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Japan and Shell can lose stake in Sakhalin-2 as Putin takes over Sakhalin Energy At the end of May, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Koichi Hagiuda, said that Sakhalin-2 is an asset "our predecessors worked hard to acquire". He said that Russia might own the land, but the leasehold and the liquefaction and transportation equipment belong to the Japanese government and Japanese companies. "We do not intend to leave [the project], even if we are told," he said. ByJoseph P Chac…

Arguing with loved one at wheel 'can affect' driving, experts warn The driver is weaving in his lane, his speed erratic, and he is clearly distracted. An-other case of texting behind the wheel? No, he's just got his wife with him. Confirming what many Canadians have long suspected, a study finds that having a romantic partner in the car is linked to poorer performance on the road. The effects are so powerful, in fact, that people actually drive better while quarrelling with their sweetheart remotely using a hands-free device than when having a neutral in-person conversation with them in the vehicle. "Emotional distractions are real and can affect your…

Choosing When To Go by Lee Kuan Yew Life is better than death. But death comes eventually to everyone. It is something which many in their prime may prefer not to think about. But at 89, I see no point in avoiding the question. What concerns me is: How do I go? Will the end come swiftly, with a stroke in one of the coronary arteries? Or will it be a stroke in the mind that lays me out in bed for months, semi-comatose? Of the two, I prefer the quick one. Some time back, I had an Advanced Medical Directive (AMD)) done which says that if I have to be fed by a tube, and it is unlikely that I would ever be able to recover and walk about, my doctors are to remove the tube …

எப்பொழுதுமே தொழில்நுட்ப, மென் பொருள் சம்பந்தமான, இணையதள பாதுகாப்பு சம்பந்தமான வேலைகள் மட்டுமே அதிகரிக்கும் என்பதல்ல உண்மை. தொழிநுட்பத்தால் அதிகளவு சாதிக்கமுடியாத வேலைகளுக்கும் வாய்ப்புகள் உள்ளன. உண்மையில் எதிர்காலத்தில் மிகவும் தேவைப்படும் சில வேலைகளில் கவனம் செலுத்தப்படவேண்டும்: நர்சிங், கவுன்சிலிங்(எங்களவர்கள் அதிகம் இல்லாத ஒரு துறை), கற்பித்தல், வயதானவர்களை பராமரிப்பு போன்றவை. மேலும், படைப்பாற்றல்(Creativity), சிக்கல் தீர்க்கும்(Problem Solving), பகுப்பாய்வு சிந்தனை(Analytical thinking) மற்றும் புதுமை(Innovations). இப்படி சில துறைகளுக்கான வேலைவாய்ப்புகள் ஓரளவிற்கு இருந்துகொண்டுதான் உள்ளது. 20 jobs that will start to disappear in the next 5 years b…

It is no secret that China is well and truly dominating Srilankan affairs at the moment, especially under the current leadership of Srilanka. Rajapakshe brothers in power had very close relationship with Chinese communist party during their time from 2005 to 2015. Now, they are back in full force, we can see the Chinese government is more happier than before. This article was published in New York Times in 2018. Well written by By Maria Abi-Habib in June 2018. The details are mind blowing, I will let you to read and enjoy!!!! How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — Every time Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, turned to…

The years of toil have paid off and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on the ascendance in Tamil Nadu, looking at bright yet challenging days ahead. Propelled by the "Modi wave", the party used the support base of six regional players it had aligned with as a launch pad to perform creditably in the Lok Sabha election. BJP's pre-poll alliance with the DMDK, PMK, MDMK, KMDK, IJK and NJP raked in 19% of the votes polled and the coalition picked up two Lok Sabha seats. The remaining 37 seats went to the AIADMK, while the Congress and the DMK drew a blank. The BJP, which contested 18 seats in 2009, more than doubled its vote share from 2.34% to 5.48% in 2014 d…

Today marks 32 years since the death of Annai Poopathy, a Tamil woman who fasted unto death in protest against the atrocities committed by Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF). As member of the Navatkerny Mother's Front, Poopathy Kanapathipillai from Batticaloa, commenced a fast unto death on March 19, 1988 to protest the injustices and atrocities committed by the IPKF. She had called for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks between the IPKF and the LTTE. Her fast ended on April 19 with her death. Her 28 year old son was shot dead by the Sri Lankan army and another son randomly shot dead by the Special Task Force. Another son, arrested…

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Australian uni tops global sustainability rankings Western Sydney University is the world's top institution for sustainability after taking out first place in the Times Higher Education's Impact Rankings. The university claimed the overall top honour on Thursday evening, beating out the University of Manchester in second spot and Canada's Queen's University in third. The rankings, now in their fifth year, measure an institution's contribution to the United Nations' sustainable development goals, with a focus on the areas of research, stewardship, outreach and teaching. Western Sydney vice-chancellor Barney Glover said the university was committed to …

How Britain stole $45 trillion from India And lied about it. Jason Hickel There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India – as horrible as it may have been – was not of any major economic benefit to Britain itself. If anything, the administration of India was a cost to Britain. So the fact that the empire was sustained for so long – the story goes – was a gesture of Britain’s benevolence. New research by the renowned economist Utsa Patnaik – just published by Columbia University Press – deals a crushing blow to this narrative. Drawing on nearly two ce…

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Source: surviving TCHR website (http://www.tchr.net/50_year_arrest_kill.htm) Tamil Centre for Human Rights - TCHR Centre Tamoul pour les Droits de l'Homme Email : tchrgs@tchr.net / tchrdip@tchr.net Website : www.tchr.net Arrest/ Year …

While the UN says that after its inaction in Sri Lanka while 40,000 were killed in 2009 it is now studying the “lessons learned,” Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday morning met with Sri Lankan Ambassador Palitha Kohona and four other Permanent Representatives to accept a quite contrary report. Before Inner City Press was asked to leave the conference room, Japan's Permanent Representative Tsuneo Nishida told Ban that “Sri Lanka is an important country” and “this morning we would like to present our report.” Then the meeting was closed; in fact, no topic was ever listed for the meeting. Inner City Press was the only media there. See short YouTube video here…

An employee of the Swiss embassy in Sri Lanka has been "detained and threatened" in Colombo, sparking anger from Swiss authorities. Switzerland summoned the Sri Lankan ambassador and demanded an inquiry after the incident came to light. Swiss officials said unidentified men tried to force the woman to "disclose embassy-related information". They did not provide more details, but it comes after a top Sri Lankan police officer reportedly sought Swiss asylum. It is widely believed he feared for his safety after the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's president earlier this month. Mr Rajapaksa, a former wartime defence chief, is accused of v…

Airplanes are as much a form of transportation for germs as they are for us. That's where the GermFalcon from Dimer UVC Innovations comes in. The GermFalcon uses ultraviolet light to kill disease-causing germs on airplanes. Virus-killing UVC machines are also being deployed in hospitals and airplane terminals to keep these high-traffic locations as safe and sanitary as possible.

The screening facilities set up at Sri Lanka's Colombo international airport at Katunayake to screen incoming passengers to prevent bringing the deadly Ebola virus to the island are now fully operational, health official said. According to the Director General of Health Services, Dr. P.G. Mahipala, the screening facilities set up by the Health Ministry last week at the country's main airport will monitor the visitors to the country to observe whether they are showing symptoms of Ebola. "A strong surveillance system to monitor and screen all tourists arriving at the airport has now been established," the official told the state's official newspaper Sunday Ob…

The success of the Aam Aadmi Party at Delhi Legislative assembly elections has spread the hope for honest politics throughout the country. Lakhs of people want to be a member of the party and work for change. Therefore the party has decided to run a special membership drive without fee,“Main Bhi Aam Aadmi”, from 10th to 26th January. You can become a member or help others become a member in the following ways: 1) You can fill out the form at Aam Aadmi Party website aamaadmiparty.org/join-us 2) You can directly SMS your Name, STD code, Assembly constituency, from your mobile to 07798220033. Your membership number will be sent to your mobile through SMS. 3)…

KURUMBASIDDY, Sri Lanka (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The civil war in northern Sri Lanka ended more than a decade ago, but Shan Raj’s ancestral home is still surrounded by a fence of barbed wire. Every year, Raj comes all the way from Australia to his home village of Kurumbasiddy, near the once war-torn city of Jaffna, with the hope of being able to visit the 11-room house his father built alongside the family-owned rice mill. He has not been inside his childhood home since June 1990. That was when his family’s property, along with that of more than 100 families living in the area 395km (245 miles) north of the capital Colombo, was declared part of a high…

Sri Lanka promised to deliver justice after a United Nations human rights report called on Wednesday for a special court to be set up to prosecute war crimes committed during the nation's 26-year civil conflict. The Foreign Ministry stopped short, however, of directly addressing the U.N.'s proposal to set up a special court to prosecute those from the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels suspected of atrocities. "The government of Sri Lanka will ensure dialogue and wide consultations with all stakeholders ... in putting in place mechanisms and measures that will facilitate the right to know, right to justice, reparations and guaranteeing non-recurrence with the …

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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 …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2013 CONTACT: Adam Sharon Adam.Sharon@mail.house.gov 202.226.8467 Eliot Engel Calls for an Independent International Investigation into Allegations of War Crimes in Sri Lanka Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote Secretary Kerry on Tuesday expressing serious concern regarding the deterioration of democracy and the lack of progress on reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka. Citing indications that the Government of Sri Lanka appears unwilling to implement the recommendations of Sri Lanka’s own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, Ranking M…

Damage done by emotionally immature parents can have a long-term impact on children ABC Health & Wellbeing By Sana Qadar and James Bullen for All in the Mind Posted 3ddays ago, updated 2ddays ago Mandy* says her mother has always had a controlling streak. In something of a nightmare scenario for most kids, when Mandy was 10, her mum got a job at her school. "My mother was telling me who I was and I wasn't allowed to be friends with. She was prohibiting most people I made friends with," Mandy says. "She would actually leave her post during my lunchtime to see who I was hanging out with and if I was following her order…

Tens of thousands are reportedly still living with the effects of Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide the US military used during the Vietnam war