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Doug Ford's PC government will move on these 5 promises quickly Once he is sworn in as premier and names a cabinet, Ford can make several moves without legislation Mike Crawley · CBC News · Posted: Jun 10, 2018 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 7 hours ago Doug Ford said Friday he'll work with Ontario's outgoing Liberals to ensure a smooth transition to power over the next three weeks. (David Donnelly/CBC) Ontario's premier-designate Doug Ford plans a quick, three-week transition to power, and then swift action on some of his campaign promises. Conversations with Progressive Conservative insiders suggest th…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Shemara becomes highest paid CEO in Australia Shemara Wikramanayake, who is a Sri Lankan descendent, has become the highest paid CEO in Australia, Daily Mail reported. It said Shemara who was forced to flee Sri Lanka with her family with just $200 to their name, overcame adversity to become Australia's highest paid CEO. Macquarie Group chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake became the first female to take the spot as Australia's highest paid CEO on Tuesday, taking home $18million during the 2018/19 financial year. The 57-year-old and her two siblings have all found success since they arrived in the country as teenagers. Shemara's older sister Ros…

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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/…

Lanka nets Rs. 930m on tea exports to Japan Sri Lanka earned Rs. 930 million by exporting tea to Japan up to November last year and the target is to increase the export earnings from Japan to one million this year. During a recent visit to Japan Minister of Plantation Industries D. M. Jayaratne presented gold, silver and bronze medals to Sri Lankan tea importers in Japan. In addition the trade representatives of Japan had a discussion on the import of Sri Lankan Tea with the minister. The Minister said that the percentage of black tea exported to Japan from Sri Lanka increased from 45% to 67% at the end of 2006 and it increases annually by 8-9 million kgs. …

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…

TMVP to contest under ‘boat’ symbol The Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) has been accepted and registered as a political party by the Elections Commissioner and will contest the upcoming polls in the East under the ‘boat’ symbol, sources told the Daily Mirror yesterday. A meeting was held between TMVP officials and the Elections Commissioner at the office of the Elections Commissioner in Colombo yesterday where the outfit headed by Karuna Amman and Pillayan were told that their documents seeking registration as a political party had been accepted. Earlier the organisation had sought to register either under the name ‘TMVP’ or ‘National Par…

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…

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…

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…

இந்த வைரஸ் தொடங்கியதிலிருந்து நடக்கும் சம்பவங்களை( online coaching/tutoring, WFH, cardless money transfer, online delivery ஆகியவற்றின் பாவனை அதிகரித்து வருகிறது) பார்க்கும் போது என்னுள் இப்படி ஒரு கேள்வி எழுகிறது.. இந்த coronavirus pandemic பின்பு Artificial Intelligence ஆதிக்கம் அதிகரித்துவிடுமா?? Coronavirus-related recession could spike automation Margaret Harding McGill An employee at the Technical University of Munich checks a pipetting robot that prepares samples from people with suspected Covid-19. Photo: Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic could accelerate the rise of the robots, according to a …

எந்த ஊடகத்திலும் இந்தச் செய்திவந்ததாகத் தெரியவில்லை. தலையில்லாமல் போடப்பட்ட உடலங்கள் இராணுவத் தளபதி மீதான தாக்குதலின் பின் கைது செய்யப்படவர்களினது என்று இந்தச் செய்தி கூறுகிறது. Two of the six headless bodies identified (May 3, 4.00 pm) Two of the headless bodies found on the 27th from the Awissawella Police area have been identified. One of them was a resident of Telangapatha, Wattala and the other was of three wheeler driver of Armor Street. Senior Superintendent of Police Wilfred Mahanama said both were Tamil persons. The bodies were brought to Colombo today and one of the bodies has already started decomposing, the SSP said. According to r…

Attack on SLA supply bases defensive - Ilanthirayan [TamilNet, August 02, 2006 06:53 GMT] Liberation Tigers' Military Spokesman, I. Ilanthirayan, said Wednesday that the artillery attack on Trincomalee naval base, providing rear support to Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive operation towards Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled territory down south in Trincomalee, the clash in the seas off Pulmoddai, and the attacks on SLA camps located along the supply route A15 from Muttur to Mavil Aaru offensive site, were defensive attacks that aimed at curbing the artillery attacks towards LTTE controlled villages and aimed at blocking troop movement and supply to t…

Don't Go To Geneva Unless .... World Tamils Plead With LTTE [by Admin , Jan 31,2006] Tamil civilian groups and individuals all over the world have sent an urgent appeal to the LTTE not to go for Talks in Geneva with the Sri lanka government, unless the TRO officers caught captive are released immediately. Five TRO officers were abducted on 30 January, around 2.00 pm. Tamils have denounced this an act of terrorism by State Armed Forces and the paramilitary attached to them. This act of provocation has happened at a time when both the government and the LTTE have promised to stop violence and confrontations, in order to facilitate a smoo…

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…

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Prisons chief says transfer thwarted tunnel escape.htmPrisons chief says transfer thwarted tunnel escapeBy Madhushala SenaratneSome 64 LTTE cadres, including hardcore members, were metres away from escape from the Kalutara high security prison, if they had not been transferred to the Welikada prison a year ago, the Prisons chief said yesterday. The revelations came as inquiries got underway yesterday to probe how the LTTE prisoners dug a tunnel extending more than 200 metres (600 ft) using improvised devices from their cell close to the Kaluganga. Prisons Commissioner General Vajira Wijegunawardana said one of the aspects to be prob…

Ceasefire Agreement completes its fifth year Statement 22 February 2007 On February 22, 2002, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), entered into the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) with facilitation by the Royal Norwegian Government. Five years have passed since the signing of this historic agreement by the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Vellupillai Pirapaharan, and the then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe. Even though today it exists only on paper, it remains a unique document in the search for an end to the national conflict in the island Sri Lanka. Unprecedented in peace efforts …

மும்பை, நவ.23: வாரத்தின் முதல் நாளான திங்களன்று ஏற்றம் பெற்ற பங்குச் சந்தை அடுத்த நாளே சரிவைச் சந்தித்தது. வட கொரியா, தென் கொரியாவில் போர் பதற்ற சூழல் உருவானது மும்பை பங்குச் சந்தையில் தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியது. காலையில் வர்த்தகம் தொடங்கியதும் பங்குகளின் விலைகள் மளமளவென சரியத் தொடங்கின. குறியீட்டெண் 615 புள்ளிகள் சரிந்தது. கடந்த 15 மாதங்களில் பங்குச் சந்தையில் புள்ளிகள் இந்த அளவுக்கு சரிந்தது கிடையாது. பின்னர் படிப்படியாக நிலைமையில் முன்னேற்றம் காணப்பட்டது. வர்த்தகம் முடியும்போது 265 புள்ளிகள் சரிந்து 19,691 புள்ளிகளானது. இதே போல தேசிய பங்குச் சந்தையிலும் கடுமையான ஏற்ற, இறக்கம் காணப்பட்டது. வர்த்தகம் முடியும்போது 75 புள்ளிகள் சரிந்ததில் குறியீட்டெண் 5,934 புள்ளிகளாக இ…

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'…

Turkish warplanes bomb northern Iraq By Sherko Raouf SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Turkish planes bombed an area of Iraq near the border with Turkey on Tuesday to attack Kurdish separatists and the army said it had killed at least 150 guerrillas in its air offensive earlier this month. A Turkish military source said warplanes launched the limited strike on Tuesday after spotting Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas during a reconnaissance flight. He said the strike was smaller than others in recent weeks. Colonel Hussein Tamar, director of Iraq's border guard command in the northern Kurdish province of Dahuk, said villages near the border we…