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At least 1,600 Tamil youth from the Jaffna district have joined the Sri Lanka Army within the period of three months, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said. He expressed this while addressing the Security Forces officials at the Jaffna Headquarters. “We still find people expressing views in favour of separatism. In such a situation, it is a great victory that Tamil youth have come forward to join the Army. The Army Commander also commended the service rendered by the Army and Air Force personnel in the Jaffna district in taking the lead to provide necessary quarantine facilities for the general public. (Romesh Madushanka) Daily Mirror - 1,600 Jaffna-ba…

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10 Things I’ve Learned from 10 Years Living in India As I approach 10 years of living in India, I’ve been reflecting on my journey and what it’s entailed. Starting off in Kolkata and ending in Mumbai, it’s been a roller coaster of extraordinary experiences, discovery and self-discovery, frustration, transformation, and ultimately success. Here are some of the important things I’ve learned along the way. 1. Living in India is Very Different to Traveling in India Ah, magical, vibrant, spiritual India. A country so full of smiling faces and possibilities. Many visitors are beguiled by India, and understandably so. Howeve…

100 HEALTHY TIPS 1.Set a goal of trying one new fruit or vegetable every week 2.Keep a bowl of fruit on your desk at work 3.Switch from ice cream to frozen yogurt 4.Substitute sweet potatoes for regular baked potatoes or fries. You'll get more Vitamin A. 5.Get more fiber. Add canned beans or a handful of nuts to your salad. 6.Take the stairs, not the elevator. 7.Don't e-mail your office mate. Walk down the hall and deliver the message personally. 8.Get a dog. Commit to walking 10 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes at night. 9.Buy a soccer ball. Kick it with your kids or a neighbor. 10.Buy shoes at the end of the day when your feet…

1000 Days of Protest, No Action or New Information on War Disappeared in Sri Lanka Geneva Nov 15, 2019: The families of Tamil civilians who are the victims of enforced disappearances and who remain missing during and after the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan government have been holding awareness rally in public now for 1000 consecutive days. They have received no new information about the fate of their loved ones and no action has taken against the perpetrators in all that time. Since the start of the campaign, 53 mothers and fathers of the disappeared have passed away, two of them this week, without knowing the fate of their so…

Washington (CNN)Virginia McLaurin waited all her life to see an African-American in the White House. So, when she finally got a chance to meet President Obama, the 106-year-old woman couldn't contain her excitement. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/politics/virginia-mclaurin-obama-meeting-video/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/politics/virginia-mclaurin-obama-meeting-video/index.html

12 bodies of civilians recovered from Muttur east [TamilNet, April 26, 2006 03:20 GMT] Initial reports from Muttur east in Trincomalee district Wednesday morning said at least twelve bodies of Tamil civilians including men, women and children killed in Tuesday evening air strike by Kfir jets, and artillery attack by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and Sri Lanka Army (SLA) were recovered from Muttur east area. More casualties are expected from Tuesday attack by government troops, a NGO source in the affected area said. The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) launched air strike on several villages in the LTTE held Muttur east village Tuesday evening following the bomb attack on Lt.…

12 SLN troopers killed in Claymore attack in Trincomalee [TamilNet, April 11, 2006 07:23 GMT] At least 12 Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) troopers were killed in a Claymore attack near Thampalakamam on 9th Mile Post on Trincomalee - Kanthalay Road around 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to military sources in Colombo. Eight SLN personnel were seriously wounded in the Claymore attack that targeted an SLN convoy. Further details are not available at the moment.

12 surprisingly high-paying part-time jobs Making ends meet can be difficult, even with full-time work, particularly if you live in a big, expensive city like Toronto or Vancouver. Time magazine has just published a list of part time jobs “that pay lots of money,” something we have also done in the past, so we thought we would revisit the topic by sharing a couple from Time’s list (to be honest, some of their jobs don’t actually pay all that well) along with our own previous list, to give you a veritable cornucopia of part-time job options. Maybe your hours have been cut, or maybe your bills are already covered but you want more cash for vacations, shoes and ga…

12 workers shot dead in Lanka NDTV Correspondent Tuesday, May 30, 2006 (Colombo): Tamil Tiger rebels of Sri Lanka have shot dead 12 Singhalese constructions workers in the east of country. The rebels also took with them 14 others but two of them escaped, a military spokesman said. But the rebels have denied involvement. The incident comes on a day the European Union listed the rebels, also known as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a terrorist group. Freeze on funds The ban will deprive the LTTE of vital funds they collect from members of the Tamil community in Europe and free other financing channels. The EU move …

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…

It was India that first sent its External Affairs Minister to Sri Lanka within 24 hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s President on November 18. It was also India that became the first diplomatic destination for President Rajapaksa. Indian External Affairs Minister Dr Subramaniam Jaishanker arrived in Sri Lanka with a personal message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 19 and held talks with the new Sri Lankan President and extended an invitation to the President to visit New Delhi. Accordingly, President Rajapaksa left for Indian Capital for a two-day official visit on November 29 with a small delegation and held talk…

13th Amendment and Provincial Councils By Prof. Vickramabahu Karunarathne COLUMNS By Prof. Vickramabahu Karunarathne The rhetoric against the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the resultant Provincial Councils, by the Government Ministers’ seems to be waning away. The reason or reasons for the calls for the abolition of the Constitutional amendment by ministers and various Sinhalese nationalist groups not being heard for about two weeks so far. Also the Government’s stance on the 13th Amendment and Provincial Councils even seems to be softening. If it is not an illusion, the reason for it may be the concern repeatedly expressed by Indian G…

141 Tamil civilians killed in the week of 8-15 August In one of the worst weeks of killings since the CFA was signed (8 August to 15 August), 141 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan armed forces aerial bombing and shelling. This number includes.  50 civilians killed by aerial bombing in Kathiraveli, Trincomalee on 10 August  7 civilians killed by shelling in Muhamalai, Jaffna on 11 August  15 civilians killed in St Philip Neri church by shelling on 13 August in Allaipiddy, Jaffna  55 civilians killed by aerial bombing in Vallipunam school camp, Mullaitivu on 14 August The previous week, 17 aid workers from Action Against Hunger wer…

Nadarajah Foundation Established by Mr. Siva Nadarajah in loving memory of his father is on the forefront of education in the upcountry areas of Sri Lanka. 15 graduate teachers subsidized with Rs. 15,000 a month by the foundation to improve the level of education. Mr. Krishnakumar Country director of IMHO Lanka is in conference with them. Feb. 2020. https://theimho.org/

15 Years Later, No Truth or Justice for Missing Priest and Aide Ruki Fernando on 08/20/2021 Photo courtesy of Ruki Fernando On August 20, 2006, Father Jim Brown, a Catholic Priest, and Wenceslaus Vimalathas, his associate, disappeared. They were last seen at a Navy check point in Allaipiddy in the Jaffna district while they were going to visit displaced civilians in the Navy controlled village. August was a tragic month for Allaipiddy. On the night August 12, the parish priest, Father Brown had welcomed civilians flocking to the local Catholic church seeking refuge from th…

How do I love thee, tree? Let me count the ways; you change carbon dioxide into the oxygen we breathe, you sequester carbon, and you provide shelter for countless critters. There are many reasons for which we should all be tree-hugging hippies, but within the scope of this article, all we’ll focus on is how amazing some of them look. Granted, not all of these amazing beautiful trees are trees (the Wisteria is a vine, Rhododendrons are shrubs, and bamboo technically belongs to the grass family), but we’ll give them a pass because they are amazing, huge and beautiful. So once you step outside and take a breath of fresh air, hug the nearest tree and say thank you! If you…

16 SLA troopers loose their limbs in Mannaar FDLs More than sixteen Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops have lost their legs caught in booby traps at the Front Defence Line (FDL) positions in Pa’ndivirichchaan, Mu’l’likku’lam and Vi’laaththikku’lam in Mannaar district, since Friday, Mannaar LTTE Operations Command said. The disabled troopers are members of the SLA Deep Penetration Unit and those deployed by SLA in the intermittent advance attempts to break into LTTE FDLs. http://www.tamilnet.com/

On Wednesday, on the Today show, TIME magazine editor Edward Felsenthal unveiled the TIME Person of the Year. And it is none other than sixteen-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg. Greta, who suffers from Asperger's, has risen as an important person in international climate crisis activism after she took time off school in 2018 to protest outside the Swedish Parliament, inspiring others to join her cause. Each year, TIME magazine does a feature on some of the most influential people, groups, movements or even ideas that have made an impact in that year. Last year's cover had 'The Guardians', journalists who had been targeted for their work. In 201…

“1978 Constitution places me above the Law” - Sri Lanka's President [TamilNet, Thursday, 18 March 2010, 11:15 GMT] “Republic Constitution of 1978 brought by the then J. R. Jayawardene government places me above the Law. Accordingly judiciary cannot take action against me. The consititution empowers me to punish any soldier of the Sri Lanka Army who works against the country,” Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse said Tuesday while addressing an election rally in support of Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollogama held at Kotte, according media reports from Colombo. “The Foreign Ministry and Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama acted firmly and responded decisi…

The Accord offered the best chance to resolve the Tamil national question but was undermined by successive governments in Colombo M.A. Sumanthiran July 29, 1987 was a watershed in Sri Lanka’s history. That was the day Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed an accord with Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene in Colombo, in which Sri Lanka promised to share power with the Tamil people. One cannot also forget the attack on the Indian Prime Minister later that day by a Naval Rating at a Guard of Honour. If not for his quick reflexes, the rifle butt that was swung at him would most certainly have cracked his skull. The history of Sri Lanka…

12th day Hunger strike in UK Immigration Removal Centre! CAN YOU HELP THEM? Subramaniyam Alosius Jude Christie, (44) Male Jaffna Sillalay, Sri Lanakan Is on the 12th day Hunger strike in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. He has been given deportation order and says can't go back as there is no hope without peace talks. He has been arrested and detained in the Sri Lankan military 'Boossa camp' which is well known camp used by the Sri Lankan military to torture Tamils. He paid ransom to officers for his release from the camp and escaped to UK for his safety. Since coming to this country he has been in the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. His appli…

2 Tamils plead guilty in NY terror-smuggling trial Buzz Up Send Email IM Share Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print Mon Jan 26, 11:50 am ETNEW YORK – Two men have pleaded guilty in New York City to charges they and two other men tried to supply missiles and assault weapons to militants involved in the bloody civil war in Sri Lanka. The four Sri Lankan immigrants were charged with terrorism because the State Department considers the rebel force, known as the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist organization. Two of the defendants entered their pleas in federal court Monday. Jury selection was set to begin Mond…

2 Tigers, 4 SLA troopers wounded in clash [TamilNet, May 16, 2006 13:01 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers who moved beyond the no-man zone and entered the Forward Defence Line (FDL) of the Liberation Tigers at Kandalkadu near Eluthumadduval between Nagarkovil and Muhamalai, shot and wounded two LTTE cadres around 5:45 p.m., LTTE sources in Kilinochchi said. A direct clash erupted after the incident and four SLA soldiers were wounded, SLA sources said. The Liberation Tigers have lodged a complaint on the incident with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), LTTE sources in Kilinochchi said. The wounded SLA soldiers were rushed to Palaly military hospital…

எப்பொழுதுமே தொழில்நுட்ப, மென் பொருள் சம்பந்தமான, இணையதள பாதுகாப்பு சம்பந்தமான வேலைகள் மட்டுமே அதிகரிக்கும் என்பதல்ல உண்மை. தொழிநுட்பத்தால் அதிகளவு சாதிக்கமுடியாத வேலைகளுக்கும் வாய்ப்புகள் உள்ளன. உண்மையில் எதிர்காலத்தில் மிகவும் தேவைப்படும் சில வேலைகளில் கவனம் செலுத்தப்படவேண்டும்: நர்சிங், கவுன்சிலிங்(எங்களவர்கள் அதிகம் இல்லாத ஒரு துறை), கற்பித்தல், வயதானவர்களை பராமரிப்பு போன்றவை. மேலும், படைப்பாற்றல்(Creativity), சிக்கல் தீர்க்கும்(Problem Solving), பகுப்பாய்வு சிந்தனை(Analytical thinking) மற்றும் புதுமை(Innovations). இப்படி சில துறைகளுக்கான வேலைவாய்ப்புகள் ஓரளவிற்கு இருந்துகொண்டுதான் உள்ளது. 20 jobs that will start to disappear in the next 5 years b…