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Alan Keenan 8 When I arrived last summer at the burial ceremony the ten crude wooden coffins were lined up on the concrete floor. A bare-chested Hindu priest was chanting Sanskrit verses and preparing the offerings, an assortment of freshly chopped coconuts, leaves and flowers, oil, water, and brightly colored pastes for family members to place on the coffins bearing the remains of their loved ones. As the rain gently beat on the roof of the small open-sided structure, oil lanterns of chopped coconut shells were set in front of each casket. Families began circling the coffins, sometimes joining in on the prayers, mostly remaining silent. The tears were few, though o…

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50 QUESTIONS OF INTEREST ABOUT ISLAM Question 1: Name the religion which wants its followers to believe in only One God for whom the word in Arabic is Allah, and the word in English is God? Answer: Islam is that religion. Question 2: Name the religion that believes in all the prophets and also believes in the Prophet Muhammad as the Last Prophet? Answer: Islam is the only religion that believes all that is said above. Question 3: What religion believes that Jesus is a prophet? Answer: Islam is that religion. Question 4: What are the followers of Islam called? Answer: Muslim. Question 5: Why cannot a Muslim call himself a Mu…

The Romans had a saying: Mole ruit sua. It falls of its own bigness. They knew a thing or two about Empire, over-extension abroad and decay at home. Apparently, Americans are still learning. Hence, we're shocked by a 9/11 event, the devastation wrought by Katrina, the collapse of a bridge over the Mississippi. We don't understand how our health care system could have deteriorated into the "Sicko" joke of the developed world - and to be a lot less efficient and fair than systems in much poorer countries (Cuba, Venezuela, Costa Rica, for example). Within a few decades, how did we go from putting men on the moon to a nation whose cars can't compete with Japan and Germ…

By Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations | 22 July 2003 (revised 7/25/03) BERKELEY – Politically conservative agendas may range from supporting the Vietnam War to upholding traditional moral and religious values to opposing welfare. But are there consistent underlying motivations? Four researchers who culled through 50 years of research literature about the psychology of conservatism report that at the core of political conservatism is the resistance to change and a tolerance for inequality, and that some of the common psychological factors linked to political conservatism include: * Fear and aggression * Dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity * …

Deal or No Deal - Lebanon June 2008 An appearance of peace has returned to Lebanon; but as Hezbollah grows in power, political tensions are becoming palpable. Has the country finally entered a long-term settlement, or are we witnessing the preliminaries to a new conflict? Thanks to massive financial and military backing from Iran and Syria, Hezbollah has emerged as a powerhouse over the past years. Keen to display its power, it has repeatedly had the upper hand in skirmishes with government forces. A traditional enemy of Israel, Hezbollah has recently shifted its attention to Lebanon. Sunnis and supporters of the government have now become terrified to speak out …

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…

Tamil Tigers in Britain Burning less bright? Jun 12th 2008 From The Economist print edition Lean times for the Sri Lankan separatists. But Tamils are flourishing TERRORISM normally makes front-page news in Britain, so it was odd that the four Asian men charged with terrorist offences last month scarcely made the papers. The charge-sheet explains why: the men bundled out of their homes at dawn are suspected of procuring equipment for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a rebel group that has fought a decades-long civil war against the Sri Lankan state and is now banned in Britain. The police took pains to emphasise that there was no link to al-Qaeda; afte…

By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, June 10 (Reuters) - A little known Sri Lankan rebel group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for recent bomb attacks on transport vehicles as revenge for what it said were government attacks and aerial bombings on innocent Tamil civilians. The military has blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for a series of train and bus blasts in capital Colombo and central Sri Lanka in which at least 32 people were killed and over 100 wounded. "We want to claim that we are responsible for the bomb attacks on the transport vehicles and other attacks," Ellalan Force, which the military says is a Tiger-linked group, said in an e-mail to Reuters. The attack…

Peace Fills a Vacuum by Hussein Aghe and Robert Malley, The New York Times Op-Ed page, June 3, 2008 Intent on isolating its foes, the United States has instead ended up marginalizing itself. In one case after another, the Bush administration has wagered on the losing party or on a lost cause... The United States has cut itself off from the region on the dubious assumption that it can somehow maximize pressure on its foes by withholding contact, choosing to flaunt its might in the most primitive and costly of ways. It has pushed its local allies toward civil wars — arming Fatah against Hamas; financing some Lebanese forces against Hezbollah — they could not…

Reliable sources based in Eastern Sri Lanka said “A Jihad group active in Sri Lanka has started training their suicide group for targeting their enemies.” The most chilling detail we received on the suicide bomber who recently did his operation at Colombo targeting a police bus and killing 15 policemen, was that the bomber was from a Jihad group in Sri Lanka. We note that a Jihad is defined as “a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims.” According to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), the recent suicide bomber’s National Identity Card number was 820244769V, his name Ibrahim Levke Mubharak and address Hospital Road, Kinnia, Trincomalee. “Twe…

Sri Lanka: a paradise lost? By Irfan Husain AS THE fighting in Sri Lanka’s unending civil war has intensified, there has been a steady erosion in civil rights and democratic values. President Mahinda Rajapakse’s government, bent on crushing the LTTE, the Tamil militant group, has not been above using emergency powers to silence dissent. The latest victim of this authoritarian tendency is Keith Noyahr, a highly respected journalist and associate editor of The Nation. As he was about to open the gate to his house in Colombo at 9pm last week, a white van pulled up behind his car, a couple of men bundled him in, manacled him in handcuffs, and sped away…

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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 …

Balance of power: West v East Seda Punkt - 4/12/2008 World dominant is in question. West, namely, US, EU, and Canada are on one side, East-namely, Russia, and China, are on the other front, where India is increasingly aligning itself with Russia. The breakup of USSR was one of the US's major foreign policy achievements. Now, the lone Russia with Chechnya, is not much of a threat. Tibet, and Xinjiang can give long term headache to China, but breaking up Russia and China is very difficult. But India. Powerful India is a growing trouble for the West, and the solution is breaking up India. India is very similar to Yugoslavia; the 30% of the Hindi spea…

No Right to Be There by Bishop Desmond Tutu, Guardian, UK, May 15, 2008 With a terrible record of torture and disappearance, Sri Lanka doesn't deserve a seat on the UN human rights council. It should be voted out. 'Comment is free' section It would seem self-evident that a country which tortures and kidnaps its own people has no place on the world's leading human rights body. Apparently not: Sri Lanka, despite repeated criticism for its human rights record, is running for re-election to the UN human rights council, with a vote to be held in New York on May 21. Governments owe it to Sri Lankan human rights victims - and to victims of human righ…

தேசவிரோதி துரோகி கருணா பற்றி இலண்டன் கார்டியன் பத்திரிகையில்........ Karuna Amman, the Sri Lankan warlord jailed for entering Britain on a falsified visa and diplomatic passport, will not be prosecuted for war crimes and is likely to be deported soon. The former Tamil Tigers leader would not face further charges, the Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday. Karuna, 45, whose real name is Vinayagmoorthy Muralitharan, has been accused by human rights groups of forcing teenagers to serve as child soldiers, torturing prisoners and killing hundreds of civilians. He was released from prison last Friday after serving three months for immigration offences. Karuna…

சற்று முன்னர் டெய்லிமிரர் ஆங்கிலப்பத்திரிகையில் வந்த செய்தி.... Air Force today claimed that their fighter jets bombed a LTTE training base in Kollanwillu in Killinochchi-Mannar divisional boarder. Pilots had confirmed that the targets were accurately attacked. http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections...spx?ARTID=14753

Rajapaksa challenges Prabhakaran to direct clash Wed, May 7 11:00 AM Colombo, May 7 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday challenged the elusive leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Velupillai Prabhakaran to 'clash with him directly' and declared that his government would continue in its bid to flush rebels out of their stronghold in the north. 'I will challenge Prabhakaran to clash with me directly if possible without engaging in a killing spree of targeting innocent civilians, parliamentarians and ministers,' Rajapaksa said after inaugurating the Oluvil port project in eastern Amparai district Tuesday. Rajapaksa, who is…

UK arrests in Tamil Tigers probe Three men have been arrested by counter-terrorism officers in the UK as part of an investigation into the Tamil Tigers, police say. The arrests are said to be part of a long-term investigation into the Sri-Lankan-based group. Two men, aged 39 and 46, were arrested in dawn raids at separate addresses in Newtown, Powys, and a third, aged 33, arrested in Mitcham, south-west London. A raid also took place in Surrey, Scotland Yard said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7372883.stm

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka’s hopes of a quick victory over Tamil separatists looked shattered Thursday after Tamil rebels inflicted the heaviest losses on security forces since pulling out of a truce, analysts said. மேலும் படிக்க ..... http://www.orunews.com/?p=764