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Sri Lanka offers cash, devolution to end ethnic bloodshed COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has offered 1.25 billion dollars to rebuild embattled regions and asked his advisors to come up with a power-sharing plan to end decades of ethnic bloodshed. மேலும் வாசிக்க,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, HERE

விடுதலைப் புலிகளிடம் இருந்து கருணாவை பிரித்ததும் கருணாவையும் பிள்ளையானையும் மோதவிட்டு பிரித்ததும் கே.ரிறாஜசிங்கம். - நிதர்சனம் கடந்த 3 வருடமாக வெளியிட்ட தகவல்களை உறுதிப்படுத்தி சண்டேலீடர் தரும் விறுவிறுப்பான தகவல். [ Qhapw;Wf;fpoik, 11 etk;gH 2007 ] [ n[auhrh ] Documents on plan to rid Karuna from Lanka surface President and Douglas involved in discussion in Geneva Diplomatic passport number issued to Karuna is D 1944260 President told to get Defence Ministry approval for ouster Document says President promised to do needful in June Shocking documentary evidence has surfaced that the plan to get rid of LTTE renegade commander Karuna was discus…

SLA soldiers fire at civilian bus in Jaffna [TamilNet, April 24, 2006 15:27 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers opened fire at a civilian bus at Kanakappuliyady junction around 7:15 p.m. Monday. At least 2 civilian passengers were killed, according to initial reports from civilians sources in the area. Exact casualty details are not available at the moment. The attack on the civilian bus has taken place 2 km from the Claymore explosion site at Sarasalai-Meesalai border where a SLA soldier was killed around 5:00 p.m. SLA sources claimed their troopers shot at the bus after gunshots were fired at them from the bus.

[size=1] [size=5]It was a snowy Wednesday evening when the UN held a screening and panel discussion entitled "The Holocaust by Bullets: Uncovering the Reality of Genocide." [/size][/size] [size=1] [size=5]The event was sponsored by the French Mission to the UN; the short but moving films were on Holocaust killings of Jews in Ukraine and of Roma.[/size][/size] [size=1] [size=5]After the first film, UN official Gillian Kitley told the snow-limited audience that the UN's now combined Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect advises Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of development in which mass killing may become possible.[/size][/size] [size=1]…

Fresh fighting in Sri Lanka Friday, August 11, 2006 Posted: 1828 GMT (0228 HKT) Manage Alerts | What Is This? COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Tamil rebels struck the main military base at Palaly in northern Jaffna Friday, marking the first time rebels have targeted military headquarters during the four-and-a-half-year cease-fire between Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tigers. Security forces conduct all military operations against rebels on the northern Jaffna peninsula. Earlier, government troops were locked in a battle of artillery and mortar fire with Tamil rebels at the Muhamalai checkpoint, known as the gateway from government-contr…

Operation Unceasing Waves - 2 (Battle of Kilinochchi) Background: The highly sophisticated Sri Lankan military fortifications that comprise a 15km stretch form the nodal Tamil town is now under Tamil Tiger's control. LTTE's battle for the taking over of the military-occupied Tamil area started at midnight on September 26 and ended in its capture on the evening of the 29th. The Liberation Tigers relocated their civil administration structures from Jaffna to Kilinochchi when the SLA took control of Jaffna in early 1996. In August 1996, the SLA launched an offensive and took control of the town after bitter fighting. This nodal Tamil town …

Passionate librarian saved precious volumes of books By Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai Rohini Pararajasingam, a Jaffna Tamil woman is unknown to many. She is soft spoken, and a person with highest qualities, is proud to have saved 35,000 volumes of valuable books during the conflict in the peninsula. She served as the Assistant Librarian, and climbed the ladders with colours and dedicated service, and promoted as the Chief Librarian at the prestigious University of Jaffna. She served for 35 years, as Jaffna Peninsula has witnessed the worst years during the conflict. She was promoted as the Chief Librarian of the University of Jaffna in 1994, and retir…

India calls for north-east merger [by Admin , Nov 25,2006] India has called upon President Mahinda Rajapakse to honour the Indo-Lanka Agreement and give legal force to the north-east merger. The request of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was communicated to President Mahinda Rajapakse by External Affairs Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Thursday at Temple Trees during their one to one meeting. The Sunday Leader learns Menon had told the President the Indo-Lanka Agreement was a bilateral agreement between two sovereign countries subject to international law and cannot be vitiated through a reference to domestic law. Informed sources said th…

How Sri Lanka's inmates smuggle phones into prison By Iqbal Athas, for CNN A mobile phone and a hands free kit are seen in an X-ray of a Sri Lankan prisoner. Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- When 58-year-old G. Siripala, a Sri Lankan prisoner serving a 10-year sentence for theft, was escorted by armed prison officials to Colombo's National Hospital with severe back pain, doctors rushed him for an X-ray. Doctors thought he might have orthopaedic complications, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. "But the X-ray showed a cell phone and two hands-free kits." Medical staff prepared to carry out a surgical procedure on the prisoner, the source said. "However, th…

Sri Lanka air raids 'kill 15 civilians' Tuesday Jan 2 19:43 AEDT Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said that 15 civilians, including four children, were killed in air strikes by government forces in the northwest of the island on Tuesday. The military confirmed the strikes, but did not comment on casualties. They said a Sea Tiger base in Mannar and another rebel position in the eastern area of Vakarai were targeted. A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) military spokesman said four fighter jets conducted the strikes, destroying dozens of civilian houses in Mannar. "There are 15 dead bodies and 25 wounded from the bombing," added R Ilannthirayan. The …

Well-Known Businessman in Spice Trade Mohammed Ibrahim In Custody After Two of his Sons Were Identified As Suicide Bombers Who Attacked Two Hotels and Daughter in Law Set Off Explosion at Dematagoda Residence. Posted by Administrator on 24 April 2019, 10:47 pm By Chathuri Dissanayake and Uditha Jayasinghe The Government yesterday said a new splinter group of the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) had been identified as having links to the Easter Sunday attacks, as the number of arrested grew to 60 and the death toll rose to 359, with the country’s security remaining on high alert. The number of arrested rose to 60 on Wednesday with 32 of them in Crimi…

“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 Defense Of Our People By: Brian Senewiratne - Australia Courtesy: TamilCanadian - September 1, 2007 ... ...... At a recent talk to expatriate Tamils, I was asked, “What is the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) doing?” I chose to answer the question with another, “What are you doing”. The answer is “Nothing, other than hallucinating about Eelam and trying to shift the responsibility for its achievement, to the LTTE”. What can we do? A great deal. ... ..... I launched a series of DVDs (I have lost count – I think about half a dozen) - to show the world what has been happening to our Tamil people (yes, they are my people as much as they are yours). I…

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201186072733063 Ven. Wataraka Vijitha thero briefly speaks against the Murderers & Media which has character assasinated him. Watch the last sentence he makes firmly. Let our SOCIAL MEDIA devices take his message everywhere. Pls SHARE.

நாங்கள் மற்றவர்கள் வருத்தப்படகூடும் என்பதால் “ இல்லை/செய்ய முடியாது” என்ற சொல்லைபயன்படுத்த யோசிப்போம்.. ஆனால் அவற்றை பயன்படுத்த வேண்டிய இடத்தில் பயன்படுத்தாவிட்டால் கஷ்டங்களை அனுபவித்த சம்பவங்கள் அதிகமாக இருக்கலாம்.. ABC Everyday / By Megan Blandford Many of us struggle to say no, but writing a 'no list' could be the answer to setting those boundaries.(: Pexels: Tim Samuel) It's a tiny word, but it can be hard to say. 'No' is a challenge: like many people, I suffer from guilt when I say no, because I feel like I'm letting people down. In truth, thoug…

India is not likely to make a response to the contents of the report of the United Nations high commissioner for human rights on Sri Lanka, as it mainly waits for the language of the resolution being drafted by US and western nations. On Wednesday, the landmark report on the last few years of Sri Lanka’s civil war was tabled in Wednesday, which called upon the setting up of “hybrid” courts with international and Sri Lankan lawyers and jurists to probe and address human rights violations by security forces and Tamil tigers. Incidentally, the UN human rights commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said that the report does not conclude that a “genocide” had been committed …

அனைத்து கட்சி குழுவினரின் தீர்வு திட்டம் இது தானாம் ! APRC Proposals to President The following are the proposals handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa by the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) yesterday, on fully implementing relevant provisions in the present Constitution, in order to achieve maximum and effective devolution of powers to the provinces in the short term ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT TO FULLY IMPLEMENT RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION AS A PRELUDE TO THE APRC PROPOSALS 1. Introduction 1.1 The APRC was mandated by the President to prepare a set of proposals that would be the basis for a so…

A Boeing 777 departed from Doha, Qatar on Sunday and landed in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday after flying 9,031 miles (14,535 kilometers). The return flight touched down in Doha late on Monday. The scheduled time for that leg is 17 hours and 30 minutes. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, who traveled on board the inaugural flight, said the new Auckland service was "an important milestone" in the airline's global expansion. The previous record was held by Gulf rival Emirates. Its Dubai to Auckland service is now the world's second longest at 8,823 miles. Related: The world's shortest super jumbo flight One airline does fly a longer route — …

மாலை என்பது ஆசாவரி குல்கர்னிக்கு அன்றைய விருப்பமான நேரம். அவர் தனது புதிய கூட்டாளர் அனில் யார்டியுடன் க்ரீன் டீ குடிக்க செலவழிக்கிறார். குல்கர்னி ஒரு சுறுசுறுப்பான சமூக வாழ்க்கையை கொண்டிருந்தார், ஆனால், பல வருடங்கள் தனிமையில் இருந்தபின், 68 வயதான விவாகரத்து பெற்றவர் தனக்கு வீட்டில் யாராவது தேவை என்று உணர்ந்தார். "மாலை வீழ்ச்சியடைந்ததால், எனது உடல்நலம் மற்றும் வீட்டில் தனியாக இருப்பது மற்றும் எனது பாதுகாப்பு குறித்து நான் கவலைப்படுவேன்" என்று முன்னாள் காப்பீட்டு முகவர் கூறினார். எனவே, அவர் ஹேப்பி சீனியர்ஸ் டேட்டிங் ஏஜென்சியில் சேர்ந்தார், மேலும் 68 வயதான யார்டியை தியேட்டர் மற்றும் சினிமாவுக்குச் செல்லத் தொடங்கினார். பத்து மாதங்களுக்குப் பிறகு, அவர்கள் ஒன்றாக வாழ்க…

Sinhalese police officer arrested in Matara [TamilNet, Monday, 15 January 2007, 18:26 GMT] A former officer in-charge of the Trincomalee Harbour Police was arrested Monday with a suspect, allegedly belonging to Liberation Tigers, in possession of 4.5 million rupees inside a hotel in Matara in the southern province, media sources in Colombo said quoting security forces. Mr.Indika Perera, the arrested officer, had returned after a two-year leave in a foreign country, sources said. According to initial inquiry the LTTE suspect is from Chelvanayakapuram, a suburb, about 3 km off north of Trincomalee town, media sources further said.

Sri Lanka: 3 SLN Dvora Gunboats Destroyed, says Tamil Rebels Sep 28, 2007, 04:13 Pulmoaddai - Three Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Dvora gunboats were destroyed by the Sea Tigers Thursday night when more than 17 Dvora boats engaged in a heavy sea fight with Sea Tiger flotillas in the seas off Pulmoaddai. 3 Sea Tigers were killed in the fighting that broke out at 10 p.m. Thursday and lasted till 3:30 a.m. Friday till the Sri Lanka Navy boats were pushed back to the east port harbor, towing the damaged boats according to the sources in the Eastern Sri Lanka. Artillery shells also were fired from the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) coastal positions in Kokki'laay, Kokkuththoduva…

Sri Lankans Accuse Him of Wartime Atrocities. California May Decide. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, brother to the former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, at home in Colombo in December.CreditAdam Dean for The New York Times In the decade since Sri Lanka’s civil war ended, a former wartime defense chief has successfully dodged accusations of crimes against humanity. He may soon run for president. But the accusations, which are supported by United Nations inquiries, recently caught up with him in a California parking lot…

In an interview with Al Jazeera, the Commander of the Security Forces in Jaffna Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe laughed off reports of abductions, torture and rape committed by the Sri Lankan armed forces, dismissing them as ‘lies’. Speaking on the documentary ‘Scars of Sri Lanka’, which aired on Thursday, Hathurusinghe dismissed claims of abductions, stating, “I flatly deny... None we do not. We don’t have anyone and we don’t abduct. Because there is no reason, why should we abduct? We have no terrorism.” See interview from 14:00 When questioned about individual reports of abductions by reporter Evan Williams, Hathurusinghe laughed before respo…

India's Sri Lanka policy - a projection Is India going to be pushed, prodded or propelled, in its policy towards Sri Lanka, down the very path that it took in the 1980s? Dayan JAYATILLEKA STANCE: The All India Bar Association (AIBA) has joined the raucous voices emanating from Tamil Nadu, calling for a more vigorous and one-sided policy on the part of New Delhi towards Colombo. While it goes against India's interest to be even handed between the LTTE, which perpetrated an act of foreign terrorism on its soil, and Sri Lanka, a friendly neighbour, voices such as that of the AIBA actually argue for a policy that is lopsided: against the Sri L…

2007: The year in review [TamilNet, Thursday, 03 January 2008, 07:34 GMT] For the people of the NorthEast, 2007 was a grim year. Sri Lanka’s security forces and allied paramilitaries intensified their campaign of abductions (‘white van’ abductions), torture, and murder of Tamil civilians. Tamil civil society leaders bore the brunt of the counter-insurgency campaign. Jaffna remained an open prison with shortage of essential items, east falling under the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) control with thousands displaced as Colombo concocts colonization schemes to make east a Sinhala majority province. In the North, the paramilitary EPDP, which has been implicated over the las…