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Russian banks are planning a switch to China's card payment system after Mastercard and Visa halted operations, reports say A credit card with UnionPay and VISA logos. Martin Chan/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Russian banks are making the switch as Mastercard and Visa suspended operations. China's card system, UnionPay, provides access to making payments in over 180 countries. Some banks could issue cards with UnionPay alongside the …

The Government today slammed the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay and expressed confidence in the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussei. The Ministry of External Affairs said Pillay, who is scheduled to leave office at the end of this month, is making public pronouncements to the media on an investigation which has commenced only recently, and is a clear indication of personal bias. 'It is evidence of an attempt to influence the investigation process and make it follow a preconceived trajectory. She refers in her statement to a wealth of information outside Sri Lanka. This is the same wealt…

இன்று மிகப் பிரபலமான தாவரப் பூச்சிக் கொல்லியாக வேம்பு திகழ்கிறது. பல நூற்றுக்கணக்கான ஆண்டுகளாக உழவர்கள் வேப்ப இலைகளை தானியங்களுடன் கலந்தும், சாக்குப் பைகளை வேம்புக் கரைசலில் முக்கி எடுத்துக் காயவைத்தும் தானியங்களைச் சேதம் செய்யும் பூச்சிகளிடமிருந்து பாதுகாத்து வந்தனர். வேப்பம் பிண்ணாக்கு பயிர்களை கரையான், மற்ற பூச்சிகளின் தாக்குதலில் இருநூது பாதுகாப்பு அளித்தது. இதனை நிலத்தில் இட்டு பயன்படுத்துவதைவிட பயிர்களுக்குத் தெளித்துப் பயன்படுத்துவது மேலும் பல நன்மைகளைக் கொடுப்பதாக இருந்தது. வேப்ப இலைகள் மற்றும் வேப்பம் பிண்ணாக்கு ஆகியவற்றை நிலத்தில் இடுவதன் மூலம் அதிலுள்ள வேதிப் பொருட்கள் நேராக பயிர்களுக்கு வேர்களின் மூலம் ஊடுருவிப் பரவி நீண்ட நாட்களுக்குப் பாதுகாப்பு அள…

What if Periyar had not been born? By P C Vinoj Kumar in Chennai | Friday, 17 September , 2004, 13:44 It is that time of the year when political leaders in Tamil Nadu remember Periyar E V Ramasamy Naicker, one of the world’s all time great social revolutionaries. September 17, 2004, is the 126th birth anniversary of Periyar, the founder of ‘Dravida Kazhagam,’ the parent party of all Dravidian parties. Periyar spearheaded a movement that had such a revolutionary impact on society, which could be understood better, if we imagine for a moment that this man was never born. What if Periyar were not born? Would it have changed the way we live, eat and s…

Anton Balasingham 1938 - December 14, 2006 Journalist who became the chief strategist and negotiator of the Tamil Tigers in their struggle for autonomy Anton Balasingham provided the intellectual framework for the violence of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He was the brains behind the brawn, someone the leadership could turn to for ideological guidance, philosophical justification and political explanation while the killing went on. A forlorn-faced man, ill with a transplanted kidney, he travelled to devastated northern Sri Lanka in 2002 to act as the rebels’ negotiator in peace talks brokered by Norway. The Tigers vainly asked India to host the …

European Union under Germany may lift Tamil Tiger ban: Sri Lanka. A lifting of the ban on the LTTE by the European Union (EU) is now a possibility because Germany is going to be EU President (for six months) from January 1, says the Colombo-based The Sunday Times. In a Frankfurt-datelined story, the paper said that at the very least, an EU under Germany would put economic pressure on the Sri Lankan government to abandon its military campaigns and return to the negotiating table for meaningful talks with the LTTE. Germany has already stopped its aid for tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka. Economic Cooperation Minister Heidmarie Wieczorek-Zeul had to…

BUENOS AIRES — The Argentine Navy submarine that went missing a year ago off the country's Atlantic Coast was found by a private company involved in what had been a massive search for the vessel and its 44-member crew, the Navy announced by tweet on Saturday. The submarine ARA San Juan had a seven-day supply of air when it last reported its position on Nov. 15, 2017. It was found some 2,625 feet below the ocean's surface by a marine tracking contractor Ocean Infinity. The disappearance gripped the nation's attention as the government struggled to provide information about the tragedy. At the time of the disappearance, the Navy said w…

A leading psychiatrist yesterday revealed that ten per cent of Sri Lanka`s population were afflicted with some form of mental illness while two percent of these were hard core cases. President of Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists and the Organising Committee President of 3rd International Conference of South Asian Federation of Psychiatric Association Dr. Harischandra Gambheera said that although Sri Lanka`s population is nearly 20 million there are only 30 Psychiatric Specialists in the country. In other words there is only one psychiatrist for half a million people. `The Medical Officers of Mental Health (MOMH) serving throughout the country too were invite…

No “outside force”, including India, played any role in Sri Lankan presidential Elections that saw the defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa, says Chandrika Bandarnaike Kumaratunga. Ms. Kumaratunga, who is in India as the representative of the Sri Lankan government to attend the Hindu-Buddhist conclave held in Bodh Gaya also denied allegations by Mr. Rajapaksa and international agency reports that the RAW had supplied DRDO-made telephones to her in order to allow her to communicate with then-presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena. “We were using Viber. And the government didn’t know how to tap Viber. Sri Lanka didn’t have that technology, otherwise we would have all been …

Ukraine army says U.S.-made F-16 fighter jet crashes, killing pilot Ukraine said Thursday that one of its F-16 fighter jets made by the United States crashed while repelling a Russian air strike, killing the pilot onboard. A U.S. official confirmed to CBS News the F-16 crashed on Monday. The announcement marks the first reported destruction of an F-16 in Ukraine, just weeks after Kyiv began taking delivery of the supersonic aircraft. Initial reports are the plane wasn't shot down by the Russians, CBS News has learned. "F-16 fighters of…

Sri Lanka 'needs UN monitors' There was great optimism when the ceasefire was signed US-based Human Rights Watch says the United Nations should send observers to monitor the fighting in Sri Lanka. The mission of Nordic ceasefire monitors there ends on 16 January following the government's decision to withdraw from a ceasefire. On Wednesday the government said the 2002 ceasefire deal was moribund. Thousands of people have been killed in the last two years with the military and the Tamil Tigers accused of widespread human rights abuses. The Nordic-led Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was set up as part of the 2002 agreement to investigate…

Professor J.A.Jeevendra Martyn from Harvard Medical School visited Teaching Hospital Jaffna and had a discussion on Burns unit development. IMHO (USA) very keen to support Burns unit development. Harvard பல்கலைக்கழக பேராசிரியர் ஜீவா மாட்டின் அவர்கள் யாழ் போதனா வைத்தியசாலைக்கு வருகை தந்து Burns unit அபிவிருத்தி சம்மந்தமாக கதைத்தார்.

Native gangs spreading across Canada, targeting at-risk youth, says RCMP Module body Mon Mar 15, 6:03 PM By Susanna Kelley, The Canadian Press Aboriginal gangs are proliferating across Canada as criminal organizations exploit the intense poverty and squalid conditions that many First Nations youth live in, says a top officer with the RCMP's aboriginal police division. The gangs' stock-in-trade includes drug distribution, prostitution and theft, and they're only growing more sophisticated, said the RCMP. "The gangs are brought on by poverty," said RCMP Sgt. Merle Carpenter, who holds the aboriginal gangs file with the National Aborig…

EXCLUSIVE - S.Lanka monitors fear more violence, blame both sides Sat Apr 15, 2006 2:32 PM IST By Peter Apps BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka faces the spectre of worsening violence and neither government nor Tamil Tiger rebels have shown commitment to peace talks, the head of the international truce monitoring team said on Saturday. The Nordic-staffed unarmed Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), tasked with monitoring a strained 2002 truce, was to have escorted a convoy of Tamil Tiger leaders to their de facto capital but the rebels cancelled the trip and announced they would not go to planned talks in Switzerland. "I'm worried about the sit…

Americans are still using Russian oil and money is 'flowing into the Kremlin’s coffers,' says Ukraine's chief economic advisor Jacob Zinkula Vessels anchored at the southern end of the Singapore Strait on September 21, 2021. ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images Ukraine's chief economic advisor said the US is — perhaps unknowingly — continuing to import Russian oil. In March, the US placed a ban on Russian oil and natural gas due to Puti…

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today announced that Sri Lanka will be providing US$ 1 million in financial assistance to Palestine.President Rajapaksa has been a long-time supporter of the Palestinian cause and is the Founder President of the Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine. During this year's Eid Festival Week, the President expressed concern for the violence in Gaza. 'It is my hope that the violence in Gaza is halted and peace prevails in the region,' President Rajapaksa said on his Twitter account. Earlier in July, the President also called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to inquire about the situation in Gaza and offered his condolenc…

CNN — The House Ways and Means Committee has released copies six-years worth of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, a week after releasing an extensive report that said the Internal Revenue Service failed to properly audit Trump while he was in office. The public release of Trump’s tax returns – spanning the years 2015 through 2020 – comes after a protracted legal battle with Democrats that ultimately ended at the Supreme Court. Trump refused to voluntarily make them public as presidents before him have done. …

CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies By Natasha Bertrand Updated 1:51 PM EST, Wed January 4, 2023 Aftermath of a Russian drone attack on Kyiv, early on the morning of December 19, 2022. Sergei Supinksky/AFP/Getty Images WashingtonCNN — Parts made by more than a dozen US and Western companies were found i…

Macron wants an invitation to the BRICS Summit? This idea is bold and innovative: Global Times editorial French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech as he meets the French community, in Beijing, China, on April 5, 2023. Photo: VCG According to French media reports, French President Emmanuel Macron has asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for an invitation to the BRICS Summit scheduled for August. This news has not been confirmed by the Élysée Palace yet, and the spokesperson for the South African president claimed to be unaware of Macron's request. Moscow has asked Paris to provide an explanation: Do they…

Supporters of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa have their eyes set on the upcoming parliamentary elections, hoping to bring him back into Sri Lankan politics, a move that could pose a serious challenge to new President Maithripala Sirisena’s agenda for democratic reforms. Rajapaksa, who oversaw a military victory over Tamil Tiger guerrillas six years ago, but at the cost of the lives of more than 70,000 civilians, as the United Nations noted in a report, was dramatically defeated by his one-time ally, Sirisena, in last month’s presidential election. But Rajapaksa is not giving up yet. “What we are experiencing today is not a defeat but a result of a c…

The Defense Of Our People By: Brian Senewiratne - Australia Courtesy: TamilCanadian - September 1, 2007 ... ...... At a recent talk to expatriate Tamils, I was asked, “What is the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) doing?” I chose to answer the question with another, “What are you doing”. The answer is “Nothing, other than hallucinating about Eelam and trying to shift the responsibility for its achievement, to the LTTE”. What can we do? A great deal. ... ..... I launched a series of DVDs (I have lost count – I think about half a dozen) - to show the world what has been happening to our Tamil people (yes, they are my people as much as they are yours). I…

Australia Medical Aid Foundation (AMAF) donated drill system to Teaching hospital Jaffna. Dr Ketheeswaran, President AMAF visited and handed over the equipment.

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“…..to not to be a fanatic means to be, to some extent and in some way, a traitor in the eyes of the fanatic”. Amos Oz (How to cure a fanatic) What if after the defeat of the JVP insurgency, the Premadasa administration prevented Sinhala families from mourning their JVP-dead? What if every commemorative activity from the political to the religious was banned? What if Buddhists monks were told to stop preaching sermons (bana) and accepting alms (dane) on behalf of dead JVPers? Would such measures have caused reconciliation or a renewal of hatred? By turning mourning into a crime, are the Rajapaksas building-peace or seeding another conflict? The Tigers were …