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The much expected moves to weaken and ultimately topple Sinhala Nationalist Rajapakse government is well and truly underway under the auspice of the International Community (read USA and India). A partnership with the traditional pro-Western UNP is very much expected along with the help of few other fringe political groups like CWC whose leadership is remote controlled by the policy makers across the Palk-straight. It’s also fair to expect the Muslim polity and the labour unions to rattle when they are instructed to do so by their handlers. To the eyes of the ordinary people, the unexpected players who are already active yet almost invisible are the elements within t…

[size=5]= President must intervene to prevent irreparable damage to country's image because of failure by EAM and mission in UN = UN issues statement against impeachment of CJ while composition of UNHRC changes[/size] [size=1][size=5]It was a week of more challenges for the UPFA Government both in Sri Lanka and abroad.�In Colombo, the official process to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake began on Wednesday. The eleven-member Parliamentary Select Committee chaired by Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa held its first meeting in Parliament. Standing Orders of Parliament prevent reportage of proceedings of the Committee.[/size][/size] [size=1][size=5]S…

Honda's withdrawal from Formula One racing came as a shock this week, but there were several signs over the past days that the auto industry's crisis would spill over into world sport. Less than a fortnight ago General Motors announced the premature end of their endorsement of golf star Tiger Woods, saving them an estimated $7 million (5.5 million euros) a year. On Thursday, the hopes of a future German America's Cup effectively ended when Audi announced that they won't be sponsoring a team. Audi followed up on Friday with the confirmation that it will stop auto racing after nine years in the American Le Mans series. Apart from banks and other financial companie…

Khalil Rafati, the 46-year-old owner of the juice bar chain SunLife Organics, is telling his success story, and sharing the hardships he went through to become a multi-millionaire. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Mr Rafati fled his hometown to Los Angeles to escape years of sexual abuse. He wound up selling cars to high-profile clients but his new life was quickly shattered when he tried heroin, The New York Times reports. In 2001, he nearly died while intentionally overdosing at a house party in Malibu. Mr Rafati struggled to kick the drug for the next few years and finally found sobriety in 2003 when he was introduced to superfoods. Check out the SunLife brand…

Sambanthan and Vigneswaren reach out to President Rajapakse by Harim Peiris Photo courtesy @PresRajapaksa On Monday 7th October, the Tamil National Alliance, the only political party in the country to have comprehensively defeated the UPFA and captured power in the Northern Province, creating the first ever opposition controlled provincial council since the Peoples’ Alliance victory in the Southern Provincial Council in 1993, which also heralded the end of UNP rule an year later, politically reached out and magnanimously decided that it’s Chief Minister designate, retired Supreme Court Justice CV Wigneswaren should take his oath of office before President Mahinda …

E.Maryvanitha, Director of Anpumanai Anpumanai is a safe house for women and their children who need a temporary shelter from family violence and other misfortunes. At Anpumanai they are able to think calmly with expert advice to resolve the issues they face and seek a more permanent solution that is safe for themselves and their children. Many women gain confidence to deal with domestic violence just by knowing that such a safe house exists if they need it. At Anpumanai women receive counseling, help to approach the police and also legal advice to resolve the family issues. Women also receive some skill training that could assist them economically by wo…

Lankan soldiers attack LTTE minicamp in Trincomalee - Elilan [TamilNet, January 13, 2006 15:49 GMT] A minicamp of the Liberation Tigers in Trincomalee district was attacked by Sri Lankan troopers Friday evening, the Tigers have informed the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) truce monitors in the east port town. The Tigers have lost contact with the minicamp which was attacked by the Sri Lankan soldiers around 5:15 p.m. in Kadavanaikulam near Palampoddaru Bridge, LTTE sources said. At least 4 cadres were reported missing. Exact casualty figures were not available at the moment. The minicamp, where five to ten cadres were stationed, was located between Thambala…

Heavy fighting rages in Muhamalai, Kilali [TamilNet, September 10, 2006 19:01 GMT] Heavy artillery shelling and fighting between the Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers erupted in Kilali and Muhamalai Forward Defence Line (FDL) of the Northern Front from 7:30 p.m. Sunday, sources in Kilinochchi said. Artillery shelling and gunfire were continuing Sunday midnight. The SLA had suffered heavy casualties Saturday when it launched a fresh offensive towards Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) FDL. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Police in Kodikamam Sunday said they had seven bodies of Tamil youths, five males and two females, killed in in the clashes in Thenm…

Convoy dispatched to eastern Sri Lanka with milk powder and medical supplies Monday, November 20, 2006, 12:19 GMT, Nov 20, Colombo: A convoy of 14 vehicles carrying milk powder and medical supplies along with five ambulances left the Kadjuwatte road block yesterday under the coordination of the Sri Lankan security forces. The convoy is headed towards LTTE-held Vakarai in eastern Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government’s Media Center for National Security said, “Fifteen organizations along with ICRC [international Committee of the Red Cross] and UNICEF had initiated these relief measures to bring trapped civilians to cleared areas from Vakarai and to take 63 s…

Anton Balasingham, whose death from cancer was announced on Thursday, was the ideologist of the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka. Officially know as the group's political adviser and theoretician, for over 25 years he played a unique role in the political struggle of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. Over the years, this normally reticent man was the public face of the Tamil Tigers. Living in London, it was his job to communicate with the outside world about the aspirations of his people. He was the main force in bringing the attention of the world to a forgotten war in this small island nation. Political solution Earlier in his life, Balasingham worked a…

Security forces chase fleeing rebels into jungle hideouts COLOMBO: At least 40 Tamil Tiger separatists were killed in clashes with government troops who routed several major rebel bases in the volatile east, the military said Sunday, amid a renewed push to break the insurgents’ hold on the district. Army troops killed at least 18 Tamil Tigers in fighting as they tried to flee into a rebel-held jungle in eastern Batticaloa district on Sunday morning, said military spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe. Separately, he said troops found the bodies of 22 rebels, victims of an army assault on Saturday on several rebel bases in Kathiraveli, another rebel-stronghold in B…

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The Washinton Times Declaw the Tamil Tigers TODAY'S EDITORIAL March 1, 2007 In response to mounting international criticism and restrictions, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have tried to change their methods in order to project a more palatable image of a political organization. But in yet another reminder that the Tamil Tigers' only true commitment is to terrorism, the terrorist group launched an artillery attack against a diplomatic entourage that included U.S. Ambassador Robert Blake and envoys from Italy, Germany, Canada, France and Japan, all of whom were on a humanitarian mission to the Eastern part of Sri Lanka. Mr. Blake suffered only minor injur…

Combined by Nanni Chozhan from various sources and first released in Wikipedia. The Sea Tigers have been accused of hijacking 4 Sri Lankan supply vessels in the waters of Sri Lanka namely Irish Mona (in August 1995), Misen (in July 1997) Morong Bong (in July 1997) and Princess Kash (in August 1998) but it destroyed by Sri Lankan Navy's Airforce along with cargo in it. They have also dismantled equipment from a drifted vessel named MV Farah III (in December 2006). In the year 1996, Lawrence Thilakar, a member of the LTTE central committee, said that the Tigers would target both Sri Lankan military inside and outside supply lines.[38] A second development w…

Taking our University system to the next level With the release of the GCE Advanced Level results last week, the focus has again shifted to the 150,000 (approx.) aspiring students who cannot gain entry to State universities despite passing the examination. This is because the State universities can only take in around 30,000 students annually. The fate of the rest has become the subject of a debate that has been raging for years in the media, political circles and in the wider society. In fact, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa set asi…

Coronavirus in Deutschland – wo es die meisten Infektionen gibt In Deutschland sind mittlerweile in allen Bundesländern Fälle des Coronavirus nachgewiesen. Ein Überblick über die Zahl der Infizierten. Das Coronavirus breitet sich in Deutschland weiter aus. Bundesweit gibt es derzeit 5.771 bestätigte Infektionen (Stand: 15. März, 21:35 Uhr), wie die Zahlen aus 16 Bundesländern nach Recherchen von t-online.de zeigen. Fünf Menschen aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, drei Personen aus Baden-Württemberg und vier Menschen aus Bayern sind verstorben. …

டெட் என்பது உலகளாவிய ரீதியில் பலரின் ஆற்றல், திறமைகளை உலகிற்கு எடுத்தியம்பும் தளம். இதில் எம்மவர்களும், அடுத்த தலைமுறையும் திறமைகளை வெளிப்படுத்த உதவும் தளம். ===================================================================================================== Gouzia Sivarajah My name is Gouzia Sivarajah and I am an aspiring Trauma Surgeon. It is my goal to be accepted into an accelerated medical program. I am also the Founder and CEO of SIINNO Technology LLC, and the president of TYPDA (a non-profit organization). SIINNO Technology LLC is a company that creates devices that help people live safer lives. Our first product is a wearable device called…

சமத் பல்லபிட்டியா : வெற்றிகரமான முதலீட்டாளர், சமத்துவத்திற்காக போராடும் சிங்கள கனேடிய அமெரிக்கர் 1976ல் கொழும்பில் பிறந்தவர் ஓட்டாவா, கனடாவில் குடும்பத்துடன் வாழ்ந்தவர் அப்பா தூதுவராலயத்தில் வேலை செய்தவர் இலங்கையில் நடந்த யுத்தம் காரணமாக, தகப்பனாரின் உயிருக்கு ஆபத்து அகதி கோரிக்கை ஏற்கப்பட்டது வெற்றிகரமாக வாடர்லூ படிப்பை முடித்தார் ... அமெரிக்க சென்றார் இன்று உலகத்திற்கு சம உரிமை பற்றி அதிகம் பேசுகிறார்

While the UN says that after its inaction in Sri Lanka while 40,000 were killed in 2009 it is now studying the “lessons learned,” Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday morning met with Sri Lankan Ambassador Palitha Kohona and four other Permanent Representatives to accept a quite contrary report. Before Inner City Press was asked to leave the conference room, Japan's Permanent Representative Tsuneo Nishida told Ban that “Sri Lanka is an important country” and “this morning we would like to present our report.” Then the meeting was closed; in fact, no topic was ever listed for the meeting. Inner City Press was the only media there. See short YouTube video here…

In year 2006, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) took a radical tactical turn to use remote controlled claymore mines to block Madawachchi-Mannar and Habarana-Trinco supply routes. This effectively made the vegetation clearance on either sides of the road fruitless. Attacks were frequent and caused huge damages to ground movements of the army. The defense research units that attracted the volunteer support of several civilian engineers worked day and night to develop a counter measure to jam the LTTE remote controllers, based on some pieces of circuits found among the debris of explosions in the North. The rate of innovation of the LTTE side was so fast that the Gove…

5th LEAD Tigers overrun four SLA camps in Trincomalee, enter Muttur [TamilNet, August 02, 2006 02:35 GMT] Fighting formations of the Liberation Tigers have overrun four key locations in Trincomalee district after fierce artillery shelling since 2:00 a.m. Wednesday. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camps in Kaddaiparichchan, Palathoppu, Pachchanoor and Mahindapura have been overrun, civilian sources said. Heavily armed LTTE fighters were seen entering Muttur town. Military sources in Colombo remained tightlipped and declined to comment on the ground situation. Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir jets continued to bomb LTTE controlled Sampoor area. Fierce fighting is also reporte…

Step up US involvement in Sri Lanka: Congressman A prominent US Democratic Congressman has urged President George W Bush to step up the United States' involvement in finding a solution in conflict-marred Sri Lanka. Frank Pallone asked the administration to appoint a special envoy to the island nation with a view to making recommendations for steps leading to peace. "The last round of talks in Geneva ended up in a failure and there are no signs of new negotiations. There is no peaceful solution in sight and it is the civilians who are desperately suffering," Pallone said in a statement in the House of Representatives. "Since 1983, the Libera…

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…

ஆகஸ்ட் 26- 2020: அமெரிக்காவில் பெண்களுக்கான வாக்குரிமை கிடைத்து 100 வருடங்களாகிறது ஆனாலும் இற்றைவரை ஒரு பெண், ஜனாதிபதியாக அந்நாட்டை ஆளவில்லை என்பது அமெரிக்க அரசியலில் பெண்கள் முன்னேற இன்னமும் எத்தனை தடைகளை தாண்டவேண்டும்?? The 19th Amendment, a century later: 'I’m surprised we are not further along' August 21, 2020 Photograph by Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images By Rachel Hartigan On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendmentbecame law. Citizens of the United States could no longer be barred from voting based on their sex. The culmination of many decades of struggle involving generations of women, the amendment meant some 27 million…

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have rejected government plans for peace talks in Geneva on February 15 because of reported abductions of pro-Tiger aid workers, and want talks in late February instead, a rebel source said on Sunday. The government said on Friday the talks, seen as vital to stop a rash of violence escalating into a return to a two-decade-old war that has already killed more than 64,000 people, would start in Switzerland on February15 for two days. "February 15 is completely out," the rebel source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "The Tigers are keen to go to Geneva for talks, but the Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (T…