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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.

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…

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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.…

Arrangements underway for civilian movement from Muttur - LTTE [TamilNet, August 04, 2006 04:52 GMT] The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Friday morning said their cadres were making arrangements to safely transport all civilians out of the Muttur town to remote locations as Sri Lanka Army shells continued to hit civilian refuges in the town. The LTTE has urged the ICRC and other humanitarian agencies to enable humanitarian assistance to the displaced people. "We are making necessary arrangements to move civilians from Muttur to safer locations via Kiliveddy," said Irasiah Ilanthirayan, the military spokesman of the Liberation Tigers. At least 22 civ…

UNHRCThe Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has strengthened its investigation on the war in Sri Lanka by adding more clauses to the terms of reference which includes a clause on the assistance expected for foreign governments and the basis under which findings of the investigation will be accepted. The new clauses note that consistent with the practice of other United Nations fact-finding bodies, the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) will base its findings on a "reasonable grounds to believe" standard of proof. The terms of reference states that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an incident or pattern of violations or…

Ruling Sri Lanka is a family affair template_bas template_bas The four Rajapakse brothers occupy the most powerful jobs, and critics are incensed. By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 25, 2007 COLOMBO, SRI LANKA -- The Rajapakse family business is virtually everyone's business on this island. That's because the family's line of work is running the country -- and fighting a civil war, to boot. Between them, the four Rajapakse brothers occupy the most powerful jobs in Sri Lanka's democratically elected government, including the biggest plum of all: the presidency. Indeed, by appointing his siblings to key posts, President Mahinda Rajap…

BTCL Cricketers Day 2016 : Theebaraj-Pavalan Memorial Trophy 18/09/2016 at Winchmorehill CC grounds Theebaraj Memorial Trophy (Premier and Super Divisions) Champions : Northerns CC -A, Runners Up : Eastham CC Pavalan memorial Trophy (all other Divisions) Champions : ETCC, Runners Up : Sky Star CC All other information on www.facebook.com/btcluk https://www.facebook.com/327346450639828/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1177521288955669

Sri Lanka 'complicit' in child-soldier recruitment Amal Jayasinghe AFP March 29, 2007 CHILD SOLDIERS: The Sri Lankan government has been condemned by a human rights group for failing to probe the recruitment of child soldiers and of even being complicit in their forced recruitment by the pro-government Karuna group. ( ) COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka came under fresh attack Thursday for failing to probe the recruitment of child soldiers as the government faced more allegations of abductions and extra-judicial killings. The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) offered new evidence of state complicity in the forced recruitment of child soldiers by the "Karuna …

It was India that first sent its External Affairs Minister to Sri Lanka within 24 hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s President on November 18. It was also India that became the first diplomatic destination for President Rajapaksa. Indian External Affairs Minister Dr Subramaniam Jaishanker arrived in Sri Lanka with a personal message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 19 and held talks with the new Sri Lankan President and extended an invitation to the President to visit New Delhi. Accordingly, President Rajapaksa left for Indian Capital for a two-day official visit on November 29 with a small delegation and held talk…

Link: ஈழத் தமிழர்கள் மீதான இலங்கை முஸ்லிம் ஊர்காவல்படை மற்றும் ஆயுத குழுக்களின் அட்டூழியங்கள் | ஆவணக்கட்டு Translation: Atrocities committed by Sri Lankan Muslim Home Guards and Armed Groups against Eelam Tamils | Documentary This is an extensive Tamil documentary of approximately 200 pages compiled by me, Nane Chozhan (நன்னிச் சோழன்). The work focuses on episodes of violence against Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, particularly in the Eastern Province, and attributes many of these incidents to armed groups identified as Muslim home guards and mobs during specific periods of the civil conflict. The documentary catalogues alleged incidents of mass killings, arson attacks, se…