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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…

hi everyone how r u? i was thinking about bringing a Cyber force to fight against Srilanka. atleast 10000 gmails togeather.(if we have 50000 emails and everyone spent 10 min online and send 3 emails we will be sending 150k email) its purly for the purpose for our freedom strugle. (Face book,Google group,Youtube,Any news papers (online and others) 1) send SMS to members about 1)call news papers and complaine about Srilanka. 2) write feed back on news papers . 3)sign online petitions fax and emails. 4) if we have to call the news papers on the phone we will sms the phone numbers and details to call. 2)De…

US may launch Sri Lanka war crimes investigation 25 March 2013 Last updated at 13:29 ET Help The US has warned that it may be forced to investigate alleged war crimes if the Sri Lankan government does not conduct its own "independent and credible" inquiry. The Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Robert Blake, said it was up to the Sri Lankan government to prove that it was genuine in investigating allegations of war crimes during the last phase of the conflict with the separatist group the Tamil Tigers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21930556

[size=5]= President must intervene to prevent irreparable damage to country's image because of failure by EAM and mission in UN = UN issues statement against impeachment of CJ while composition of UNHRC changes[/size] [size=1][size=5]It was a week of more challenges for the UPFA Government both in Sri Lanka and abroad.�In Colombo, the official process to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake began on Wednesday. The eleven-member Parliamentary Select Committee chaired by Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa held its first meeting in Parliament. Standing Orders of Parliament prevent reportage of proceedings of the Committee.[/size][/size] [size=1][size=5]S…

CNN)A commercial plane went into the St. Johns River on Friday night, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said. "I've been briefed that all lives have been accounted for," the mayor tweeted. A spokesman from the Naval Air Station Jacksonville said a Boeing 737 slid off of a runway into the St. Johns River at 9:40 p.m. ET. The station told CNN affiliate WJXTthat the plane appears to have skidded off the airport runway while trying to land and ended up in the river. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said in a tweet the plane was in "shallow water," and was "not submerged." https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/03/us/jacksonville-commercial-plane-river/in…

The ship 'Vananka mun' on a mercy mission to Vanni with 500 Tons of food and medicine will be leaving the British shores today. A team of Doctors will join the mission from the last port before Mullaitheevu. MIA ( Maya Arulpragasam) has sent her blessing to the mercy mission to Vanni. In her letter she has said "if the aim of the SL Government is to protect the lives of the civilians, then this ship will reach its destination and lives will be saved." Here is her full statement: I just had a baby last month, that's why I can't be there today, but I want to give my support and thanks to the launch of the chartered humanitarian ship Mercy Mission launching March…

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Jimmy Kimmel show http://youtu.be/Nzbq7iBvoJs http://youtu.be/Jym-K1KoGqM http://youtu.be/BfhmjPRpsTg

Google co-founder Page 'to marry' Google co-founder Larry Page is set to marry his girlfriend, Lucy Southworth, this weekend on a tiny private island in the Caribbean, US media reports say. Six hundred guests are reportedly due to attend the ceremony on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, owned by the best man, Sir Richard Branson. Ms Southworth is a doctoral student at Stanford University in California. Mr Page, who has an estimated fortune of $18.5bn, co-founded search giant Google with Sergey Brin in 1998. Since listing in August 2004 shares in the firm have risen sevenfold and it is now valued at over $220bn. Mr Brin, who is …

Tamil Terrorist Leader Arrested 25 May 2007 U.S. authorities in New York arrested an alleged senior representative of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan terrorist group. Karunakaran Kandasamy is charged with providing financial assistance and other support for the Tamil Tigers. “Kandasamy hasn’t merely supported the Tamil Tigers’ cause, he orchestrated U.S. support,” said Mark Mershon, an official of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “We can no sooner allow terrorists to raise funds here than we would allow them to carry out acts of terrorism over here,” he said. Kandasamy is accused of leading the American bra…

Josy Joseph Sunday, June 11, 2006 23:16 IST NEW DELHI: Pakistan has opened a massive $250 million credit line for supplying Sri Lankan military equipment, including many offensive weapon systems such as tanks, say authoritative sources. The figure contradicts recent reports about Pakistan providing around $50 million military assistance to Lanka. Indian sources insist that an eager Pakistan is stepping it up to $250 million, raising several new uncomfortable questions for India. The report comes at a time when India is worriedly looking at Pakistan planning to gift two of its old submarines to Bangladesh. With China too exhibiting interest in cultivating India…

Tsunamigevaar na zeebeving Japan Voor het noordoosten van Japan en Rusland is een tsunamiwaarschuwing gegeven. Oorzaak is een zeebeving bij de Koerillen-eilanden met een kracht van 8.1 op de schaal van Richter. Golven van een halve meter hoog hebben het noorden van Japan bereikt. Verwacht wordt dat de golven elders iets hoger zullen zijn. Over slachtoffers of schade is nog niets bekend. Aan de Japanse en Russische kust en op de Koerillen is mensen aangeraden om te vluchten naar hoger gelegen gebieden. De Russische eilanden en kust zijn niet erg dichtbevolkt, maar de kust van het Noord-Japanse eiland Hokkaido wel. http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2006/11/…

Who in Army HQ tipped off bomber? IQBAL ATHAS SITUATION REPORT SUNDAY TIMES/TAMIL LINKS It is easily the worst incident in the two decades of separatist war and interludes of peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A female suicide bomber infiltrated the heavily-fortified Army Headquarters in Colombo. She threw herself before Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka's motorcade. If not for motorcycle outrider Corporal Ruwan Yakandawala, who kicked her, faced the full brunt of the explosion and died on the spot, Lt. Gen. Fonseka would be no more. But he was badly wounded and had to undergo emergency surgery. He is still under inten…

South Asian Centre Urges Collective Action against Sri LankaSource: ITP - August 8, 2006 London, ITP: Dr. Raymond Philipps, Founder-Director of the South Asian Centre for Racial Equality and Peace (SACREP) has written a strongly worded letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations and to the International War crimes Commission stating that it is time these world bodies acted in favor of the Rule of Law to protect the most oppressed community in South Asia, namely, the Tamils of the proto-State of Eelam. The International community has a responsibility to save them from extinction and annihilation by the lethal Sinhala military machine. Though he was unwill…

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…

Lankan HC dodges British summons ~ London Foreign Office wants to lodge official protest over Karuna’s ‘fake’ passport From a Special Correspondent London, Saturday - Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, Kshenuka Senewiratne, was summoned to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office for a meeting on Tuesday over issues relating to renegade Tiger guerrilla leader Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna entering Britain with official backing from the Government of Sri Lanka. She, however, did not turn up. FCO sources said she had not intimated to the FCO her inability to turn up on that day. Other sources here said her absence was due to…

Conflict: India, U.S, China and Iran; or why the Sri Lanka crisis has to be resolved soon By: GeeKay Source: Northeastern Monthly - July 2006 The focal point of contemporary international politics is the Persian Gulf. Globalisation’s future lies in securing the Indian Ocean, for which a contest is on between the United States of America and its allies on the one hand, and the People’s Republic of China and its friends, on the other. An important part of this contest is the steps taken by the US to contain Iran. Therefore, the reason for the US intensifying its aggression towards Iran is not due to any political tangle between the two countries, but because the la…

The Canadian government has put forward a bill to make medically-assisted death available to people who are not terminally ill. The bill opens the door to allowing Canadians with degenerative illnesses like cerebral palsy to seek medically-assisted death. Health minister Patty Hajdu said the proposal would protect vulnerable people while giving Canadians autonomy. It was introduced in parliament on Monday and has cross-party support. The legislation was precipitated by a 2019 Quebec Superior Court decision that struck down the requirement for patients to prove their natural death was "reasonably foreseeable" in order to seek to terminate their life. …

Paramilitary Politics November 15, 2008 On the simmering strife in the TVMP ON 14 NOVEMBER, Kumaraswami Nandagoban, alias Ragu, a chief architect of the Eastern Provincial Council administration, was shot dead inside a car on the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. The killing confirmed, ’till now whispered, bad-blood between the paramilitary-cum-politicians of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP). Here, we trace the origins of the internal conflict and explore possible routes the strife may take in the coming weeks and months. The “Karuna Group” To most people’s understanding, TMVP is a the registered name of what was known as the “Ka…

A new generation of college students in Tamil Nadu has taken up the cause of the Tamils of Sri Lanka. Articulate, wellinformed and uncontaminated by the influence of time-serving politicians they have successfully forced an agenda on the three main political parties in the state. The spark which has ignited the students’ rage in Tamil Nadu against the United States-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka and India’s eventual support to it began in one of the most unlikely places, the Loyola College at Chennai. The academic excellence of the college, most believe, is a result of its depoliticised student body. Shattering the myth co…

NPC Chief Minister Mr C.V. Wigneswaran has to be profusely thanked and appreciated by Tamils for his honesty in conceding that he is not a natural leader of Eezham Tamils representing their aspirations, but a planted one by New Delhi to implement the 13th Amendment. Wigneswaran’s revelation and his efforts to muffle voices in Tamil Nadu and in the diaspora have to be understood in the background of what M.K. Narayanan had told the TNA in May 2009 that, “we know better what is good for Tamils.” New Delhi simulating a leadership for the political surrender of the Tamil cause poses new challenge to Tamils all over the world, writes an activist for alternative politics in Jaf…

Three civilians belonging to same family were massacred at their home in Velanai West by Sri Lanka Navy operated paramilitary gunmen, around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Meanwhile, armed men who came in a vehicle set fire to several shops and blasted a transformer at Puliyankoodal junction in Kayts, Saturday night, civilian sources said. Villagers blame Sri Lankan forces for the attacks in the Jaffna islets. On Saturday alone, 12 civilians have been killed in Sri Lanka Navy controlled Jaffna islets. EPDP paramilitary was in control of the Jaffna islets before the Ceasefire Agreement was entered between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (G…

கனடாவில் உங்கள் குழந்தையின் எதிர்கால வெற்றிக்கு கல்வி முக்கியம் என்பது உங்களுக்குத் தெரிந்திருந்தும், அதற்கு எப்படி பணம் செலுத்துவது என்பது தெரியவில்லையா. அதற்கான சிறந்த வழி பதிவுசெய்யப்பட்ட கல்வி சேமிப்புகள் திட்டத்தின் (RESP) மூலம் அரசின் பண உதவியைப் பெறுவதாகும். கனடா தேசத்து கற்றல் பத்திரத்தை குடும்பங்களுக்கு அரசாங்கம் வழங்குகிறது. உங்களால் பணம் கொடுக்க முடியாவிட்டாலும் அது உங்கள் குழந்தையின் RESPஇல் சேர்ந்து விடும். உங்களால் எவ்வளவு சேமிக்க முடியுமோ அவ்வளவு பணத்தை அரசாங்கம் வழங்கும். SmartSAVER RESPகள் அல்லது முதலீட்டுகளை விற்பனை செய்வதில்லை. SmartSAVER என்பது டொரண்டோவை மையமாகக் கொண்ட இலாபம்-ஈட்டாத சமுதாய நலத்திட்டமாகும், அது குடும்பங்கள் தங்கள் குழந்தைகளின்…

China, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan: Asia Local Bond Preview By Wes Goodman Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Asian local-currency bonds today. Yields are from the previous session. China: The inflation rate in August may top July's 10-year high of 5.6 percent, Bi Jingquan, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, said yesterday. Bi, who spoke after a press conference in Beijing, declined to give a specific forecast. The commission is China's top economic planning agency. The yield on the 2.66 percent note due August 2010 was little changed at 3.45 percent, according t…

Dec. 15, 2007, 5:50PM Sri Lanka relishing recent gains against Tamil Tigers But many doubt long war will end anytime soon By LAURIE GOERING Chicago Tribune COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — In its all-out bid to finally defeat the country's Tamil Tiger separatists by military force, Sri Lanka's government has made some undeniable gains. It has seized the Tiger-held east of the country, sunk supply ships carrying arms to the rebels and, last month, it managed to drop a precision bomb on a meeting in the rebel's northern stronghold, killing the Tigers' top political leader. The message has not been lost on the rebels: When Velupillai Prabhakaran, the group'…

No Right to Be There by Bishop Desmond Tutu, Guardian, UK, May 15, 2008 With a terrible record of torture and disappearance, Sri Lanka doesn't deserve a seat on the UN human rights council. It should be voted out. 'Comment is free' section It would seem self-evident that a country which tortures and kidnaps its own people has no place on the world's leading human rights body. Apparently not: Sri Lanka, despite repeated criticism for its human rights record, is running for re-election to the UN human rights council, with a vote to be held in New York on May 21. Governments owe it to Sri Lankan human rights victims - and to victims of human righ…