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| Sonia tells Karuna she shares his concern about Lankan Tamils |
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Stating that she shared the concerns of DMK chief M Karunanidhi regarding Sri Lankan Tamils issue, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has told him that she "shall take up the matter" with the External Affairs Minister.
"I share your concern regarding the disturbing developments in Sri Lanka vis-a-vis the Tamils. I shall take up the matter with the Minister of External Affairs (Salman Khurshid)," she said in her January 30, 2013 letter to Karunanidhi.
The Congress President's response to a January 19, 201
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| Navy would have role in turning asylum boats around: Morrison |
| 2013-02-05 |
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Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison and deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop said a Coalition government would use the Australian navy to turn back asylum seeker boats.
Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison and deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop said a Coalition government would use the Australian navy to turn back asylum seeker boats. Photo: Andrew Meares
The Australian Navy would be charged with repelling Sri Lankan asylum seeker boats outside Australia's international borders under a
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| Independence Day |
| 2013-02-05 |
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The 1996 Hollywood movie Independence Day is about preparation by the United States for an alien attack on earth. With Will Smith in the lead the Hollywood blockbuster went on to lift the patriotic spirit among the Americans.
Sri Lanka is celebrating its 65thIndependence Day at a time the ruling UPFA is warning about an impending US led ‘alien attack’ on the island at the UNHRC session in Geneva.
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| Hungary will stand by SL – Speaker |
| 2013-02-05 |
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Visiting Hungarian Speaker Laszlo Kover assured Prime Minister D M Jayaratne that the country will stand by Sri Lanka against international pressure.
The Hungarian Speaker told the Prime Minister that his country was prepared to help Sri Lanka when faced with international pressure. He said Hungary raised its voice in support of Sri Lanka within the European Union and was willing to help as an intermediary on behalf of the country in resolving such issues.
The Prime Minister’s Office in a statement said Speake
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| "UN, Commonwealth behind communal tensions" |
| 2013-02-05 |
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International forces like the UN and Commonwealth Union are gearing up to force Sri Lanka to hold a referendum to set up a devolution unit by merging the North and the East, led Anti Imperialist Peoples Movement (AIPM) charged yesterdayAIPM Co-convener Venerable Dhambara Amila Thera told a news conference yesterday that the sudden Anti Muslim feeling that was brewing up in the country had hand work of these international organizations.Venerable Thera said such a campaign was being carried out to distance the Muslims from the Sinhalese a
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| Revolution Or Regime Change By Peaceful Means |
| 2013-02-05 |
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One of the interesting things about contributing to the print media these days is the prospect of fielding responses to one’s contentions on web editions of the newspapers in which those contributions appear. And recently, having on more than one occasion tried to make out a case for dislodging the most violent and corrupt government in the history of Sri Lanka by peaceful means, I have fielded a significant amount of flak for being totally unrealistic.
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| JVP rebels smell a rat |
| 2013-02-05 |
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The JVP rebel group affiliated undergraduates yesterday claimed that this year too, some strange features could be seen in the GCE (A/L) results released by the Examination Department last Wednesday.
Convener of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Sanjeewa Bandara said that there was an abnormal increase in students who had obtained three A passes in the Commerce stream.
He said that 9057 students obtained A passes for all three subjects and the Commerce stream alone accounted for 6705 three As.
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| Alistair Burt says Sri Lanka will be under greater scrutiny in 2013 |
| 2013-02-04 |
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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK, MP Alistair Burt says that Sri Lanka will face greater scrutiny by the international community in 2013.
He made this statement while delivering a lecture titled Sri Lanka : 2013 and beyond
The lecture was delivered at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies in Colombo.
A distinguished gathering including the Minister of External Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris were present at the o
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| No attempt to politicise the Judicial Service, says Rauff Hakeem |
| 2013-02-04 |
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Minister of Justice, Rauff Hakeem says that there is no attempt to politicise the Judicial Service.
Addressing an event on Saturday Minister Rauff Hakeem also commented on the transfer of the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission.
This event was held to declare open the Central Province Party office of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress in the Mahayawa area in Kandy.
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| Geneva 2013: When national interest must supersede ideology |
| 2013-02-04 |
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It is that time of the year. As the heat builds up in an otherwise wintry Geneva, capital cities of the world are abuzz with preparations for the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions to be held in February-March 2013.
While UNHRC sessions in general are important for Sri Lanka, the upcoming sessions in February-March 2013 are uniquely important for Sri Lanka for four reasons: first, it is the first time that Sri Lanka will come before the UNHRC after the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) review meeting; second, i
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