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At 1:50 am Sunday, when most of Colombo was either sleeping or watching Sri Lanka’s cricketing heroes succumb to Australia in the final of the World Cup being played a dozen time zones away in Barbados in front of their junketing president, Mahinda Rajapakse, the Road Warrior-style air force of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam launched a raid on Colombo. Continue to read

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THE FUTURE OF TAMIL PARLIAMENTARIANS IN SRI LANKA - The murder of Parliamentarian Raviraj Sunday, 12 November 2006 Brian Senewiratne M.D,Physician, Brisbane , Australia On 10 November 2006, yet another leading Tamil Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament was gunned down in Colombo by a supposedly ‘unknown’ gunman. This is a new Sri Lankan term which is synonymous with ‘The Armed Forces and their Paramilitaries who do their dirty work’. There are no ‘unknown gunmen’ as such. Nadarajah Raviraj (44), Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian for Jaffna district, one of only a few Tamil MPs who could voice, in English, the suffering of the Tamil people in the…

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…

LOSING the favour of the ruling Rajapaksa family is a cardinal error in Sri Lankan public life. Few in the press, especially not the mealy-mouthed state-run outlets, risk any criticism of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, or his powerful brothers. Parliamentary opposition, weak in numbers and leadership, rarely murmurs objections to those in office. Street protests by trade unions, students, religious leaders and Tamil activists are infrequent and usually brief. So it is remarkable to see the country’s chief justice in conflict with the president. Few expected Shirani Bandaranayake to be any sort of check on the ruling family’s efforts to strengthen its grip on power.…

OPINION The Hidden Sea Tigers The LTTE attack at Galle came a few days before the arrival of a fresh consignment of arms and ammunition from Pakistan and seems aimed to demonstrate the continuing naval capability and to scare foreign tourists B. RAMAN | e-mail | one page format | feedback: send - read | The Sea Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) took the Sri Lankan Navy completely by surprise early on the morning of October 18, 2006, by successfully penetrating a naval base and a commercial harbour at Galle in southern Sri Lanka and destroying three naval boats in the base. One sailor and one civilian were killed…

The island nation of Ceylon is in labor. Tamils ruled themselves before colonization and its time they reclaim what was lost in the past once again. Priya Raj, 26 March 2007. Since independence, the future for Sri Lankan Tamils was of uncertainty. When colonial rules took over the mother island, she had two children with their own states and marked territories, Sinhale and Tamil. They had their small differences but the mother island took care of them both with pride and love. She was a beautiful lady in the Indian Ocean. She was called fondly with so many names and even called the paradise on earth. She was full of resources and charm. She neve…

The issuing of Tamil Eelam national identity cards was officially begun today, on 1 January 2007 with the very first Tamil Eelam national identity card issued to the Tamil National Leader, V Pirapaharan. The Commissioner of Tamil Eelam Department of Registration of Persons, S Jeyenthiran, handed the first national identity card to the Tamil National Leader today. 31 December 2006 http://www.ltteps.org/

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By Nirmala Kannangara Controversy surrounds over how an owner of a small telecommunication centre became a millionaire within a short span of six years. Complaints have been lodged recently with the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption against the leader of the National Freedom Front and former Minister of Housing and Construction Wimal Weerawansa. After the complaint was lodged, startling revelations have come out how Weerawansa is enjoying a super luxury life and questions have been raised as to how the former minister accumulated such a vast wealth within no time when his sole income was the ministerial salary and the other perks a government minister is e…

By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS, [RxPG] New Delhi, Feb 25 - Describing the situation in Sri Lanka as 'serious', the US envoy to the island nation has warned against attempts to underestimate the Tamil Tigers and asserted that they cannot be defeated militarily. Ambassador Robert Blake also said in a telephonic interview from Colombo that his country 'respectfully disagreed' with those in Sri Lanka who feel a military solution was possible to end the dragging Tamil separatist campaign. The ambassador, who took charge in September 2006, made it clear that only devolution of powers that satisfy the 'legitimate aspirations' of the Tamil minority could be the basi…

"The LTTE claims that one of the paramilitaries is an Islamic Jihad group with links to Pakistan's security forces." The civil war in Sri Lanka between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) looks set to continue despite upcoming peace talks. Although a ceasefire is in place, violence continues and the LTTE alleges the government is using paramilitary forces in a "shadow war". The LTTE claims that one of the paramilitaries is an Islamic Jihad group with links to Pakistan's security forces. The presence of paramilitaries could derail the peace process. Helen Vatsikopoulos talks to Dr Anton Balasingham, political…

Arial Terror and massacre of innocents The massacre of innocent schoolgirls - Sri-Lanka It was 06.40-45 a.m. on Monday, August 14th 2006 Four Israeli built K-fir bombers appeared suddenly on the skies above a place called Vallipunam in Mullativu District in the North Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It is believed that the planes had stared out from Trincolalee and flown north over the sea and turned westwards towards Mullaitivu. The aircraft were spot on. Instead of hovering in the air for a while as most bombers do before releasing their deadly cargo these planes set about their task quickly and precisely. Like the four horsemen of the apocalypse t…

இந்த கட்டுரையை Colombo telegraph ற்காக எழுதியவர் போராசிரியர் அசோக எக்நாயக்கே. சிங்கள வாக்காளர்களை 5 வகையாக பிரித்தும் அவர்களது மனநிலைகள் எப்படியானது எனவும், இப்போது ஏற்பட்ட நிலையால் போராடும் இவர்கள் எதிர்காலத்தில் இதயசுத்தியுடன் செயற்படுவார்களா என்ற கேள்வியை தகுந்த உதாரணங்களுடன் கேட்கிறார். ஊழல் தொடர்பான அலட்சிய போக்கு, சுயநலம் என்பன தொடக்கம் சிறுபாண்மையினர் தொடர்பான இனவாத செயற்பாடுகள் எப்படி இன்னமும் செயற்படுகிறது என கட்டுரையில் எழுதப்பட்டுள்ளது. இக்கட்டுரை, நாங்கள் சிங்களவர்களின் தற்போதைய நிலையை நம்பி ஏமாறக்கூடாது என்பதை கூறுவதாகவே நான் நினைக்கிறேன். The Millions Who Hurt Without A Change Of Heart Asoka N.I. Ekanayaka 2 weeks ago …

The Mullivaikkal Massacre was a genocide. This period saw the deaths of 70,000-140,000 Tamil civilians, primarily due to the Sri Lankan military’s intentional shelling of safe zones and extrajudicial executions, the maiming of thousands from that shelling, and at least hundreds of incidents of sexual violence. . In the week ahead of May 18th, PEARL is deconstructing the term genocide. Our series of posts will build on arguments presented in last year’s photo exhibit “Tamil Resistance & Resilience In the Face of Genocide” to demonstrate the final phase of the armed conflict was a genocide committed by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil people. . It is …

The National Arboretum இரு வாரங்களுக்கு முன்பு கன்பரா சென்றிருந்த பொழுது இந்த botanical gardenற்கு போகும் சந்தர்ப்பம் கிடைத்தது. இயற்கையை நேசிப்பவர்கள், மாணவர்கள், வித்தியாசமாக பொழுதை கழிக்க விரும்புபவர்களுக்கு பயன்தரும் இடம். Arboretum என்ற சொற்பதம் முதன் முதலில் 1833 ஆண்டளவில் John Claudius Loudon எனும் தாவரவியலாளரால் The Gardener’s Magazineல் உபயோகிக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த Arboretum சுமார் 618 ஏக்கரில் உலகிலும் அவுஸ்ரேலியாவிலும் அருகி வரும் மர இனங்களை பாதுகாக்கும் நோக்கத்திற்காக அர்பணிக்கப்பட்ட வனமாகும். 2003 ஆண்டில் கன்பராவில் ஏற்பட்ட காட்டு தீ அனர்த்தங்களுக்கு பிறகு இந்த திட்டம் 2005 உருவாக்கப்பட்டது. 2005 - 2011 வரை அருகி வரும் மர இனங்களை கொண்ட சுமார் 104 வ…

The November 2019 employment report showed U.S. companies added way more jobs than expected during the month as mammoth gains in health care and social services — as well as a bounce in manufacturing hiring — ushered labor statistics higher. The government reported Friday that payrolls increased by 266,000, easily besting the 187,000 estimate economists polled by Dow Jones had forecast. The unemployment rate ticked back down to 3.5%, matching an earlier 2019 level that at the time was the lowest since 1969. CNBC studied the net changes by industry for November jobs based on data from the Labor Department contained in the employment report. The education…

The Occupation of Water The legacy of Israel’s 50-year occupation of the Palestinian territories has been systematic human rights violations on a mass scale. One of its most devastating consequences is the impact of Israel’s discriminatory policies on Palestinians’ access to adequate supplies of clean and safe water. Soon after Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, in June 1967, the Israeli military authorities consolidated complete power over all water resources and water-related infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). 50 years on, Israel continues to control and restrict Palest…

[size=6]The Onset Of Eelam War V[/size] [size=5]Successive diplomatic victories and the humiliation of both Rajapakse and elements of his military establishment in the West now ensure a steady flow of funds into organistaions, which are at the vanguard of confronting both. Furthermore, the diaspora have steadily built a formidable political infrastructure that the regime’s missions have failed to counter. Of particular note are posts in Washington DC and London whose senior cadre have been purged of capable professional diplomats. Morale which reached its lowest ebb within the diaspora on the 19[/size]th[size=5] of May 2009 is now buoyant once again.[/size] [si…

ஆரியப் படையெடுப்பை உண்மையில்லை என்பவர்கள் ஈரானியர்களின் சரித்திரத்தையும், பாரசீகத்தின் சரித்திர ஆராய்சியாளர்களையும் பொய்யன்களாக்குகிறார்கள். இன்றும் ஈரானியர்கள் தாங்கள் தான் ஆரியர்கள் என்றும், இந்தியர்கள் தங்களுடையதும் திராவிடர்களினதும் கலப்பினால் வந்தவர்கள் என்றும் வாதாடுகிறார்கள். ஈரானிய சரித்திர ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்களையும், அவர்களின் சரித்திரத்தையும் பொய் என்று நிருபிக்கப் படவேண்டிய பொறுப்பு எல்லாம் தெரிந்த மாதிரி உளறும் குருவியின் தலையில் விழுகிறது. இந்த சவாலை ஏற்றுக் கொள்வாரா அல்லது தமிழரை வசைபாடி இந்த தலைப்பையும் திசை திருப்புவாரா என்று பார்ப்போம். ஆரியப் படையெடுப்பை உண்மையென்று பல நூற்றாண்டுகளாக வாதாடி, அதைக் காரணம் காட்டி உயர்ந்த அந்தஸ்து தேடி இன்றும், அத…

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The person who gave information to US Embassy about the EPDP ‘s child trafficking rings in Jaffna was abducted on May 07, 2009 and since then, no information has been obtained concerning him. He told US Embassy Colombo on March 26, 2007; “The children are sold into slavery, usually boys to work camps and girls to prostitution rings, through EPDP’s networks in India and Malaysia. Sunthararaj maintains that children are often smuggled out of the country with the help of a corrupt Customs and Immigration official at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo.” Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa “Sunthararaj’s story was partially verified b…

The Plants Respond An Interview With Cleve Backster by DERRICK JENSEN TABLE OF CONTENTS DERRICK JENSEN’s most recent book is titled As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial (Seven Stories Press). He lives in Crescent City, California. www.derrickjensen.org Sometimes it happens that a person can name the exact moment when his or her life changed irrevocably. For Cleve Backster, it was early in the morning of February 2, 1966, at thirteen minutes, fifty-five seconds into a polygraph test he was administering. Backster, a leading polygraph expert whose Backster Zone Comparison Test is the worldwide standard for lie detection, h…

The theme of this essay is the need for a multisided and flexible long-term approach that is free from narrow isms and prejudices in countering the threat to the rule of law, decency and democracy posed by the Rajapaksa Regime (RR). The essay distances itself from three categories of people, all good anti-RR folk, but I think tactically, strategically of psychologically a bit on the wrong track; the talk-&-write only verbal champions of democracy, the ultra-left radicals who proclaim that veedi satang (mass uprisings on the street) should be the exclusive focus, and thirdly the dispirited and pessimistic. I recognise allies and potential allies among all these fo…