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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was sharply restricting travel to the United States from more than two dozen European countries, a drastic step he framed as an attempt to contain a spreading public health crisisthat has engulfed his presidency, caused global market turmoil and disrupted everyday life. In an primetime Oval Office address meant to rebut criticism that he's taken the matter too lightly, Trump framed his announcement as a suspension of "all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days." But immediately afterward, his administration made clear it was not as drastic as the President stated: The ban will apply …

Aadhaar: Is India's biometric ID scheme hurting the poor? Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent \ Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Image copyrightRONNY SEN Image captionJama Singh has an Aadhaar number but he can't use it as his age has been listed as 102 For six to seven days every month, says M…

[size=3] [size=6]What happened in Sri Lanka in 2009 is it War crime / Crime against humanity or Genocide ?[/size][/size] [size=3] [size=5]According to the UN estimate there are 40,000 killed from the Skye using the satellite imagery- because there are UN observers in the ground to count the dead.[/size][/size] [size=3] [size=5]According to the Mannar Bhipshop more than 140,000. In London Amnesty international book release "Still counting the Dead" one of the member of the UN expert penal said it can be more than 70,000- which is the figure quoted by srilankan government during their massacre (so called rescue mission) campaign in 2009 as living within LTTE area…

37 Million Bees Found Dead After Planting Large GMO Corn Field Millions of bees dropped dead after GMO corn was planted few weeks ago in Ontario, Canada. The local bee keeper, Dave Schuit who produces honey in Elmwood lost about 37 million bees which are about 600 hives. “Once the corn started to get planted our bees died by the millions,” Schuit said. While many bee keepers blame neonicotinoids, or “neonics.” for colony collapse of bees and many countries in EU have banned neonicotinoid class of pesticides, the US Department of Agriculture fails to ban insecticides known as neonicotinoids, manufactured by Bayer CropScience Inc. Two of Bayer’s best-…

Joe Wallen Sat, 28 May 2022, 8:37 pm·7-min read Women in Sri Lanka are having to sell sex to survive - Joe Wallen for The Telegraph A diminutive female figure enters the brightly lit courtyard, tugging a blue Disney-themed dress below her knees and swatting away the mosquitoes. With a sigh, she expresses her disappointment that it is a journalist who has entered the makeshift brothel and not a client. The brothel is housed in a gloomy roadside building in Katunayake, a nondescript industrial zone close to Colombo’s Bandaranaike Internation…

GRAMMY AND ACADEMY AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN A.R. RAHMAN ANNOUNCES 2015 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES JBL Presents “A.R. Rahman: The Intimate Concert Tour” LOS ANGELES, CA, MARCH 2, 2015 – Internationally renowned musician and composer A.R. Rahman will embark on his 2015 North American tour, it was announced today. JBL Presents “A.R. Rahman: The Intimate Concert Tour” will kick off May 21, 2015 in Huntington, NY at The Paramount before traveling to major cities across the U.S. including the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Bass Concert Hall in Austin, The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Marc…

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Is $33 Billion in U.S. Funding to Ukraine Going To Nazi's? The Biden Administration is asking for an additional $33 Billion dollars for Ukraine, for weapons and armored vehicles, but its time someone tells the truth about where this money is really going, to some of the worst people in the world, in this case, actual Nazi's.

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has made a grave error by supporting the 18th Amendment when it was introduced by the government, Hasan Ali, General Secretary of the party told Ceylon Today. He said the SLMC has to accept that grave error, adding that the party's stance to support the Amendment, was not made clear to most of the members. "Our Party made the gravest mistake by supporting the 18th Amendment, and there were some members who were compelled to support the Amendment. Therefore, we had no other choice than to support it," he said. Ali added that when important matters, and important decisions were taken; it was not discussed with party member…

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23 April 2019 12:10 am - 0 - 266 Pix by Pradeep Pathirana Multiple explosions on Easter Sunday (April 21) left an island nation devastated and the Government has declared today a national day of mourning. Explosions took place at three churches, namely St. Sebastian’s in Katuwapitiya, St Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade, Colombo and Zion Church in Batticaloa, in the Eastern Province; and three hotels namely Shangri-La, Kingsbury and Cinnamon Grand. There were other explosions too. The Government Analyst confirmed that the attacks on the three churches and 3 hotels in Colombo were carried out …

Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation has decided to wind up operations in Sri Lanka next month after being an integral part of bilateral ties and some of the country’s key infrastructure projects for nearly 60 years. The closure of Colombo Office by Mitsubishi by 31 March has come as a big shock to the private sector, both local and foreign which described the move as a big setback for Sri Lank Sources said for Mitsubishi, Sri Lanka was one of its first overseas offices as it contributed immensely towards the businesses and many Sri Lankan companies. It also played a significant role in the bilateral relationship between Japan and Sri Lank …

Rights Lawyers Under Fire in Sri Lanka Ruki Fernando on 07/01/2020 Photo courtesy of northeastern.edu Last month (May 2020) a Magistrate in Jaffna had withdrawn quarantine orders against the organizers of end of war commemorations, based on appeals by lawyers.[1] At least three lawyers have faced reprisals in the days afterwards. Attorney-at-Law Mr. Roy Dilaksan’s house was reported to have been attacked by unknown persons.[2] Another lawyer who had appeared for the same case, saw a suspicious person hovering around his law office. Yet another lawyer who had appeared for the case was stopped by the Army while trav…

Ferry service between Sri Lanka and Rameswaram in India could resume next year after restoration of the northern railway line to Talaimannar by December, Indian Government undertaking IRCON International, which is restoring the line said. IRCON Additional General Manager V. K. Jayasankar said that the reconstruction of rail track from Madhu Road station to Talaimannar pier had been completed now, but the Mannar Bridge was still under construction. He said that the 63 km stretch from Madhu Road to Talaimannar reconstructed under the Indian Credit line by the IRCON had been completed ahead of time, but the pier was still under construction. "The new pier at …

Scientists switch on the world's largest 'artificial sun' The bright experiment could lead to new forms of clean energy Photo engineer Volkmar Dohmen stands in front of xenon short-arc lamps in the DLR German national aeronautics and space research center in Juelich, western Germany AP Scientists have just turned on the "world's biggest artificial sun". The huge structure could help sed light on new was of making green fuels, among other technologies, the engineers behind it hope. In all, the sun is made up of a honeycomb of 149 spotlights, which together make the structure known as "Synlight". Inidividually, they are the kinds of xenon…

Washington (CNN)Virginia McLaurin waited all her life to see an African-American in the White House. So, when she finally got a chance to meet President Obama, the 106-year-old woman couldn't contain her excitement. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/politics/virginia-mclaurin-obama-meeting-video/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/politics/virginia-mclaurin-obama-meeting-video/index.html

Carnage continues in Vanni [TamilNet, Thursday, 09 April 2009, 19:26 GMT] Indiscriminate shelling and gun fire by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) continued on safe zone Pokka'nai and Valaignarmadam throughout the day on Thursday. Medical officials at Puthumaaththa'lan hospital told media that more than 300 wounded civilians were admitted and 47 of the victims died after admission at the hospital. Many civilians killed in the shelling and gunfire by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) were not brought to the hospital. Total figure of the casualties were not available. 296 civilians were admitted on Wednesday and more than 200 seriously wounded were transferred from the makeshift h…

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The Sri Lankan Army has expanded into yet another previously untouched market in the North; yoghurt production, with the opening of a new yoghurt factory in Jaffna. The newly opened factory in Kankasanthurai (KKS) will add to the army’s previous two yoghurt factories in Anuradhapura and Panagoda, and, as the army put it “thereby saving a fair chunk of expenditure that can be used for erection of wellness resorts for disable War Heroes in the Army.” According to their website “army professionalism” has helped cut down costs of producing the dessert “thereby saving a lot of profits”. See photos from the opening of the KKS factory below, along with the unveilin…

The United States will deliver a sharp public rebuke to Sri Lanka at the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March for failing to pursue those responsible for abuses as government forces were crushing Tamil rebels in 2009, officials said on Monday. A three-member U.S. delegation is in Colombo on a five-day visit to discuss issues including progress in implementing the recommendations of Sri Lanka's own official investigation into the war, which called for the prosecution of soldiers suspected of killing civilians. But Washington appeared dissatisfied enough to announce that it would repeat its action of last March, when it sponsored a resolution at the UNHRC urging…

நினைவேந்தல் உரிமை குறித்து இன்று பாராளுமன்றில் திரு கஜேந்திரகுமார் பொன்னம்பலம் அவர்கள் இன்று சமர்ப்பிக்கவிருந்த எழுத்துமூல கேள்விக்கான அனுமதியை சபாநாயகர் தடை செய்தமையை எதிர்த்து பாராளுமன்றில் கஜேந்திரகுமார் - தினேஸ் குணவர்தன ,ஜோன்ஸ்டன் பெர்னாண்டோ ஆகியோரின் குறுக்கீடுகளுக்கு பதில் வழங்கியபடி தமிழர் தரப்பு நியாயத்தை எடுத்துரைத்தார் கஜேந்திரகுமாருக்குத் தென்னிலங்கை நா.உறுப்பினர்கள் சபாநாயகர் மூலமாக முட்டுக்கட்டை போட்ட வேளையில் சுமந்திரன் குறுக்கிட்டு சட்ட ஆதாரங்களை சாதுரியமாக முன்வைத்து கஜேந்திரகுமாரின் உரிமைக்காக வாதாடினார்!

[size=6]‘I am not the Sri Lankan government’s cheerleader’, says young MP who visited country four times in nine months![/size] [size=5]For a 28-year old backbench Tory MP it was a highlight of his young political career. James Wharton beamed for the camera as he accepted a ceremonial plate from the Sri Lanka Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.[/size] [size=3][size=5]Wharton was the head of a delegation of nine UK parliamentarians on a journey to the South Asian nation in July and August of this year as guests of the Sri Lanka government – which is anxious to improve its international reputation in the wake of the bloody civil war that ended three years ago aft…

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How the United Nations failed Sri Lanka By: Rosie DiManno Mon Nov 04 2013 (Injured civilians are seen in a make-shift hospital in this photograph released by the pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group "Mercy Mission to Vanni" April 20, 2009 showing what they say are wounded that were fleeing from an area still controlled by the LTTE in the "No Fire Zone" near the village of Putumatalan in Puthukkudiyirippu, northeastern Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government has repeatedly accused the LTTE and its sympathisers of trying to manufacture a civilian crisis to build international pressure on a cease-fire, especially when the Tigers are suffering military…