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Underscoring that presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa’s election manifesto is progressive on furthering democratic reforms, including key Tamil considerations such as continuing with the constitutional reform process, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) urged the Tamil people in the Northern and Eastern Provinces and throughout Sri Lanka to freely exercise their franchise at the November 16 election. It said in a statement that SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s manifesto, on the other hand, has strong national security focus, but no serious commitment to expand the fledgling democratic space. “The refusal by all major presidential contestants to engage with Tamil…

இந்த விவரணப்படத்தில் 97 வயதான Charlie Richardson, 1939 கறுப்பு வெள்ளி காட்டுதீ, 2009 கறுப்பு சனிக்கிழமை காட்டுத்தீ இரண்டிலும் தப்பியவர், அவர் கூறுகிறார் “ On a day like that, the nature will take over”.. உண்மைதானே..

At least 1,600 Tamil youth from the Jaffna district have joined the Sri Lanka Army within the period of three months, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said. He expressed this while addressing the Security Forces officials at the Jaffna Headquarters. “We still find people expressing views in favour of separatism. In such a situation, it is a great victory that Tamil youth have come forward to join the Army. The Army Commander also commended the service rendered by the Army and Air Force personnel in the Jaffna district in taking the lead to provide necessary quarantine facilities for the general public. (Romesh Madushanka) Daily Mirror - 1,600 Jaffna-ba…

இங்கே( Sydney) lockdown திரும்பவும் தொடங்குகிறது..இன்றிலிருந்து வரும் 9ம் திகதி வரை.. COVID-19 lockdown expanded to cover Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Central Coast By Paige Cockburn Posted 12mminutes ago, updated 5mminutes ago The usual bustling tunnel to Central Station will be a lot quieter for the next fortnight.(ABC News: Timothy Swanston) Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong will enter a lockdown from 6:00pm today until 11.59pm on Friday July 9. Earlier today, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian flagge…

Tale of Two Cities- A Tamil girl’s journey from Colombo to Toronto May 09, 2018 By - Arasi Vickneaswaran My 6-month contract with a big finance company in Toronto ended a few weeks ago. I was sitting at my desk on my last day, trying to clean out my space. As much as I hated having to sit and stare at the computer mercilessly for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week while feeling like a number on the line, I still felt strange. I am not going to sit on this desk, make coffee on those machines and go through the horrible routine I am used to. I knew as I joined that I will not remain here. Yet, I became attached to some…

Defence Support 05 March 2007 16:07:01 Sri Lanka and United States sign reciprocal military logistics deal March 05 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and the United States has signed a deal to give reciprocal logistical support for the military forces of the two countries, the US embassy in Colombo said Monday. The 10-year agreement which will provide a framework for increased interoperability of the forces of the two countries has been signed between Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and U.S. Ambassador Robert Blake. "The Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) will allow the United States and Sri Lanka to transfer and excha…

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Youths corroborate SLA complicity in abductions. Youths recently released after being abducted corroborated the alleged involvement of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in the recent wave of abductions of youth in the Jaffna peninsula using Buffel Armoured Personnel Carriers. The abductions are carried out at night by armed men operating in white vans. The abductees are then taken to SLA military bases in the area, and later transported in Buffel APCs to the High Security Zone (HSZ) garrison in Palaali, blind folded and with hands and legs tied, according to the youths who were released after torture. A mother who lost her child cursing the Sri Lanka Army …

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UK troops set for Basra handover Iraqi troops will have to control insurgents British troops are preparing to transfer control of Basra province to the Iraqi authorities four-and-a-half years after the invasion. The handover, which is expected within hours, will mark a significant milestone towards Britain's final withdrawal from southern Iraq. It comes three months after the British military pulled out from the city of Basra itself to their airport base. Iraqi troops will now be responsible for controlling insurgents in the area. Police concerns BBC correspondent Andrew North said the plan was for British troops to take a backseat ro…

B.Raman on Anuradhapura raid by LTTE மிகவும் நடுநிலைமையோடு, நிதானமாக அலசி ஆய்ந்து எழுதப்பட்ட கட்டுரை. எல்.டி.டி.ஈ யின் நிலைமை முன்பை விட மோசமாக இருக்கிறது, கிழக்கில் கருணாவால் ஏற்பட்ட பின்னடைவிலிருந்து இன்னும் அவர்கள் மீளவில்லை, முன்பிருந்த நிலப்பரப்பு அவர்களிடம் இல்லை, 9/11 நிகழ்வுகளுக்குப் பிறகு உலகமே தலைகீழாக மாறிவிட்ட நிலையில் அவர்கள் முன்னெப்போதுமில்லாத அளவிற்கு பலவிதத்திலும் நெருக்கடிக்குள்ளாகியிருக்க

புலிகளும் தமிழீழமும் சர்வதேச அங்கீகாரத்தை நோக்கி நிதானமாக முன்னேறுகிறார்கள். http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticl...&archived=False

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Chairman of the UNP Leadership Council Karu Jayasuriya aspiring to be the common candidate at the next presidential election are reported to be planning a trip to the Indian capital with the view to meet Indian Premier Narendra Modi, political sources disclosed yesterday. Sources said the three leaders plan to seek blessings from India in their move to contest the next presidential election. According to these sources no dates have fixed for the trio to fly to the Indian capital. However, the government is yet to officially announce a proclamation calling a presidential elect…

By Simon Gardner COLOMBO (Reuters) - What started off as military push to clear Tamil Tiger artillery guns from a strategic harbour in northeast Sri Lanka has culminated in a mission to defeat the rebels completely - with no clear winner in sight. Emboldened by the capture of a key Tamil Tiger stronghold, Sri Lanka has vowed to go on the offensive to seek to destroy the rebels' entire military machine in the apparent belief it can finally win a two-decade civil war. But observers say President Mahinda Rajapakse's government and military are understimating the Tigers, and could simply plunge themselves deeper into a war that has killed more than 67,000 peopl…

Tamil Guardian 07 February 2007 President Rajapakse with Sri Lankan troops in Vaharai on Feb 3, 2007. Photo TamilNet. Buoyed by the Sri Lankan military’s capture, over the past six months, of large tracts of territory from the Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapakse said the LTTE could come for talks with his government – if it laid down its arms first. Destroying the LTTE – “fighting terrorism” – is the centre piece of President Rajapakse’s policy on the ethnic question. He made it clear that the military campaign would continue in his address at Sri Lanka’s 59th Independence Day anniversary celebrations and in comments a day earlier, made …

Majority of pilots leave Sri Lankan Airline (Lanka-e-News-2008 Jan 08, 4.30 PM) The majority of the Sri Lankan airline pilots have come to a decision to leave the national carrier since February with the Emirates' decision not to renew the agreement with the Sri Lanka state after March 31. Sri Lankan has 14 aircrafts and around 200 pilots are employed. The majority of the pilots are Sri Lankans. An official of the airline said to Lanka-e-News that 98% of the Sri Lankan's 600 staff are locals. Emirates is one of the major stakeholders of Sri Lankan. However it employed only three from Emirates and one of them is the CEO Peter Hill whose work permit was rev…

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…

The Department of Immigration and Emigration is preparing to deport 2,115 foreign nationals who have resided in the country under the protection of the UNHCR at a cost of Rs 60 million.Sixty nine Pakistani nationals and 16 Afghans who were staying in the island without necessary visas were being prepared for deportation yesterday (8). Eighty eight Pakistani individuals, 70 Afghans and 2 Iranians are among the 160 persons residing in SL under UNHCR protection, who have been detained at the Mirihana detention centre. According to the UNHCR report handed over to the Department of Immigration and Emigration on 30 June, there were1,562 foreign nationals residing…

Indian and Eelam Tamils are Hindu terrorists: Musharraf. [ Gjd;fpoik, 27 bnrk;gH 2006 ] [ fpU;zg;gps;is ] Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says he is against use of the term Islamist terrorists or "Islamo-fascists" as such labelling can then be used for other terrorist outfits as well, like the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka who are Hindus. "Does one call terrorists in Sri Lanka Hindu terrorists? Why is Pakistan's bomb called an Islamist bomb? Why is India's bomb not called a Hindu bomb and that of Israel as a Jewish bomb?" Musharraf asked. "Pakistani people are certainly for fighting terrorism, but they somehow are not happy with relations with the United S…

Scientists confirm meteorite crash-landed into New Jersey home https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/scientists-confirm-meteorite-crash-landed-new-jersey-home-99292637 A New Jersey family made an out-of-this-world discovery this week. After a mysterious black rock was found in a Trenton-area home that had apparently damaged the ceiling and floor, the homeowner and his children went searching for answers. Christine Lloyd points to where the meteorite came through the ceiling in her father's home. WPVI Suzy Kop found the metallic rock on Monday in an upstairs bedroom in her father's …

தமிழ் கனேடியனில் வந்த செய்தி http://www.tamilcanadian.com/pageview.php?...ID=3826&SID=526 The Government is Creating an Environment for War" TIME talks to Tamil rebels spokesman Suppiah Paramu Tamilchelvan By: Alex Perry Source: TIME - February 13, 2006 Aside from one press conference in 2002, Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam [L.T.T.E.] declines all requests for interviews and delegates meetings with all but the most senior foreign diplomats. Since the Tigers agreed a cease-fire with the Sri Lankan government in 2002, the rebels' public face has become Suppiah Paramu Tamilchelvan, a former fighter wh…

Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva emphasized that in terms of the Constitution, Mahinda Rajapaksa stands ineligible to run for a third term as President. When he took oaths for his second Presidential term, under Section 31/2 of the Constitution, on 19 November, 2010, he became ineligible to contest a third term, the former CJ said. "By the subsequently approved 18th Amendment to the Constitution, a President holding a second term in office can contest for a third term. However, at the time Section 31/2 was removed by the introduction of 18th Amendment, President Rajapaksa had already taken oath for the second term, making him ineligible to contest a third term," said …

2 Tigers, 4 SLA troopers wounded in clash [TamilNet, May 16, 2006 13:01 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers who moved beyond the no-man zone and entered the Forward Defence Line (FDL) of the Liberation Tigers at Kandalkadu near Eluthumadduval between Nagarkovil and Muhamalai, shot and wounded two LTTE cadres around 5:45 p.m., LTTE sources in Kilinochchi said. A direct clash erupted after the incident and four SLA soldiers were wounded, SLA sources said. The Liberation Tigers have lodged a complaint on the incident with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), LTTE sources in Kilinochchi said. The wounded SLA soldiers were rushed to Palaly military hospital…

India 'has most people with HIV' Prevention strategies are having some effect in India India now has more people living with HIV than any other country, a UNAIDS report has revealed. The report shows that India now accounts for two-thirds of HIV cases in the whole of Asia. An estimated 5.7 million Indians were infected by the end of 2005, overtaking the 5.5 million cases estimated in South Africa. However, While 18.8% of South African adults were living with HIV, the figure in India was 0.9%. Estimates of total deaths in India since Aids was first identified in 1981 range from 270,000 to 680,000. Most of the infections there were caus…

At least nine Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who attempted to illegally ferry to Australia from the coastal town of Oriyur in Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Indian police last night. Police said they had come from different refugee camps in the State and had been staying in rooms attached to St. Arulanandar Church at Oriyur for the past two days when police zeroed in on them on Friday night. They started moving out after realising that police had sensed the 'human trafficking' when local and Q branch police arrested them. Six of them were arrested near the church premises, while three others, who tried to escape in a car, were intercepted and arrested at Devako…