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Continuing the book review of Dayan Jayatilleka's Long war, Cold Peace -- Part IV -INDIA A THREAT TO REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
H. L. D. Mahindapala
The main thrust in my friend Dayan's political predictions -- both domestic and foreign -- is invariably aimed at projecting passing fears, laced with his political preferences / prejudices, into impending doomsday scenarios . In his calculations it is always going to be the end of the world for Sri Lanka if the 13the Amendment or any of his  other  prescriptions are not implemented. His latest book, Long War, Cold Peace, and his interview in the Financial Times (FT -- (5/10/2013) titled "We are on the road to lose peace" summarises his predictions, based on his fears,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

Western role in the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) of Sri Lanka
by Anura Alahakone, USA
It is well-known that US has taken a lead role in combating, and sometimes fostering Islamic extremism in many parts of the world. Its support for the Taliban in Afganistan by arming them against the Soviets is well known. The US has also supported Islamic groups to create tension is some African states to counter other tendencies. In many of these moves, and in some of its UN lobbying, the US uses third parties to cover its hand. Norway has figured prominently as one of the not-so-hidden hands of Western foreign policy in this regard.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

TNA’s strategy for NPC elections & CHoGM
Courtesy The  Island
May 18, 2013, 6:44 pm When looking at the UNP’s new list of electoral organisers, we see that General Sarath Fonseka has once again been left high and dry. Two of the three UNP parliamentarians who had pledged their support to Fonseka and were even planning to field a separate list of candidates at the forthcoming Provincial Council elections, have made up with Ranil Wickremesinghe and gone back into the UNP fold. Palitha Thavarapperuma, the Kalutara district parliamentarian has been appointed organiser for Matugama and Palitha Range Bandara who was seen breathing fire... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

Hope remains scant for all of Mankind
R Chandrasoma
 In a leading article, Dilrook Kannangara writes ' After Four Years of Freedom the Nation Remains Poor, the North Remains Tamil Only and Hope Remains Scant'. To any reasonable person conversant with the facts, all three propositions are palpably false. This nation - Sri Lanka - has never been so prosperous as it is today. This is not quite the same as saying that all of its citizens are leading fulfilled lives and are untroubled by material wants and pangs of conscience. The human condition is such that anything approaching genuine contentment is not within the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

4th Annual Ranaviru Commemoration In Wellingtobn NZ - 18th May 2013
Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM FRCP/FRACP Spokesperson United Sri Lanka Association,
The United Sri Lanka Association of New Zealand held it’s 4th annual ranaviru commemoration at it’s premises in Tawa, Wellington earlier today  with USLA president Channa Ranasinghe, Presiding. As before following the singing of the national anthem and  the observance of a two minute silence in memory of the deceased war heroes, all the attendees lit a candle also in their memory. President Ranasinghe, observed that the Ranaviru  victory ensured the right to life for citizens of motherland  Sri Lanka. Victory came at a prize that included thousands of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

FOCUS - Impeachment of Chief Justice in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka needs dedicated and loyal people post-Terrorism
Shenali Waduge
May 19th will mark the 4th anniversary of the conclusion of a 3 decade terrorist conflict. The ground realities of terrorism combined with destabilizing efforts are nothing that should surprise us given the visible efforts underway to undermine the victory given to us by our national war heroes. Indebted to them for showing the world that “unwinnable wars” can be won with passion and dedication, civil society and in particular the political establishments now need to play a greater role in fortifying that victory given at the cost of life and limb.  As citizens we need to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

BUDDHISM INVOLVES INNER TRANSFORMATION THROUGH INTELLECTUAL EFFORT AND SCIENTIFIC REASONING
Dr. Daya Hewapathirane Vancouver, Canada
No useful purpose is served by explaining to or arguing with those who depend exclusively on religious books and accept their words without question or without debate. No monotheistic religion respects the human mind. Spiritual wisdom is lost when one embraces  monotheism. Understanding the human mind is the central theme in the Buddha Dhamma. It is up to us to decide where we are heading and it all depends on our intelligence not on any so called “holy” book. One may read the Quran or Bible or whatever, and examine what’s in it. Ultimately,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

Yes, we killed, JVP stalwart Lalkantha admits
Courtesy The Sunday Observer
The JVP continued to deny the gruesome atrocities it committed in the past until recently one of its stalwarts, K.D. Lalkantha said that the JVP accepts the commission of such crimes. "It was true that the enemies of a patriotic war were bumped off; identity cars collected and transformers destroyed, Lalkantha told a meeting. So far the survivors of thousands of families killed have not responded. The JVP never admitted its killing hub brazenly attributed them to the Deshapremi Sanvidanaya led by Keerthi Wijebahu alias Saman Fernando. It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says Don't dilute autonomy
Indian News
Contradicting the international law and the law of the land of Sri Lanka, the India External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has told Sri Lanka not to dilute the autonomous powers granted to its Tamil-majority northern province ahead of provincial elections, official sources said Friday. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid also sought the early release of 31 Indian fishermen detained in Sri Lanka. Khurshid made the observations during a telephonic discussion with his Sri Lankan counterpart G.L. Peiris. According to the sources, the Indian minister demanded freedom for the 26 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan prisons. He made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/05/13)

Holding Northern PC Elections. Amending the 13th Amendment or Abolishing the 13th A altogether with the Rajeev-JR pact. Which one will prevent the formation of EELAM and save the Motherland?
Dr Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) Retired Permanent Secretary, President Mahanuwara Senior Citizen’s Movement 17.5.2013
It is now speculated that the Government is ready to amend the 13th A by removing Land and Police powers and hold NPC elections in September. The conclusion of the NPC elections, I would say, could be the end of the control of the Sri Lankan Government in the north and be the beginning of a new phase of conflict which will end up by unilateral declaration of a unit of Tamil self rule that will lay the foundation for the future Tamil EELAM on our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

උතුරු පළාත්සභා මැතිවරණය සහ රටේ ඉරණම
එස්. අකුරුගොඩ
ලබන සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේදී උතුරු පළාත්සභා මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමට රජය තීරණයකර ඇතිබව වාර්තාවේ. දැනට මාස කිහිපයකට පෙර 'දිවි නැගුම' පනත සම්බන්දයෙන් ලැබුණ අධිකරණ තීන්දු හමුවේ 13 වෙනි සංශෝධනයට එරෙහිව මතුව ආ රැල්ල එමතීන්දුවලට මුලිකවූ හිටපු අගවිනිසුරුවරිය ඉවත්කිරීමත් සමගම 13 වෙනි සංශෝධනය හරහා පළාත්සභාවලට පැවරීඇති බලතල සහ එහි අදීනව බොහෝදෙනෙකුට අමතකවූ සැටියක් පෙනෙන්නට තිබේ. තරස්තවාදය පරාජය කල නොහැකිබවත් , බලය බෙදීම හා අන්තර්පාලනයන් එයට ඇති විසදුම්බවත් පවසමින් දශක ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ පාලකයන් මුලාකළ පිරිස් වලට උතරු පළාත් මැතිවරණය යලිත් නව පණක් ලබාදී තිබීම පුදුමයක් නොවේ. 1987 ජූලි 27 වෙනි දින ජනාඩිපති ජේ. ආර්. ජයවර්ධන හා ඉන්දීය අගමැති රජීව් ගාන්ධි අත්සන්කළ ඉන්දු-ලංකා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

After Four Years of Freedom the Nation Remains Poor, the North Remains Tamil Only and Hope Remains Scant
Dilrook Kannangara
Young graduates queuing up at the migration lawyer’s office look ambitious. They eagerly wait a time with a consultant to whom they will have to pay a few hundred thousand rupees; a year’s salary for most. One opts to talk. “This country offers no future for us. Everything goes to the north and nothing for us”, he laments. Few others quickly join in. “Honestly I see today worse than 4 years ago. We could survive bombs but we can’t duck inflation and hopelessness”. A third says how Indians are depleting the scant economic resources in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

India’s tilt towards West betraying Asia will fast-forward its Balkanization
Shenali Waduge
There are some clues that are dead giveaways. When Hillary Clinton the former US Secretary of State goes to discuss “innovative” ways to break the impasse in Sri Lanka with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and not the Indian Premier and after 30 years the US Government has decided to financially assist Tamil refugees languishing in Tamil Nadu refugee camps it all adds up to just one conclusion – India’s disintegration will be launched from the State of Tamil Nadu kickstarting a domino effect given that troubles prevail in all of India’s borders. It was only once upon... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

Sri Lanka’s victory over terrorism – why should Sri Lanka apologize?
Shenali Waduge
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of LTTE had its ground militant force vanquished by the armed forces of Sri Lanka on 19th May 2009 after several appeals made by the Sri Lankan President to lay down their arms and surrender were ignored. Close to 12,000 LTTE fighters gave themselves in of which 594 were child soldiers and the Sri Lankan military ended up sacrificing close to 6000 military lives to save 294,000 Tamil civilians who had been herded by the LTTE to be used as civilian combatants or hostages. That the world’s most brutal terrorist organization... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

The Administration And Leadership That Has Preserved Sri Lanka Like None Other Needs Recognition!
LankaWeb Weekly Editorial,
May 17th 2013   In rank testimony to the reality that the present Administration and its leadership has done something right for the country  a vast multitude of people have shown their solidarity with voices raised in appreciation while also condemning the enemies of the  State  who continuously seek a means to discredit and bring to disrepute the country’s  development and progress in the aftermath of the victory against terrorism. It was a march of people power.  This was the manifestation of people power that transpired on the 15th of May in the vicinity of the Lake House Colombo and speaks volumes for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

Tim Hudac, Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader on his Tamil constituents
Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada
17 May 2013 Tim Hudac, MPP Provincial Conservative Leader 4961 King Street E, Unit M1, Beamsville, Ontario, L0R 1B0 (sent by surface mail and e-mail)  Dear Tim: I have just read your Press Release joining the “Tamil Canadian community in observing the fourth anniversary of the end of the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka.” What you did not notice was that the Press Release was one-sided and an effort to lick-the-boots of every Tamil who could vote in Ontario.  You were bold to openly lick-the –Tamil-boots, but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

Lord Soulbury and stupid Sinhala politicians
C. Wijeyawickrema
The Colombo Telegraph website printed a letter from Lord Soulbury to Sutheralingam as if everybody in this world is a born-again Christian who forget history.  Colombo T has a responsibility to give the whole story, the other side to the Soulbury story (letter).  Printing stories by the likes of Dayan Jayatileka who twists facts or hide facts mostly to blow his own triumphant must be balanced by writings of others with different views and facts. The purpose of this note, therefore, is to show specifically that Lord Soulbury as well as Sunderalingam was stupid, and that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

SRI LANKA AHMADIYYA MUSLIM ANNUAL CONVENTION
By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka.
 The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at was held on last Sunday the 12th May 2013 at Ahmadiyya Jubilee Hall, Periyamulla,  Negombo. The Markaz Representative Mr. Khalid Mahmoodul Hassan Bhatti was the Chief Guest. The day-long program started with pre-dawn prayers and the main event started at 9.00 a.m. with flag-hoisting followed by silent prayers. In his inaugural address, the National President of Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at A.H. Nasir Ahmad said: The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad inaugurated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

Let us save Kuragala Heritage
Roshan Aboosally Trustee -DaftherJailaniMohiyadeen Masjid - Kuragala, Thanjatenne, Balangoda
DAFTHER JAILANI MOHIYADEEN MASJIDis a mosque situated at the edge of the Balangoda plateau in KuragalaBalangoda .This place has a long history of Muslims visiting this site from ancient times first as a resting place from their journey from the South of Sri Lanka to Adam’s Peak and then as a holy site where one of Islam’s greatest Saints namely SHEIKH MOHIYADEEN ABDUL QADIR GILANImeditated on a ledge accessible through  a cave known as “ SorangaMalai ‘ or the ‘Mountain of the Cave’ From the 16th Century when Sri Lanka ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

Historic Indo-Lanka trade pact goes public for the first time
PRESS COMMUNIQUE – MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY & COMMERCE, SRI LANKA
– MAY 16, 2013 ‘Bilateral trade up by 508%’ – Rishad In Q1-2013 alone trade at $723 Mn! “Commendable!  But I wonder why this debate about CEPA..!”–(HE) Kantha ‘A certain trade asymmetry still exists’ - Rishad ‘Lanka perhaps needs  CEPA more than India does’ – (HE) Kantha (HE) HE Ashok K. Kantha (High Commissioner of India-left) and Rishad Bathiudeen (Minister of Industry & Commerce of Sri Lanka) unveil the Handbook on Indo-Lanka FTA on 15 May in Colombo as  Saman Kelegama (Executive Director-IPS, Colombo,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

Industry Gold!
PRESS COMMUNIQUE – MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY & COMMERCE,
‘Sri Lanka historic industry rate surpassing GDP rate’ – Rishad Public & Private Ind. Indices rising! 10.3% Ind. Surge in Y2012   Preethi Jayawardena (Chairman – CNCI- at centre) looks on as Rishad Bathiudeen (Minister of Industry and Commerce-left) receives a light hearted comment from Kumara Kandalama (SG / CEO of CNCI-at right) on 14 May at the CNCI Achiever Awards launch event held at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo.  As Sri Lanka experienced a 10.3% industry surge in 2012, Sri Lanka’s historic industry growth rate... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/05/13)

Greatest battle veterans forgotten
Manimugdha S Sharma,
The year was 1943. Phukon Chandra Rabha had a quiet life in his village Bisonigaon in Assam-s Lakhimpur district. Son of Sambaru Ram Rabha and Ratibari Rabhani, he didn-t want to be a farmer like his father. Instead, he went to the front. Rabha enlisted as a sepoy in the then British Indian Army and was assigned to the newly raised 1st battalion of the Assam Regiment. Little did the 23-year-old know that he was soon going to be involved in an epic battle that was destined to become a part of military folklore.... -Full Story- (articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com - 18/05/13)

75 Years in Prison For Videotaping Police
Information Clearing House
Video Michael Allison faces 75 years in prison for five counts of recording law enforcement officials without their consent in Robinson, Illinois. Illinois is one of the states applying old eavesdropping and wiretapping statutes to new technologies like cell phones or anything else that records audio.Most states allow citizens to record audio in public of on-duty law enforcement officials without their permission. But that-s considered a felony in Illinois, punishable by up to 15 years in prison for each offense.... -Full Story- (informationclearinghouse.info - 18/05/13)

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
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"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people" - John Adams - Second President - 1797 - 1801... -Full Story- (informationclearinghouse.info - 18/05/13)

Who pays "puppets" without borders to slander Russia?
Pravda
Reporters Without Borders Calls Putin a Predator and Control Freak - Mikhail Doubik, Publisher at Vedomosti is the director of the Moscow Times. Vedomosti was conceived by Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, the One Percent. The "news" outlet which calls itself the Moscow Times today published an article with this headline: As you have probably already guessed, I am exposing the sources of such accusations, to weaken their credibility and to show how politically motivated and shallow they are... -Full Story- (english.pravda.ru - 18/05/13)

Russia rejects creation of no-fly zone over Syria
Pravda
Russia opposes the initiatives of the west to create a no-fly zone over Syria, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, these destructive ideas keep popping up over time, but no one ever bothered to think about the consequences," said Gatilov.... -Full Story- (english.pravda.ru - 18/05/13)

FSB: CIA crossed ‘red line’ with agent Fogle
RT
The CIA has crossed a certain ‘red line’ in professional ethics of intelligence as American spy Ryan Fogle attempted to recruit a Russian agent, an FSB operative told RT. “In case with Fogle, the CIA crossed the red line and we had no choice but to react observing official procedures,” a representative of the Russian Security Service, the FSB, said in an interview with RT. The spy story broke earlier this week after it was made public that Fogle – who had worked under the guise of a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow – was detained... -Full Story- (rt.com - 18/05/13)

දුප්පත්කම පරම්පරාවෙන් පරම්පරාවට ගෙනියන 'නිදහස්' උසස් අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍රමය
ඩේමියන් ප්‍රනාන්දු
උසස් අධ්‍යාපනය නොමිලයේ දෙන දුප්පත් රටකට එසේ අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දිය හැකි සිසුන් ප්‍රමාණය සීමා සහිතය. එම නිසා විශ්ව විද්‍යාල හෝ අනිකුත් රජයේ උසස් අධ්‍යාපන ආයතන වලට ඇතුලත් වීමට නොහැකිවන වන දුප්පත් පවුල් වල සිසුනට උසස් අධ්‍යාපනයක් නොලැබීම සිදුවන අතර පොහොසත් පවුල් වල සිසුනට මෙරට හෝ පිටරටක පෞද්ගලික අංශයේ උසස් අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා ගැනීම සිදුවේ. එවිට වන්නේ එක පරම්පරාවක දුප්පත් කම හෝ පොහොසත් කම වෙනසකින් තොරව ඊලඟ පරම්පරාවටත් ගෙනයාමයි. විශ්ව විද්‍යාල සිසුන් සහ ආචාර්යවරු දළ ජාතික නිශ්පාදනයෙන් සියයට හයක් උසස් අධ්‍යාපනය වෙනුවෙන් වෙන් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටී. සියයට හයක් වෙන් කල පමනින් උසස් අධ්‍යාපනය අපේක්ෂා කරන සියළු දෙනාට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/13)

Copulation of 13A Nazis and Tamil National Fascists Spell Doom for the Nation
Dilrook Kannangara
The problem with 13A proponents is they don’t listen to reason. They are hell bent on the full implementation of it one way or the other. Their fallback argument is 13A is now law and it must be implemented. Absurd logic. No law is set in stone. 13A was never discussed in the community; it was simply imposed by India. Under the agreement between the two countries cemented with the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord (1987), the spineless Jayawardena administration was forced to pass it. India knew it’s 13A orphan will not grow up safely which led it to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/13)

Tirukkovil on the Eastern coast of Batticaloa (Madakalpuva)
by Gam Vaesiya, Ontario, Canada
I would appreciate an opportunity to comment on the town named `Tirukkovil'  situated on the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka about sixty kilometers south of Madakalapuva (Batticaloa), that Mr. .Selvarajan Rasiah had discussed in the Daily News, 16th of May, 2013. The `Citira Velayuta Cuvami Kovil' has been located here at least since the 13th century and commented upon by various writers including  the Portuguese historian de Queyroz. The temple has been used by Vedda, Hindu and Buddhist people. The Hindu kovil is referred to as  "tricoli" by de Queyroz probably because it had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/13)

Is training students in vocational certification by National Schools a solution to the lack of sufficient higher educational opportunities?
Damien
In the last 50 years Sri Lanka has made huge strides in the primary and secondary education. My estimate is that at least 90% or more of children of school going age are attending schools. Everything changes once the students sit for Advance Level Examination. For over 300,000 who sit for Advanced Level only 25,000 or so get admitted to the Universities. Considering the better organized nature of the school system they could do more on the issues such as youth unemployment and lack of technically qualified personnel in the country. One way forward would be to in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/13)

Sri Lanka's debt to Burma
In 1069, Vijayabahu I of Ceylon asked Anawrahta for aid against the Chola invaders from Tamil country. Anawrahta sent ships of supplies in aid of Buddhist Ceylon.[25][27] In 1071, Vijayabahu who had defeated the Cholas asked Anawrahta for scriptures and monks. The Chola invasions had left the original home of Theravada Buddhism with so few monks that it was hard to convene a chapter and make valid ordinations. Anawrahta sent the monks and scriptures, and a white elephant as present for Vijayabahu. The Burmese monks ordained or re-ordained the entire clergy of the island. In return, the Ceylonese king gave... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/13)

Wimal Weerawansa’s big mouth
C. Wijeyawickrema
One would expect Wimal Weerawansa (WW), the minister, to be different from chracters such as Mangala Samaraweera, SB Dissanayaka, Vasudeva or Amunugama when it comes to Sinhala Buddhist affairs.  If he is not acting as a reasonable person then one would wonder whether his brain is in his head or his rearend. He has done so many good things such as supporting MahindaR in 2005 and thereafter, but he has also done so many foolish things. Going to Egypt in August wearing a three-piece suite can be fulfillment of a childhood desire not knowing how hot the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/13)

Can we bring about national development? It is difficult but it can be done.
By Garvin Karunaratne ,Ph.D.
 To me, someone who has struggled hard to bring about development, to create jobs and alleviate poverty for easily over four decades in four countries, I sense that something is radically wrong today. Instead of development and peace what I see is chaos. No less a person than Professor Paul Krugman one of the leading economists today has said that the World is lurching from crisis to crisis. What went wrong is the mission of this Paper. Can we ever hope for development. What has to be done?  Far back, in 1955, I belonged to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/13)

13A is Extremely Dangerous Even Without Police and Land Powers
Dilrook Kannangara
Police and land powers are only the tip of the 13A iceberg. There are far worse implications of 13A. Provincial list include, among others, the power over economic planning, education, local government, housing, roads (other than national highways), rehabilitation, agriculture, rural development, food supply, irrigation and ancient and historical monuments and records. If TNA or any other Tamil mono ethnic political party lays their dirty hands on these powers, it will be a national catastrophe. They will only implement development plans in areas of Tamil habitation and willfully neglect other areas. Economic planning will be done only... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/13)

Vanni Street in Markham
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14 May 2013 Paul Calandra, Conservative MP for Oak Ridges-Markham, Ontario   John McCallum, Liberal MP for Markham-Unionville, Ontario      House of Commons, Ottawa  Dear Paul and John: Re: New Vanni Street in the City of Markham I had an e-mail yesterday from a Tamil friend from Toronto which said “Please read below News – Vannie Street Opening Ceremony Media Promotion by Elliyabarathu Radio (TBC).  This is a New Street in City of Markham…..” Hmmm……interesting I thought!  My memory raced back to just two years ago when I sent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/13)

Sri Lanka’s Parliament must ban BEEF in its canteen
Shenali D. Waduge
Amid the political fanfare the Sri Lankan Parliament canteen also made headlines recently. It was nothing to do with the 5-star hotel breakfast for Rs.80 or similar lunch for Rs.150 and nothing to do with honey, cornflakes, golden syrup and other delicacies accommodated on requests by Parliamentarians slavishly and tirelessly working on behalf of this developing nation’s citizens. The topic was Pork. While it was announced with glee and likened to a major victory that the previously banned pork had been removed, within weeks that ruling has been changed and pork remains banned in the Parliament... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/13)

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) establishes the Moragoda Endowment Professorship in Public International Law
MEDIA RELEASE General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) and the Moragoda International Law Trust
A MOU was signed on 15th May 2013 between the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) and the Moragoda International Law Trust to establish the Moragoda Endowment Professorship in International Law at the KDU. This is a project under which the Moragoda International Law Trust, established to advance, promote and provide further education in the field of International Law, will arrange annual academic programmes on selected topics of Public International Law, to be conducted by internationally renowned experts. Each programme will cover from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/13)

Oil falls below $94 as recession drags on in Eurozone
AP
The price of oil fell to near $93 on Wednesday after the publication of disappointing economic growth figures in Europe, with the 17-country eurozone languishing in its longest recession to date. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for June delivery was down 94 cents to $93.27 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. New figures released on Wednesday showed the eurozone-s economy continued to contract in the first quarter, keeping it in recession for a sixth consecutive quarter. Although Germany avoided recession, its 0.1 percent quarterly growth was weak, while France fell into... -Full Story- (thehindu.com - 16/05/13)

New & old knowledge about the 13-A death-trap
C. Wijeyawickrema
With reference to the recent Lankaweb news item:          “LET US UNITE TO ABROAGTE THE 13TH amendment, Posted on May 9th, 2013-Ranjith Soysa (Spokesperson) SPUR   (Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc) We wish to record our appreciation of the bold stand adopted by Mr Wimal Weerawansa   MP and his party the JNP with regard to the 13th Amendment and the Elections to the   Northern Provincial Council…” I wish to state the following. Old knowledge about 13-A (what we already know about 13-A) 1.      13-A is not a reasonable concept as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/13)

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 We think it is appropriate time for Lankaweb viewers to be reminded of Hillary Clinton's views of the LTTE terrorists, now that it has become a little clearer as to the reason for her views.  This is very appropriate specially for those who view Mrs. Clinton as "Poor Hillary, the Victim"  Appreciate if you would share the Youtube video with your readers, with the heading:  "Hillary Clinton on TAMIL TIGERS"

Visiting the Vavuniya IDP camps: an uplifting experience
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The photographs by Thilak Bandara – taken during our visit on July 1, 2009 to some of the Zone 1 IDP camps on the outskirts of Vavuniya town in Sri Lanka’s mainland North – speak for themselves. They are testimony to the Sri Lankan government’s efforts, with international assistance, to care for a brave and resilient Tamil community, which will be resettled and rehabilitated in the next few months through an ambitious programme.
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Arsenic poisoning brings with it other complications: liver and spleen enlargement and cirrhosis of the liver; myocardial degeneration and cardiac failure; peripheral neuropathy affecting primary sensory functions; diabetes mellitus and goitre; and skin cancers.If such diseases are common in your area, get your ground water tested by a certified authority. -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/11)

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7500 BC - Connections between Cambians, Sri Lankans, Ramayanaya & Mahabharataya The first wave of migrants to Sri Lanka from north India, were from the Yadu family from Gujarat. Yadus dominated the southwest of India (which included Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan up to Mathura, just south of Delhi).
6000 BC - Lankan city on Mahamevuna Uyana - Archeologists uncovered 35 feet under the present Mahamevuna Uyana in Anuradapura,
3000 BC - Sigiriya is considered the AlakaMandava of the Ravana
2517 Ramayanaya and Sri Lanka According to Ramayana story, Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, belongs to a family of migrants from North India who had close connections with region of the Yadus,
2517 BC - Ravana gets killed in Balangoda during March, 2517BC Ravana, while attending to the wounds suffered in combat by Vibishana (his brother) in Balangoda,
1000 BC - Sri Lanka has the latest technology : Iron technology is evident in SL
900 BC - Anuradapura, a major town of, at least 10 Hectares (25 Acres). Anuradhapura was at least 10 ha in extent by ca. 900 BC (perhaps much more). By then prehistoric stone tool technology had been completely superseded by that of iron
700 BC - Anuradapura Town, 50 Hectares (125 Acres) .
600 BC - Earliest Proof of Brahmi writing in Lanka At 600-500 BC, the very first appearance of writing (in Brahmi letters almost identical to the Asokan script 200 years later) marked the beginning of the Early Historic period. This writing, radiocarbon dated on charcoal and checked by thermoluminescence dating, is inscribed on potsherds signifying the ownership. Among the names, was Anuradha.
483 BC - Vijaya lands in Sri Lanka. Girihadu Seya is built in Thiriyaya. Buddha's relics are enshrined in Mahiyanganaya Dagaba Sarabu Maharahatan Vahanse picked Budda relics from the burning cortege and arrived in Mahiyanganaya
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