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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4688696.stm Call for internet safety lessons Children need to know the risks of the web, say researchers Lessons on how to use the internet safely should become compulsory in schools, university researchers say. The Cyberspace Research Unit at the University of Central Lancashire (UCL) says learning about internet safety should be on the National Curriculum. Pupils should be taught about the potential dangers posed, such as paedophiles using internet chatrooms to make contact with children. The researchers say too few pupils are taught how to use the internet safely. Director of the unit Dr Rachel O…

Solheim to meet Balasingham Monday [TamilNet, February 05, 2006 16:36 GMT] Norway's Minister of International Development, peace envoy, Erik Solheim, is scheduled to meet LTTE's Chief Negotiator and Political Strategist Mr. Anton Balasingham at Balasingham's London residence Monday, sources in London said. Norwegian Minister is expected to announce the date of the talks in Geneva between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers after the meeting, diplomatic sources in Colombo said. The main focus of the London meeting is to finalize the dates. Mr Solheim is said to be carrying the GoSL's suggestions related to the Geneva dates. Meanwhi…

Leader of the LTTE General Information about Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is an tear shaped island located at the southern most tip of India. It is separated from the Indian subcontinent at its narrowest point by 22 miles of sea called Palk Strait. It lies between six and ten degrees north of the Equator, and on the longitude of 79 to 81 degrees east. Its total area is 25,332 square miles comprising Sri Lanka 18,042 and Tamil Eelam 7,290 sq miles. The total population is 17,103,000, according to latest population statistics (1991), consisting of 12,656,000 Sinhalese, 3,113,000 Tamils, 1,214,000 Muslims (mostly Tamil speaking) and others 120,000. Discri…

A guerrilla group in Sri Lanka has threatened to attack troops because of the government's "crackdown" on Tamil civilians in the north and the east. The People's Army, which has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in the island in December, made the announcement on a Tamil website. It comes at a time when the government and the Tiger rebels are deciding on dates for a meeting in Switzerland. A Tamil Tiger spokesman said the group was not associated with the rebels. If the group carries out its threat it would end a lull in killings and threaten peace talks between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels. The Norway-brokered talks…

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have rejected government plans for peace talks in Geneva on February 15 because of reported abductions of pro-Tiger aid workers, and want talks in late February instead, a rebel source said on Sunday. The government said on Friday the talks, seen as vital to stop a rash of violence escalating into a return to a two-decade-old war that has already killed more than 64,000 people, would start in Switzerland on February15 for two days. "February 15 is completely out," the rebel source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "The Tigers are keen to go to Geneva for talks, but the Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (T…

Action, not words is needed - paper [TamilNet, February 03, 2006 20:43 GMT] The Sri Lankan government’s tardy response to the kidnapping of ten aid workers of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) have raised serious doubts about the prospects of peace talks, the Tamil Guardian newspaper said this week. Arguing that “last week’s optimism [about talks] was premature and, as many Tamils now feel, sorely misplaced,” the expatriate publication said “this incident has demonstrated exactly what the future of negotiations with President Rajapakse and his government is likely to be.” The full text of the Tamil Guardian editorial follows: Norway’s announcement…

Underage paramilitary recruit attests to SLA-Karuna link [TamilNet, February 03, 2006 11:05 GMT] A 15-year-old boy, recruited by the paramilitary cadres of Karuna Group, later sent on vacation, and who managed to move with his family into the Liberation Tigers held area in Ayithiyamalai, addressed a press meet at Solayaham in LTTE controlled Kokkaddicholai Friday. The underage youth, Arulraj, has revealed details on how he was abducted, transported to Thivuchenai and trained at the training camp of the paramilitary group at Thivuchenai in Welikande. Arularj, who was on leave, managed to escape as his "guardian", an EPDP cadre Rama Ranjan, who accompanied him to Ba…

FBI ம் SCOTLAND YARD உம் தமிழருகு எதிராக நடவடிக்கை Foreign investigation agencies such as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Britain`s Scotland Yard have set up special units to crack down on Sri Lankans who are involved in financial crimes as most of the cases are connected to the funding of the LTTE. There have been several reports by the FBI and Scotland Yard of Sri Lankans migrating to the US and UK and laundering money for the LTTE which is listed as a terrorist organisation. The Sunday Times learns that now the FBI is keeping a close watch on Sri Lankans who use their credit card to purchase goods worth over US $150 since there hav…

Douglas loses heavyweight Munza Mushtaq in Colombo, February 1, 2006, 10.51 p.m.. In what appeared to be one of the most surprising splits, K. Vigneswaran, a former parliamentarian and advisor to Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) Leader Douglas Devananda has resigned from the party owing to the 'authoritative and dictatorial attitude' adopted by the EPDP leader. Dr. Vigneswaran who was with the EPDP for more than ten years was also Devananda's chief advisor and main negotiator of the EPDP when the draft constitution was being drawn up, and obviously Vigneswaran's resignation is a huge blow 'resource' wise to the EPDP leader, sources pointed out. D…

From : USA <trotamil@yahoo.com> Reply-To : USA <trotamil@yahoo.com> Sent : February 1, 2006 1:21:18 AM To : narmatha34@hotmail.com Subject : Urgent appeals to Denmark Tamil community appeals for the release of abducted humanitarian aid workers The Tamil community from the world over joined a chorus of voices calling for the immediate release of ten (10) employees of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), who were abducted by 'government backed' paramilitaries on Tuesday, 31 January 2006, in eastern Sri Lanka. The TRO is a registered including most of the European and Scandinavian Country as a Non-Governm…

US urges Sri Lanka to investigate kidnapping of TRO staff [TamilNet, January 31, 2006 15:11 GMT] The US Embassy in Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, expressed concern about the reported January 30 kidnapping of five members of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) at Welikanda in Polonnaruwa District. Urging the relevant authorities to rapidly investigate the allegations of the kidnapping, the US embassy called on all parties to exercise restraint and calm, especially in the run-up to the cease-fire talks in Geneva. Full text of the press release follows: UNITED STATES CONCERNED ABOUT REPORT OF TRO KIDNAPPING Colombo, January 31, 2006: The U.S. Embassy is …

Don't Go To Geneva Unless .... World Tamils Plead With LTTE [by Admin , Jan 31,2006] Tamil civilian groups and individuals all over the world have sent an urgent appeal to the LTTE not to go for Talks in Geneva with the Sri lanka government, unless the TRO officers caught captive are released immediately. Five TRO officers were abducted on 30 January, around 2.00 pm. Tamils have denounced this an act of terrorism by State Armed Forces and the paramilitary attached to them. This act of provocation has happened at a time when both the government and the LTTE have promised to stop violence and confrontations, in order to facilitate a smoo…

World Bank, ADB, UN representatives to meet LTTE Political Head [TamilNet, January 31, 2006 01:21 GMT] Representatives of multilateral donor agencies, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNDP and IMF, will travel to Kilinochchi on Friday to discuss with the leadership of the Liberation Tigers issues related to the rehabilitation, reconstruction and development activities in the NorthEast, according to LTTE officials in Kilinochchi. Mr. Peter Harrold from World Bank, Mr. Alessandro Pio from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Jeff Taft-Dick, acting UN Coordinator, and Mr. Mr. Luis Valdivieso, representing IMF, are scheduled to meet Political Head of the Libera…

India's CIA spy scandal India's external intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has launched a major internal investigation for possible moles following the apparent defection of a senior officer recruited by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Indian government fears that the defection of Rabinder Singh, who held the senior rank of joint secretary and who headed the agency's Southeast Asia department, is only the tip of the iceberg in a possible infiltration operation by the CIA and Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence service. The focus of the investigation will be RAW, as well as the Intelligence Bureau, which handles co…

Report: Sri Lankan rebels reinforcing their feared 'Sea Tiger' naval force Associated Press, Mon January 30, 2006 03:05 EST DILIP GANGULY - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lanka - 's Tamil Tiger rebels have trained more fighters for their ``Sea Tiger'' naval force, sparking yet more fears that a fraying government-rebel truce may snap, a defense analyst and pro-rebel Web-site said. The Tamil Tigers began fighting in 1983 for a separate state for Sri Lanka - 's minority ethnic Tamils, accusing the majority Sinhalese of discrimination. The conflict claimed at least 65,000 lives before a Norway-brokered cease-fire in 2002. However, pea…

புதிய முகம் தேவை :P :P :P :P Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, will demit office on December 31. The race for his job has started. Three distinguished Asians from Sri Lanka, South Korea, and Thailand have already started lobbying for the job. They believe, following an informal tradition, that it's now Asia's turn. "Not so fast,'' says the US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton. "We don't believe that the next secretary general belongs to any particular region,'' he informs. The truth is that there has been an informal geographic rotation for the top diplomatic post at the United Nations. To date three secretaries-genera…

A magnitude-7.7 undersea earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was no danger of a tsunami, and no injuries were reported. The earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea about 120 miles south of Ambon city, the USGS said. It occurred at a depth of 212 miles. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no destructive tsunami threat existed. Amran, an official at Indonesia's meteorological agency in the capital, Jakarta, said there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. Like many Indonesians, he goes by only one name. The Internet news portal Detik.com reported from Ambon that people fled their houses in panic when[Relate…

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15. Genetics may now begin to help in establishing early population movements. However, the error bars in such studies (like those in raw C14 dates) usually are thousands of years wide, and therefore useless for the historical period around 1000 BCE. (All this apart from the fact that there is a methodological problem of the speed of mutations that needs to be properly addressed). The discussion of individual papers would take too long; let me just point out that the much-touted Kivisild paper of 1999 is contradicted by --- Kivisild in his later incarnations (2004 etc.). The same authors who claim proof for persistence of ``Indian`` genes also partici…

Intelligence Chief Zacky in Jaffna to step up campaign [TamilNet, January 24, 2006 12:40 GMT] Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Brigadier Rizvy Zacky, a hardliner, has been recently posted as Brigadier General Staff Officer (GSO, Intelligence) at the Sri Lanka Army Head Quarters (SF HQ) Jaffna in a major reshuffle of the SLA and Intelligence apparatus. Execution-style killings of five students in Trincomalee and three women members of a family in Jaffna mark a stark change of pattern in the escalation of intensified serial killings of non-combatant civilians in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled areas in the NorthEast. The pattern of violence also marks the ret…

SL Intelligence, paramilitaries responsible for Manipay, Kodikamam killings - NESOHR [TamilNet, January 25, 2006 01:07 GMT] NorthEast Secretariat on Human Rights (NESOHR) in the case histories of Manipay killing of three members of the same family and the killing of a 15 year old youth in Kodikamam, released this week, provides details of involvement of Sri Lanka Intellligence operatives and paramilitary cadres belonging to Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) in the killings. With several Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers wearing black bands covering their faces, clearing Kanagasabai Road leading to Bojan's family, nine members of EPDP paramilitaries scaled …

Journalist killed for reporting on paramilitary abuses- RSF [TamilNet, January 24, 2006 18:23 GMT] Reporters sans frontières (RSF) in a press release issued Tuesday said that Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, a correspondent of the Tamil-language daily Sudar Oli was killed for writing about "abuses committed in his region by Tamil paramilitary groups," and that in Sri Lanka, "the impunity enjoyed by the instigators and perpetrators of these murders encourages more violence against the press." Full text of the release follows: Reporters Without Borders today condemned the murder of Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, a correspondent of the Tamil-language daily Sudar Oli …

Received July 26, 2005; accepted for publication November 3, 2005; electronically published December 16, 2005.Although considerable cultural impact on social hierarchy and language in South Asia is attributable to the arrival of nomadic Central Asian pastoralists, genetic data (mitochondrial and Y chromosomal) have yielded dramatically conflicting inferences on the genetic origins of tribes and castes of South Asia. We sought to resolve this conflict, using high-resolution data on 69 informative Y-chromosome binary markers and 10 microsatellite markers from a large set of geographically, socially, and linguistically representative ethnic groups of South Asia. We found tha…

ஆரியப் படையெடுப்பை உண்மையில்லை என்பவர்கள் ஈரானியர்களின் சரித்திரத்தையும், பாரசீகத்தின் சரித்திர ஆராய்சியாளர்களையும் பொய்யன்களாக்குகிறார்கள். இன்றும் ஈரானியர்கள் தாங்கள் தான் ஆரியர்கள் என்றும், இந்தியர்கள் தங்களுடையதும் திராவிடர்களினதும் கலப்பினால் வந்தவர்கள் என்றும் வாதாடுகிறார்கள். ஈரானிய சரித்திர ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்களையும், அவர்களின் சரித்திரத்தையும் பொய் என்று நிருபிக்கப் படவேண்டிய பொறுப்பு எல்லாம் தெரிந்த மாதிரி உளறும் குருவியின் தலையில் விழுகிறது. இந்த சவாலை ஏற்றுக் கொள்வாரா அல்லது தமிழரை வசைபாடி இந்த தலைப்பையும் திசை திருப்புவாரா என்று பார்ப்போம். ஆரியப் படையெடுப்பை உண்மையென்று பல நூற்றாண்டுகளாக வாதாடி, அதைக் காரணம் காட்டி உயர்ந்த அந்தஸ்து தேடி இன்றும், அத…

"Back to war" [TamilNet, January 22, 2006 21:06 GMT] "Unlike Indonesia Sri Lanka has failed to usher in peace. Every opportunity for rapprochement has been squandered after the Tsunami...The Sri Lankan government and the LTTE are steeped in mutual suspicion and contempt and will not arrive at any resolution on their own. A new heavy weight mediator must join Norway's Herculean but waning peacemaking efforts, one whom both parties can respect as an honest broker," said an independent analysis appeared in the Sunday online edition of "The News" of Jang Group. Full text of the article follows: The news from Sri Lanka is not good. The new government and its nem…