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Anton Balasingham, whose death from cancer was announced on Thursday, was the ideologist of the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka. Officially know as the group's political adviser and theoretician, for over 25 years he played a unique role in the political struggle of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority. Over the years, this normally reticent man was the public face of the Tamil Tigers. Living in London, it was his job to communicate with the outside world about the aspirations of his people. He was the main force in bringing the attention of the world to a forgotten war in this small island nation. Political solution Earlier in his life, Balasingham worked a…

An End to the Voice of Tamil Nation The demise of Dr Anton Balasingham has saddened and shocked the tamil speaking world with concerns about the future of our nation. Being the ideologue of the liberation struggle, he has been the soul of the tamil nation and its liberation. It is a rare phenomenon that a man of his calibre and education is ever willing to sacrifice the whole of his life for the people of his homeland and to relieve them from the immense sufferings they have been undergoing for decades. He was fortunate that Mrs Adele Balasingham was by his side all along in all his endeavours until the last minute of his life. We would like to share our hea…

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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…

Civilians flee as rivals say over 110 killed in Sri Lanka fighting. Some 3,000 civilians are fleeing as heavy artillery duels in Sri Lanka's restive northeast killed more than 110 people, including 41 civilians, according to rebels and security forces. The two sides said sporadic mortar bomb attacks and artillery fire continued throughout Sunday along the Trincomalee and Batticaloa district borders. The International Red Cross said more than 3,300 people were displaced Sunday. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a statement asked both the military and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to comply with international hu…

Sixty four combatants have been killed in the latest clashes between the government soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels in eastern Sri Lanka, military said on Monday. An officer at the government's Media Center for National Security said 24 soldiers were killed and 69 wounded in Sunday's artillery and mortar battle with the insurgents in the eastern Batticaloa district. Forty rebels were also killed in the clash, the officer said speaking on condition of anonymity due to policy. Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan said however at least seven rebel fighters died in the clashes. The military said on Sunday guerrillas mounted artillery attacks on four arm…

MODERATE TAMIL POLITICAL LEADER Mr. V. Ananda Sangaree, President, Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) who is a prime target of Tiger terrorist group that comprises his own northern Tamil youth was recently honoured in France with presentation of a special UNESCO award in appreciation of his prolonged tolerance and role against violence. He was the first Sri Lankan to be the recipient of this prestigious UNESCO Award where, he in his brief address on the acknowledgement of the Award regretted his miserable inability to visit his home town in the north of Sri Lanka with this Award due to persistent Tiger (LTTE) threats on his life and his political work. “As…

Please have a look on below article. It is showing how BBC is supporting propaganda of Sinhala government and its ruthless killings http://www.tamilsydney.com/content/view/43/37/ ( Since there are some important pictures on the article, i cannot do copy & paste the entire story)

Sri Lanka is set to buy at least 10,000 tonnes of food from India, to be shipped from Chennai to shortages-hit Jaffna in the island's north, according to informed sources. Arrangements are on to buy a wide variety of food items used in Tamil kitchens and transport them by the sea from Tamil Nadu. Separately, food items may also be shipped from Nagapattinam, also in Tamil Nadu, to Kayts Island, off Jaffna. The decision follows meetings here late last month when President Mahinda Rajapakse and Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda of Sri Lanka urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to help overcome food shortages in Jaffna peninsula. The Sri L…

Ethnic Sinhalese flee Sri Lanka fighting. A daylong artillery exchange Saturday between Sri Lanka's military and Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the island's east drove thousands of Sinhalese from their villages, an official said. Rebels said 30 soldiers died in the clashes; the military said only two troops had been killed. Both sides accused the other of causing civilian casualties. Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan said the guerillas repulsed a military advance into their territory in eastern Trincomalee district. "We retaliated and pushed them back to their original positions," he said. It was impossible to reconcile the conflicting casualty fi…

Tigers say 45 killed in Sri Lanka as Norway's peace bid fails. COLOMBO (AFP) - Fierce artillery duels in northeast Sri Lanka have killed at least 45 people, including 15 civilians, Tiger rebels said, as a fresh Norwegian peace bid failed. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said security forces breached rebel defences in the district of Trincomalee and advanced 2.5 kilometres (1.5 miles), sparking heavy fighting. "We have killed 30 Sri Lankan soldiers, including two officers, and recovered five bodies," LTTE spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiriyan told AFP Saturday. "Shelling by security forces has also killed 15 civilians. Many more are injured." …

Norway fails to secure deal to lift Jaffna siege. Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway has failed to secure an agreement to end a blockade on the Jaffna peninsula where nearly half a million people are trapped by fighting, officials said. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said Friday they told a Norwegian envoy to persuade the government to open the land access to the embattled north without conditions. The government had asked Jon Hanssen-Bauer to secure a deal with the Tigers to allow a convoy of some 400 trucks to travel through rebel-held territory, but the Tigers rejected a one-off convoy. Instead, the LTTE political wing leader S. P.…

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panel calls for 10 year N-E merger Referendum a must at end of period Autonomous regions for Sinhalese, Muslims in East By Ayesha Zuhair A majority of members of the experts panel of the All Party Conference are to submit a preliminary report to the President today recommending maximum devolution of power with the province as a unit and a 10-year merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces as a solution to the ethnic conflict, a source close to the panel told the Daily Mirror yesterday. The report which was handed over to the All Party Representative Co…

Sectarian violence between orthodox Muslims against the Islamic sect, Sufi, that preaches pantheism, resurfaced in Muslim town of Kattankudy in Batticaloa district Thursday following the death of M. S. Abdul Payilvan, one of the leaders of Sufi sect and the President of All Island Tharikathul Mufliheen, and his burial in Kattankudy. The orthodox Muslims observed a Hartal demanding the removal of the body from the burial grounds. Three houses belonging to the followers of Payilvan were set ablaze on Thursday night, Police sources said. M.S. Abdul Payilvan, 69, passed away in Colombo Apollo hospital Wednesday at 8:00 pm; his body was brought to Kattankudy in a private he…

This is what happend today against Tamils by the state terrorism 4 Tamils get killed in trinco 6 abducted today and 19 abducted during the last 2 days 2 arrested 1 get killed in Vavuniya 1 joung girl seriously injured 1 killed and another injured near Colombo Voilence are getting worster than before

[TamilNet, Thursday, 07 December 2006, 11:48 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Thursday morning launched artillery attacks towards Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Verugal, 14 km northwest of Vaharai and 27 km southeast of SLA captured Sampoor. Meanwhile, SLA troops that moved 5 km inside LTTE territory into Kattumurivu, southwest of Vaharai, have stationed in a school, following stiff LTTE resistance. Heavy fighting ensued between SLA troops and LTTE fighters at Eachilampattu, 6 km north of Verugal, amid heavy artillery fire from SLA positions, according to LTTE Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthiryan. Commenting on the SLA claim that LTTE fired arti…

Sri Lanka to crack down on terror but no rebel ban COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will introduce tough emergency regulations to curb terrorist activities but will not impose a ban on Tamil Tiger rebels, the island's government said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT The cabinet's decision comes after months of escalating violence between the army and the rebels, including bomb blasts in the capital, and amid fears a ban could sink hopes of avoiding a return to all-out civil war. Last week, a suicide attack in Colombo targeted President Mahinda Rajapakse's brother Gothabaya Rajapakse, who is also the island's Defense Secretary and escaped unscathed. "T…

Despair of the discriminated Dalits By Monica Chadha BBC News, Nagpur Some of the accused have been released, I want them arrested again Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange The brutal killing of a family from the lower castes - known as Dalits - in India's western state of Maharashtra has revived the community's demand to be treated as equals in a society that has labelled them as outcasts. The incident took place in a remote village called Khairlanji in Bhandara district situated in the north-east of the state. On 29 September, Surekha Bhotmange, her 17-year-old daughter Priyanka, and two sons, 19-year-old Roshan and 21-year-old Sudhir were a…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- The Sri Lankan government decided Wednesday not to ban the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels at a crucial Cabinet meeting, officials close to the Cabinet said. A formal announcement is likely to be made later Wednesday. Supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam had warned that a ban would effectively scupper the peace process. "...The State is compelled to make some hard choices. Prime among these issues is whether the government should reclamp the ban on the Tigers. Another is whether the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) should be rigorously reinforced," Daily News said in an editorial. "There are arguments for and aga…

A possible "lorry bomb" nabbed- Colombo Police Special Crime Investigation Division at Mirihana has arrested a person who allegedly purchased a deep- freezer lorry and modified it to carry explosives, arms and ammunition. The suspect is believed to have spent Rs 2.5 million to acquire the lorry. The money has been credited to the suspect's bank account by two banks in Kilinochchi and Vavuniya. The arrest was made at Mirihana on Monday the 4th of December as the lorry had been driven towards the Colombo city. When questioned the suspect told the police that the lorry would be taken to Trincomalee for transporting fish between Colombo and Trincomalee. O…

Vijaykant backs Tamil Eelam demand Search for More News Chennai, Dec 4: In his first open support of the LTTE's demand for Tamil Eelam (separate home land for Tamils) DMDK President and actor Vijaykanth today said the "struggle" would certainly succeed, though it would take time. Vijayakant, who had decided against celebrating his birth day till a solution was found to Sri Lankan Tamils problem, told reporters here that "though success in a struggle for the homeland is delayed, it will certainly succeed". He was replying when asked why there was a delay in a solution (to the Sri Lankan Tamils problem). He praised the militants saying "tho…

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Sri Lanka: A Glimpse Into Our Apocalyptic Future?by Tom Plate, AsiaMedia News Daily, November 30, 2006 Tom Plate says, in our global village, we can't afford to turn away from the town burning next door Los Angeles --- You can, as smugly as you want, view the savage, desperate, dire deterioration in Sri Lanka as little more than a flashback to the past -- a kind of backslide into the dank grave of history. Those silly little Sri Lankans, how they kill one another over there in the shadow of the island's beauty, in their half-forgotten country, off the coast of India, about which no one really cares. Or -- more alertly, more sagely -- you could view th…

Norway says Sri Lanka report on mediator is "lies" Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:45 PM IST Top News Sri Lanka assures India on power sharing with Tamils India nuclear deal likely final by May - U.S. envoy Norway says Sri Lanka report on mediator is "lies" U.S.'s Thorium Power, India in reactor talks - firm India's Christians dig deep for graveyard plot MORE COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government has angrily rejected a report in a state-owned Sri Lankan newspaper that its peace mediator and International Development Minister Erik Solheim had given money to a top Tamil rebel leader. The Daily N…

Stop child abductions by Karuna group (New York, November 28, 2006) The Sri Lankan security forces must immediately stop assisting abductions of boys and young men by the Karuna group and help those abducted return safely to their families, Human Rights Watch said today. A Human Rights Watch report to be published next month finds that the Sri Lankan military and police are complicit and, at times, directly cooperating with the Karuna group, an armed faction that split from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2004. Led by V. Muralitharan, a former Tamil Tiger commander known as Karuna, the group has abducted hundreds of boys and young men in eastern Sri Lanka…