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ISIL pounded as Iraqi and Kurd forces advance Peshmerga and Iraqi forces say they have retaken key areas in Iraq's north and south, supported by 22 US air strikes. Peshmerga forces are continuing to counter ISIL's offensive in northern Iraq [Reuters] Ground offensives by the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces, backed by a barrage of US air raids, have forced ISIL fighters from several key towns in the north and south of Iraq, officials said. Kurdish peshmerga forces said on Saturday they had recaptured several towns and villages held b…

A young reporter dares to cover press freedom in one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists - Sri Lanka. http://aje.me/YAE6H1 Despite the dangers involved in working for the Tamil newspaper Uthayan in Jaffna, young journalists like Thadsa still join their ranks. Apart from the chief editor, Uthayan does not have a single news journalist over the age of 40. As they grow older, young journalists come under family pressure to find a safer job. Thadsa is passionate about reporting and wants to cover a story on a journalist who disappeared in 2007, and look into the ongoing restrictions to press freedoms in Sri Lanka today. Filmm…

His Excellency John Kerry Secretary of State United States of America Excellency, I wish to extend my warm congratulations to Your Excellency, on your appointment as the Secretary of State of the United States of America. You bring to your office the wisdom and experience gained during a long and distinguished political and professional career. I am confident that your pragmatic outlook, particularly having been the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will stand in good stead in steering the foreign relations of your country in these challenging times. I recall with pleasure that Sri Lanka has…

France, India to fire up military cooperation, nuclear energy ties India and France said Friday they would push their military ties beyond weapons sales and open up nuclear power cooperation as soon as New Delhi is able to enter the global atomic energy market. India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh said he had agreed with visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy to go beyond a “buyer-seller relationship” with France viewed merely as one of several international arms suppliers. Sarkozy also said negotiations had been finalised on a planned bilateral accord on nuclear power plants, a key area of French expertise and seen as crucial to India’s effort to…

வேலை தேடிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறீர்களா? - விமானத் துறையில் கொட்டிக்கிடக்கும் வேலைவாய்ப்புகள் இதை பகிர ஃபேஸ்புக்கில் இதை பகிர Messenger இதை பகிர டுவிட்டரில் இதை பகிர மின்னஞ்சல் பகிர்க நீங்கள் வேலை தேடிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறீர்களா அல்லது செய்து கொண்டிருக்கும் பணியை விட சிறந்த வேலைக்காக காத்திருக்கிறீர்களா? அப்படியானால் விமான போக்குவரத்து துறையில் பணி தேடலாம். படத்தின் காப்புரிமைGETTY IMAGES ஆம், ஆசியா பசிஃபிக் பகுதியில் மட்டும் விமா…

President Must Disown Tamil Paramilitary Groups | by Rajasingham Jayadevan ( March 1, 2013, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) My recent visit to Jaffna stretched once again (like in January 2012) a trip to the north-west coastal islands due to my visiting relatives wanting to worship at the Shree Nagapooshani Amman temple in the Islet of Nainativu. A contingent of fifteen relatives went to the islet. Paramilitary Leader Minister Douglas Devananda It was a very bumpy drive on the pothole and patchwork road. The drive did not give any impression that there is any major roadwork plan for the narrow lagoon road. The intermittent pothole patchwork undertaken …

Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen who recently secured US$ 1 million (Rs 130 million) after a direct call for funding from Pakistan has also approached other foreign governments for money. The Minister has written to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan requesting funds to resettle displaced Muslims in the Northern Province, authoritative sources said. This is despite clear Finance Ministry instructions that foreign project funding must only be canvassed through its External Resources Department (ERD). According to the ERD, there are two ways to secure funding for projects. One is by export credit which is channeled through Exim Banks in vari…

Sun May 27, 2:52 AM ET COLOMBO (AFP) - A new wave of air and naval combat is likely in Sri Lanka as government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels step up battles that have killed more than 5,000 people since peace talks collapsed, analysts say. ADVERTISEMENT Defence officials say the military is planning to buy MiG-29 supersonic jet fighters, Mi-24 helicopter gunships and bigger guns for navy fast attack craft to counter growing threats from the rebels at sea and in the air. "There is very little chance of reviving the peace process," said Sunanda Deshapriya, a director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives, describing the February 2002 truce as al…

We All Are Tamils, We All Are Sinhalese And We All Are Muslims April 19, 2013 | Filed under: Colombo Telegraph,Opinion | Posted by: COLOMBO_TELEGRAPH By Laksiri Fernando - Dr. Laksiri Fernando I am saying it should be the spirit. I am not asking anyone to shed away or denounce their ethnicity or religion. We all love the way we are and what we believe in or not believe in. In this small Island of ours we should live like brothers and sisters with equal rights and also equal responsibilities, without rancour or violence. Although I am not there bodily now, my ‘spirit’ appears to be haunting this Island all the time, day and night. I admit that it may be eas…

A large number of Tamils in Sri Lanka have died while in protest demanding the government to reveal the fate of their loved ones who are victims of enforced disappearances, the UN heard. As revealed to the global rights body in Geneva by a mother leading a continuous protest that had been continuing for more than three years in the north and east of the country, almost 70 have passed away without getting any answers. “Already, 69 mothers in our protests have died due to stress and various illnesses without finding solutions to their grievances,” General Secretary of the Association for the Relatives of the Enforced Disappearance from North and East of Sri Lanka,…

Sri Lankan forces 'target church' Attacks have been on the increase since the end of the ceasefire Sri Lankan forces have been accused of targeting a church in the north-western district of Mannar. The government denies this, but eyewitnesses described how the military attacked the church. An international aid worker has confirmed it. One woman was killed and more than 40 people injured in the incident. It comes after early-morning clashes in Mannar between the Sri Lankan navy and Tamil Tiger rebels, in which more than 30 people were said to have died. Some 200 people had been sheltering at the church when a grenade was thrown in, causing d…

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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…

Shares for Kids MAR 1, 2021 “Dad, do you own shares in … Woolworths?” “Yes.” “What about Coles?” “Sure do, mate.” “What about … what about ... JOHN DEERE?” screamed my five-year-old, his eyes bulging. “Oh yeah!” I yelled, and then we high-fived. Listen, as a father, a finance nerd and a farmer, that moment was a bloody royal flush. It does not get better than that. These days my portfolio is basically made up of both local and international index funds: A couple of ultra-low-cost funds hold literally thousands of companies (well, a sliver of each), including the biggest companies on earth. In other words, you name it, and chances are we o…

Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims? By Alan Strathern Oxford University Of all the moral precepts instilled in Buddhist monks the promise not to kill comes first, and the principle of non-violence is arguably more central to Buddhism than any other major religion. So why have monks been using hate speech against Muslims and joining mobs that have left dozens dead? This is happening in two countries separated by well over 1,000 miles of Indian Ocean - Burma and Sri Lanka. It is puzzling because neither country is facing an Islamist militant threat. Muslims in both places are a generally peaceable and small minority. In Sri Lanka, the issue of halal slaugh…

இதை இங்கே இணைக்க காரணம், இறுதி 5 மாதங்களிலும் சிங்களத்தால் வெளியிடப்பட்ட வீரச்சாவடைந்த புலிவீரர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை பற்றிய 'எண்ணிக்கை விளையாட்டுகள்' பற்றி நீங்களும் அறிந்துகொள்ள வேண்டும் என்பதற்காகவே. இது எப்படிப் பட்டதென்பது பற்றி அந்தக் காலத்தில் சிங்களத்தின் அதிகாரநிறைவு வலைத்தளத்தினை எதிர்த்து கருத்துக்களும் கட்டுரையும் வெளியிட்டுக்கொண்டிருந்த ஒரு வலைப்பூவில் இருந்து ஒரு கட்டுரை. (http://puligal.blogspot.com/2009/03/defencelk-is-41-more-lethal-than-armylk.html) Sunday, March 29, 2009 Defence.lk is 41% more lethal than Army.lk; writers deserve promotion By Shankar Neelan We have taken the last two months worth of battle rep…

Pentagon cautions on China military might CHINA'S military build-up could be "potentially destabilising" in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon said as it released its annual report on the country's military, which estimates the nation's annual spending on its armed forces at $US160 billion ($153bn). The unprecedented military modernisation project by Asia's most powerful country has already seen the emergence of its first aircraft carrier and stealth fighter jet this year - but cyber warfare is rising as a critical issue. "China's 2010 defence white paper asserts that China's future and destiny have never been more closely connected with those of t…

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Mr Hague made the comments while attending the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he believes it is possible for the Sri Lankan government to establish a war crimes inquiry before March. It comes after PM David Cameron called on president Mahinda Rajapaksa to set up an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes - or face a UN probe. Sri Lanka's government has rejected Mr Cameron's call for an international probe. Mr Hague said that Britain would be pursuing the issue. He made the comments to the Colombo-based Sunday Times while attending the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka. Mr Hague told the paper that it…

TGTE Wants UNHRC To Complete Its Mandate On Sri Lanka War Inquiry The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) Ministry of International Affairs has today written to all members of the UNHRC to strictly adhere to the mandate given to the OISL, stating that it is important that the March 2014 resolution for an international independent investigation is not compromised but completed and report presented to Council on 25 March 2015 as planned, with recommendations for further action and referral to the ICC with an action plan for implementation. Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran – PM – TGTE “On behalf of the victims of the Mullaivaikkal war and for the dependent…

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said there will be no compromise on corruption, and sought time for taking action against it. "It has just been eight days, give us some time. We will not spare anyone who is corrupt," Kejriwal told reporters. "There is no question of compromising on corruption. I will put my life at stake, but will not compromise on the issue," he said. Kejriwal was responding to a question on whether the Aam Aadmi Party-Congress tie-up would result in letting off the Congress, which AAP charged of corruption in the run-up to the Delhi polls. "Whether it is Sheila Dikshit, or some minister from the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, or my…

In May 2009, as the civil war was drawing to a close, the Sri Lankan executed influential Tamil leaders even though they had already surrendered. Frances Harrison spoke to two Tamil fighters who witnessed the incident and revealed the atrocity to the world. The stocky Tamil man twisted himself nervously inside his thin black anorak, ill suited to one of the iciest days of winter, as he explained how he turned informer, betraying the very man he was supposed to protect, in order to save his own life. We endured the bone-chilling cold sitting outdoors on a deserted verandah sipping coffee in a café in Victoria Station, interrupted occasionally by the peremptory platform …

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