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The Singhalese-dominated government of Sri Lanka has been engaged in a “structural genocide” of the Tamils ever since the British left in 1948, says Tamils for Obama. The sexual oppression of Tamil women in the northeast is the latest part of this genocide, and Tamils for Obama asks Mrs. Obama to use her influence to take action to stop it. New York, New York (PRWEB) December 30, 2012 “The Sri Lankan government has been running a structural genocide of the Tamils ever since the British left in 1948,” said a press spokesman for Tamils for Obama. “The sexual violence against Tamil women in northeastern Sri Lanka is just the latest form it has taken. “We sent Mrs…

Michelle Obama delivers an emotional final speech as First Lady of the United States

Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study Researchers examined 11 different brands of water purchased in 9 countries By David Common, Eric Szeto, CBC News Posted: Mar 14, 2018 6:00 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 14, 2018 6:00 PM ET Microplastics are the result of the breakdown of all the plastic waste that makes its way into landfills and oceans. The purpose of the study was to establish the presence of the plastics in bottled water. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images) The bottled water industry is estimated to…

Migrant ship's passengers deserve 'due process': lawyer By DHARM MAKWANA, QMI Agency VANCOUVER – More than 200 migrants aboard cargo ship MV Sun Sea apparently bound for B.C. are entitled to due process of their refugee claims, said a Toronto-based lawyer. Gary Anandasangaree, who was in Vancouver last October to provide legal counsel to 76 Tamil men aboard the MV Ocean Lady, said Canadians should ask why these people have taken such an “extraordinary risk” in crossing the Pacific Ocean. “The danger that we face here is that there’s significant generalization as to who and what they are,” he said. “First and foremost, we have to look at these people as…

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Warning: The information here is not written to offend anyone. I humbly state that these are written only to document the history of the Tamil Eelam Tamil's past. This is a translation of a document I created on my own from Tamil to English. The LTTE (Military of de-facto Tamil Eelam) had three military branches, like the conventional military of any UN-recognized country in the world. Along with these three main military branches, they also had an entirely new military branch in this modern world. That is the 'Self-Benefaction Force', the "Black Tigers" (Tamil: Karumpulikal) in their language (Credits to Sachi Sri Kantha). These are the modern-day forces that the…

Military clears arms export to Lanka SUJAN DUTTA New Delhi, Oct. 10: The Indian armed forces have cleared military hardware for export to Sri Lanka, among other countries, after Colombo requested a number of items. The chief of naval staff, Admiral Arun Prakash, told The Telegraph in an interview here today that military items for export had been “cleared for security”. The clearance is not specifically for items requested by Sri Lanka but also covers them. “The policy so far has been not to give them (Sri Lanka) offensive weapons. But our instructions from the government are we must do everything to protect the sovereignty and integrity …

BBC World report also confirmed that the "military honours" were given during the funeral to the victims of the 15-July 2006 bus explosion. The government sponsored and much publicised mass burial ceremony in a predominantly Buddist part of the country who burn the remains according to the Buddist traditions further exposes the motives and the expectations of those who carried out the barbaric maccacre of its own citizens. The unusual military honours to the ordinary civilian victims points to the complicity of the government in a futile attempt to win sympathy and support.

Military offensive 'disrupted deal with LTTE’ [TamilNet, August 01, 2006 21:42 GMT] Sri Lankan military’s offensive in Trincomalee disrupted an agreement which had been reached with the Liberation Tigers to open the closed irrigation canal at Mavil Aaru, the Daily Mirror quoted the Chief Priest of a local Buddhist temple as saying. The ongoing confrontation which has claimed scores of lives could have been avoided, the venerable Saranakeerthi Serunuwera Thera also said. His comments comes days after the chief international truce monitor criticized the Sri Lankan government for launching airstrikes near where he was negotiating with local LTTE leaders to defuse the…

Millions affected after deadly floods hit India and Bangladesh By Swati Gupta and Rhea Mogul, CNN Updated 3:44 AM ET, Wed June 22, 2022 …

Misery and death stalk Sri Lanka's north JAFFNA, Sri Lanka: The nights are broken again by artillery fire across the black lagoon. The road out of this peninsula has been closed since last August, making the area nearly inaccessible. Today, though food and fuel manage to arrive, the town market shuts by afternoon, and shopkeepers are reluctant to keep stocks, not knowing when they might have to close up and run. By 7 p.m., barely sundown, stray dogs have the run of the streets of Jaffna. Its people are indoors, doors locked, well before an 8 o'clock curfew, which is the most liberal in 10 months. Sri Lankan soldiers linger in the edges of the alleys. Flashl…

Are Sampur Tamils children of a lesser god? By D.B.S. Jeyaraj President Mahendra Percy Rajapakse received thunderous applause from party delegates on September 4th during the 55th session of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in Colombo when he announced that the security forces had re-taken the Tamil majority town of Sampur in the Muttur East division of Trincomalee District. Raja-pakse said: "Our armed forces have captured Sampur for the welfare and benefit of the people living there." While most sections of the media projected the Sampur victory as a militaristic success over theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) some analysts complimented Rajapakse on …

Bhasha Mukherjee will return to work as a junior doctor after up to 14 days in self-isolation. (CNN)A beauty queen who was crowned Miss England in 2019 has returned to the United Kingdom from overseas charity work to continue her career as a doctor amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bhasha Mukherjee took a career break as a junior doctor after competing in the Miss World pageant in December 2019. Mukherjee represented England at the pageant after winning Miss England. Miss Jamaica crowned 2019 Miss World Invited to be an ambassado…

Contestants Still Leaving a Beauty Mark Miss Sri Lanka Jackie Fernandez sits by the pool at the Grand Wilshire Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles before starting a day of non-stop rehearsing. Fernandez enjoys U.S. nightlife at a club on Sunset Boulevard. The Miss Universe pageant, seen by some as a relic, comes to Los Angeles for the first time in 16 years. It's about more than just good looks. By Carla Hall, Times Staff Writer July 22, 2006 Eighty-six beautiful women occupied a curving stretch of tables in the atrium of South Coast Plaza, Sharpies at the ready, as young men with camera phones and mothers with daughters in hair bows snaked past t…

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A Long Shot At Peace In Sri Lanka Source: Tehelka - June 30, 2006 An old intelligence hand, National Security Adviser MK Narayanan is said to know Sri Lanka like the back of his hand. PC Vinoj Kumar on how the LTTE’s longtime critic might impact policy The National Security Adviser (NSA) MK Narayanan is set to play a more visible role in the Indian government’s initiative in Sri Lanka. As the Centre’s emissary, he will be holding discussions with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on the recent developments in the island nation, which appears to be sliding into war. For Narayanan, this will be a test of his diplomatic skills. The Intell…

A large mob including many Buddhist monks stormed the Jeevalokaya Sabhawa premises at Weeraketiya in Hambantota district where a Christian Congregation was gathered together for worship this morning(9th). 8 police officers who were present in the vicinity to monitor a demonstration organized by the monks against the church were overpowered by the unruly mob who caused serious damage to furniture and equipment within the building as well as to vehicles belonging to church members which were parked outside. The pastor was hit with a rock and was suffering from severe pain in his lower abdomen. It is reported that the mob also assaulted 2 of the police officers when th…

Activists of Periyar Sindanaiyalargal Iyyakkam attempted to stage a mock funeral procession, protesting against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's proposed participation in a military conference in Sri Lanka next week. Nearly 50 activists of the outfit assembled near the Singaravelar statue with a 'paadai' and an effigy of Swamy on it along with the BJP flags. The activists were seen beating it with chappals. Police stopped them when they tried to move ahead with it. The activists and police personnel were engaged in a scuffle as cops were firm on not allowing the protestors to go ahead with the stir. Then the activists tried to bury the effigy in the nearby se…

கள உறவு அருவி கீழ்வரும் தகவலை எனக்கு மின்னஞ்சலில் அனுப்பி வைத்தார். அதை உங்கள் பார்வைக்கும் இணைக்கின்றேன். நன்றி! Monks of War The nationalist monks in Sri Lanka argue that Buddhism is about ‘confronting reality’ To many of us, Buddhism, with the sacred principle of non-violence, is the most peaceful religion of all. But in Sri Lanka a group of radical monks who say they represent the Singhalese majority are urging the government to take a hard-line, pro-war stance against the Tamil Tiger rebels. To make their voices heard in the political arena the monks have even set up their own political party - the JHU - which participated in the 2004 elections an…

London-based Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has released a shocking video, from which this photograph has been extracted, to show that many children had been captured and shot dead towards the end of the Eelam war by the Sri Lankan troops. “They killed in cold blood not just LTTE chief Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son Balachandran but several kids in similar fashion. This video nails the Sri Lankan government for serious war crimes”, GTF spokesman Suren Surendiran told Deccan Chronicle. He said the group in the picture included a little boy and a youth without a hand, all of them with their hands tied at the back. They were all later shot dead as seen in the video being re…

More Sri Lanka Tamils flee to India fearing war CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - A new group of Sri Lankan Tamils has landed on the Indian coast claiming they are fleeing war in the island nation, police said on Sunday. The group of 10 arrived by boat near the famous pilgrim town of Rameswaram, about 550 kms south of Chennai, capital of southern Tamil Nadu state, late on Saturday evening. They said they were fleeing escalated violence between the government forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in northeast Lanka, police said. Another boat carrying five people came early on Saturday after the first wave in which 33 Tamils came in tw…

More Tamil asylum seekers to Norway. (Lanka-e-News-2007Dec.25, 4.20AM) A larger number of Tamil asylum seekers have arrived in Norway this year, compared with last year. Most of them are not allowed to stay, a higher proportion than last year. Around 6200 foreign citizens have applied for asylum this year, an increase by 700 from 2006. When more non-Srilankan foreign citizens are allowed to stay compared with earlier, it is because a higher proportion has a real need for protection, says Ida Boerresen, head of the Immigration Directorate (UDI). The criteria are just as strict as before, Boerresen says. Almost hundred of Tamil asylum seekers including one School…

More Than 4.6 Million Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker The U.S. has administered 2.13 million doses—the most of any country so far Updated: December 28, 2020, 6:21 PM EST Tracking Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker Vaccine Contracts Global Cases U.S. Cases U.S. Hospitalizations U.S. Regions The biggest vaccination campaign in history has begun. More than 4.6 million doses in 16 countries have been administered, accordin…

Mortar attack prompts search operation in Morawewa Soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) with police Tuesday morning conducted a combined cordon and search operation in Morawewa area located about 24 km Northwest of Trincomalee along Trincomalee-Anuradhapura road. The operation followed a mortar attack on the SLAF camp located in Morawewa by LTTE cadres Tuesday early morning, security sources said. Military sources in Colombo said there were no casualties on the security side in the mortar attack and that the Government forces had successfully retaliated the attack

On this day 11 years ago, thousands of Tamil protestors took to the streets of Toronto, demanding international action as the Sri Lankan military massacred tens of thousands of Tamils. As we mark the anniversary of the protest on the Gardiner Expressway, we share reflections from activists who were part of the demonstrations in Canada. 11 years have gone by since the Tamil diaspora community mobilized and took our voices to the streets. We raised our voices in an effort to raise awareness on the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. I was 15 at the time, but I remember that day so clearly. It was Mother’s Day, and I was sitting with my family at my grandmother’…