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A brother out of control - Editorial , The Hindu. Two years after defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and eliminating it as a military entity, Sri Lanka is still struggling to emerge from the woods on some important fronts. Two issues are predominant. One is the nature of the peace, and the efforts by the Sri Lankan government towards a political reconciliation between the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority. The military victory over the LTTE, and President Mahinda Rajapaksa's strength in parliament, gave the government an unprecedented opportunity to put in place a progressive political framework to heal the wounds of a 30-year war, and address Ta…

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…

As Sri Lanka gears up for the August 5 parliamentary election, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) — the main grouping representing minority Tamils living in north and east — is facing its biggest test yet in its constituency, since the war ended a decade ago. Though the Tamils have repeatedly given a huge mandate to the TNA, whether in the 2013 Northern Provincial Council election or the parliamentary polls of 2015, the Alliance — which secured 16 seats in the 225-member Parliament in 2015 — is contesting this election amid what seems a growing disenchantment among voters. “No matter who gets elected nothing changes in our lives. We vote because it’s our duty, no…

Selected Writings by Nadesan Satyendra - நடேசன் சத்தியேந்திரா Sathyam Commentary Confronting the Death of Prabhakaran On 18 June 2009, the 31st Day of Prabhakaran's Death [see also Velupillai Prabhakaran - Undying Symbol of Tamil Resistance to Alien Rule ] I have never met Velupillai Prabhakaran. Neither have I ever spoken to him. I did not know him personally. Again, it is not that I have agreed with everything that he said or did. Yet, when he died on 17 May 2009, I felt a deep sense of perso…

Sir Alex Ferguson book: David Beckham had to leave Man Utd Sir Alex Ferguson says David Beckham had to leave Manchester United because the former England captain thought he was "bigger than the manager". In his latest autobiography, Ferguson said he fell out with Beckham after criticising his performance during an FA Cup defeat by Arsenal in 2003. Play media Marriage changed Beckham - Ferguson "The minute a Manchester United player thought he was bigger than the manager, he had to go," he wrote. "David thought he was bigger than Alex Ferguson. "That was the death knell for him." Ferguson also said he had concerns about Beckham's celebrity lifestyle, following the…

Callum Macrae 02/10/14 00:00 Just over 200 days ago the Sri Lankan authorities arrested a Tamil mother, Balenderan Jeyakumari, and her teenage daughter. Mrs Jeyakumari had been campaigning to find out what had happened to her 15-year-old son, Mahindan, who disappeared after apparently being taken prisoner by the Sri Lankan authorities at the end of the war in 2009, accused of membership of the Tamil Tigers. Mrs Jeyakumari and her daughter were well known activists who had been among the crowds which mobbed British prime minister David Cameron when he visited the former war zone in Jaffna in November last year. Three months later Mrs Jeyakumari sent me a video …

Crouching Tigers Kilinochchi is a bastion lost, but pro-LTTE parties in India still have an Eelam dream, reports PC VINOJ KUMAR THE DREAM of an independent homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka, or Eelam, still burns bright in Tamil Nadu, despite the fall of Kilinochchi, the de-facto capital of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) controlled territory in north Sri Lanka. In Tamil Nadu, a state where the LTTE continues to enjoy some political support despite it being a banned outfit in India, the LTTE’s retreat from Kilinochchi is seen as a tactical move. On 2 January, 2009, Sri Lanka’s hard-line President Mahinda Rajapakse announced the capture of Kilinochchi…

Sri Lanka 'needs UN monitors' There was great optimism when the ceasefire was signed US-based Human Rights Watch says the United Nations should send observers to monitor the fighting in Sri Lanka. The mission of Nordic ceasefire monitors there ends on 16 January following the government's decision to withdraw from a ceasefire. On Wednesday the government said the 2002 ceasefire deal was moribund. Thousands of people have been killed in the last two years with the military and the Tamil Tigers accused of widespread human rights abuses. The Nordic-led Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was set up as part of the 2002 agreement to investigate…

Pro SL Army website says... Take out "white tiger" observers from the mission! - JVP on SLMM [31st August 2006 - 13:30 S.L.T] The JVP in a communique issued to the media on the statement made by the outgoing Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission chief Ulf Henricson says that the SLMM has once again proved of their favoritism towards the Tigers. The communique adds even the judicial reports on the enquiry into the deaths of 17 employees of a non-government organisation has proved that the incident occurred in Muttur area which was under terrorist attack at the time. It should be mentioned that not only the 17 employees of the NGO but nearly 100 Muslim civilian…

Rudramoorthy Cheran, perhaps the most clairvoyant among the poets of the Eelam movement There can be two opinions about the politics and the tactics of the Eelam movement in Sri Lanka, but there cannot be two about the brutal massacre of Sri Lankan Tamils at Mullivaikkal which was the culmination of a series of smaller, indiscriminate attacks on the Tamils —including women and children—that had gone on for years since the beginning of the movement and had taken a bloodier course from the latter half of 2008 to May 18, 2009, when it was officially announced that the war on Eelam Tamils had finally been concluded. The atrocities have not gone unrecorded, thanks to…

Sri Lanka: A Glimpse Into Our Apocalyptic Future?by Tom Plate, AsiaMedia News Daily, November 30, 2006 Tom Plate says, in our global village, we can't afford to turn away from the town burning next door Los Angeles --- You can, as smugly as you want, view the savage, desperate, dire deterioration in Sri Lanka as little more than a flashback to the past -- a kind of backslide into the dank grave of history. Those silly little Sri Lankans, how they kill one another over there in the shadow of the island's beauty, in their half-forgotten country, off the coast of India, about which no one really cares. Or -- more alertly, more sagely -- you could view th…

A UK parliamentarian of Sri Lankan origin Ranil Jayawardena has been appointed as the Trade Minister in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, British media reported. Mr. Jayawardena was promoted to the Department of International Trade on Tuesday after UK’s Trade Minister Conor Burns, one of Boris Johnson’s closest allies, was found to have attempted to intimidate the member of the public. Mr Jayawardena, the MP for North East Hampshire, was promoted in Mr Burns' absence in the department, although to the more junior role of parliamentary under secretary of state, reports said. Mr Burns, who represents Bournemouth West, quit on Monday after the parliam…

21 bodies recovered in Kilali [TamilNet, August 18, 2006 13:46 GMT] Kodikamam Police Friday recovered bodies of 16 men and 5 women in Kilali area where heavy fighting was reported recently. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) was making arrangements to bury the bodies as the bodies were in highly decomposed state. Chavakacheri Magistrate A. Premsankar was visiting the area Friday with the Police officials. The bodies were being photographed for identity and buried under the Emergency Regulations, according to the police. Bodies of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers, recovered from the area, have already been taken to Palaly military hospital. Sri Lank…

Health: 1. Drink plenty of water 2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar 3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants (factories) 4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy 5. Make time for prayer 6. Play more games 7. Read more books than you did last year 8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day 9. Sleep for 7 hours 10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day ---- and while you walk, SMILE !! Personality: 11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 12. Don't have negative thoug…

Nov 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's private television service providers have blocked the common opposition candidate's first TV interview, media reports said here. Peo TV cable television network and Dialog TV satellite television network have reportedly blocked the Sirasa TV from broadcasting the "Satana" program which interviewed the common opposition candidate and several other members of opposition. The program was live streamed on the internet. The subscribers have complained that Peo TV cable television network and Dialog TV satellite television network have blocked Sirasa, Shakthi and MTV Sports channels of the MTV/MBC media network. The Dialog network was ba…

RAJAPAKSE BENT ON DICTATED PEACE By B.Raman In an assessment on the ground situation in Sri Lanka written on October 8,2006, I had stated as follows: "The hardline advisers of Mr.Rajapakse think that they can now see the light at the end of a long and dark tunnel and that this is the time to force upon the LTTE a dictated peace, which would restict the eventual Tamil control in any political solution to the Northern Province minus Jaffna and the Batticaloa District of the Eastern Province minus the Tricomallee and Amparai Districts. Their reported plans for an ultimate political solution also envisage excluding the LTTE's presence and influence from even the Battica…

Native gangs spreading across Canada, targeting at-risk youth, says RCMP Module body Mon Mar 15, 6:03 PM By Susanna Kelley, The Canadian Press Aboriginal gangs are proliferating across Canada as criminal organizations exploit the intense poverty and squalid conditions that many First Nations youth live in, says a top officer with the RCMP's aboriginal police division. The gangs' stock-in-trade includes drug distribution, prostitution and theft, and they're only growing more sophisticated, said the RCMP. "The gangs are brought on by poverty," said RCMP Sgt. Merle Carpenter, who holds the aboriginal gangs file with the National Aborig…

What is Bitcoin halving? After every 210,000 blocks, Bitcoin goes through a process called “halving.” This mechanism was integrated into the protocol by Satoshi Nakamoto himself. After a protocol goes through “halving,” it cuts the supply of new Bitcoins in half, halving the miner's block production rewards, as well. Will Bitcoin go up after halving? Bitcoin tends to drop before and after a block-reward halving in the short term. ... Because the halving drops the amount of BTC that is mined as Bitcoin approaches its fixed supply of 21 million, miners will earn less BTC after the halving for performi…

British parliament debated on Sri Lanka on Tuesday at Westminster Hall for one and half hours. This is the fourth debate on Sri Lanka in recent times. Member for Mitcham and Morden, Siobhain McDonagh secured the time for the debate and lead the debate. The salient feature of the debate is, irrespective of party differences members across the bench were critical on Sri Lankan government for its ignorance on humanitarian crisis and the refusal to accept Tamil grievances. At the debate, parliament members expressed the frustration of Tamil Diaspora and the inability of the international community to bring a redress to them. Siobhain McDonagh asked, ‘what are we saying …

புவிசார் அரசியலில் ஏவுகணைத் தொழில் நுட்பத்தின் பலம்-பாக்கிஸ்தானிய முயற்ச்சிகள் எமக்கும் இச் செய்தி தரும் பாடம், தொழில் நுட்ப விருத்தி+கூட்டு முயற்சி= புவிசார் அரசியற்பலம்= சர்வதேச அங்கீகாரம். Pakistan stages new missile test It is the second time the missile has been successfully tested Pakistan has successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile with a range of 2,000km (1,250 miles), the Pakistani military has said. It was the second test-firing of the surface-to-surface Hatf VI (Shaheen II) missile, which was first tested in March 2005, officials said. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz watched the launch, at an undisclosed location. The…

US Seeks to Eventually Partition Sri Lanka. Humanitarian R2P Intervention Contemplated Interview with Tamara Kunanayakam By Global Research News Global Research, March 31, 2015 Ceylon Today The United States has no genuine interest in accountability or reconciliation in Sri Lanka, but is seeking a strategic military base in Asia, says Tamara Manimekhalai Kunanayakam, onetime Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Holy See. In a wide ranging interview with Ceylon Today, Kunanayakam said, the US would demand more concessions using the resolution as a tool and charged the UN Human Rights Commissi…

Canadian Students and Youth Groups Condemn CHOGM in Colombo Thursday, November 14, 2013 For Immediate Release Canadian Students and Youth Groups strongly condemn the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to take place in Colombo, Sri-Lanka. CHOGM has been a venue for world leaders to discuss global and Commonwealth issues including good governance, human rights, international peace and security and equality. Sri Lanka’s track records show complete dissent to the principles and values Commonwealth vows to uphold. The Sri-Lankan Government is accused of the most execrable war crimes and crimes against humanity of our recent history. As part of a sys…

Aid workers in Sri Lanka face escalating risk and red tape International NGOs dealing with the tsunami's aftermath and renewed fighting get an increasingly hostile reception. By Anuj Chopra | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor MUTTUR, SRI LANKA – Although the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government recently expressed interest in renewed negotiations, the specter of brutal killings, abductions, and disappearances continues to hang over the island nation. Just last week, 11 Muslim civilians were killed in the eastern province of Ampara. International and local aid workers dealing with the humanitarian crises created by the conflict as well as the…

AES Advanced Encryption Standard. The United States encryption standard that replaced the older and weaker DES standard. AFCA Air Force Communications Agency AFCERT Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team AFIWC Air Force Information Warfare Center AHFID Allied High Frequency Interoperability Directory. AIA Air Intelligence Agency at Kelly Air Force Base. AIS Automated Information Systems. ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode. C2 Command and Control: Command and control functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in…

சக வரலாற்றாசிரியர் ஜேம்ஸ் பாய்ஸ், மெக்கென்னா “ஆஸ்திரேலியாவின் காயமடைந்த இதயத்தை அம்பலப்படுத்தியுள்ளார்” என்றார். How a cold-case kept secret in the heart of Australia was uncovered in a Brisbane garage after 85 years By Levi Parsons For Daily Mail Australia 06:04 20 Feb 2021, updated 07:27 20 Feb 2021 A dark secret which cuts to the core Australia's brutal treatment of Aboriginal prisoners has been revealed after 85 years. The mystery of what really happened to tribesman Yokununna - an Indigenous prisoner who was shot by white police officer Bill McKinnon near Uluru in 1934 - was finally uncovered after a garage search in suburban Brisbane tu…