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MAY 6 A Report on Shocking Revelations Shocking revelation of Rajiv’s assassination It is with the tragic assassination of former Prime Minister of India Mr. Rajiv Gandhi that the real face of the deep seated threat to the national security posed by long term and wider conspiracy came to lime light. But unfortunately, the reputed investigation agencies of the nation along with judiciary, succumbing to the acutely misguided public opinion and shoddily influenced by a long hatched conspiracy ended up naming few innocent individuals as being solely responsible for an unprecedented event demeaning national security. This carefully orchestrated exercise in the gui…

SLA launches artillery barrage in Northern FDL. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Jaffna has launched a barrage of artillery shells Sunday early morning into Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) territory across the Northern Forward Defence Line of the Tigers. The artillery barrage continued for more than 4 hours. Heavy artillery firing from Sri Lankan positions in Jaffna started at 4:20 a.m. Normalcy in Vanni has been disturbed as the Sri Lankan forces are stepping up air, naval and ground attacks in the recent days. -Tamilnet-

Oil prices plunged 30% in early trading Sunday night as OPEC’s failure to strike a deal with its allies regarding production cuts sparked fears of a price war as Saudi Arabia reportedly gets set to ramp up production. International benchmark Brent crude futures plummeted 30% to $32.05 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 27% to $30.00 per barrel, its lowest level since Feb. 22, 2016. “This has turned into a scorched Earth approach by Saudi Arabia, in particular, to deal with the problem of chronic over production,” Again Capital’s John Kilduff said. “The Saudis are the lowest cost producer by far. There is a reckoning ahead for all other produ…

Statement by Minister MacKay on Escalation of Hostilities in Sri Lanka August 15, 2006 No. 94 The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statement regarding the escalation of hostilities in Sri Lanka: "Canada is concerned by the escalation of hostilities in Sri Lanka between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a return to negotiations. "Canada believes that there can be no military solution to this lengthy conflict. Peace can only be achieved when all parties desist from violence…

2ND LEAD Sea Tigers battle navy, complete mission - LTTE [TamilNet, Monday, 25 September 2006, 10:23 GMT] A large number of Sea Tiger vessels completed an unspecified mission Sunday night, despite a five hour battle with the Sri Lanka navy (SLN). Liberation Tigers Military Spokesman Irasaiah Ilanthirayan, confirming fierce fighting between 25 boats of a Sea Tiger squadron and more than 20 SLN gunboats in the seas off Pulmoddai, dismissed the SLN claims that it had inflicted "heavy casualties" on the LTTE. Three Sea Tigers were killed. "Sea Tiger squadrons would continue their patrol missions as usual," the military spokesman of the LTTE said. Military Sp…

By: Dasun Edrisinghe Courtesy: The Island - February 10, 2007 JVP MP Vijitha Herath yesterday wanted to know what the government had done with the US dollars 6.2 million it had received from Venezuela as tsunami assistance. He said the money was collected by the people of Venezuela, with President Hugo Chavez launching the fund raiser and sent to Sri Lanka in mid July 2005 during former President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s term of government. "The funds were collected by the people of Venezuela as a symbol of their solidarity with the tsunami-affected people in Sri Lanka. It was initiated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez," Herath told The Isl…

MODERATE TAMIL POLITICAL LEADER Mr. V. Ananda Sangaree, President, Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) who is a prime target of Tiger terrorist group that comprises his own northern Tamil youth was recently honoured in France with presentation of a special UNESCO award in appreciation of his prolonged tolerance and role against violence. He was the first Sri Lankan to be the recipient of this prestigious UNESCO Award where, he in his brief address on the acknowledgement of the Award regretted his miserable inability to visit his home town in the north of Sri Lanka with this Award due to persistent Tiger (LTTE) threats on his life and his political work. “As…

Source & credit: Nitharsan, Puradchimedia https://www.puradsimedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP-July-2021-1.pdf * Interviewee’s name has been altered for security purposes. Mathavi* is a veteran, who was in the BT (Black Tiger) unit. Through the above quote and this interview, she speaks about her experience as a BT. Through this she intends to accentuate that whilst her responses are based on her own experiences, that the topic of BT is much larger and more multifaceted. ‘Women Black Tigers during a training in their base. | Image credit: yarl.com through Nitharsanam’ Mathavi, what was your motivation to join the BT? …

Twenty years ago, 15-year-old Sharmini Anandavel disappeared on her way to a job that police believe didn’t exist. Four months later, her remains were found in a Toronto ravine. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/sharmini?fbclid=IwAR3mIrFMYGli2GywZg52yfkY1x4ocomUFNU2QczFa1UPW8O0GIf9-s6YGko

The murdered journalist was still active in his chosen profession at the time of the killing. But The Hindu has tried to soften & play down the murder of a journalist & the crime against free speech by titling him as an "ex-reporter". http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00320...00607021420.htm

எதியோபிய நாகரிகர் முன்னோர் தமிழர் எதியோபிய நாகரிகம் சூடான்-எதியோபியாவின் வட பகுதியில் நைல் ஆற்றுக் கரை ஓரம் தோன்றி வளர்ந்தது. இந் நாகரிகம் எகிபது நாகரிகத்தினும் பழமை மிக்கது எனறும் உண்மையில் எதியோபிய நாகரிகரே எகிபது நாகரிகத்தையும் அமைத்ததாக சொல்லப்படுகிறது. ஆயினும் மேலையர் எகிபதையே பெருமைபட பேசுகின்றனர். உலகில் பலருக்கு எதியோபியாவில் பழம் நாகரிகம் இருந்ததே அறியாமல் உள்ளனர். எதியோபிய நாகரிகம் காலத்தால் எகிபதினும் முற்பட்டது, இதாவது, 9,500 ஆண்டுகள் பழமையுடையதாய் சொல்லப்படுகிறது. இங்கு சிந்து எழுத்துகளை ஒத்த எழுத்துகள் மண்டி எனும் ஊரில் கண்டெடுக்கப் பட்டன. இதற்கு பிற்பட்டதே எகிபதின் எழுத்துகள். நாகரிகத்தில் எதியோபியா எகிபதுக்கு சற்றும் குறைவில்லாதது.. எதி…

Image copyright PA Media Image caption SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was in buoyant mood as she arrived at the Glasgow count The SNP has made big gains across Scotland, with Nicola Sturgeon saying the country had sent a "clear message" on a second independence referendum. The party won 48 seats after securing 45% of the vote - 8.1% more than in the last general election in 2017, when it won 35 seats. The SNP also defeated Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire. Ms Sturgeon said the result had exceeded her expectations. The Conservatives have won six seats, the Liberal Democrats four and Labour one. Neale Hanvey's victory in …

The son of the most-wanted man in the world spoke Sunday to CNN in a quiet, middle-class suburb about an hour outside Cairo, Egypt. Omar bin Laden, who works as a contractor, said he is talking publicly because he wants an end to the violence his father has inspired -- violence that has killed innocent civilians in a spate of attacks around the world, including those of September 11, 2001. மேலதிக விபரங்களுக்கு http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/21/....son/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/21/...tml#cnnSTCVideo

Reflections on the National Flag of Sri Lanka & State Terrorism Symbolism of the Sinhala oppression of the Tamils (2) by Dr. Alvappillai Veluppillai, Arizona State University When the lion was attacking the Tamils for about two decades, the peaceful, law-abiding Tamils were behaving like a cow/bull, the symbol of Jaffna. A realization that they had to behave like a tiger occurred to a few Tamils in the seventies. This view is shared by a vast number of Tamils now. Introduction Terrorism has recently become a very bad word in the international vocabulary. But the word remains very difficult to define. There are many conflicts around the world. …

Ready to Kill, Willing to Die The rebel Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka use suicide bombers and go into battle with cyanide capsules around their necks. The EU has labeled them terrorists, but they say it's the Tamil people who are being terrorized. By Kevin Sites, Wed Jun 14, 12:26 AM KILINOCHCHI, LTTE-controlled Sri Lanka — Formed in Sri Lanka in 1976 amid growing ethnic tensions between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or Tamil Tigers, are known as one of the most disciplined, organized and ruthless rebel forces in the world. They are led by a shadowy figure named Velupillai Prabhakaran who is r…

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 …

UK troops set for Basra handover Iraqi troops will have to control insurgents British troops are preparing to transfer control of Basra province to the Iraqi authorities four-and-a-half years after the invasion. The handover, which is expected within hours, will mark a significant milestone towards Britain's final withdrawal from southern Iraq. It comes three months after the British military pulled out from the city of Basra itself to their airport base. Iraqi troops will now be responsible for controlling insurgents in the area. Police concerns BBC correspondent Andrew North said the plan was for British troops to take a backseat ro…

Business with philanthropy Sri Lanka's Dr Lalith Kotelawala's business card is actually six cards printed on either side with five folds, listing all the companies that are part of his company, Ceylinco Consolidated. As a Sinhala Christian, Kotelawala is part of a minority group, but as the head of 256 companies that employ more than 30,000 people, he is also acknowledged as one of the country's leading business personalities. He reveals for the first time how he entered a Tamil Tiger's home, was welcomed, and how he believes that the chances for peace in the nation have never been better. Kotelawala's uncle was the third prime minister of Sri Lan…

New President in Sri Lanka Puts China’s Plans in Check NEW DELHI — On a Sunday four months ago, a vessel pulled unannounced intoSri Lanka’s Colombo harbor: the Chinese Navy submarine Great Wall No. 329, which is designed to carry torpedoes, a cruise missile and a 360-pound warhead. Sri Lanka’s defense minister shrugged it off as an “operational good-will visit.” But anxiety was already radiating as far as New Delhi, where the visit was seen as a clear declaration that China had arrived in India’s backyard — with the blessing of Sri Lanka’s president at the time, Mahinda Rajapaksa. Whatever China’s long-term plans were for strategically important Sr…

Sri Lanka's disappeared: Gang demands Tamil exiles pay ransom for kidnapped relatives The government-backed Karuna Faction militia is using abduction as a fundraising tool at home and abroad. Dan McDougall reports Sunday, 6 April 2008 For some refugees, finding asylum in Britain is not the end of the nightmare, but the beginning. And no one knows this better than Tamils such as Ariyathas Pushpathas. Ten years ago, as a 17-year-old, he fled Sri Lanka after his sister died in an air-raid. Six months ago, his brother and cousin were kidnapped in Colombo by "agents" claiming to act on behalf of the island's Karuna Faction militia, now a de-facto exten…

SLA artillery fire kills further 12 Muslim civilians in school refuge [TamilNet, August 03, 2006 13:20 GMT] Twelve Muslim villagers in Al Nuriah Muslim school in Thoppur were killed Thursday evening when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) fired artillery shells hit the school, civilian sources in Thoppur said. At least five persons were wounded. Meanwhile, Police sources in Trincomalee said the policemen entrapped in Muttur town were evacuated to Trincomalee. One policeman was killed and fourteen policemen were wounded, according to initial reports. Six wounded policemen were airlifted to Colombo. The policemen had sought refuge inside the bunkers at the Police station in Mu…

2 Sri Lankan gunboats destroyed in the seas off Vadamaradchi, Jaffna [TamilNet, Thursday, 09 November 2006, 12:45 GMT] A Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Dvora Fast Attac Craft (FAC) was sunk by a Sea Tiger flotilla around 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the seas off Point Pedro and another SLN gunboat was damaged around 6:00 p.m. off Valvettithurai by the same flotilla which chased the SLN vessels into Kankesanthurai harbour, eyewitness reports in Vadamaradchi said. Meanwhile, Liberation Tigers Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan told media that the ongoing sea clash erupted when the Sea Tigers were provoked by Sri Lanka Navy vessels in the seas off Nagarkovil in LTTE territorial …

Tamils stage peace vigil TAMILS in Harrow staged a peaceful vigil outside the Civic Centre yesterday (Thursday) to highlight the plight of Tamils in their native Sri Lanka. Similar protests were held in every London borough. Councillor Thaya Idaikaddar (Labour, Roxeth ward), who staged a five-day fast for peace outside the Houses of Parliament in June, said: "We collected something like 380 signatures and I reckon we had about 700 people throughout the day. continued... "I made a simple speech asking people not to forget those who are suffering in our country just because we have moved here." The event was organised by the North Harrow-based Britis…