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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…

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…

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

India’s Ramanathapuram District police have arrested five people, including three Sri Lankan Tamils with arms such as air-guns, sickles and crowbars when they were proceeding to Madurai after visiting Rameswaram in a car, The Hindu newspaper reported. Accompanied by S. Vijayakumar (52), an assistant director in the Kerala film industry, who was reportedly facing cheque bounce and criminal cases, the Lankan Tamils, who came from Chennai, were on their way to Kerala via Madurai after visiting a friend in Mandapam and offering worship at the Rameswaram Temple, when the police arrested them at the check post. The check post police, who were routinely checking …

One killed in RPG attack on paramilitary office in Kalmunai [TamilNet, Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 17:43 GMT] A paramilitary cadre of Karuna Group was killed and another wounded when unidentified gunmen armed with Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers attacked the office of the group in Kalmunai town, located 36 km southeast of Batticaloa. The paramilitary office, located between a police post and the Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) camp in Kalmuani, was completely damaged in the attack that took place around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Sri Lankan counter-insurgency Special Task Force (STF) officials identified the killed Karuna cadre as "Castro." The woun…

UNP creates broad front while UPFA leads a retreat to the past by Harim Peiris - on 07/14/2015 Photo courtesy Fatalnews As nominations closed earlier this week, the contours of the battle lines for the general election to Parliament became clear. The two major political formations in the country, the UNP and the UPFA are vying for a parliamentary majority and with it effective control of the next government. The UNP spent an useful weekend, creating a broad political front, styled the United National Front for Good Governance, (UNFGG) which will contest the elections under the UNP’s elephant symbol and be registered as a party after the elections. The UNFGG is a b…

Unemployment increases slightly to 5.1% in 3Q 2019 Sri Lanka’s unemployment rate has increased slightly to 5.1% in the third quarter of 2019, from 4.9% in the second quarter, the latest data from the state statistics office show. The number of unemployed persons is estimated as 437,797 during the third quarter 2019. Overall unemployment rate reported for female is 8.5 percent and it is 3.3 percent for male. Youth unemployment rate (age 15 – 24 years) corresponding to the third quarter 2019 is 23.3 percent and that is the highest reported unemployment rate among all age groups. Further the unemplo…

WAR IN WANNI: WHY THE tIGERS ARE DOWN BUT NOT OUT D.B.S.Jeyaraj In writing about the ongoing war in the Wanni northern mainland, I have been regularly emphasising a salient point that goes against the view propagated by upper echelons of the power structure and dominant sections of society. According to this viewpoint, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) faces imminent destruction and the war would be over very soon. While subscribing to the opinion that the armed forces are indeed on the ascendant my take on the LTTE has been different. Regular readers would recall that I have been constantly asserting that the Tigers are not a …

The British Government, in a statement issued by the British High Commission in Colombo, said that land issues continue to prevent some communities from rebuilding their lives in Jaffna. British Deputy High Commissioner Laura Davies visited the Jaffna town and called on Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, District Secretary Suntharam Arumainayagam and Bishop Thomas Saundaranayagam and also visited the Sabapathipillai Welfare Centre, the British Council and the Jaffna Public Library. Laura Davies said: “My first visit to Jaffna was an opportunity to see how infrastructure developments – including the Yaal Devi train – have the potential to bring real economic b…

Two LTTE cadres to be disciplined over Thirukkovil episode [TamilNet, Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 17:22 GMT] Two Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres have been ordered transferred to Kilinochchi from Amparai, to face disciplinary action for enlisting underage youths from a tuition centre in Thirukkovil Monday, LTTE officials in Amparai told TamilNet. All the 23 civilians, including the 21 students, in the custody of an LTTE unit attached to a training camp, were freed after an internal investigation initiated by LTTE Commander Ram. Two teachers, Tharmarasa Vigneswaran and Velupillai Uthayakumar, were among the persons taken by the LTTE unit from the tu…

UN slams Sri Lanka warring parties over slow tsunami recovery by Amal Jayasinghe Tue Dec 26, 6:32 AM ET COLOMBO (AFP) - The United Nations slammed Sri Lanka's warring parties for stalling tsunami reconstruction efforts as the island marked the second anniversary of the disaster. The outgoing UN Secretary General Kofi Annan blamed both Colombo and the Tamil Tiger rebels for the violence that has slowed rebuilding after the December 26, 2004 tsunami that killed an estimated 31,000 people in the island. In a statement, he said the conflict between the government and rebels had made reconstruction even more difficult in the mainly B…

By: Dasun Edrisinghe Courtesy: The Island - February 10, 2007 JVP MP Vijitha Herath yesterday wanted to know what the government had done with the US dollars 6.2 million it had received from Venezuela as tsunami assistance. He said the money was collected by the people of Venezuela, with President Hugo Chavez launching the fund raiser and sent to Sri Lanka in mid July 2005 during former President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s term of government. "The funds were collected by the people of Venezuela as a symbol of their solidarity with the tsunami-affected people in Sri Lanka. It was initiated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez," Herath told The Isl…

ஒரு யாமன் நாட்டு ஏழை மாணக்கர் ஜெர்மனியில் சிறப்பாக 6 வருடம் படித்து டாக்டர் பட்டம் பெறும் விழாவில் தன்னுடைய பெற்றோர் ஏழ்மையின் காரணமாக கலந்து கொள்ள இயலவில்லை. மேலை நாடுகளில் அனைத்து பெற்றோர்களும் தங்களுடைய பிள்ளைகள் பட்டம் பெறும் விழாவில் கலந்து கொள்வர். இந்த யாமன் நாட்டு ஏழை மாணக்கருக்கு தெரியாமல் மற்ற நண்பர்களும் கல்லூரி நிர்வாகமும் அவருடைய பெறோர்களை வரவழைத்து விழாவில் கலந்து கொள்ள வைக்கும் நெகிழ்ச்சி மிக்க காட்சி, கண் கலங்க வைக்கும் நிகழ்வு

Thousands protest outside UN headquarters in Geneva, demanding distinct Tamil state GENEVA (AP) - Thousands of protesters gathered from all over Europe on Monday to demand recognition of an independent Tamil state. Police said nearly 9,000 protesters assembled in the main square in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, where they marched, waved flags and bandied placards. The protesters were "demanding that the international community recognize an independent Tamil state in the island of Sri Lanka," said Shan Thavarajah, vice president of the Swiss Tamil Forum, which organized the protest. The demonstration was planned to coincide with…

Russia to Test Whether Its Internet Can Be Disconnected From the Rest of the World Photo: Thomas Kronsteiner (Getty) Internet providers in Russia are preparing to conduct exercises that will help the nation build a path toward possible internet independence, according to Russian news reports. Russian news outlet RosBiznesKonsalting reported the tests were set in motion by a proposed law called the Digital Economy National Program, which parliament introduced last December. The tests should help Russian authorities determine if data used by Russian users can stay within the Russian borders. ZDNet and BBC …

U.S. vetoes Algerian resolution for 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

ஐ.நா.வின் தருச்மன் அறிக்கையாளர்களின் கருத்து ஐ.நா.வின் தருச்மன் அறிக்கையாளர்களான தருச்மன், ராட்னர் மற்றும் சூக்கா ஆகியோர் நடக்கும் ஐ.நா. மணித் உரிமை தொடர் பற்றியும் இலங்கை பற்றியும் நியூயோர்க் டைம்ஸில் எழுதியுள்ளனர். Revisiting Sri Lanka's Bloody War By MARZUKI DARUSMAN, STEVEN RATNER and YASMIN SOOKA Even as attention is riveted on the bloodshed in Syria, another conflict, far more deadly, is belatedly attracting the notice it deserves. Beginning this week, the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva has returned to an issue that has haunted it since 2009 — the bloody finish to Sri Lanka’s civil war. That conflict ended on a stretch of beach in…

ஐக்­கிய அமெ­ரிக்­காவில் சிறு­பான்மை மக்­க­ளுக்­கான உயர்கல்வி நிலை­யங்கள் ஐக்­கிய அமெ­ரிக்­காவின் 32 கோடி மக்­களில் 77.5 சத­வீதம் வெள்­ளை­யர்கள் (77.5%), ஆபி­ரிக்க, அமெ­ரிக்­கர்கள் 4.2 கோடி (13.2%), அமெ­ரிக்க இந்­தி­யர்கள் 40 இலட்சம் (1.2%) ஆசி­யர்கள் 1.7 கோடி (5.4%) இது 2014க்குரிய புள்ளி விபரம். முக்­கிய சிறு­பான்­மை­யி­ன­ராக ஆபி­ரிக்க, அமெ­ரிக்­கர்கள் 1555 – 1865 வரை ஆபி­ரிக்­கா­வி­லி­ருந்து பலாத்­கா­ர­மாக, அடி­மை­க­ளாக அழைத்து வரப்­பட்­ட­வர்­களின் வழித்­தோன்­றல்­க­ளாவர். ஐக்­கிய அமெ­ரிக்­காவில் பெப்­ர­வரி மாதம் கறுப்­பி­னத்­தவர் வர­லாறு மாத­மாகக் கொண்­டா­டப்­ப­டு­கின்­றது. இவர்கள் ஒதுக்­கி­வைக்­கப்­பட்ட இன­மாக இருந்த போதிலும் இன்று ஆபி­…

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Prime minister entreats Scotland to vote no to independence during televised statement that includes vow of austerity David Cameron says immigration, cutting the welfare bill, protecting the economy and raising school standards are also priorities in 2014. Photograph: Isopix/Rex Features David Cameron has used his new year's message to plead with the Scots to stay in the UK, while also warning there is still difficult work ahead when it comes to repairing the economy. In a televised statement, the prime minister said 2014 was a historic year because of the vote on Scottish independence, which could "change our country for ever". "Our family of nations is at…

Tigers eye Jaffna city Bull's Eye by a Special Defence Correspondent In the backdrop of increasing attacks on the security forces in the North, orders were given to the security forces to act in self defence. This has developed to a volatile situation with tension and panic being the order of the day in the peninsular. Constant cordon and search operations have perturbed the LTTE sympathisers who harbour the Tigers that plan attacks. Many such families have left for Tiger held Kilinochchi to avoid security checks. Are these sympathizers offended by the constant security checks or does their leaving herald any possible LTTE offensive against the Governmen…

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 A demonstration was held by Colombo’s Fort Railway Station on the 19th of September to highlight the fact that it had been 200 days since Jeyakumari was detained and to call for her release: It received coverage in the Hindu, Lanka Focus, and in Vikalpa (and again). Appallingly no mainstream Sri Lankan media covered the event. Several senior members of opposition political parties and civil society were in attendance, including: Gajen Ponnambalam – President, Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) Siritunga Jayasuriya – General Secretary, United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) M.A. Sumanthiran – MP, Tamil National Alliance (TNA)…

India will be focusing efforts on strengthening military ties with countries in the immediate neighbourhood. Army chief General Dalbir Singh’s first set of foreign tours in the coming months will be to Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. This is in line with the new government’s plans to revitalise ties with neighbouring countries. The army chief is likely to travel to Bhutan and Nepal later this year followed by visits to the other neighbouring countries next year. Bhutan’s significance as one of India’s closest allies was evident when Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to visit Thimphu in June barely three weeks after being sworn in as PM. …

By MIKE STOBBE and MARILYNN MARCHIONEMay 8, 2019 Pregnancy-related deaths are rising in the United States and the main risk factor is being black, according to new reports that highlight racial disparities in care during and after childbirth. Black women, along with Native Americans and Alaska natives, are three times more likely to die before, during or after having a baby, and more than half of these deaths are preventable, Tuesday’s report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concludes. Although these deaths are rare — about 700 a year — they have been rising for decades. “An American mom today is 50% more likely to die in childbirth …

Applying the "self-evident" truths celebrated in the Declaration of Independence, the United States should recognize the right of Sri Lanka's long oppressed Tamil people to independent statehood from the racial supremacist Sinhalese. To deny the statehood right — sought by the Tamil people since 1976 — would mark one of the United States' most ill-conceived hours. Double standards beget enmity or contempt, a steep price even for a superpower. To borrow from the Declaration, let facts be submitted to a candid world. In 1948, Sri Lanka achieved nationhood from British colonial rule with a population of about 10 million. The commanding majori…