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Tamil Tigers: Suicide Bombing Innovators May 21, 2009 1:00 PM ET Robert Pape, director of the Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism, examines the decades-long war in Sri Lanka with the Tamil Tigers. The group is reported to have invented the suicide vest, and made suicide bombing their trademark. LYNN NEARY, host: Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels didn't invent the suicide bomb, but they pioneered it as a tactic in war. For three decades, the rebels fought for an independent homeland with hundreds of suicide attacks, more than al-Qaida or any other group. All told, more t…

The White House and Senate leaders struck a major deal early Wednesday morning over a $2-trillion package to provide a jolt to an economy struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic, capping days of marathon negotiations that produced one of the most expensive and far-reaching measures in the history of Congress. "Ladies and gentleman, we are done," White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland said right before 1 a.m. after leaving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office following negotiations that have gone around the clock since last Friday. "We have a deal." McConnell formally announced the agreement on the Senate floor, saying, "At last, we hav…

Corona Virus which started its spread in the city of Wuhan, China has killed more than 3000 people till now. In India, it has affected 30 people among them 3 from Kerala have recovered from the infection. Since China had its winters during the spread, will India's scorching summers control the spread of the virus outbreak? There is no confirmed evidence to suggest that warm climates will control the spread of the virus but the researches have their theories that climate also has some influence over the spread. To study this the researchers have considered the spread of MERS, SARS. SARS, which had its impact in Asia in 2002 has killed 8000 people worldwide a…

Syrian President Bashar Assad met with Russian President Vladimir Putin spent three hours discussing military operations in Syria and the fight against terrorism in the Middle East. Could the meeting in Sochi signify the end of the war?

Combined by Nanni Chozhan from various sources and first released in Wikipedia. The Sea Tigers have been accused of hijacking 4 Sri Lankan supply vessels in the waters of Sri Lanka namely Irish Mona (in August 1995), Misen (in July 1997) Morong Bong (in July 1997) and Princess Kash (in August 1998) but it destroyed by Sri Lankan Navy's Airforce along with cargo in it. They have also dismantled equipment from a drifted vessel named MV Farah III (in December 2006). In the year 1996, Lawrence Thilakar, a member of the LTTE central committee, said that the Tigers would target both Sri Lankan military inside and outside supply lines.[38] A second development w…

Accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape could be deported after release from custody, DHS says PUBLISHED THU, NOV 3 202211:09 AM EDTUPDATED 3 HOURS AGO Kevin Breuninger@KEVINWILLIAMB SHAREShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email KEY POINTS The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband could be deported from the U.S. afte…

To this day the victims of #WARCRIMES & #CRIMESAGAINSTHUMANITY have not received #JUSTICE, most of the #disappeared never accounted for or found, but at least there was a tenuous peaceful, if not marginalized, existence for the #Tamil & #Muslim survivors of #CivilWar. Until today. Today's presidential election results are, needless to say, devastating for the Tamil & Muslim communities. #Rajapaksa et al return reign of terror is horrifyingly assured. Attached are #WarCriminal's #MahindaRajapaksa's media release announcing his brother, War Criminal #GotabhayaRajapksa, as #SriLanka's new president. You'll find the media release is insulting hypocrisy, …

Senior White House Official Involved in Undisclosed Talks With Top Putin Aides Jake Sullivan has had confidential discussions with Russian counterparts amid concerns over escalation, nuclear threats The Mechanics of Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal, Explained YOU MAY ALSO LIKE The Mechanics of Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal, ExplainedPlay video: The Mechanics of Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal, Explained …

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Pariskara Pooja for 3,500 Bhikkhunis A Pariskara Pooja Maha Pinkama for 3,500 Bhikkhunis was held at Manelwatta Maha Vihara in Kelaniya today. It was held under the instructions of Manelwatta Maha Vihara Chief Incumbent Ven. Dr. Bodagama Chandima Thera and sponsored by resident Bhikkhunis of Chio Hua Sun Temple in Taiwan. http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption_story/Pariskara-Pooja-for-3-500-Bhikkhunis/110-183321

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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Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek sparks market turmoil Peter Hoskins & Imran Rahman-Jones Business & technology reporters Getty Images Shares in major US technology firms have plunged after the rapid rise of a low-cost chatbot built by a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm. The DeepSeek app, which was launched last week, has overtaken rivals including OpenAI's ChatGPT to become the most downloaded free app in the US. US tech giants including AI chipmaker Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta all saw their share prices drop on Monday. In a separate development,…

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What Ukraine Needs to Learn from Afghanistan The greatest enemy of economic development is war. If the world slips further into global conflict, our economic hopes and our very survival could go up in flames. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to a mere 90 seconds to midnight. The world’s biggest economic loser in 2022 was Ukraine, where the economy collapsed by 35% according to the International Monetary Fund. The war in Ukraine could end soon, and economic recovery could begin, but this depends on Ukraine understanding its predicament as victim of a US-Russia proxy war that broke out in 2014. The US has been hea…

The Colombo stock market yesterday saw Rs. 103 billion in value wiped off with the key price index plunging to a near 8-year low after external shocks-led panic-selling triggered the circuit breaker of S&P SL 20 index, forcing market halt for half an hour. In a day of heightened concern and confusion, the market opened after the Poya holiday on Monday only to suffer a 5% crash of the active S&P SL20 index within 15 minutes of trading. The crash was largely influenced by how global markets reacted on Monday, after oil prices suffered its sharpest drop since the 1991 Gulf war, following action by Saudi Arabia as well as more adverse developments on the corona…

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'The most dangerous of all my trips...' Source: https://m.rediff.com/news/1998/sep/02ship.htm For B Navindra Karkera, even after spending 26 years in the merchant navy did not prepare him for the events of August 14. As the rest of his countrymen were preparing to usher in the 51st anniversary of the country's independence, he found himself and his crew taken into custody by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam off the Point Pedro coast, witnessed his ship, M V Princess Kash, being bombed by Lankan jets, and lived through a gunfight between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the LTTE. Now back in Bombay, his ordeal has left him w…

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M. A. Sumanthiran interview with The Morning அண்மையில் 'The Morning' ஆங்கில பத்திரிக்கைக்கு எம். ஏ. சுமந்திரன் வழங்கிய செவ்வியின் முழுமையான காணொளி இங்கே பகிரப்படுகிறது. இச் செவ்வியில் தற்போது நிலவும் பொருளாதார நெருக்கடி எவ்வாறு வட-கிழக்கை பாதிக்கின்றது, இதனைத் தாண்டி வட கிழக்கில் தொடர்ந்தும் நிலவும் முக்கிய சவால்கள், வடக்கு மீனவர் பிரச்சினை, நடைபெற்றுவரும் அரசியலமைப்பு உருவாக்கல் முயற்சிகள் தொடர்பிலும் அதில் தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பின் வகிபாகம், 13ம் திருத்தச் சட்டம் குறித்து இலங்கை தமிழ் அரசுக் கட்சியின் நிலைப்பாடு, இலங்கையில் உள்ள சிறுபான்மை குழுக்களுக்கு இருக்கும் பிரச்சினைகள் தொடர்பில் அவர்களை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தும் அரசியல் கட்சிகள் ஒருமி…