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They have done great service to their people and you can't brand them as pure terrorists as they are genuine freedom fighters. That is the structure that needs to be discussed.The current policy of the government is a hit-back policy and that is an Israeli policy. I don't think it's right. Mahatma Gandhi said that the eye-for-an-eye, a-tooth-for-a-tooth policy makes the world blind and toothless. And it will only keep escalating.We can't ask them to disarm in order to sit down and talk while we hold onto our arms. Things must be left as they are and we must talk about devolution, federal state or autonomy. (மேலும்...) இணைத் தலைமைகளைச் சமாளிக்க:

As Vote Nears, Astrologer for Sri Lanka’s President Faces Ultimate Test of His Skills By ELLEN BARRY Photo Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena identifies auspicious timing for the president’s political acts.CreditSanka Vidanagama for The New York Times Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Email Share Tweet Save More Continue reading the main story GALLE, Sri Lanka — Few people will be watching this week’s presidential election in Sri Lanka with more pointed interest than a balding, prosperous-looking man wearing a gold amulet under his shirt, who claims the title of “royal astrologer.” For decades, the astrologer, S…

JVP protests UN envoy's visit JVP says Nowak should fisrt visit other countries including Iraq A political ally of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed strong reservations over a visit of a UN special envoy to Colombo. The Peoples Liberation Front (JVP) said UN special rapporteur on torture and extra judicial killings should visit many other countries including Iraq, before visiting Sri Lanka. Manfred Nowak arrived in Colombo on Monday for a fact finding mission as Sri Lanka government forces, paramilitaries including Karuna faction and the Tamil Tigers are accused of gross human rights violations. AI reports on Iraq violence …

Man without National ID card, shot dead by SLA [TamilNet, January 05, 2006 11:54 GMT] Rasaratnam Kuganenthiran, 24, also called Sinnathamby, a resident of Puthukkulam in Kiran Batticaloa was shot dead by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers Thursday 9.30 a.m. in front of the offices of a local NGO, Thadagam, on the Korakallimadu Batticaloa-Valaichenai Highway, sources in Batticaloa said. Sources said the Mr Kuganenthiran did not have the National Identity card in his possession. SLA soldiers involved in the shooting had told the Eravur Police that they fired in self-defence when the man tried to attack the soldiers, Police said. Mr Kuganenthiran is a father of one ye…

Nearly two months after its tenure ended, the Centre has granted a one-year extension to CBI's Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA), which is probing the wider conspiracy behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The term of MDMA, which is headed by a CBI official and comprises officers from IB, RAW and Revenue Intelligence, ended on May 31 this year. It has now been given a post-facto approval for extension. Sources said that the role of Sri Lanka national Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, who is alleged to be a key actor in the conspiracy, is under investigation. KP is believed to be the man responsible for arranging arms for LTT…

Here’s your chance to pose questions to a president about global issues. The world’s eyes are focusing on Sudan, which on Sunday will hold a referendum on independence in the southern part of the country. The south, which holds more than 75 percent of the country’s oil, is expected to vote almost unanimously for secession, and that will start a process that could lead to the birth of Africa’s newest country. In the past, there had been a good deal of fear that the referendum might lead to renewed warfare, but so far the process has gone better than many had expected. One of the observers monitoring the referendum on the ground is former President Jimmy Carter, w…

Stand-up Comedian! அதுவும் ஒரு தமிழர்.. எங்களில் மிகவும் அரிதாகவே இந்தமாதிரி விடயங்களில் பிரகாசிக்கிறார்கள்!! Weakest Link to return with Romesh Ranganathan and celebrities 2 minutes ago Image caption, Ranganathan said it was "an anxiety-inducing privilege" to host the show Comedian Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new celebrity version of The Weakest Link, the long-running BBC quiz show previously hosted by Anne Robinson. Ranganathan said it was an "honour" to bring back "a TV institution". Robinson hosted more than 1,690 editions of the show between 2000 and 2012, earnin…

[TamilNet, Friday, 25 October 2013, 12:21 GMT] Northern Provincial Council (NPC) Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, speaking at the inaugural session of the council on Friday, urged Colombo to confine the SL military in Jaffna to the barracks and suggested that Colombo should consider deputing its military to UN peace-keeping missions abroad. NPC will give full support for Colombo getting international assistance for the rehabilitation of the SL military into civilian life, he further said, linking the process with the rehabilitation of the LTTE cadres. In addition to usurping the right of forfeiting the independence claim of Eezham Tamils, Wigneswaran also went on record …

Updated 13 November 2013, 2:07 AEST Mauritius PM joins Canada and India in refusing to send key leader to Sri Lanka Commonwealth meet. The prime minister of Mauritius announced Tuesday he will stay away from this week's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka because of the host's poor human rights record. Mauritius joins India and Canada in refusing to send a premier to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is accused of widespread human rights abuses against its Tamil minority and the killing of tens of thousands of civilians during its 2009 defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels. "This is a decision taken by a sovereign Mauritius in the face of the absence of progress in Sri L…

அய்ஸ்லாந்தில் அதிகளவில் எரிமலைகள் இருப்பது பற்றிய சிறுகுறிப்பு. கடந்தமாதத்தில் இருந்து மீண்டும் இயங்க ஆரம்பித்திருக்கும் எரிமலை: Eyjafjallajökull அதன் அருகே இருக்கும் பல மடங்கு தாக்கத்தை தரக்கூடிய எரிமலை: Katla கடந்த கால அவதானிப்புகளின் படி Eyjafjallajökull இன் இயக்கம் Katla வை தூண்டலாம் என்கிறார் இந்தப் பதிவாளர்.

INDICTMENT AGAINST SRI LANKA Genocide '83 'A tourist told yesterday how she watched in horror as a Sinhala mob deliberately burned alive a bus load of Tamils... A mini bus full of Tamils were forced to stop in front of us in Colombo' she said. A Sinhalese mob poured petrol over the bus and set it on fire. They blocked the car door and prevented the Tamils from leaving the vehicle. 'Hundreds of spectators watched as about 20 Tamils were burned to death'." On 24 July 1983, and in the succeeding weeks, around two thousand Tamils were killed - some were burnt alive - over a hundred thousand were rendered homeless Sinhala mob dancing around a Tamil youth, stri…

விடுதலைப் புலிகளை முற்றாக நீக்குவதற்கு இன்னும் சிறிது காலமே தேவை: சரத் பொன்சேகா [புதன்கிழமை, 23 ஓகஸ்ட் 2006, 01:47 ஈழம்] [காவலூர் கவிதன்] தமிழர்களைப் பாதுகாப்பதற்காகவே சிறீலங்கா படைகள் வடக்கு கிழக்கில் நிலைகொண்டுள்ளன. கடந்த இரண்டு தசாப்த போரில், விடுதலைப் புலிகளே தமிழ்மக்களைக் கொன்றனர், படையினரல்ல என்று சிறீலங்கா இராணுவத் தளபதி சரத் பொன்சேகா பத்திரிகைப் பேட்டியொன்றில் தெரிவித்தார். அவர் மேலும் கூறுகையில்: நான் இப்போது மீண்டும் பழைய உடல்நிலையில் மிக சுறுசுறுப்பாக உள்ளேன். ஒரு விடயம் மிக முக்கியமானது, அதாவது சிறீலங்கா படைகளுக்கு தமிழ் மக்கள் மீது எந்தக் கோபமோ வெறுப்போ கிடையாது. அவர்களைப் பாதுகாப்பதுதான் படைகளின் பிரதான செயற்பாடாக உள்ளது. விடுதலைப் பு…

Activists of Periyar Sindanaiyalargal Iyyakkam attempted to stage a mock funeral procession, protesting against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's proposed participation in a military conference in Sri Lanka next week. Nearly 50 activists of the outfit assembled near the Singaravelar statue with a 'paadai' and an effigy of Swamy on it along with the BJP flags. The activists were seen beating it with chappals. Police stopped them when they tried to move ahead with it. The activists and police personnel were engaged in a scuffle as cops were firm on not allowing the protestors to go ahead with the stir. Then the activists tried to bury the effigy in the nearby se…

Discovery’s Night Launch Sends STS-116 to Station. Space Shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven astronauts lifted off Saturday from Kennedy Space Center at 8:47 p.m. EST. After reaching orbit, Discovery’s crew set to work to open the payload bay doors, set up computers and equipment and check out the shuttle’s robotic arm. Heat shield inspections will begin Sunday with a station docking scheduled for Monday at 5:05 p.m. The STS-116 crew members will dock to the International Space Station, install the new P5 truss structure and perform three spacewalks to rewire the station for electricity generated by a solar array delivered in September. STS-116 will als…

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"உல்லாசப் பறவை" சர்வதேச போட்டியில் இலங்கைக்கு எட்டுமா முதலிடம்! இன்று முழு உலகமும் உல்லாசப் பயணத்துறையை நினைவுகூர்கின்றது. இயந்திரம் போல கடுமையாக உழைத்து களைத்து, உற்சாகமாக சில வாரங்களைக் கழிப்போம் என்ற நோக்கோடு, விமானத்தில் பறந்தோ, கப்பலில் மிதந்தோ, ரயில் பயணங்களை மேற்கொண்டோ அல்லது தமது சொந்த வாகனங்களில் பயணித்தோ உல்லாசமாக இருந்து விட்டு வருவோர் தொகை நாளுக்கு நாள் அதிகரித்து வருவது நாம் அறியாத ஒன்றல்ல. பறவைகள் இடம்பெயர்ந்து பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான மைல்கள் பயணித்துச் செல்வது போல, கூட்டம் கூட்டமாக காட்டுவிலங்குகள் புதிதாக பயிர்பச்சைகள் உள்ள இடங்கள் நாடிச் செல்வதுபோல, நாட்டுக்கு நாடு மக்கள் பயணித்து…

UN tribunal sentenced Ex-Khmer Rouge jailer to 19 years...how about Mahinda and Co! By Satheesan Kumaaran The United Nations-backed tribunal found the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer, Kaing Guek Eav, aka Duch, guilty of war crimes against humanity on July 26, 2010. During the four-year hard-line communist reign from 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge, which was headed by Pol Pot, was blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians. Duch was one of the perpetrators of the crimes against humanity and sentenced to 19 years. The question is, why doesn’t the UN do the same for perpetrators in Sri Lanka for unleashing genocidal war against Tamils? The sentencing of th…

Updated: September 05, 2006 00:21 GMT [TamilNet, September 04, 2006 12:34 GMT] Seven more mutilated bodies of civilians killed in artillery fire in Allaipiddy 20 days ago, were photographed and burried Monday at the presence of Jaffna District Magistrate, E. T. Vignarajah. Around 40 civilians were reportedly killed in Allaipiddy. So far, 25 deaths have been verified by humanitarian and legal sources. Relatives of 12 more civilian victims have appealed to the Jaffna regional office of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka seeking help to remove the bodies lying inside the houses located in Ward No: 4 of Allaipiddy. Sri Lanka Navy is not allowing any civilians…

Intriguing role for Australian 'auntie' as Tigers enter new phase SYDNEY this week saw a gathering of notables from the Australian expatriate diaspora, mostly suits from the worlds of satellite TV, finance, science and open-fridge diplomacy. Across the world, in a much stranger story of personal development, the reverence of a foreign people for another Australian expat was on display. Dressed in the white sari of Hindu widowhood, the former Gippsland nurse Adele Wilby was chief mourner as 50,000 people filed past the open coffin of her husband of 28 years, Anton Balasingham, in London's Alexandra Palace Hall on Wednesday. Balasingham, who had died a w…

Gotabhaya gave orders to evict Tamils: Sunday Leader. Minutes of a Security Coordinating Conference held at the Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence on 31 May, attended by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, proved "conclusively that the order for the eviction of Tamil civilians from the city were given directly by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa...The minutes also make the startling revelation that the Defence Secretary ordered for some of the evicted persons to be placed in IDP centres manned in the north and east," said Sunday Leader, a Colombo-based weekly in the weekend edition. The Minutes dated 4 June, signed by Lt Col N.M. Hettiarachchi, secretary to …

United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPF) member of Parliament and Government Minister S B Dissanayake today blamed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the loss suffered by the UPFA at the last election. Dissanayake said that Rajapaksa should not have contested the Parliamentary election which the UPFA eventually lost by a slim margin. He noted that Rajapaksa failed to get the full support of the Muslims, Tamils and Catholics. The Minister, speaking to reporters in Kandy today, said that if President Maithripala Sirisena led the UPFA campaign instead of Rajapaksa the UPFA would have secured more votes and regained the votes it lost even at the Presidential election. …

With the ceasefire dead, what now for Sri Lanka? Violence in Sri Lanka has escalated over the past two years, but there are widespread predictions of even greater bloodshed when a moribund ceasefire officially ends later this month. The 2002 ceasefire halted two decades of conflict between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels, but it began to unravel in 2005. "The last two years have been the most violent in a 25-year-long war which has taken over 70,000 lives," the Wall Street Journal says. The paper asks whether President Mahinda Rajapaksa's "war of attrition" against the Tamil Tigers will work or simply plunge the country into more violence. …

After reviewing how genocide studies approaches the Holocaust, Rwanda, Armenia, and Bosnia and comparing those methodologies to Tamil genocide scholarship...I've identified massive, systematic gaps. This isn't just about "more research needed." It's about entire analytical frameworks that exist for other genocides but are completely absent for Tamils. Here's what I found by analyzing Journal of Genocide Research, Genocide Studies and Prevention, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and comparing their methodological standards to Tamil case literature. What Genocide Studies Actually Does (The Standard Framework) Based on analysis of 20+ years of top genocide journals, here's wh…

Apart from being an illegal appointment to the post of Chief Justice, Mohan Pieris undoubtedly is a controversial character in many respects. His business connections and government appointments are well known and contrary to the independence and integrity expected by that highest position in the judiciary. He was the Chief Legal Advisor to the Cabinet. He himself is personification of ‘conflict of interest’ par excellence. The following is an article I wrote about his views on the ethnic question and reconciliation which was published in the Asian Tribune on 16 June 2012, seven months ago. I wish the readers to pay attention to what he said about the ‘lawyers, consti…

According to the Federal Statistical Office, consumer prices rose by 4.5 percent throughout October compared to the same month last year. The Wiesbaden authority last measured an inflation rate of 4.5 percent in 1993. German economy on brink of disaster as inflation highest in 28 years – Eurozone on alert GERMANY's inflation has reached its highest level in 28 years. l Statistical Office, consumer prices rose by 4.5 percent throughout October compared to the same month last year. The Wiesbaden authority last measured an inflation rate of 4.5 percent in 1993. …