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New Delhi, Nov. 5: Can coalitions provide the unity of purpose that nation-states need, Manmohan Singh asked today. The Prime Minister answered the question himself: “Sometimes… narrow political considerations, based on regional or sectional loyalties and ideologies, can distort the national vision and sense of collective purpose.” His sharpest criticism yet of a model where “parties with varying national reach and many with a very limited sub-national reach form a coalition” came before a world audience. Singh was inaugurating an international conference on federalism. Although the Prime Minister, who heads a multi-party coalition, did not raise specific i…

I was born in Tamil Nadu and moved to America after my 1st birthday. Needless to say, I was your average American Tamil girl caught between two cultures. My parents, on one side, pressuring me into marriage. On the other side, I was trying to find myself, let alone somebody that I actually wanted to spend the rest of my life with). The older I got, the more I realized that marriage was not for me. “What?! A Tamil girl not getting married – what a ludicrous idea!” I could already hear my parents, uncles, and aunties losing their minds. My entire life goal was to make my parents proud, but I just couldn’t be tied down by marriage. I started living alone at the age of…

Justice Wigneswaran should apologize to Tamil Nadu Tamils; TNA should pick another CM candidate, says Tamils for Obama. Issuing a statement Tamils for Obama says; “Mr. Wigneswaran lives in Colombo and has lived there all his life. He is out of touch with the experiences and wishes of the Tamils in northeast Sri Lanka. He was reluctant from the beginning take this office and we urge the TNA should pick someone closer to the northeastern Tamils.” Wigneswaran We publish below the statement in full; Justice Wigneswaran recently gave an exclusive interview to Hindustan Times. There are few things that came out during this interview that worry us. We would lik…

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LTTE begins aggressive fund raising in Europe. Demands large sums for the �Final War� Special Correspondent in London, October 31. During the last few weeks, LTTE operatives in major European cities have commenced an aggressive fund raising campaign demanding large sums of money from the Tamil expatriate community. In London, LTTE operatives are reported to be demanding 5000 pounds from individuals and 50 thousand pounds from businessmen. Despite the fact that the LTTE is a banned terrorist group and contributing or collecting money for the group is a punishable offense in the UK LTTE operatives are openly visiting business premises and demanding large sums fr…

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.…

Youth's decapitated body found in Jaffna [TamilNet, August 01, 2006 16:05 GMT] Siruppiddi petrol station owner, Visvalingam Kauroopan, 24, from Karanavai, missing since Sunday, was found slain with his throat cut and his headless body dumped in the disused Siruppiddi Kannaki Amman temple festival-pool Monday, sources from Jaffna said. Mallakam magistrate Ms Sarojini Ilangovan who visited the crime site directed that his body be released to his relatives. Mr Kauroopan left the petrol station for lunch at 3 p.m. Sunday when he went missing. His relatives have registered complaints with the Jaffna Human Rights Commission (HRC) that the Sr…

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has made a grave error by supporting the 18th Amendment when it was introduced by the government, Hasan Ali, General Secretary of the party told Ceylon Today. He said the SLMC has to accept that grave error, adding that the party's stance to support the Amendment, was not made clear to most of the members. "Our Party made the gravest mistake by supporting the 18th Amendment, and there were some members who were compelled to support the Amendment. Therefore, we had no other choice than to support it," he said. Ali added that when important matters, and important decisions were taken; it was not discussed with party member…

சிங்கள இரானுவ சிப்பாயின் புலம்பல் WSWS interviews: Sri Lankan soldiers oppose return to war 20 October 2006 As the civil war in Sri Lanka escalates, the military is carrying out a massive recruiting campaign in the press and electronic media. The government is making an explicit communal appeal, declaring that it is the duty of heroes to defend the "Sinhala motherland" against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Recruiting targets have not been met. Within the army, reports have filtered out of disgruntlement and war weariness. Since President Mahinda Rajapakse won office last November, hundreds of soldiers and military personnel have been ki…

2 Sivamyam Hallowed be the Feet of Namasivaya Murthi! TRANFUSION OF SPIRIT ISSUED UNDER THE GRACIOUS COMMAND OF HIS HOLINESS SRI-LA-SRI SUBRAMANIA DESIGA PARAMACHARIA SWAMIGAL PREFACE Yes! nothing medical or physical, but something Spiritual. To be a Hero in the battle of life, we need new Spirit which a Guru alone can transfuse. This booklet, issued in connection with the 3rd Annual Saiva Siddhantha Conference held in Trivandrum under the auspices of Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam, invites you for a small 'chat', which, we hope, will be interesting. "By His Grace, be of good cheer w…

The British Crown Prosecution Service has begun to probe Karuna Amman for war crimes, the British media reported. The Crown Prosecution Service said: "We have received preliminary reports from the police and are liaising with them." http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections...aspx?ARTID=1929

இரான் ஏவுகணை தாக்குதல்: வேண்டுமென்றே உயிர்பலிகள் வராமல் தாக்குதல் நடத்தப்பட்டதா? படத்தின் காப்புரிமை Getty Images Image caption அமெரிக்கா மீது ஏவுகணை தாக்குதல் நடத்திய இரான் இரானின் மூத்த ராணுவ தளபதி காசெம் சுலேமானீ கொல்லப்பட்டதற்கு, தகுந்த விலையை அமெரிக்கா அளிக்க வேண்டியிருக்கும் என கடும் சீற்றத்துடன் இரான் எச்சரித்திருந்தது. மேலும் எச்சரித்தது போலவே, கடந்த புதன்கிழமை இராக்கின் அல்-அசாத் பகுதியில் உள்ள அமெரிக்க ராணுவ தளத்தின் மீது பத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட ஏவுகணைகளை வீசி இரான் தாக்குதல் நடத்தியது. கடும்…

[size=5]“A/S Blake regretted the current state of GSL-ICRC relations, noting the very critical role ICRC had played on human rights and the constructive relationship the GSL had previously had with the ICRC. He asked if Pascoe had raised the ICRC during his visit. [/size] [size=5]Holmes surmised that the Sri Lankan military is taking revenge on the ICRC, which it believes abetted the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in the past. Holmes and Pascoe had asked the ICRC if it wanted help in retaining its mandate in Sri Lanka, but, as usual, the ICRC preferred to fight its own battles. [/size] [size=5]ICRC has explained to the government what it is in Sri Lankato do; if the govern…

Remis une collation, puis exécutés: le fils de 12 ans d'une Tigres tamouls Photographies garçon spectacle a eu lieu avant qu'il ait été tué à bout portant. Andrew Buncombe Lundi 18 Février 2013 Attention: Certains peuvent trouver la seconde image dans la galerie d'accompagnement pénible De nouvelles photos sont apparues, qui soulèvent de nouvelles questions sur la conduite des forces armées du Sri Lanka au cours des dernières étapes de l'opération contre les rebelles tamouls et ont conduit à revendique le fils de 12 ans de leader des militants ont pu être exécutés sommairement. Une série de photographies prises quelques heures d'intervalle, et sur…

India on Monday asked its envoy in Geneva to return for consultations on the US resolution on Sri Lanka, the IANS reported. Dilip Sinha, ambassador and permanent representative of India to the UN in Geneva, will be in New Delhi on Tuesday to brief the government on the resolution, external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said. The issue has gained urgency with political parties and activists in Tamil Nadu urging the government to back the resolution — like last year — and even amend it to denounce Colombo for the "genocide" of Tamils. The resolution is expected to come up for voting at the 47-member UNHRC session in Geneva March 21. The forei…

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Sri Lanka launches new strikes on Tiger territory By Peter Apps 27 minutes ago COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military launched new strikes on Tamil Tiger areas in the island's northeast on Wednesday, a day after a deadly suicide bomb attack in the capital blamed on rebels shattered a fragile ceasefire. Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said Wednesday's strikes came after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired on naval patrol craft off the eastern port of Trincomalee for a second day. "The navy is heavily patrolling the area," he said. "They requested air support." The government launched attacks on…

EU says Tamil Tigers 'terrorists' Tamils in Europe are a source of funds for the Tigers The European Union has decided to add the Sri Lankan separatist group, the Tamil Tigers, to its list of banned terrorist organisations. The decision taken by ministers in Brussels means Tamil Tiger assets in the EU's 25 states will be frozen. Recent violence in Sri Lanka has destabilised a ceasefire signed four years ago with the government. Washington earlier took similar action against the Tigers, saying it wanted to cut off their access to arms and money. Correspondents say Europe's Tamil diaspora is a valuable source of funds for the Tigers. Th…

UNICEF says the Karuna group is conscripting children, with 30 cases verified in one week in June alone. "What we have seen is recruitment by a new faction, the Karuna faction, with fairly significant numbers recruited between the months of April and June," said JoAnna VanGerpen, the UNICEF representative in Sri Lanka. "It was off in July but now we're hearing new reports again of recruitment. This is a very unfortunate development." Ross from Human Rights Watch says it is very worrying that the government apparently is complicit in the Karuna group's conscripting of children. "The fact that abductions appear to be taking place in Batticaloa area by th…

In a paper published in the latest issue of the US Defence Department's journal 'Prism', Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has reiterated his belief that Islamic terrorism poses a threat to Sri Lanka. Since the LTTE's defeat, some of the Muslim groups in Lanka have begun to engage in activities that go 'far beyond self-protection', he said in the journal brought out by the Center for Complex Operations (CCO). 'There is information that some of these groups have even tried to link up with global Islamic terrorist organisations. This is a situation that requires careful monitoring,' Gotabaya said. 'Some Islamic groups in Lanka have started to…

Norway fails to secure deal to lift Jaffna siege. Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway has failed to secure an agreement to end a blockade on the Jaffna peninsula where nearly half a million people are trapped by fighting, officials said. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said Friday they told a Norwegian envoy to persuade the government to open the land access to the embattled north without conditions. The government had asked Jon Hanssen-Bauer to secure a deal with the Tigers to allow a convoy of some 400 trucks to travel through rebel-held territory, but the Tigers rejected a one-off convoy. Instead, the LTTE political wing leader S. P.…

Made-in-China Complimentary Toothpaste for Luxury Hotels Recalled Monday , August 13, 2007 A leading supplier of toiletries for luxury hotels recalled complimentary tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste worldwide Monday after tests showed some contain a potentially toxic chemical. It was the latest in a series of recalls of Chinese-made goods — toothpaste, children's toys, tires and pet food — because of shoddy and perhaps dangerous manufacturing methods. Gilchrist & Soames said it is recalling its 18-milliliter or 0.65-ounce tubes with the name Gilchrist & Soames on it. The company said Monday some samples showed the tubes contained diethylene glyc…

Sri Lanka Inflation Holds Near 4-Month High in August (Update1) By Anusha Ondaatjie Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's consumer prices rose in August at close to the fastest pace in four months, presenting a challenge to the central bank which wants to damp inflation amid slowing economic growth. Consumer prices in the capital Colombo rose 17.3 percent from a year ago, after increasing 17.6 percent in July, the Department of Census & Statistics said on its Web site. The median estimate of nine analysts in a Bloomberg survey was for a 17.3 percent gain. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has held interest rates at the highest level in Asia for six str…

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

Saudi Arabia will do everything to spare Iraq the danger of war Saudi Arabia’s vice minister of defense said on Wednesday the kingdom and its leadership stand with Iraq and will do everything in their power to spare it the danger of war and conflict between external parties. Prince Khalid bin Salman said in a tweet: “The Kingdom and its leadership always stand with brotherly Iraq and will do everything in its power to spare it the danger of war and conflict between external parties, and for its generous people to live in prosperity after what they have endured in the …