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Tamil Tiger rebels accuse Sri Lanka's Government of backing assailants who assassinated a rebels officer நன்றி: CNNTEXT 123

பல வருடங்கள் பதவிக்கு காத்திருந்த நரி, பதவிக்கு வந்த பின் பேசாமல் இருக்குமா? இனிதான் Aragala போராட்டக்காரர்கள், தமிழர்கள் பொதுவாக கூறுவது என்றால் இலங்கை மக்கள் அவதானமாகவும் புத்திசாலித்தனமாகவும் செயற்படவேண்டும். From Frying Pan To The Fire: Ranil Will Make Gota Look Like A Boy Scout! By Vishwamithra – “To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing” ~Raymond Williams Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s exit from the country may have rendered a sense of temporary relief to the general populace. It may have quieted the cantankerous minds of the Aragala Karuwo. But that too might well be short-lived. A very few in the current political arena …

Who Cares for Kadirgamar? by Col. R. Hariharan (retd.), SAAG, April 9, 2006 Kadirgamar was believed to be topping LTTE's hit list. Pro-LTTE sections of Tamil Diaspora penned poems on the Internet celebrating Kadirgamar's heinous killing to reinforce the suspicion.... ..... ........... At every step, the findings of police investigation have been shrouded in doubts giving rise to rumours and unconfirmed stories. There were also doubts raised about the veracity of the initial report that a sniper gun was used for the killing. In fact, ballistics had found that a .45 calibre weapon was used. Analysts argued that snipers do not normally use this heavy calibr…

EU ban unlikely to make LTTE give up its fight Web posted at: 6/4/2006 2:38:20 Source ::: IANS http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_n...06060423820.xml New Delhi - Sri Lanka may be celebrating the European Union's ban on the Tamil Tigers and the co-chairs' warnings to further isolate them, but none of these is likely to halt the group's determination to achieve a Tamil Eelam state. If the past is any guide, the European Union decision, no doubt a major blow to the Tigers, will fail to make the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) give up its goal of carving out an independent homeland in Sri Lanka's north and east. It is even doubtful if the L…

Inside a hijack: The unheard stories of the Pan Am 73 crew IMAGE SOURCE,PAN AM CREW FACEBOOK PAGE Image caption, The crew of Pan Am Flight 73 (three of whom are pictured here with their colleagues) were all in their early to mid 20s at the time of the hijack. By Megha Mohan BBC News Nearly 30 years after the hijack of Pan Am Flight 73 at Karachi airport, six of the plane's crew have spoken to the media for the first time. …

Sri Lanka is losing its soul to war Posted By: Peter Foster at Sep 22, 2008 at 07:48:18 [General] Posted in: Foreign Correspondents Predictably in a conflict which stirs such bitterness, my last post on Sri Lanka and an analysis piece I wrote in Saturday's paper on Sri Lanka's human rights record has generated a slew of emails accusing me of failing to understand the conflict and ‘siding with the terrorists.' I must preface this post, therefore, with the (I hope unnecessary) disclaimer that I hold no candle for the Tamil Tigers or their methods, which include recruiting child soldiers and the abduction, intimidation and extortion of Tamils both ho…

The Best and The Worst – 2020 General Elections Lionel Bopage on 08/09/2020 Photo courtesy of the diplomat.com The general elections on 5 August turned out to be an outstanding victory for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the Rajapaksa Family and the Sinhala Buddhist nationalists representing both the elite and ordinary members of the country’s majority community. Despite many allegations made about the corrupt and criminal acts of certain candidates put forward at the election by some of the political parties, the electorate elected most of them. Sadly, the candidates who are known…

By Dan Strumpf And Stephen Manning, The Associated Press NEW YORK - Toyota said Thursday it is recalling more than 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix accelerator pedals that can become stuck, the latest in a string of quality problems that have bedeviled the Japanese automaker. The recall affects the 2009-2010 RAV4, the 2009-2010 Corolla, the 2009-2010 Matrix, the 2005-2010 Avalon, the 2007-2010 Camry, the 2010 Highlander, the 2007-2010 Tundra and the 2008-2010 Sequoia. The Avalon, Camry and Tundra models - encompassing about 1.7 million vehicles - also were included in the 4.2 million-vehicle recall Toyota launched in late 2009 in the Uni…

Pope Francis Offers Hopeful Christmas Day Message From St. Peter's VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered Christmas wishes Wednesday for a better world, praying for protection for Christians under attack, battered women and trafficked children, peace in the Middle East and Africa, and dignity for refugees fleeing misery and conflict around the globe. Francis delivered the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (Latin for "to the city and to the world") speech from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to more than 70,000 cheering tourists, pilgrims and Romans in the square below. In his first Christmas message since being elected pontiff in March, he…

Gunmen attack Jaffna daily Uthayan, casualties not known [TamilNet, May 02, 2006 14:25 GMT] Armed men who entered the main office of Uthayan, Jaffna daily, around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, opened fire at editorial staff. At least 40 gunshots were heard, residents said. Casualty details are not available at the moment. Uthayan office is located on Kasthuriyar Road in Jafna town. Further details are not available at the moment.

Tamil club's alleged links to terrorism concern officials Andrea Bailey, Waterloo (Aug 30, 2006) The University of Waterloo has taken three steps to address the news that one of its clubs may have past links to an international terrorist organization. According to a media advisory released Monday, UW, in full partnership with the UW Federation of Students, has engaged a national accounting firm to conduct a complete forensic audit of the Waterloo Tamil Students Association. The accountants will begin that process immediately. UW will also begin immediately to conduct its own thorough review of policies and procedures regarding overseas placements f…

A Tamil diaspora group based in the US says it will stage a protest during the scheduled visit to New York by President Mahinda Rajapaksa next month to address the UN General Assembly (UNGA). The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) led by V. Rudrakumaran has written to UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon urging him to publicly censure the Sri Lankan government for denying direct access for the victims of international crimes in the island of Sri Lanka to UN investigators. The TGTE said it will also be organizing a protest rally outside the UN in New York on September 25th to protest against the Sri Lankan Government. "It is time for the UN Secr…

Sri Lankan government spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella denied Tuesday that his governement will begin unconditional negotiations with the Liberation Tigers. "We will put forward our conditions," Rambukwella told the Associated Press. He criticized Norway for allegedly not having consulted the government before announcing a date and a venue. "The government has not been consulted on any future discussions. Norway, or anybody, can't announce dates and venues," Rambukwella told AP. "We will take it up very seriously, we are a sovereign state, they (Norway) are only facilitators. We have not delegated any of our powers to them," Sri Lankan government spokesman told A…

Wall Street's 4 top banks just had $55 billion wiped off their market value in a single day People walk inside JP Morgan headquarters in New York, October 25, 2013. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Four of America's biggest banks lost a combined $55 billion of market value in a single day as financial stocks plunged. US bank shares took a beating Thursday amid fears of contagion effects from the turmoil at Silicon Valley Bank and Silvergate.…

Western media ignores Sri Lanka State Terror- Aussie doctor [TamilNet, Saturday, 25 August 2007, 13:35 GMT] Queensland Pediatrician and Director of Townsville Hospital's Neonatal Unit, Dr John Whitehall, talking with Richard Fidler of ABC radio in the program "Conversation hour" early this week, said that in Tamil eelam there "is tremendous commitment from a population of only three million people [for separation]. You can't get 17000 people to take up arms and fight to death unless their hearts are in their cause," and added that "What I have come to be aware [is] you can't understand the situation in Colombo if you only focus on the terror which is coming from o…

Pinching the baby and rocking the cradle TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - TCHR/CTDH CENTRE TAMOUL POUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME (Established in 1990) (UN accredited NGO to the World Summit on Information Society and the Warsaw Conference) www.tchr.net Ref : TZ042/PR/2007 28 November 2007 International Community is, “Pinching the baby and rocking the cradle” A Paramilitary leader presented a paper to an Anti-terrorist conference ! What is happening in Sri Lanka since independence 1948 is unethical, unimaginable and unbelievable. The head of state is invariably a Singhalese and a Buddhist, and rules with the backing of Buddhist mo…

VoT will rebounce from attack - Thamizhanpan [TamilNet, Sunday, 16 December 2007, 22:43 GMT] “Belligerent statements by close associates of Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa, threats against media personnel, and press censorship in the South, forewarned us of a possible attack on our media facilities. Fortunately, we took precautions against this, and our successful completion of the Heroes day program, inspite of Colombo violating international laws bombing our facility, is a testimony to the resilience of our staff,” said Thamizhanpan, director of Voice of Tigers, LTTE’s official broadcasting corporation, in an interview with a Australian Tamil Broadcasting Corporat…

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 18:15 GMT] Former deputy secretary of state Richard L. Armitage this week urged sweeping changes to current U.S. foreign policy, arguing that the superpower needs to replace its almost exclusive focus on fighting terrorism with a broader agenda. "If your foreign policy is just organized around the global war on terror, you’re missing the bet. I think a new paradigm will emerge. I don’t know what it will be, but in the interim we need to engage with friends and frankly engage with our enemies. Actually, it might be more important to engage with our enemies," he told The Washington Diplomat journal. "We’ve been exporting our …

CNN)Robert Trump, 71, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, died Saturday at a New York hospital, Donald Trump announced in a statement. "It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight. He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in peace," the President said. சி.என்.என்) ஜனாதிபதி டொனால்ட் டிரம்பின் தம்பியான ராபர்ட் டிரம்ப் (71) நியூயார்க் மருத்துவமனையில் சனிக்கிழமை காலமானார் என்று டொனால்ட் டிரம்ப் ஒரு அறிக்கையில் அறிவித்துள்ளார். து அருமையான சகோதரர் ராபர்ட் இன்று இரவு நிம்…

COP26 Cop26: Rude awakening as Tamils tracked foe to Dunblane Sri Lankan president was not the only world leader holed up in the sleepy town’s hydro Under the cover of darkness Tamil activists marched on the DoubleTree Hilton where Gotabaya Rajapaksa, president, was staying TAMIL GUARDIAN Marc Horne Friday November 05 2021, 12.01am, The Times Share …

CHENNAI: Nobody can deny the efforts British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken to put Sri Lanka on notice over genocide and war crimes, Union shipping minister GK Vasan said. The Congress minister from Tamil Nadu applauded Cameron's visit to Colombo for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) at a function in Chennai on Monday. On Thursday, Cameron, whose decision to attend the summit was criticised, has promised to highlight human rights abuses in the island nation. It was described as an "extraordinary visit" to the war-affected areas, which also made him the first world leader to travel to the Tamil-dominated northern regions of Sri Lanka after indepen…

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முஸ்லீம் தமிழ் உறவுகள் பற்றிய அடிப்படைக் கேள்வி, முஸ்லீம் தமிழ் உறவுகள் சிதைக்கப்படுவதால் நன்மை அடைபவர்கள் யார்? http://www.tamilguardian.com/beta/news_det....asp?newsid=436 http://www.sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006...stion_Again.php

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Plight of Sri Lanka's desperate refugees By Dumeetha Luthra BBC News, Mannar I first met Maduraweeran Kantharajah in a navy camp with his family. They had been caught the night before trying to escape from northern Sri Lanka across the 30km (18-mile) stretch of water from Mannar to southern India. He had sold everything he owned for the desperate journey away from the island's growing conflict. Hundreds of Tamil civilians have now made that crossing into the state of Tamil Nadu. Many more want to do likewise and flee violence in the east of the country. Meagre belongings Maduraweeran paid $650 (£353) to smugglers in Mannar.…