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| Govt and Die-hard LTTE Supporters are Dragging Tamil Youth and University Students Down a |
| 2013-01-01 |
November 27th this year marked an important milestone in the different phases of ethnic relations in this country. For those of us who still retain the memory of the events of 40 years ago, it was like Deja vu.
Students of the Jaffna University observed the Heroes’ Day within the University premises. The security forces invaded a female hostel, beat several students who protested the next day and the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) of the Sri Lanka Police arrested four University students.
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| Breaking Dawn: An End to Reflective EducationBreaking Dawn: An End to Reflective Education |
| 2013-01-01 |
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The to-be undergraduates from the A/L batch of 2011 will commence their “leadership training” programme at chosen military facilities on December 27. This training programme – a Ministry of Higher Education prerogative – has been in force for two years now, drawing varied responses from different quarters. While some see this as a positive installment of “progressive values” in the would-be undergraduate, many other quarters including academics and educationists feel this as a governmental attempt at drilling
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| From A Springer To His Excellency Rajapaksa |
| 2013-01-01 |
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All Sri Lankans hailed you as the greatest leader that citizens had witnessed when you brought a certain era of our land to a close in May 2009. When I say a certain era, it was no doubt an era of unnecessary violence and great unhappiness, a great period of stress and uncertainty, which was brought upon the people of this country especially those in the North and East who bore the brunt of a long drawn civil war.
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| Fading faith in public exams |
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A private tuition teacher has been apprehended by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of leaking questions in 2012 GCE Ordinary Level Science paper. Having leaked nineteen out of forty multiple choice questions to his students, the tuition teacher had reportedly boasted about his capabilities and years of experience in coaching students for relevant examinations. On the request of the Commissioner of Examinations, having taken a few individuals in to custody, the CID is investigating into the incident.
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| Lanka wants Adele tried for war crimes |
| 2013-01-01 |
Sri Lanka says Adele Balasingham, a key member of the LTTE and head trainer of LTTE’s female cadres needs to stand trial for crimes against humanity.
An article appearing in the Defence Ministry website says Balasingham, the spouse of LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham, took pride in training young girls as young as 10years to kill.
The article says Adele was responsible for training, arming and tying a vile of cyanide around the necks of innocent children.
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| ‘Free Show’ in train compartment |
| 2013-01-01 |
A train commuter who had allegedly sexually harassed a female teacher by exposing his private parts to her when she was travelling in an express train was arrested and produced in Court by the Fort Police.
Lodging a complaint with Fort Police, the complainant said she was married with two children. She had boarded an express train to Colombo Fort from Mount Lavinia. The complainant said she was sitting in a third class compartment at the time of the incident and alleged that a man who stood in front of her had ex
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| It's reality check time for critics of Sri Lanka |
| 2013-01-01 |
There are 192 flags flying at the UN and only the Sri Lankan flag has given a place to the Tamils.
Since Bruce Haigh (''Diplomats paint one-sided picture of Sri Lanka'', December 28, p15) has singled me out by name for defending my country - which is my duty as Sri Lanka's consul-general in Sydney - I would point out that he shouldn't have rushed into places where better informed commentators would fear to tread.
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| Lankan ‘sorcerer’ arrested in Kuwait |
| 2013-01-01 |
Personnel from Kuwait’s Criminal Investigation Department have arrested a Sri Lankan man in Farwaniya, Kuwait City for allegedly practicing sorcery. The suspect claimed he has powers to solve problems and was reportedly charging KD 150 for the service, reports Al-Shahed daily. The daily quoting security sources said police acting on information put the man under surveillance, set a trap for him and caught him red-handed while receiving KD 20 from a police agent.
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| WikiLeaks: Peace Process – Five Things That Upset Sinhalese Extremists |
| 2013-01-01 |
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“Always a lively crowd, Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese extremists have been raising a ruckus over five issues of late. They have demanded, for example, that (#1) the Norwegian Ambassador be expelled from the country, and complained about (#2) a pro-Tamil movie that opened in Europe recently and (#3) a BBC poll that gave pride of place to a Tamil nationalist song. Constructing strawmen, they are also demanding that no effort be made to change (#4) the flag or (#5) the national anthem as part of the peace process. Although their anti-peace pro
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| Law College entrance exam: Nothing fishy, says Principal |
| 2013-01-01 |
Law College Principal Dr.W.D.Rodrigo claims he knows nothing about the ongoing controversy surrounding the conduct of this year’s entrance examination to the College despite the much publicised claims that the examination results were manipulated.
Dr. Rodrigo told the Sunday Times he had not received a complaint from anyone regarding a manipulation of the examination result. “I know nothing about it. Don’t expect any comment from me,” he said when asked about the raging controversy.
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