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Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Chairman of the UNP Leadership Council Karu Jayasuriya aspiring to be the common candidate at the next presidential election are reported to be planning a trip to the Indian capital with the view to meet Indian Premier Narendra Modi, political sources disclosed yesterday. Sources said the three leaders plan to seek blessings from India in their move to contest the next presidential election. According to these sources no dates have fixed for the trio to fly to the Indian capital. However, the government is yet to officially announce a proclamation calling a presidential elect…

By Simon Gardner COLOMBO (Reuters) - What started off as military push to clear Tamil Tiger artillery guns from a strategic harbour in northeast Sri Lanka has culminated in a mission to defeat the rebels completely - with no clear winner in sight. Emboldened by the capture of a key Tamil Tiger stronghold, Sri Lanka has vowed to go on the offensive to seek to destroy the rebels' entire military machine in the apparent belief it can finally win a two-decade civil war. But observers say President Mahinda Rajapakse's government and military are understimating the Tigers, and could simply plunge themselves deeper into a war that has killed more than 67,000 peopl…

Tamil Guardian 07 February 2007 President Rajapakse with Sri Lankan troops in Vaharai on Feb 3, 2007. Photo TamilNet. Buoyed by the Sri Lankan military’s capture, over the past six months, of large tracts of territory from the Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapakse said the LTTE could come for talks with his government – if it laid down its arms first. Destroying the LTTE – “fighting terrorism” – is the centre piece of President Rajapakse’s policy on the ethnic question. He made it clear that the military campaign would continue in his address at Sri Lanka’s 59th Independence Day anniversary celebrations and in comments a day earlier, made …

Majority of pilots leave Sri Lankan Airline (Lanka-e-News-2008 Jan 08, 4.30 PM) The majority of the Sri Lankan airline pilots have come to a decision to leave the national carrier since February with the Emirates' decision not to renew the agreement with the Sri Lanka state after March 31. Sri Lankan has 14 aircrafts and around 200 pilots are employed. The majority of the pilots are Sri Lankans. An official of the airline said to Lanka-e-News that 98% of the Sri Lankan's 600 staff are locals. Emirates is one of the major stakeholders of Sri Lankan. However it employed only three from Emirates and one of them is the CEO Peter Hill whose work permit was rev…

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/wuhan-seafood-market-may-not-be-source-novel-virus-spreading-globally Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally The Huanan seafood market in Wuhan has been widely considered the source of the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. But the virus may have infected people elsewhere first. REUTERS Wuhan seafood market may not be source of novel virus spreading globally By Jon CohenJan. 26, 2020 , 11:25 PM As confirmed cases of a novel virus surge around the world with worrisome speed, all eyes have so f…

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Two SLA soldiers shot, wounded in Jaffna [TamilNet, January 03, 2006 06:27 GMT] Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers, including a lieutenant were wounded when two unidentified bicycle-riding gunmen shot at them at Kasthuriyar - Hospital Road junction of Jaffna town, around 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, sources in the northern town said. Several civilians were assualted by the troops who have cordoned off the area and conducting a search operation. All the shops in the vicinity put down their shutters and civilians deserted the roads following the incident. The wounded soldiers were taken to Palaly Military Hospital, sources added. Source: Tamilnet

End killings of innocent Tamils, India tells Lanka Rants + Raves Print Email Thursday, June 22nd, 2006 New Delhi - India Thursday politely but firmly made it clear to Sri Lanka that its security forces must stop killing innocent Tamils in the name of combating the Tamil Tigers. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samraweera was conveyed the message by India’s political leadership which while being firmly committed to the island’s unity is bothered by increasing reports of attacks on innocent Tamils. An informed source told IANS: ‘The minister was told that civilian casualties should be avoided… and we hope that Sri Lankan security forces will not r…

The Department of Immigration and Emigration is preparing to deport 2,115 foreign nationals who have resided in the country under the protection of the UNHCR at a cost of Rs 60 million.Sixty nine Pakistani nationals and 16 Afghans who were staying in the island without necessary visas were being prepared for deportation yesterday (8). Eighty eight Pakistani individuals, 70 Afghans and 2 Iranians are among the 160 persons residing in SL under UNHCR protection, who have been detained at the Mirihana detention centre. According to the UNHCR report handed over to the Department of Immigration and Emigration on 30 June, there were1,562 foreign nationals residing…

Indian and Eelam Tamils are Hindu terrorists: Musharraf. [ Gjd;fpoik, 27 bnrk;gH 2006 ] [ fpU;zg;gps;is ] Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says he is against use of the term Islamist terrorists or "Islamo-fascists" as such labelling can then be used for other terrorist outfits as well, like the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka who are Hindus. "Does one call terrorists in Sri Lanka Hindu terrorists? Why is Pakistan's bomb called an Islamist bomb? Why is India's bomb not called a Hindu bomb and that of Israel as a Jewish bomb?" Musharraf asked. "Pakistani people are certainly for fighting terrorism, but they somehow are not happy with relations with the United S…

Scientists confirm meteorite crash-landed into New Jersey home https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/scientists-confirm-meteorite-crash-landed-new-jersey-home-99292637 A New Jersey family made an out-of-this-world discovery this week. After a mysterious black rock was found in a Trenton-area home that had apparently damaged the ceiling and floor, the homeowner and his children went searching for answers. Christine Lloyd points to where the meteorite came through the ceiling in her father's home. WPVI Suzy Kop found the metallic rock on Monday in an upstairs bedroom in her father's …

தமிழ் கனேடியனில் வந்த செய்தி http://www.tamilcanadian.com/pageview.php?...ID=3826&SID=526 The Government is Creating an Environment for War" TIME talks to Tamil rebels spokesman Suppiah Paramu Tamilchelvan By: Alex Perry Source: TIME - February 13, 2006 Aside from one press conference in 2002, Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam [L.T.T.E.] declines all requests for interviews and delegates meetings with all but the most senior foreign diplomats. Since the Tigers agreed a cease-fire with the Sri Lankan government in 2002, the rebels' public face has become Suppiah Paramu Tamilchelvan, a former fighter wh…

Who is to blame to wreck peace talks, Sri Lanka or TTs? MIL, Jun 22, 2006. Dr. Raj Baldev The head monk of a Buddhist temple has contradicted a Sri Lankan government report that the Tamil Tigers attacked his temple as per BBC. As per other sources close to head of a Buddhist Temple, the statement of Sri Lanka that Tamil Tigers attacked the temple was unauthentic; probably their motive was to abet the public against them. By issuing misguiding statement, Sri Lanka cannot win the hearts of the Tamil Tigers and so the peace talks might not mature and it goes against the collective interests of Sri Lankan govt., the people and the Tamil Tigers. Sr…

Raising Tiger flag not illegal in US - Embassy [TamilNet, August 02, 2006 03:00 GMT] Staff at Sri Lanka state-run daily in Colombo, Daily News, were given a civic lesson when they confronted US Embassy's press officer, Evan Owen, on the legality of American Tamils hoisting the Tamileelam flag in a New York sports festival, and diaspora parents teaching their offsprings Tamil. The press officer responded that hoisting of the Tiger flag had not breached US law, and that "the right to assemble and freedom of speech is upheld," by their [uS] constitution, the Daily news reported. "Inquired about the Sunday Tamil schools and the matter that the curricular for these …

Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva emphasized that in terms of the Constitution, Mahinda Rajapaksa stands ineligible to run for a third term as President. When he took oaths for his second Presidential term, under Section 31/2 of the Constitution, on 19 November, 2010, he became ineligible to contest a third term, the former CJ said. "By the subsequently approved 18th Amendment to the Constitution, a President holding a second term in office can contest for a third term. However, at the time Section 31/2 was removed by the introduction of 18th Amendment, President Rajapaksa had already taken oath for the second term, making him ineligible to contest a third term," said …

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Space Shuttle Atlantis has launched from the Kennedy Space Center. Senior NASA officials spoke glowingly of the shuttle Atlantis' performance late Friday after the orbiter shot into space this evening without any significant hiccups. "We had a very good countdown and launch," said NASA associate administrator Rex Geveden in a post-launch news conference. "The space shuttle Atlantis is safely in orbit for the STS-117 mission." Atlantis lifted off from Pad 39A here at NASA's seaside Kennedy Space Center at 7:38:04 p.m. EDT (2338:04 GMT), rising on a sinuous cloud of expanding smoke in a blue sky still illuminated by sunlight. "It was a beautiful launch…

Published Wednesday 11th July 2007 11:41 GMT China today confirmed it has developed a "Wing In Ground" (WIG) sea-skimming aircraft, state media reports. According to Reuters, the Chinese version of the Caspian Sea Monster is capable of flying at 300km/h (180mph) at a mere half metre above the surface while carrying four tonnes of cargo. It relys on the WIG effect effect whereby, put simply, a wing travelling close to the ground is provided with extra lift by the "cushion" of air compressed under it - thus enabling a combination of greater aircraft weight for less power and/or enhanced fuel economy. Professor Xu Zhengyu, vice-president of the research team a…

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…

India 'has most people with HIV' Prevention strategies are having some effect in India India now has more people living with HIV than any other country, a UNAIDS report has revealed. The report shows that India now accounts for two-thirds of HIV cases in the whole of Asia. An estimated 5.7 million Indians were infected by the end of 2005, overtaking the 5.5 million cases estimated in South Africa. However, While 18.8% of South African adults were living with HIV, the figure in India was 0.9%. Estimates of total deaths in India since Aids was first identified in 1981 range from 270,000 to 680,000. Most of the infections there were caus…

At least nine Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who attempted to illegally ferry to Australia from the coastal town of Oriyur in Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Indian police last night. Police said they had come from different refugee camps in the State and had been staying in rooms attached to St. Arulanandar Church at Oriyur for the past two days when police zeroed in on them on Friday night. They started moving out after realising that police had sensed the 'human trafficking' when local and Q branch police arrested them. Six of them were arrested near the church premises, while three others, who tried to escape in a car, were intercepted and arrested at Devako…

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…

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…

This project will not increase the country’s growth rate immediately. It will simply address solutions to some of the most critical constraints which the country’s economy faces today. It is a facilitator and not a final solution provider Intelligent children, unlike some of the adults, are curious, probing and questioning. They do not jump to conclusions until and unless they are convinced of facts that have been presented to them. Asani, a student in the Advanced Level class in a leading school, is such a curious child. She had heard and read much about the Millennium Challenge Corporation or MCC Compact Grant for Sri Lanka and had not been convinced of the argumen…