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India's covert role in Sri Lanka's ceasefire By M.R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi, Feb 17 : Now that Sri Lanka has jettisoned the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) with the Tamil Tigers, one of India's best kept secrets can be revealed: it was New Delhi that quietly authored the process that led to the Norway-brokered pact. The dominant thinking in India and Sri Lanka, and even elsewhere, is that New Delhi has been a distant watcher to the goings on in the war-hit island barring its interactions with Colombo and countries like Norway as part of a "hands off" policy sparked off by former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's 1991 assassination. While it is true that India to…

The Significance of 1983 Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu on 07/20/2020 Photo courtesy of themorning.lk I was a PhD student in London when the carnage of July 1983 erupted and thank God for the bravery and foresight of my mother and sister, my family was saved from the electoral register and sword wielding drunken mob that descended on the only Tamil household in the immediate neighbourhood. Now, 37 years and a bloody war of almost three decades later, the question arises as to whether the goals and aspirations of the main protagonists in that atrocity have been fulfilled or abandoned or inde…

Writing our concerns to the International Community is the need of the hour, please please write to them in your own words (few lines) and call the international community, when possible, to act on it. Surely, you can hope our plights get to them, but first we have to tell them, not one or two people write to them, we all have to do it constantly and persistently to expose the true nature of Sri Lanka. eden@mol.com.mk, ediamantepower@yahoo.com , egannon@verizon.net, Mercodonia On Line http://www.mol.com.mk/ elies7@voila.fr Voila News http://www.voila.fr/ bptio@BalkanPeaceTeam.org Balkan Peace Team (PBT) cesd@cesd.org Centre…

56 Tamil organisations from across the world have rejected a domestic Sri Lankan inquiry into human rights abuses and called for an international investigation into genocide, in a joint New Year message. The signatories to the statement, which span across 10 different countries, jointly noted there was an overwhelming mandate for an international investigation expressed in the recent Northern Provincial Council elections, and fully committed themselves to working towards an independent investigation into the crime of genocide. The statement, signed by many youth organisations, is released as talk of a South African style ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ have emer…

Fiat currency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Fiat money) Jump to: navigation, search Look up fiat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.In economics, fiat currency or fiat money is money whose purchasing power derives from a declaratory fiat of the government issuing it. It is often associated with paper money unbacked by fixed assets, issued without the promise of redemption in some other form, and accepted by tradition or social convention. Fiat money is called fiduciary money in many languages. The widespread acceptance of a fiat currency is enhanced by a central authority mandating its acceptance under penalty of law and demanding it …

49 Tamil youths arrested in Kalutara, Chilaw [TamilNet, Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 19:39 GMT] Forty-nine Tamil youths were taken into custody in two cordon and search operations separately conducted by the combined State security forces in the western and northwestern provinces Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. 31 Tamils were arrested in Kalutara and Bandaragama areas in the western provinces. The youths are residents of Kankesanthurai, Akkaraipattu and Bogantalawa, and were working in jewellery shops in Kalutara and Bandaragama. Meanwhile, 18 Tamil youths majority of them residents of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Jaffna were arrested in Uddapu, a Tamil …

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A large number of Tamils in Sri Lanka have died while in protest demanding the government to reveal the fate of their loved ones who are victims of enforced disappearances, the UN heard. As revealed to the global rights body in Geneva by a mother leading a continuous protest that had been continuing for more than three years in the north and east of the country, almost 70 have passed away without getting any answers. “Already, 69 mothers in our protests have died due to stress and various illnesses without finding solutions to their grievances,” General Secretary of the Association for the Relatives of the Enforced Disappearance from North and East of Sri Lanka,…

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A documentary purporting to show the execution of civilians and other war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan army had its first public screening on Friday but was swiftly rejected by the government as part of an "orchestrated campaign" against it. The documentary "No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka" is the third by British journalist and director Callum Macrae about the final stages of the nearly 30-year civil war. "We see it as a film of record, but also a call to action," Macrae told a news briefing. "All of it is genuine. It is evidence of war crimes and I have to warn you it is pretty horrific." Tens of thousands of civilians were killed in 2009…

RAF fighter jets 'to be fitted with high-tech Star Wars style laser cannons' Sean Rayment The Royal Air Force is taking a page out of science fiction (Image: Getty) RAF fighter jets are to get Star Wars-style ray guns. Britain’s fleet of F-35 Lightnings could be fitted with laser cannons within six years. The high-tech weapons are capable of shooting down enemy missiles as well as zapping unmanned drones. Lasers are seen by defence chiefs as almost perfect weapons because they are quick, accurate – reducing collateral damage – have no recoil and are relatively cheap. One senior RAF source said: “They are t…

While condemning Sri Lanka violence, EU still sells arms to government http://euobserver.com/13/28155

ஒரு ஆசிரியரின் எண்ணத்தில் … ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு (முதன்மை / உயர்) அந்த வருடத்தில் அவர்கள் கற்பிக்க போகும் அவர்களது புதிய மாணவர்களின் பெயர்பட்டியல் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.. ஆரம்பத்தில் இது பெயர்களின் பட்டியல் மட்டுமே, ஆனால் வாரங்கள் மற்றும் மாதங்கள் செல்லும் பொழுது, அந்த பெயர்கள் மனிதர்களாகின்றனர், அவர்கள் ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் ஒரு கதை இருக்கும். சில நேரங்களில், ஒரு மாணவர் அவர்களின் திறமை மற்றும் அவர் வழங்கிய வாக்குறுதிக்காக பிரகாசிக்கிறார். சில நேரங்களில் அவர்கள் வகுப்பறை கோமாளிகளாகவோ அல்லது வகுப்பறை/பாடசாலை மைதான ரவுடிகளாகவோ இருக்கிறார்கள், மற்றும் சில சமயங்களில் அவர்களின் குடும்பத்தின் பின்னணியில் இருக்கும் சில கொடூரமான அல்லது வெளியே கூறமுடியாத நி…

The government is planning a proposal to oust Tamil National Alliance MP S Sritharan from parliament, according to Sinhala newspaper Divaina. The report accused Sritharan of being involved in anti-government activities and is supposedly attempting to rouse communal unrest, including for praising LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in parliament. Minister calls for TNA ban (18 December 2013) TG View: Representing 'extremism' (01 December 2013) TNA sabotaging reconciliation - Gotabhaya (28 November 2013) http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=9623&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

Muhamalai overrun, battle on Mandaithivu [TamilNet, August 12, 2006 07:11 GMT] Heavy fighting is reported at different locations in the southern Jaffna peninsula between Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops and the Liberation Tigers. The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio confirmed that LTTE forces repelling SLA offensive towards Elephant Pass have now broken through SLA forward defence lines (FDLs) at Muhamalai. But Jaffna correspondents quoted military sources as saying that FDLs had been "breached in several locations." SLA artillery and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) jets are bombarding Mandathivu island, which LTTE officials say had been prepared as a launch pad for another offe…

Malaysian authorities yesterday deported the Lankan who is suspected of having indirect links with Al-Qaeda and planned terror attacks in India. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said the man was sent back to Colombo for further investigations. Mohammad Hussain Mohammad Sulaiman was arrested in May in Kula Lampur and is suspected to have been part of a conspiracy to carry out terror attacks on the US and Israeli consulates in South India. On his arrival in Sri Lanka, he will be handed over to the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) for further interrogation. India has been seeking the extradition of Sulaiman, who is alleged to have planned terror attacks wi…

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…

SLA dumps dead soldiers in the stretches of Arippu [TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 17:34 GMT] Sri Lanka Army in Mannaar, while under-reporting their casualties in the fighting, has been dumping tractor-loads of dead soldiers in the delta of Aruvi Aa'ru (Malwattu Oya), the area emptied of people after capturing it from the LTTE last year. Two Sri Lanka Army soldiers, escaping from the battlefield with the help of local residents have said that their fellow troopers killed in the battle were being dumped near a coconut palm grove at Ooral, a locality 1 km south of Aruvi Aa'ru and few kilometers east of the coastline between Arippu and Chilaavatturai. Hun…

‘What does election of Sri Lanka's president mean for Tamils? The British Tamils Forum representative was interviewed by international media network - Al Jazeera English on the NewsHour.

அவுஸ்திரேலியாவில் முதலாவதாய் New South Walesல் வாகனம் ஓடும்போது சாரதியின் கைத்தொலைபேசி பாவனைக்கு தடை வந்துள்ளது. நேரடியாக தொலைபேசியை கையில் பிடித்துக்கொண்டு வாகனத்தை ஓடுவது சட்டவிரோதம் ஆகும். One Australian state has made it illegal for drivers to have any physical contact with a mobile phone while driving. The law in New South Wales is unique because a motorist no longer has to have the phone in their hands to be considered an infraction. In an aim to reduce distractions while driving, the new law now requires phones to be placed in a holder on the dashboard or be on bluetooth through the car's speakers. However, Simon Washington, professor at Queensl…

எதிலோ அடிக்க பல்லு போன கதை தான் இது. No desecration of Nehru’s bust, it just fell off’ NEW DELHI: The Indian High Commission in London has denied that there was any desecration of the Nehru bust located just outside its visa office. There were reports earlier that LTTE sympathisers had "beheaded" the bust. "It just fell off," said M Subhashini, spokesperson for the High Commission. "The bust got separated from the pedestal. There's nothing suspicious about it at all," she told a news agency on Friday. It was alleged that Tamil protestors had vandalised the bust to show their support for the LTTE and India's "indifference" to their plight in Sri L…

A Sri Lankan Journalist Eagerly Toes the Line Kuni Takahashi for The New York Times "In the end, you gravitate to a place where the management views are in consonance with yours," Rajpal Abeynayake said. "And I have gravitated to that place.” By GARDINER HARRIS Published: October 18, 2013 FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ SAVE E-MAIL SHARE PRINT SINGLE PAGE REPRINTS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — He calls himself the Rush Limbaugh of Sri Lanka, “except I’m not as obnoxious.” His critics say he should be hanged from a lamppost. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow@nytimesworldfor international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Enlarge…

Govt. offers sea-planes for LTTE The Government has offered two sea-planes owned by SriLankan Airlines to transport LTTE cadres from the east to the north and is now awaiting a response, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said. He said if the LTTE agreed to this proposal made through the facilitator Norway, engineers would be sent from Colombo to see whether the sea-plane could land somewhere in Kilinochchi. These two sea-planes with a capacity of 10 passengers each are now being used to fly tourists to holiday destinations in the south. The Sunday Times learns that the government has discussed with the airlines the possibility of obtaining the two sea pl…

SLAF bombs Verukal ferry [TamilNet, August 04, 2006 13:41 GMT] Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers Friday evening around 5:00 p.m. bombed and destroyed the ferry linking Liberation Tigers controlled Vakarai mainland with Trincomalee south, civilian sources said. Further details are not available at the moment http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19070