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Close aide reveals last days and hours of Prabha August 27, 2009 by lrrp “If we fail in our final plan, we would be killed by the Sri Lankan Army. In such an eventuality, no one can claim an Eelam in Sri Lanka and the Eelam dream would become a nightmare.” These were Prabakarans’s last words to the rest of the Tiger leaders How the Eelam dream became a nightmare It was during the height of Eelam War IV, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or Tamil Tigers were pushed to the last remaining piece of real estate. To be exact, even that little bit of real estate was not directly under its control. It was the government declared ‘No Fire Zone’ (NFZ…

137 dead, 230 wounded as series of blasts rock Mumbai trains Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) At least 137 people were killed and 230 injured in a string of seven terror blasts thar tore through first class compartmenets of suburban trains around 6PM during the peak hour traffic here today. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00020...00607112201.htm

Foreign intelligence presence boosted in Sri Lanka (2007 Dec. 31, 9.40 AM) Colombo diplomatic sources say that with the Rajapakse regime's consideration 2008 as a year of war, world's leading intelligence services are interfering competitively in Sri Lanka's affairs. Indian RAW, Pakistan ISI, Russian KGB, US CIA and Israel Mosad are the leading intelligence services that are engaged in Sri Lankan affairs. Our sources say that an owner of a leading newspaper group in Sri Lanka is coordinating Mosad intelligence tasks in Sri Lanka, mostly in the Eastern Province.

Paramilitary group abducts Muslims, demands ransom 11 Muslim dairy farm workers out of a group of 18, going out to work from the Muslim village of Thambalai, were abducted Saturday by the Karuna paramilitary group on Pollonaruwa-Sunkavil road, 10 k.m. east of Pollonaruwa. The abductees were being held in the close by jungles of Sinnavil, with ransom demands of 1 million rupees, relatives of the farm workers said. Thambalai villagers have managed to collect 100,000 rupees, and paid the abductors who then released 5 farm workers, and demanded 500,000 rupees for the release of the remaining 4. The abductees are detained and guarded by 6 armed paramilitaries in Sri …

Sri Lanka’s 30-year war would be remembered, in part, for the crucial role played by Norway. The Norwegians managed to secure peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the LTTE and the peace process continued for a number of years under successive Governments. Though Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheim mediated between the GoSL and the LTTE under three Sri Lankan leaders, in the end attempts made by him and many others to ensure that the peace process continued failed. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mirror online, Solheim revealed details of some of his discussions with the rebels and the GoSL as well as the role played by the inte…

Sunday Leader editor faces arrest [TamilNet, Thursday, 28 December 2006, 10:46 GMT] Sri Lankan Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been instructed by the Defence Ministry to arrest Lasantha Wikramatunga, the editor of the Sunday Leader, who exposed last Sunday a move to build a 500 million rupee bunker at Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's official residence, editorial staff of the paper said. Media personnel have surrounded the Sunday Leader office following the development. The CID officials who have been in touch with Lasantha Wickramatunga had informed him about the move. The Free Media Movement in Colombo, in a press release issued recen…

Fr. Jimbrown – A shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep - Who is Fr. Jimbrown? Rev. Fr. Thiruchelvam Nihal Jimbrown is a young catholic priest of the diocese of Jaffna, SriLanka. He was born in 1972, at Puthukudiyirruppu, a village in the Mullaithivu District as the elder son of the family. The parents being devout Christians decided to offer their first fruit to God and Nihal went through the necessary formation and was ordained priest in 2004. He was sent to Mannar a neighboring Diocese and worked as the assistant parish priest at St Sebastian’s Cathedral for two years. Coming back to the Jaffna Diocese, he took up the assignment as the Parish prie…

Discipline, death and martyrdom By Dumeetha Luthra BBC News, Trincomalee The Tigers are renowned for their discipline It is a small glass vial, no longer than a cigarette, and it is worn with a little black string as a pendant. It could almost be a fashion accessory if it were not for the white powder inside - a fatal dose of cyanide. Nothing symbolises the Tamil Tigers and their culture of death and martyrdom quite so succinctly. Every rebel wears it when on duty. Death is better than capture. Maraivendan describes exactly how it is taken. "We need to bite into the glass so that it will cut the skin on …

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A store that sells husbands has just opened in Zimbabwe, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE ! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch …. You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband . On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord. The second floo…

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…

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

அன்பான யாழ்கள உறவுகளே நான் ரசித்த ஆங்கிலமொழி நகைச்சுவைத் துணுக்குகளை உங்களுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்வதில் மகிழ்வடைகின்றேன். அன்புடன் தமிழன்பன். Funny Defination School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays. Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich. Nurse: A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills. Marriage: It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters. Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower. Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of …

Army in pre-schools = PsyOps http://www.cimicjaffna.com/Cimicnews_2019_10_07.php A New Building for the Pre-School in Ariyalai [2019-10-06: 18:05:32] A brief ceremony was organized by the 52 Division to lay the foundation stone for the new building of Shanmuga Pre-school at Pumpukar, Ariyalai on Monday, 07 October 2019, on the directions of the Commander, Security Forces - Jaffna Major General Ruwan Wanigasooriya. The Commander, Security Forces - Jaffna laid the foundation stone for the new building in accordance with Hindu religious customs. Commander of the Army Li…

by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Financial Times November 26th, 2007 When New York City's Michael Bloomberg launched Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a nationwide campaign seeking to stop the flow of illicit weapons in cities and towns across America, he became a favourite verbal target of the National Rifle Association. To bring more muscle to its fight in Washington, the mayors' coalition in May hired lobbyists at Dewey Square Group. To succeed, Dewey Square would have to go head-to-head with the NRA's own veteran lobbyists at Ogilvy Government Relations, one of the most powerful and well-connected such operations in Washington. Although they are on opposite s…

இரு வாரங்களுக்கு முன்பு கூட சிறையில் பழங்குடியினரை சேர்ந்தவர் ஒருவர் தீடீரென மரணமடைந்துள்ளார். காவலில்/சிறையில் இருக்கும் பழங்குடியினர் இறக்கும் வீதம் இன்னமும் குறையாமல் இருப்பது அவுஸ்ரேலிய அரசிற்கு தலையிடியாகவே உள்ளது.. அதுமட்டுமல்ல வட அவுஸ்ரேலியாவின் சிறைச்சாலைகள் இவர்களால்தான் நிறைந்தும் உள்ளது. Her babies taken, she died alone in a police cell, the victim of a problem Australia can't seem to fix Updated 9:45 PM EDT April 9, 2021 Brisbane Editor's Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned this story contains images of people who have died. Rebecca Maher didn't get to hold her youngest child. Australian child protection se…

CNN)Doctors at a Texas hospital along the US-Mexico border may decide to send coronavirus patients "home to die by their loved ones" due to limited resources, officials say. Government and health officials in Starr County announced this week they are creating committees to review patients' cases at the Starr County Memorial Hospitalin Rio Grande City. At least 50% of the patients admitted in the hospital's emergency room have tested positive for Covid-19, Dr. Jose Vasquez, the county's health authority, said in a news conference earlier this week. "The situation is desperate," he said. …

Death of voice of Tamil struggle a new blow to peace in Sri Lanka by Amal Jayasinghe Fri Dec 15, 3:18 AM ET COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's moribund peace process suffered another setback with the death of the top Tamil Tiger negotiator who was regarded as a moderate among hardliners, analysts said. ADVERTISEMENT Anton Balasingham, 68, who had spearheaded the peace efforts of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), died of bile duct cancer at his London home on Thursday. "Balasingham had an institutional memory and it would be very difficult for the LTTE to replace him," said Sunanda Deshapriya, a director at the independent t…

CNN) — Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced on Saturday that three statewide races in Florida would head to a recount. With the margin of unofficial results in the Senate, gubernatorial and agriculture commissioner races below less than half of one percent (0.5%), a machine recount will commence. Related Article: Florida recounts begin as tensions escalate across state Barring lawsuits, delays, and local issues that could lengthen the process, here's a quick breakdown of what to expect over the next week and a half. Machine recount Counties can now begin to re-feed ballots into county or central count t…

Amidst soaring electricity rates, the Government is giving priority to the proposed multi-million dollar mega undersea power transmission line with India. Power and Energy Minister John Seneviratne said yesterday he or a senior official from his ministry would lead a delegation to India for this purpose. A preliminary feasibility report has already been completed. The $450-million project involved the laying of a 200-km long submarine cable to enable India to export electricity to Sri Lanka and would connect Madurai in Tamil Nadu with Thalaimannar, Mannar and Anuradhapuara, The Sunday Times learns. The plans to expedite the export of electricity from India com…

An ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the seizure of 300 kg heroin, five AK-47 rifles and 1,000 live rounds of 9mm ammunition off the coast of Vizhinjam near Thiruvananthapuram has led to speculation that an international drug running and weapon trading racket is aimed at reviving the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group LTTE. The case relates to the March 18 interception of a boat with the contraband by the Coast Guard following an intelligence input. The mastermind behind the operation was Sri Lankan Tamil Suresh Rajan, a resident of Colombo who had been living at Kundrathur, a Chennai suburb, for some time, the Indian Express reported. Multip…

Anandhi Sasitharan the Vibrant Wife of Senior Tiger Leader Ezhilan 18 January 2014, 10:20 pm By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Controversial Northern Provincial Councillor Anandhi Sasitharan is once again in the news. Sections of the media reported that the Defence ministry was pondering on the possibility of making the 42 year old wife of former senior tiger leader Ezhilan undergo a period of rehabilitation in order to “prevent her from propagating separatist sentiments”. Anandhi responded to the news reports by convening a press conference in Jaffna and stating that she could not be forced into rehabilitation as she had never been a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil E…

The tragic fate of TRO employees abducted by Karuna cadres February 3rd, 2007 By D.B.S. Jeyaraj One year has passed since the abductions and resultant disappearances of seven Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) employees took place in Welikande . Five TRO persons travelling from Batticaloa to Kilinochchi were abducted on January 29th Three were released subsequently. On the following day (30th) another TRO vehicle going from B’caloa to Kilinochchi was hi-jacked at Welikande. Five full time TRO employees and ten trainee recruits were on board. The ten rookies were released later but the other five were not. The TRO has been often accused of being a front o…

Maldives says sinks suspected Tamil Tiger vessel COLOMBO, May 17 (Reuters) - The Maldives coast guard opened fire on and sank a vessel carrying suspected Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday after a 12-hour standoff at sea in their southern territorial waters, the government said. However one man who threw himself overboard before the clash and surrendered spoke the south Indian language Malayalam and not Tamil, and officials were treating the alleged rebel link with caution. "We have sunk the vessel. We have captured the five people aboard," Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed told Reuters by telephone from the Maldivian capital of Male. A government spokesman s…

The latest leads in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner suggest that the plane turned west and then flew for at least four hours after its last confirmed location between Malaysia and Vietnam. Based on military radar data, this evidence makes it seem increasingly likely that the jet was commandeered along with its 239 passengers, whether by terrorists or crew members. Now people are discussing the possibility that the plane landed somewhere and is part of a larger plan. There are many places that Flight 370 could have reached in four hours - its fuel could have taken it approximately 2,530 miles in any direction - even if it is thought to have flown we…