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| Counter Campaign To Overcome New Threat To Peace |
| 2013-04-02 |
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Even as the government prepares to celebrate the fourth year anniversary of the end of the war next month in May, a new threat looms on the horizon. This is the prospect of violence arising from politically-motivated communalism which passes for patriotism within a society that has grown increasingly polarized on ethnic and religious lines. The sudden rise of extremist Buddhist groups is occurring in a context in which the fears of the Sinhalese majority are being fanned by increased international involvement in the affairs of the c
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| Govt. has made India angry with Sri Lanka - Lakshman Kiriella |
| 2013-04-02 |
United National Party Parliamentarian Lakshman Kiriella says that the government has made India angry with Sri Lanka.
The parliamentarian expressed this view while attending a function Harispattuwa.
''When the Wadamarachchi battle was on, if Denzil Kobbekaduwa was given another 24 hours he
would have captured all. But in the 1990s India told us to stop the war. Therefore we could not go forward. That is why this war continued.''
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| Al Jazeera hoax |
| 2013-04-02 |
Matale mass grave excavation in progress
I often watch Al Jazeera because I’ve always thought of it as a critical media outlet that espouses liberal and progressive causes. Few weeks ago Al Jazeera News broadcast a report on the recently uncovered Matale mass grave (Sri Lanka) with footage showing the exhumed skeletal remains of unknown victims. On March 21, Al Jazeera News aired a report on the UN resolution against Sri Lanka. I was shocked to find the footage of the Matale mass grave used out of context in this story whic
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| New plan to pay Golden Key depositors |
| 2013-04-02 |
The Golden Key fiasco is to take new twist with the intervention of the Central Bank (CB) in creating a repayment mechanism through a Special Purpose Vehicle Company (SPV) for the benefit of nearly 10,000 depositors, official sources said.
The new plan is expected to come up before the Supreme Court hearing on the GK Fundamental Rights case on Tuesday, the sources revealed.
All the remaining assets of the GK company will be vested in the SPV and the CB will intervene in the operation of this company, once approved by th
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| JMO asks relatives to come forward by Chrishanthi Christopher |
| 2013-04-02 |
The Matale JMO Dr. Ajith Jayasena said yesterday if there are claims from the families of those who had disappeared in 1998-90, he and his team are ready to make a comparison of the features they have found in the skeletal remains in order to identify the missing persons.
He called on the public to come forward and disclose information about members of their families who had disappeared, adding they could further assist in the investigations into the skeletal remains found at the Matale mass grave.
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| Three schoolboys and teacher drown during outing |
| 2013-04-02 |
A school outing from Badulla to Batticaloa ended in tragedy when three of the students and their teacher drowned while sea bathing yesterday morning (31).
A school party of eight students and one teacher from Badulla, who had come on a tour of Batticaloa, had gone for a sea bath at watersmeet, Navalady in the Kattankudy police area when the tragedy struck.
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| Kariyawasam says Sri Lanka is still suffering from global 'campaigners' |
| 2013-04-01 |
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During an interview with India's Lok Sabha TV, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam emphasized that Sri Lanka still suffers from the global Tamil diaspora campaigners who are still wedded to the concept of Tamil Eelam.
He expressed these views
"We suffer from the global Tamil diaspora campaigners who are still wedded to the concept of Tamil Eelam. They need to take a paradigm shift and go towards a system where Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims in our country share equal rights and feel equa
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| India Cannot be Trusted |
| 2013-04-01 |
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True, we lost the vote at Geneva but its no disgrace to a nation that eliminated terrorism comprehensively for which we are being punished by a section of the international community, orchestrated by a few, who wanted the terrorists to co-exist, enabling them to arrive at a settlement that was never in sight. Eliminating terrorism is a feat more acclaimed and rewarding than the setbacks at UNHCR. LTTE enslaved the Tamils including the TNA, which never had the freedom they enjoy today. Yet, that is forgotten
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