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The Divided Catholic Church in Sri Lanka
by Thivya  
The question of a separate North-Eastern Archdiocese loomed large in the early eighties. The arrest of Tamil Catholic priests under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act brought out sharply the ethnic divide in the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. Sinhala and Tamil Catholics perceived the same phenomena through different prisms. The Papal nuncio in Colombo Nicolo Rotunno was broadly sympathetic. The Vatican was concerned about the arrested priests plight. The Popes representative also took up the issue with Jayewardene. There was much speculation that a separate North - Eastern Archdiocese was in the offing. Colombo acted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/12)

Pressures from the West
chapter 76 from Gota's War, a book by senior journalist C. A. Chandraprema
Reproduced below is chapter 76 from Gota's War, a book by senior journalist C. A. Chandraprema on Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's crucial role in ending LTTE terrorism in Sri Lanka. During the final months of the war, tremendous pressure was brought on Sri Lanka by certain Western countries to halt military operations. One of the means adopted by the West to bring the Sri Lankan government to heel was by exerting economic pressure. In the years 2008 and 2009, every... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/12)

මානසික රෝගියාගේ පරිකල්පනය කෘතිය පිළිබඳව හැඳින්වීමක්
ඒ එස් වික්‍රමසිංහ
වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග ගේ නවතම කෘතිය වන මානසික රෝගියාගේ පරිකල්පනය මෙතෙක් නොවිරූ ආකාරයකට ලියන ලද අර්ධ නවකතාවකි. මනෝ භ‍්‍රාන්තීන් අත්විඳින මානසික රෝගියෙකුගේ  මනස තුල  සිදුවන වියෝජනය  සාහිත්‍යමය ආකාරයට මෙම කෘතිය හරහා  කතුවරයා ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. තවමත් පල නොවූ මෙම කෘතියේ ඇත්තේ සාහිත්‍යට ලැදි සීමිත සාමාජිකයන් පිරිසක්  අතර බෙදී ගිය ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික පිටපත්  සුළු  සංඛ්‍යාවක්   පමණි. එම නිසා මෙම කෘතිය පිලිබඳව විවේචනයක් හෝ ගුණදොස් දැක්වීමක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම  නොකල් වැයමක් විය හැකිය. දැනට  මාතෘ භූමියෙන් පිටත ජිවත් වන කතුවරයා ලාංකික  මෙන්ම නැගෙනහිර යුරෝපය , බටහිර  යුරෝපය සහ  උතුරු ඇමරිකානු  සමාජයන්  අධ්‍යනය  කරන ලද පුද්ගලයෙකි. මෙම කෘතිය මගින් කතුවරයා  පුද්ගලයා හා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/12)

Cholesterol and statins - is it fallacy?
Dr. Tilak Fernando
"The ubiquitous nature of the word cholesterol can be attributed to giant pharmaceutical companies engineering medical conspiracies to indoctrinate the medical fraternity which finally trickles down as fright to gullible people", says my friend Dr. Mass R. Usuf, the Vice President of the Homoeopathic Medical Association of Ceylon, a versatile Naturopath and holder of a Doctorate in Acupuncture and a PhD in medical palm diagnosis. During a recent discussion on the subject he expressed his views as follows: "Cholesterol is found among lipids (fats) in the bloodstream. The liver produces 80 percent (circa 1,000 mg a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/12)

Of Aisha’s age at marriage
By I. Ahmad
 It is said that Hazrat Aisha was six years old when her nikah (marriage solemnization) was performed with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Makkah, and nine years old when she moved in to live with her husband in Madina after Hijra. This piece of misinformation has led to the wrong view that child marriage has the sanction of Islam. It must be noted that establishing the authenticity of hadiths (sayings of Prophet), the narrators’ circumstances and the conditions at that time have to be correlated with historical facts. There is only one hadith by Hisham which suggests... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/12)

ON THE OCCASSSION OF THE RELEASE OF CD “BUDDHAM SARANAM” A PACKED HOUSE PLEDGES FOR CASTELESS SOCIETY IN INDIA
By Walter Jayawardhana
The packed audience at the Ravindra Bharathi National Theatre in Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andra Pradesh, pledged to strive for everything that would make the dream  of a casteless society a reality on the occasion of a release of a compact disk entitled, “Buddham Saranam” The people who gathered there in the national hall was totally focused as they repeated the worlds of the oath that was administered promising to strive for everything to create a casteless society, in the true Buddhist spirit. Among those on the dais were Deputy Chief Minister Damodar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/12)

MINISTER G.L. PEIRIS TELLS WASHINGTON AUDIENCE THAT “HOME-GROWN” SOLUTION TO POST-CONFLICT RECONCILIATION WILL ENSURE LASTING PEACE IN SRI LANKA
Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington DC Press Release
WASHINGTON (May 15, 2012) – External Affairs Minister Prof.G.L. Peiris opened a four-day, official visit to Washington, D.C. Tuesday with a series of meetings with key U.S. Senate leaders and a talk on Sri Lanka’s post-conflict redevelopment and reconciliation programs, emphasizing that lasting peace, stability and growth in Sri Lanka will be achieved through home-grown solutions, not those prescribed by the international community. Nearly three years to the day that Sri Lanka defeated the terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Prof. Peiris highlighted Sri Lanka’s accomplishments before a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/05/12)

George W Bush guilty of war crimes
MICHELLE COOKE
Former United States president George W Bush and seven of his associates have been found guilty of war crimes. But their deeds are likely to go unpunished as the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal which found them guilty is a "tribunal of conscience" and does not have the power to impose any punishment. Bush, former US vice president Richard Cheney, former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former deputy assistant attorney general John Choon Yoo, former assistant attorney general Jay Bybee, and former counsels Alberto Gonzales, David Addington and William Haynes II were convicted as war criminals on Friday.... -Full Story- (stuff.co.nz - 17/05/12)

INDIA HAD A BIG HAND IN TERRORISM AND TOGETHER WITH FRANCE AND BRITAIN WANTED TO STOP THE WAR-SAYS PRESIDENT’S SECRETARY
By Walter Jayawardhana
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s secretary Lalith Weeratunga alleged India had a big hand in the mid-eighties in the planning and executing terrorist strikes in Sri Lanka while India, Britain and France made intense pressure on the President to stop the war when Sri Lanka was on the verge of defeating the Tamil Tigers. Lalith Weeratunga was reading from the book Gota’s War at its launch, that tells the war experiences of Defense Secretary and the President’s younger brother Gotabhaya Rajapksa . The following is the report written by S.R.Radhakrishnan The Hindu filed on the book... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/12)

Sri Lanka: To all MPs, of the Greater Toronto Area and its Suburbs.
Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 Canada
15 May 2012 Sri Lanka: To all MPs, of the Greater Toronto Area and its Suburbs. Bob Rae MP (Toronto Centre), Craig Scott MP (Toronto-Danforth), Olivia Chow MP (Trinity-Spadina), Julian Fantino MP (Vaughan), Chungsen Leung MP (Willowdale), Joe Comartin MP (Windsor-Techmseh),Mark Adler MP (York Centre), Peter Van Loan MP (York-Simcoe), Mike Sullivan MP (York South-Weston), Judy Sgro MP (York West), John McCallum MP (Markham-Unionville), Eve Adams MP (Mississauga-Brampton South), Wladyslaw Lizon MP (Mississauga East-Cooksville),  Robert Dechert MP (Mississauga-Erindale),  Stella Ambler MP (Mississauga South), Chris. Alexander MP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/12)

An Outsider’s View—16 Paticca Samuppada Model Offers a Superb Approach to Analyze Universal Phenomena
By Shelton Gunaratne, professor emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead
Recently, the Lankaweb published two essays on the doctrine of paticca samuppada (P.S.): one by Suwanda Sugunasiri on May 9, and the other by R. Chandrasoma on May 12.  P.S. is central to Buddhist philosophy because Buddha intended it as an aid to understand the operational mechanics of the Four Noble Truths. It is the cardinal doctrine of interdependence or dependent co-arising, also translated as dependent co-origination, conditioned genesis, or conditioned co-production. (Note the inability of English to translate Pali/Sanskrit terminology more economically.) Both commentators have brought to our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/12)

ODIOUS COMPARISONS VS REALITY
By J.B. Muller
(The writer is a Sri Lankan Burgher and a member of the Dutch Burgher Union and the Burgher Association. He is also a free-lance journalist with over 40 years of experience in both the print and electronic media.) ========================  Many Sri Lankan expatriates are wont to run-down their motherland unfairly comparing it with their adopted land of domicile – usually an Anglo-Saxon-Celtic dominated country.  Never forget that the governmental structure and systems still in force in Sri Lanka were  imposed upon it by the almighty British.  The changes, if any, are merely cosmetic.  What was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/12)

Toronto celebrates WESAK 2012
Toronto News
Supermoon day, May 5, 2012,  was super for  the 100 or more Buddhists who assembled on the Ontario Legislature grounds to celebrate Wesak for the 32nd year in Toronto. Sponsored by the Buddhist Council of Canada, the 4 by 8 foot Torana with a full-size face of the Buddha was unveiled by the youngest members of the audience. While the Buddha’s Triple event of Birth, Enlightenment and Parinibbana 'Final Demise' comes to be celebrated in many a temple across Canada, what was special about this event was that it was a pan-Buddhist celebration. Devotees making an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/05/12)

Mobs, Monks and the Problem of Political-Buddhism: explaining matters to Kalana Senaratne.
by Charles .S.Perera
Mr.Kalana Senaratne’s article of the 5 May,2012 on the above subject is confusing.  He mixes religious doctrine with matters outside it.  One should not bring in Buddhist teachings in order to condemn human behaviour and people’s attachment to traditions and accepted religious norms ,  sanctity of  all that  belongs to the performance of religious rituals. Buddhism is the oldest religion of Sri Lanka, apart from what ever belief system King Devanampiyatissa followed before the advent of Buddhism. Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lankan during the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa.  That was between the years 250-210... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/12)

KAPRUKA Delivers Rotten Food on Mother’s Day
Jay Pathbey – Missouri, USA
Below is a letter from a customer (named Asoka)of Kapruka  (A leading food, groceries and gifts  purchasing and delivering company in Sri Lanka that has owners/partners in USA, UK and in Sri Lanka) who has been very badly let down by Kapruka. Quote “ I am writing to you as a very disgusted and an angry customer who had done business for nearly 5 years with you.  I sent few items to my 82 year old mother one of which was 5 packs of lumprice for $25.00. Your SL folks have called and asked... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/12)

DALAI LAMA GIVES 1.1MILLION POUNDS TEMPLETON PRIZE MONEY TO CHARITY
By Walter Jayawardhana
The Dalai Lama who received 1.1 million Pounds , Templeton Prize money gave the greater portion of it to Save the Children Fund in India and the balance for science, including teaching science for young Tibetan Buddhist monks. The Templton Prize is the world’s biggest annual award a person could receive and the Dalai Lama was awarded this year’s award for his contribution to “affirming life’s spiritual dimension”. About £900,000 will go to Save the Children in India, with £125,000 set aside for The Minds and Life Institute. The Dalai Lama and the late Mother Theresa... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/12)

RAMANNA MYLVAGANAM IN TIGER TERROR PLOT FREED BY US JUDGE
By Walter Jayawardhana
A Canadian man from Malton who pleaded guilty to his role in a 2006 terror plot to supply computers and night vision glasses etc and had future plans to give them aviation equipment for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers was set free today. Ramanan Mylvaganm, 35, was sentenced to time served when he appeared before a federal court judge in a Brooklyn, New York courtroom. His lawyer, Jerry Fong, had argued Mylvaganam used poor judgment, but has learned his lesson and is remorseful. It's not immediately known when Mylvaganam will return to Canada. The United States Department... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/12)

GREAT BUDDHIST LEADER OF INDIA AMBEDKAR, REMEMBERED
By Walter Jayawardhana
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.the greatest Buddhist modern India produced was a genius who overcame difficult situations and upheld the right of the neglected sections of society, like the so called untouchables, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, District in-charge Minister of Uttara Kannada, said here in Karwar in the Uttara Kannada ,India. Addressing a function to mark the 121st birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, Mr. Kageri said Dr. Ambedkar fought evils of society by being a part of that society. He tried to guarantee self-respect for the downtrodden by being part of the same society which had denied all rights... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/05/12)

Three Days in Jaffna
by Charles.S.Perera
I took lodgings at Thinnakural Rest.  A room with AC is expensive at Rs.2750, 00 per day. A room without AC would have been half that price but they said only rooms with AC were available.  I therefore had no alternative.  The room was tolerably clean.  I turned off the AC as the heat without was supportable.  The personnel were kind and friendly.  Though the Rest as a rule did not provide meals, dinner and breakfast could however be ordered in advance.  It was at Tinnakural Rest I saw the Udayam paper, I had heard of  its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/05/12)

Chatter House: Absence of participation
Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada
13 May 2012 The Editor EMBASSY, Ottawa Dear Editor: Contrary to what  David Poopalapillai of the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) had to say of the absence of participation of MPs at the screening of the Channel 4's controversial document War Crimed Unpunished on Sri Lanka, I tend to agree with Sri Lanka's High Commissioner Chitranganee Wagiswara that the attendence by parliamentarians were disappointing and poor.  Perhaps it was her 'please refrain from attending' letter that kept most of the GTA MP's away, finally realizing that Channel 4's documentaries on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger War,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/05/12)

SRI LANKA TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON WAR DETAINEES
By Walter Jayawardhana
Going by the recommendation of the LLRC report the Sri Lanka government has decided to release the information on war detainees. According to the Ministry of Defense who said on Sunday that a decision had been made to release informationon of the detainees only to the close relatives. "A round the clock mechanism has been established by the Terrorist Investigation Division to provide details of the detainees and those who are already released", an official statement said. Release of information of those detained by the forces since the end of the war with the LTTE was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/05/12)

INDIAN RUPEES 100 MILLION WORTH OF HEROIN BOUND TO SRI LANKA SEIZED WITH CARRIERS
By Walter Jayawardhana
Indian anti- narcotic detectives  arrested four train passengers including two women and a Sri Lankan Tamil who was waiting outside in a car to receive the contraband, seizing ng more than 100 million Indian Rupees worth of heroin to be sent to Sri Lanka this Friday in Chennai. The detectives from the Revenue Intelligence in Chennai acting on a tip off that four rail passengers were carrying contraband bound to Sri Lanka were looking out for the passengers coming from Bhopal and intervened them. On Friday, a DRI press release said, they intercepted Parameshwar, 59, Badhu... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/05/12)

The Empire vs. Iran (and Syria): A New World War for a New World Order?
By Jooneed Khan
Confronted with a declining World Order it can no longer control, does the West want to re-assert its will through a new world war, which this time would be really global? A terrifying scenario emerges from the ceaseless escalation of pressures and threats against Syria and Iran, pitting, for the first time since the NATO-OECD Empire won the Cold War two decades ago, the Western trio of the UN veto club (U.S., U.K., France) against its non-Western duo (Russia and China). |... -Full Story- (rabble.ca - 14/05/12)

545 vs. 300,000,000 People
-By Charlie Reese
(CHARLIE REESE'S FINAL COLUMN  for the Orlando Sentinel...Very interesting. and politically neutral. Be sure to read the Poem and the Tax List at the end. He has been a journalist for 49 years and this is his last 'Column' in the Orlando Sentinel in which he has had tis regular slot.This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican nor anti-democrat. Straight down the middle, he has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact on each... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/05/12)

Justice in an age of terrorism
H. L. D. Mahindapala
In this age of terrorism where “well over 60 countries (are) facing threats of armed conflict” (ICRC report, Geneva 2011 – p. 5) International Humanitarian Law (IHL) – i.e., laws governing armed conflicts, or laws of war -- and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) – i.e., law specific to the right of individuals in the main -- are in a moral crisis of huge proportions. The crisis is not in IHL or IHRL per se but in their politics. Both are manipulated perversely by those who proclaim from roof tops to be champions of human... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/12)

What is the Doctrine of Dependent Origination ? (paticca samuppada)
R Chandrasoma
According to a leading expository work (Buddhist Dictionary edited by Ven. Nyanatiloka), the Doctrine of Dependent Origination (paticca samuppada) ‘is the doctrine of all physical and psychical phenomena – a doctrine which taken together with anatta forms the indispensable basis for the real understanding  and realization of the Teaching of the Buddha’. This is a great exaggeration. In the first instance, the Buddha never attempted to give a final and comprehensive explanation of all physical and psychical phenomena. The religious truths he announced were narrowly focused on the existential issue of the release from suffering of beleaguered... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/12)

VILLAGE SKETCH—15,SINGAPPURU BASUNNEHE: ‘HONEST' GOLDSMITH
Arcadius
‘Nor all that glisters, gold.’ When Thomas Gray (1716-1771) made this observation, he must have had some sort of prescience about the ornaments produced by the goldsmiths of our village, particularly those of the workmanship of Singappuru Basunnehe (Goldsmith from Singapore). He was called Singappuru Basunnehe not because he had the appearance of a man from the Straits, but because he had practiced his craft—which, of course, embodies more than one meaning—for a couple of years in Singapore.  He had left the shores of his beloved motherland with a flaming heart! I am told that some people, who... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/12)

A Monk On The Rampage- Monk warned the reporter of dire consequences if she ever stepped foot into Dambulla.
By Niranjala Ariyawansha  Courtesy The Sunday Leader
Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero, the Chief Priest at the Rangiri Dambulla Viharaya was in the forefront in recent times leading a protest at Dambulla to relocate a mosque which was within the sacred Vihara land, disputed by the Muslim fraternity. The issue is yet on the boil and the government has not resolved this sensitive stand off. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero is no stranger to controversy and has time and again led protests against the administrative and political structure. Our reporter Niranjala Ariyawansha interviewed the Chief monk. At the conclusion of this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/12)

INDIAN BOI COMPANY BRINGS WORKERS FROM INDIA TO SRI LANKA UNDER A JOB RACKET TO BE ENSLAVED
By Walter Jayawardhana
The electrocution death occurred of an Indian worker in a private steel plant of a BOI company has revealed that workers are immigrated to work in this plant under tourist visas from India and they are working under modern day conditions of slavery. A report published by the Hindu said:  After bringing him over to Sri Lanka “The rest of the procedure seems to have been incredibly easy: convert the visa into an employment visa with help from the Sri Lankan authorities, house him in a camp next to the work place, and pay him a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/12)

LANKA POST inaugural ceremony
American Sri Lankan Foundation
American Sri Lankan Foundation (ASLF) recently launched ‘LANKA POST’ newspaper in New York City, USA. The inaugural ceremony was held at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York, USA, on 28th April 2012 with the presence of Ambassador Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona and Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador Major General Shavendra Silva. The first copy of the first issue of ‘LANKA POST’ newspaper was bestowed to Rev. Kurunegodada Piyathissa, chief monk of New York Buddhist Temple, by the LANKA POST editorial team. The distribution ceremony of the newspaper was held... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/12)

Unity among Muslims – How it is possible?
By A. Abdul Aziz.
 Ahmadi Muslims believe in all the fundamentals in Islam, the Kalima, five Pillars of Islam, the six Articles of faith etc. In fact whatever was given to us by Allah and His beloved Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, we accept and try our best to follow. We believe that there is no difference between us and what the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, taught and practiced. But, there are many differences between us and present day Muslims. One of the purposes of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/05/12)

Family shattered by negative ASIO assessment
Lateline By Steve Cannane
A Melbourne-based family of refugees has been shattered by a negative ASIO security assessment after spending more than a year living in the community. Sri Lankan woman Ranjini and her two young sons have been taken into Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre and now face indefinite detention in Australia. They are unable to find out the reasons behind ASIO's decision and have been unable to appeal against it. They have been granted refugee status and cannot be sent back to Sri Lanka.... -Full Story- (abc.net.au - 13/05/12)

Living between Phonies
By Gomin Dayasri
Are we living in the Wonderland of Alice or in a sorry State called Alas? Government blunders with self-inflicted gaffes and goofs to display its mounting incompetence - UNP reciprocates by keeping the government buoyant in promoting serially unpopular causes to alienate and annoy voters. We sure lead a life between phonies. Both would dread should the other change character – in fear of their own self-preservation. Possibly in this queer impasse the odd man out in the pack of jokers is Mahinda Rajapakse (MR), fading fast with his style of lukewarm governance disturbing urbanites... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/12)

India fooled Tamils and Prabakaran fooled India
Shenali Waduge
Trust is like a piece of paper, once it’s crumpled it loses its originality. Several dates in history reveal the real nature of the conflict that has prevailed in Sri Lanka and it has nothing to do with any ethnic strife existing between the Sinhalese and Tamils and everything to do with how India has been manipulating a sovereign nation and its people who have been made to suffer so that India can remain undivided and maintain its stature as a regional power. A bid for self-determination did not start with the LTTE or Prabakaran. It started... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/12)

A Contradiction Of Accusations Levelled At The Administration Of Mismanagement Portrayed By Anonymous Write Ups Upended Through UN Observations.
LankaWeb Weekly Editorial
May 11th 2012  It seems to be the order of the day that fearless accusations ( Dutch Courage Style that is  steeped in anonymity) are being thrown at he Government  about fraud, mismanagement and an overburdening of the Masses consequently to quote a few "conscientious objectors" depending on how one interprets conscientious ness!. This needs to be put into perspective as  the possible doings of the enemies of the State ever seeking an opportunity to discredit the Administration through a gross  distortion of facts, exaggerated statements from Financial Institutions and misrepresented Foreign Reports all contributing to a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/12)

Psychosocial Problems of Child Soldiers
Professor Daya Somasundaram / Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge 
Using children in armed conflicts has been reported in many countries around the world.  Various rebel groups, and occasionally states, in Africa, Asia and Latin America exploit children in their armed conflicts. It is estimated that some 300,000 children – boys and girls under the age of 18 – are today involved in more than 30 conflicts worldwide (Global Report on Child Soldiers 2001). Often these children are kidnapped from their parents and indoctrinated, given brief training and along with the adult rebel carders, sent to fight with the fully trained,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/12)

Conspiracy against Development in Sri Lanka.
By Garvin Karunaratne Ph.D,(Michigan State University) Former Govt. Agent, Matara District
Our Newspapers were full of pictures depicting milk producers in Hatton pouring milk onto the roads in protest at the companies refusing to purchase their milk. It was reported that the private companies had stopped purchasing the milk leaving the producers helpless. This has taken a different turn now with Minister Nimal Piyatissa, the Central Province Minister for Agriculture stating  that the private companies were a part of a conspiracy to discourage local production-they “stopped the normal purchases to crate a panic situation”( “ Hatton Milk Shower- A Conspirancy”:... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/12)

KARUNAKARAN KANDASAMY KANDASAMY RELEASED BY JUDGE FOR 5 YRS. TIME SERVED
By Walter Jayawardhana
Karunakaran Kandasamy Kandasamy, a US citizen charged for aiding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam a terrorist group in Sri Lanka was released by the Federal Judge to time served in jail - about five years, after casting doubt on the terrorism case US District Judge Raymond Dearie who announced his sentence in Brooklyn New York said the 20 years sought by he prosecutors excessive and remarked, "This is not a garden variety terrorism case." Kandasamy, 55, had pleaded guilty in 2009 to charges of conspiring to provide material aid to a terrorist organization. But Dearie said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/12)

Be a fool, but don’t be an idiot – Tamara tells GL in a leaked letter
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According to a leaked letter,  Tamara Kunanayakam  Sri Lanka ’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva has written to the Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris on how matters should be resolved in Foreign Service and rejected a request to resign from her position at the UNHCR after only 9 months of service to accept another appointment Leaked letter states, “Your proposal to move me out only nine months after assuming duties as PR in Geneva, will suggest instability in our diplomacy and an ad hoc character, when, in a multilateral Mission, it is essential to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/12)

Insider deal suspected in NSB’s purchase of TFC shares-Multimillion-rupee share transaction
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A staggering Rs. 390 million stock market transaction by the state-owned National Savings Bank (NSB) has triggered a major row, forcing both President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Treasury to intervene. This is while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched its own investigation into some alleged irregularities. The deal involves a 13 per cent stake of The Finance Company (TFC) being bought by the NSB on April 27 at around Rs. 50 a share. This was through four separate transactions involving two TFC directors and NSB Chairman Pradeep Kariyawasam, when the share market... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/05/12)

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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"

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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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1000 BC - Sri Lanka has the latest technology : Iron technology is evident in SL
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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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