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| Sri Lanka Not Good At Negotiating – Dayan |
| 2013-01-07 |
Sri Lanka’s Former Ambassador to France, Dayan Jayatillake says Sri Lanka has not always been very good at negotiating with the rest of the world. The Paris Embassy quoted Jayatillake as saying that Sri Lankans have been good at surviving but not so good at mediation.
Jayatillake, whose term ended in France in December, was quoted in a statement by the Sri Lankan Embassy in France last week as saying the Diaspora Youth can help Sri Lanka negotiate its relationships within, and with the rest of the world.
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| UK Maintains Travel Advice On Sri Lanka |
| 2013-01-07 |
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The British Foreign Ministry has not removed the travel advice on Sri Lanka which states that the end of the military conflict in May 2009 has seen an upsurge of nationalism in Sri Lanka. Last year the External Affairs Ministry in Sri Lanka had raised objections to the advice and urged the British government to amend the contents which speaks of an upsurge of nationalism in Sri Lanka following the war.
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| Dual citizenship applicants to be interviewed by Gota |
| 2013-01-06 |
The Government is set to resume the dual citizenship system this month, but applicants will face a tough screening procedure including a face-to-face interview with a panel headed by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The other members in the panel will be Foreign Ministry Secretary Karunatillake Amunugama and Public Administration Secretary P.B. Abeykoon.
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| Start lectures or face closure: SB tells Jaffna Uni. |
| 2013-01-07 |
Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake warned that the Jaffna University would be closed if academic activities did not recommence tomorrow. “I have told the university authorities that, willingly or unwillingly, we will have to close the university, even for one year, if campus activities are not normalised,” Mr Dissanayake told the Sunday Times.
The Minister on Thursday met the university’s� Vice Chancellor (VC) Vasanthy Arasaratnam and Deans of the Faculties, and directed them to resume
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| Sri Lanka: Grab the extended hand of Ed Royce, the new US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman |
| 2013-01-06 |
Ed Royce, Chairman US House Foreign Affairs Committee
The newly convened 113th US House of Representatives, continued to be controlled by the Republican Party, installed the Republican congressman from California Ed Royce as the chairman of the most powerful Foreign Relations Committee for next two years. Mr. Royce is no stranger to Sri Lankan issues.
He subscribed to a carefully-worded but far-reaching letter with another eleven Members addressed to President Barack Obama dated February 3, 2012 which u
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| Motorcycle gunmen kill Kelaniya PS member |
| 2013-01-06 |
Gunmen who came on a motorcycle shot dead a Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha UPFA member just outside his house at Waragoda in Kelaniya last evening, heightening the tension in the area that has seen a hostile political battle between two ruling party factions.
Supporters of the slain politician demand justice and blame police.
The victim, Hasitha Madawala, was a close associate of PS Chairman Prassana Ranaweera and stood by him during the ongoing tussle between the PS Chief and Minister
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| Organ removal scare haunts Sri Lankans |
| 2013-01-06 |
SLBFE to reduce female job seekers to ME
The complaints of relatives whose female members are employed in Middle East about sexual harassment and imprisonment and even removal of organs from dead housemaids is a matter for great concern, stated an official from Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).“Such reported cases that housemaids face in the Middle East has prompted us to try and reduce the current influx of job seekers in Middle East,” the official said.
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| Two undergrads suspended, three still warded Ruhunu university clash: |
| 2013-01-06 |
The Ruhuna University administration has suspended two undergraduates following the preliminary investigations into Tuesday’s clash between two student factions.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Susirith Mendis told The Island that according to their investigations, those two undergraduates had been directly involved in the clash.
"Both of them were 2nd year students of the Management and Finance Faculty," he said.
Prof. Mendis said that according to the
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| It is the responsibility of the working masses to drive away regime that acts unconstitutionally – NTUC |
| 2013-01-06 |
The working masses in the country should be prepared to be the vanguard of the forces that would drive away the government that acts ignoring the Constitution states National Trade Union Center (NTUC) adding that it is the responsibility of the working masses to drive away such a regime.
The announcement released with the signature of the President of NTUC K.D. Lal Kanthe states:
“The Supreme Court, on a reference by the Court of Appeal regarding a petition filed to get an interpr
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| WikiLeaks: US On Rajapaksa’s Theory Of ‘International Conspiracy Against Sri Lanka’ And ‘War Heroes’ |
| 2013-01-06 |
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“There have been a few tentative steps on accountability for crimes allegedly committed by Sri Lankan troops and civilian officials during the war with the LTTE. President Rajapaksa named a committee to make recommendations to him on the U.S. incidents report by April, and candidate Fonseka has discussed privately the formation of some form of ‘truth and reconciliation’ commission. Otherwise, accountability has not been a high-profile issue — including for Tamils in Sri Lanka. While Tamils have told us they would like to
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