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| Why did Channel 4 take three to four years to screen the documentary |
| 2013-02-23 |
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The entire Channel Four episode is fabricated and the government completely denies and rejects the so called allegations in their footage on the last stages of war in Sri Lanka, Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.
Addressing the Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry Auditorium yesterday, the minister said
the release of this kind of sensational footages on the verge of the UNHRC session in Geneva is an organized agenda of the pro LTTE diaspora to tarnish the image of the country. The minis
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| Gota rubbishes Channel 4 photos |
| 2013-02-23 |
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Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday rejecting the photographs displayed by Channel 4 television station of UK which is alleged to be of Prabhakaran’s youngest son Balachandran, questioned as to how Channel 4 could say that he is in a bunker with the military by only looking at the pictures which do not indicate anything related to the military.
“They always cut and put these pictures which they have being doing for quite sometime. Who took these pictures? They never talk about the children killed by the
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| LET US BE MORE DIPLOMATIC |
| 2013-02-23 |
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The thrust of our diplomacy in terms of our national interests should without doubt, be directed at winning over the western countries, their close friends and India.
At a time when the country needs the best of efforts to counter the huge propaganda campaign mounted against it, we appear to be going out of our way to make enemies of friends, particularly the powerful countries whose friendship we do most badly need in this new ‘war’ against the pro LTTE Diaspora.
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| Practical steps for religious unity in diversity |
| 2013-02-23 |
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On Wednesday, the Daily Mirror in its editorial highlighted the urgent need for the Government to take effective action to stop the growing racial tension between the Sinhala Buddhist and Muslim communities.
The foundation of Sri Lanka for thousands of years has been multi-racial and multi-religious unity in diversity. The Bodu Bala Sena held a massive convention in Maharagama last Sunday and vowed to end the Halal certification by March 31, while calling on the Singhala people to act as civil police personnel - a
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| Tamil MPs disrupt Prez speech over Lanka crimes |
| 2013-02-23 |
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Tamil Nadu MPs on Thursday shouted slogans during President Pranab Mukherjee’s maiden address to a joint sitting of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, demanding that India should strongly denounce the alleged “war-crimes” committed by Sri Lankan armed forces in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
National Conference MP from Jammu and Kashmir G N Ratanpuri too tried to raise the issue of execution of Afzal Guru, who was convicted of 2001 attack on Parliament. He was, however, placated b
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| Callum Macrae: Without truth, there can be no justice or peace |
| 2013-02-23 |
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Callum Macrae's documentary No Fire Zone: Sri Lanka's Killing Fields is making waves, showing war crimes during the LTTE-government conflict. Speaking with Manoj Ramachandran , Macrae discussed his views on the Sri Lankan government, why accountability is crucial — and how India can help:
Why is your film significant?
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| udge turns down mass grave closure |
| 2013-02-23 |
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Matale Magistrate and District Judge Chathurika de Silva yesterday turned down a request made by the CID, seeking permission to close down the mass grave site at the Matale Hospital premises, and ordered the police to continue with its security arrangements provided for the mass grave.
Police earlier requested to close down the mass grave site claiming the excavation activities were over. The Magistrate noted the analysis of skeleton fragments were still in progress and issued the order following the submission of a conf
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| Sex assault on campus: resident asylum seekers to be questioned |
| 2013-02-23 |
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A female student was assaulted while sleeping in her in her Macquarie University accommodation.
A female student was allegedly assaulted while sleeping in her Macquarie University accommodation. Photo: Michel O'Sullivan
Police will question a group of up to 80 asylum seekers being temporarily housed at Macquarie University following the alleged indecent assault of a student as she slept in her student accommodation in Sydney's north.
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| PSM poised to strike |
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The Joint Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine (PSM) is poised to take stronger trade union action, if their demands are not met at the end of a 24-hour token strike, which they began yesterday at 8 a.m.
The strike, which put a halt to the services of the hospital laboratories, pharmacists, x-ray technicians and physiotherapists, paralyzed the health sector, issuing of medicine at pharmacies, x-rays and scans of 21 teaching hospitals, seven general hospitals and 14 health institutes, acco
"We met with the
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| Theft of coconuts by minor Police or Mediation Board matter? |
| 2013-02-23 |
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Just eight coconuts, worth no more than 320 rupees. Yet, for stealing them from her neighbor’s garden a 13-year-old teenager’s future has been shred to tatters. And, all because she wanted to raise the money, requested of her, by her school authorities to paint the school buildings.The Grade 8 student of the Horana Medankara Maha Vidyalaya’s ‘crime’ committed early this month was considered a big enough crime to be brought to the attention of the police by the owner of the coconuts. They in turn
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