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Sri Lanka falling short of implementing the recommendations of its own Reconciliation Commission - ESTHER BRIMMER, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations of the United States ESTHER BRIMMER, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations of the United States, said that the Council had to work to attain universality, dialogue, principles, and truth. In today’s networked world hate, insulting and intolerant speech could be marginalized and defeated only by encouraging positive and respectful expression. The pursuit of an honest, open dialogue among Member States was one of the themes which the United States had pledged to pursue and wou…

An ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the seizure of 300 kg heroin, five AK-47 rifles and 1,000 live rounds of 9mm ammunition off the coast of Vizhinjam near Thiruvananthapuram has led to speculation that an international drug running and weapon trading racket is aimed at reviving the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group LTTE. The case relates to the March 18 interception of a boat with the contraband by the Coast Guard following an intelligence input. The mastermind behind the operation was Sri Lankan Tamil Suresh Rajan, a resident of Colombo who had been living at Kundrathur, a Chennai suburb, for some time, the Indian Express reported. Multip…

MAY 6 A Report on Shocking Revelations Shocking revelation of Rajiv’s assassination It is with the tragic assassination of former Prime Minister of India Mr. Rajiv Gandhi that the real face of the deep seated threat to the national security posed by long term and wider conspiracy came to lime light. But unfortunately, the reputed investigation agencies of the nation along with judiciary, succumbing to the acutely misguided public opinion and shoddily influenced by a long hatched conspiracy ended up naming few innocent individuals as being solely responsible for an unprecedented event demeaning national security. This carefully orchestrated exercise in the gui…

Conflicting details are emerging about the attack off the seas of Colombo harbour Saturday morning. An informed source told TamilNet Saturday evening that four vessels were destroyed by the attackers, while the SLN suthorities said they have destroyed 3 “suspisours boats”. SLN sources said Saturday evening that they have captured 9 "suspects" who were "fleeing" from the Harbour area. The port remained shut for 2-and a half hours. The SLN toured reporters inside the High Security inner harbour. However, sources in Colombo confirmed that there were four big explosions off Colombo coast, Saturday morning. The LTTE has not commented on the incident.

Colonel Douglas Macgregor sits down with Stephen Gardner for update on the Ukraine-Russia war. Is the war in Ukraine about to hit a turning point because I am starting to see groups like the Washington post and the New York Times finally tell the truth about the strength and condition of Ukraine’s army and the number of casualties they have suffered? Why do you say that Bakhmut has been like a meat grinder? And is it time for Ukraine to fall back, regroup, give themselves a couple days to build up ammunition, and then dig in and try and hold the line again? Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says it’s time for the United States to get serious and show Russia who is …

Sir Edmund Hillary dies aged 88. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, has died aged 88. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark described the explorer as a heroic figure and said all New Zealanders would deeply mourn his passing. Sir Edmund's health had reportedly been in decline since April, when he suffered a fall while visiting Nepal. He was the first man to climb the 8,850m (29,035ft) peak with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on 29 May 1953. Since his ascent, Sir Edmund has devoted his life to helping the Sherpas of Nepal's Khumbu region. He was made an honorary Nepalese citizen in 2003. Announcin…

விக்டோரியா மாநிலமும் நியு சவுத்வேலஸ் மாநிலமும் காட்டு தீயால் பாதிக்கபட குயின்ஸ்லாந்து மாநிலம் வெள்ளத்தில் .... PHOTO Torrential rain left the Movie World car park at Oxenford underwater early on Saturday morning. INSTAGRAM: MICKEYLOU15 Dangerous storms described as a one-in-100-year event have swept through South-East Queensland overnight and into the morning, dumping heavy rain and causing flash flooding in parts of Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Key points: Flash flooding closed the Pacific Motorway on the Gold Coast for several hours There were about 160 calls to the SES across the state's south-east …

Ancient Aboriginal underwater archaeological sites discovered, and a new frontier for study ABC Pilbara / By Karen Michelmore Posted 2 days ago, updated2 days ago This area was dry land just 8,000 years ago.(Supplied: Jerem Leach) Scientists have discovered Australia's first ever ancient Aboriginal underwater archaeological sites, settled on the sea bed for thousands of years. Key points: Australia's first underwater Aboriginal heritage sites have been confirmed off WA's Pilbara coast Australia's coastline was two million square kilometres larger before s…

Gary Anandasangaree The images of young children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border over the past several years was a shocking revelation of the cruelties faced by migrants, asylum seekers and those seeking a better life than the ones they were born into. The anguish they faced and their desperate cries for help made us weep for the world and the times we are living in. But not too long ago, Canada was at the centre of this cruelty. Since we never saw these stark images on our TV screens or Twitter feeds we did not think this could exist in our country, or so we believed. We are, by all accounts, a reasonable peop…

At UN, Sri Lanka Briefing Now Set for Friday, As Editor Arrested in Colombo Byline: Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at the UN: Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 26 -- A UN Security Council briefing on Sri Lanka has now been scheduled for Friday, February 27, Inner City Press has learned. Three days after the spokesperson for the UN's top humanitarian John Holmes told Inner City Press that "there is no request for a Council briefing," and a week after the Council's president, Yukio Takaso, said "there is no strong request" anymore, a Permanent Five Council member told Inner City Press on Thursday morning that the Sri Lanka briefing is set for Friday. …

Satellite Image Analysis to Establish Sri Lanka’s War Crimes - TAG, USA TAG will be using several images of the war area acquired from a Satellite Image vendor at different dates prior to and after May 18th when the Sri Lanka’s war officially ended, and will be processing the data to collect evidence of the massacre by Sri Lanka. Times UK has alleged from aerial photos and using expert analysis that the number killed is close to 20,000 civilians. TAG has assembled a group of experts and volunteers to do the work, and have sought help from image analysis departments in two premier educational institutions for assistance. As part of the effort, the team will at…

Anandhi Sasitharan the Vibrant Wife of Senior Tiger Leader Ezhilan 18 January 2014, 10:20 pm By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Controversial Northern Provincial Councillor Anandhi Sasitharan is once again in the news. Sections of the media reported that the Defence ministry was pondering on the possibility of making the 42 year old wife of former senior tiger leader Ezhilan undergo a period of rehabilitation in order to “prevent her from propagating separatist sentiments”. Anandhi responded to the news reports by convening a press conference in Jaffna and stating that she could not be forced into rehabilitation as she had never been a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil E…

Mr. G. Thevaraja, the President of the Vavuniya Citizens Committee (VCC) was attacked around 5.30-6pm this evening (8th Oct), whilst he was riding his motorbike back home from his shop in Nedunkerny. He had gone to his shop soon after Chairing an afternoon meeting with the VCC to discuss the ‪#‎FreeJeyakumary‬ campaign protest to be held on Friday, Oct 10th, 2014, in Vavuniya. He was assaulted by 4 persons in civil, who rode two motorbikes and attacked him with iron rods. His head was saved due to him having worn a helmet, but even his helmet was damaged in the attack. Whilst beating him, his attackers also shoutingly threatened him saying, “You are going to organize a ca…

SLA attacks Vavuniya Mannar border villages [TamilNet, Thursday, 15 March 2007, 11:02 GMT] Sri Lanka Army Thursday morning launched heavy artilery and mortar fire towards Mannar Vavuniya border villages Mullikulam, Keerisuddan and Periya Pandivirichchan causing hundreds of civilian families to flee the villages, according to initial reports in Vanni. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) have carried out three aerial attaks in Mullaithivu district till Thursday noon. Artillery and mortar fire from Iranai Iluppaikulam, 20 km northwest of Vavuniya targeted villages surrounding Mullikulam, 10 km north inside Liberation Tigers controlled territory in Madu DS divisi…

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…

Karuna Cadres were captured alive Sunday, 30 April 2006 Sources from Batticaloa said that seven Karuna cadres were captured alive during the early morning raid on paramilitary camps. New information said that 29 paramilitaries were killed, 15 injured and 7 captured. Sources said that Karuna Cadres had gathered at the attacked camp for a planning session. Sources said that the LTTE raid may have been intelligence led, as all the Karuna group cadres were caught in one place. "Karuna Group has lost more than 80% of its capacity," said a military analyst. http://www.tamileditors.com/NEW/

LTTE to hand over bodies of 40 SLA troopers [TamilNet, August 03, 2006 14:03 GMT] The Liberation Tigers were making arrangements to hand over bodies of forty Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers killed in Muttur fight, LTTE's military spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan said. The LTTE would be handing over the bodies through the ICRC. "Twelve Tiger fighters have been killed during the last 48 hours fighting in Muttur area thwarting the Lankan navy and army attempts to land their troops," he said. The Tiger forces were led by LTTE's Special Commander Sornam and Trincomalee LTTE Commander Arivu, according to Ilanthirayan. "A Sri Lanka Navy boat was sunk in the clash wi…

Warning: The information here is not written to offend anyone. I humbly state that these are written only to document the history of the Tamil Eelam Tamil's past. This is a translation of a document I created on my own from Tamil to English. The LTTE (Military of de-facto Tamil Eelam) had three military branches, like the conventional military of any UN-recognized country in the world. Along with these three main military branches, they also had an entirely new military branch in this modern world. That is the 'Self-Benefaction Force', the "Black Tigers" (Tamil: Karumpulikal) in their language (Credits to Sachi Sri Kantha). These are the modern-day forces that the…

We live in an age of strongman leaders whether it is in India, China or the US. And Sri Lanka has also elected such a leader as President. The emergence of strongman politics is a reflection of the contemporary global order, which is constituted by the geopolitics of tensions and negotiations, rather than an order determined by global rules and norms. However, it is not that the global order was ever committed to equality; historically, global rules and norms were always lopsided towards the powerful. The big powers chose the time and chance for exceptions as they impinged on their interests, and that is also why we have seen the many confli…

[size=4]Texas to open fastest US highway with 85 mph limit[/size] AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will soon open a stretch of highway with the highest speed limit in the country, giving eager drivers a chance to rip through a trip between two of the state's largest metropolitan areas. The Texas Transportation Commission has approved a speed limit of 85 mph for a 41-mile toll road several miles east of the increasingly crowded Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. "I would love it," Austin resident Alan Guckian said. "Sometimes it's fun to just open it up." But while some drivers will want to test their horsepower and radar detectors, oth…

கடந்த கிழமை போக்கி மான் என்ற விளையாட்டை அப்பில் விட்டிருக்கிறார்கள்.இது பிள்ளைகளுக்கு ஒரு உற்சாகமான விளையாட்டாக இருந்தாலும் ஆபத்தும் நிறைந்த விளையாட்டாகவே தெரிகிறது.காடு மேடு பள்ளம் திட்டி வீதி தண்ணீர் என கண்ட கண்ட இடங்களிலும் போக்கி மான் நிற்பதாக காட்டிக் கொள்ள அதைப் பிடிப்பதற்காக வயது வித்தியாசமில்லாமல் பாதுகாப்பற்ற விதத்தில் அலைந்து திரிகிறார்கள்.போற போக்கபை; பார்த்தால் வெகு விரைவில் இதற்கு தடை கொண்டு வர வேண்டும் போல இருக்கிறது. சரி இந்த விளையாட்டை கள உறவுகளாகிய நீங்கள் எத்தனை பேர் விளையாடுகிறீர்கள்?வாகனங்களுக்கு குறுக்கே போய் ஏச்சு வாங்கினீர்களா?உங்கள் அனுபவஙடகளையும் எழுதுங்கள். The release of Pokemon Go last week was far more than your average iOS a…

WHEN JOHN Britto, 19, saw No War Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, a documentary produced by the UK-based Channel 4 exposing alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan Army during the 2009 crackdown on the LTTE, he felt the need to protest against the atrocities. “I was shocked by images depicting the coldblooded killing of 12-year-old Balachandran, the son of the slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran,” says Britto, a student of Loyola College, Chennai. So when Britto and his friends saw the draft of the US-backed UN resolution on Sri Lanka, they were outraged by the mild language censuring the island nation, despite the UN itself claiming that more than 40,000 Tamil…

http://www.3news.co.nz/Australian-customs-intercepts-79-boat-people-near-Christmas-Island/tabid/313/articleID/126000/cat/251/Default.aspx Australian customs intercepts 79 boat-people near Christmas Island 0 comments | Post Comment Email SharePrint Text Size: aAaAaA Customs officials say they are not sure where the boat people are from - although signs on the boat say 'We are Sri Lankan' Mon, 19 Oct 2009 1:03p.m. Australian customs officials have confirmed that they have intercepted 79 people on a boat between Christmas Island and Indonesia. The boat was picked up by the HMAS Armidale after it responded to a distress signal. Most …

12 November 2013 Students from Loyola College in Tamil Nadu remained steadfast in their call for a complete boycott of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo by the international community, and continued to call for Sri Lanka to be suspended from the Commonwealth. In an interview from Chennai, Joe Britto from Loyola College said to the Tamil Guardian, "We, the students of Tamil Nadu, we strictly condemn that - that conference shouldn't be happening in Sri Lanka, and we will protest on the streets, and we will raise our voice against the Sri Lankan Commonwealth conference." "There is only one resolution for our Tamil people, that sho…

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 …