week the case reappeared on the court docket. The Immigration and Refugee Board declined to comment Tuesday. But in an application filed in Toronto on Oct. 5, Suresh asked Federal Court to overturn an IRB decision “in which Mr. Suresh was found inadmissible to Canada.” The decision …

= US to move strong resolution at UNHRC sessions; India also likely to support it = Prime movers in impeachment get top posts in new jumbo cabinet; Rs. 100m needed annually to maintain each ministry After a world record of having two Chief Justices, Sri Lanka set another last Monday. For almost every Member of Parliament who supported the UPFA government, the other is now a Minister, be it cabinet or otherwise. Most of them will be in the north-eastern port city of Trincomalee tomorrow for ceremonies to mark Sri Lanka’s 65th National Day. The event will be relatively low key with no fly past. There will only be a march past where 1,900 soldiers, 1,000 from the Nav…