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Sri Lanka, Japan and American Buddhism
By Dr Janaka Goonetilleke
  “The coming of Buddhism to the West may well prove to be the Most important event of the Twentieth century.” - Arnold Toynbee -  During the Meigi Period Japan had opened itself to the external world and was in a dilemma as to whether they would like to join the west or look towards the East. During this period many Japanese went to Europe to study oriental languages. After Kitabake, s visit to India in 1883 Japan felt she needed to know more about Buddhism, compelled by the Christian influence in Japan. Coincidentally... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/07/14)

THE ROVING EYE-A chessboard drenched in blood
By Pepe Escobar
"The intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." Everyone remembers the Downing Street Memo, which unveiled the Bush/Blair "policy" in the run-up to the 2003 bombing/invasion/occupation of Iraq.The tragedy of MH17 - turned, incidentally, into a WMD - might be seen as a warped rerun of imperial policy in Iraq. No need for a memo this time. The "policy" of the Empire of Chaos is clear, and multi-pronged; diversify the "pivot to Asia" by establishing a beachhead in Ukraine to sabotage trade between Europe and Russia; expand the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to Ukraine;... -Full Story- (atimes.com - 25/07/14)

The charge of the Atlanticist Brigade
By Peter Lee
The bloody farce in the Ukraine took another ugly turn with the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. And to be ugly about it, if the rebels shot the plane down, it shouldn-t matter very much except as a horrible and unexpected catastrophe in a war zone and an overwhelming tragedy to the survivors of the victims on board. Call it an accident, collateral damage, manslaughter, there is no credible version of events in which it was intentional mass murder or terrorism, either by the rebels or Russian technicians that, according to the Ukrainian government, possessed... -Full Story- (atimes.com - 25/07/14)

Orwell alive in Palestine, Ukraine
By John Pilger
The other night, I saw George Orwells-s 1984 performed on the London stage. Although crying out for a contemporary interpretation, Orwell-s warning about the future was presented as a period piece: remote, unthreatening, almost reassuring. It was as if Edward Snowden had revealed nothing, Big Brother was not now a digital eavesdropper and Orwell himself had never said, "To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country. (atimes.com)... -Full Story- (atimes.com - 25/07/14)

July 1983 Riots : Sinhalese still waiting 31 years to be thanked for saving Tamils
Shenali D Waduge
For thirty one years there has been little or no mention and complete silence in acknowledging the fact that scores of Sinhalese braved death to protect and give safe haven to their Tamil neighbors. This all important piece of information has been purposely left out of every commemoration event held as Black July. The silence or neglect of acknowledging the role of the Sinhalese in giving refuge to Tamils in their own homes, feeding, clothing and providing shelter has gone unrecognized and completely shunned by media and the analysts and commentators coming forward yearly to describe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/14)

Public appeal to the Judiciary: Animal Sacrifice and Buddhist values
Shenali D Waduge
The Sinhale Nation during the pre-colonial rule was animal friendly. People lost their rank and status and were treated as outcastes if they harmed an animal. Over 180 Sinhala Buddhist kings ruled following the tenets of Buddhism. Foreign invasion and colonial occupation dethroned a value system based on Buddhist principles that prevailed for over 2500 years. That value system changed only as a result of foreign invasion and occupation. The change in values resulted not out of choice but because of forceful implementation. At post-independence the former values should have taken over, that it didn’t and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/14)

Govt. initiative makes OHCHR probe redundant
By Neville Ladduwahetty
It is clear from the text of the UNHRC Resolution A/HRC/25/L.1/Rev.1 of March 26, 2014 cited below that the expanded mandate of the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons would make any investigation by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) redundant. Paragraph 2 of the text to UNHRC Resolution "Calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to conduct an independent and credible investigation into allegations of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law…" Paragraph 10 and 10 (b) of the text states: " … the need... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/14)

Censorship or error? Internet criticism for BBC removal of MH17 report
... -Full Story- (rt.com - 25/07/14)

Valid information obtained from MH17 flight-data recorder
By: David Kaminski-Morrow London
Investigators have downloaded information from the flight-data recorder of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that crashed in eastern Ukraine. While the recorder was "slightly" damaged, says the Dutch Safety Board, its memory unit was intact. "Furthermore, no evidence or indications of manipulation of the recorder was found," it adds. Its information has been downloaded and the inquiry says it contains "valid" data from flight MH17. This information will be combined with that from the cockpit-voice recorder, data from which was retrieved on 23 July. Specialists from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch are conducting the... -Full Story- (flightglobal.com - 25/07/14)

Ukrainian Air Defense Exercises Might be Behind Malaysian Aircraft Crash – Source
RIA
“On July 17 the commanding officer of 156th Anti-Aircraft Regiment was instructed to conduct a training exercise of ground troops stationed near Donetsk, which involved deploying the troops, and carrying out a routine tracking and destroying of targets with the Buk-M1 missile,” the source said. The source added that the actual launch of the rockets was not intended.... -Full Story- (en.ria.ru - 25/07/14)

Russia strongly denies involvement in Boeing disaster, aks USA ironic questions
Pravda.Ru
It was stated that U.S. technical intelligence data and satellite photography confirmed that the missile was launched from the territory controlled by the rebels. Question: Where are these data?" Antonov said in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel.... -Full Story- (english.pravda.ru - 25/07/14)

Unlicensed immigration adviser convicted and fined $10,000
Media release The Immigration Advisers Authority
A 56 year old woman was yesterday convicted and fined $10,000 in the Auckland District Court for providing immigration advice in 2011, without being licensed. In March 2014 the woman, who has interim name suppression pending appeal, was found guilty on two charges of providing immigration advice without a licence and holding herself out as an immigration adviser, knowing that she was required to hold a licence. Acting Registrar of Immigration Advisers Catherine Albiston says anyone giving immigration advice, whether onshore or offshore, must be licensed by the Immigration Advisers Authority, unless exempt.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/14)

පරීක්ෂණ සිදු කිරීමේදී අපි කාටවත් කොන්ද නමන්නේත් නැහැ. මුදලට යටවෙන්නේත් නැහැ. - ඇමති චම්පික රණවක -
මාධ්‍ය අංශය තාක්ෂණ හා පර්යේෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය •    අවබෝධයකින් තොරවDCD පිළිබඳව මාධ්‍යයට කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කරන්න එපා. •    ඕනෑම පරීක්ෂණයක් ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රමිතියට සිදු කරන්නට ITI සූදානම්
විද්‍යාත්මක පර්යේෂණ ඇතුළු අනෙකුත් සෑම ක්ෂේත්‍රයක පැන නගින ගැටළුවලදී ඒ සම්බන්ධව අවබෝධයකින් තොරව මෙන්ම විද්‍යාත්මක විමර්ශනයකිත් තොරව මාධ්‍යයට යම් යම් ප්‍රකාශ නිකුත් නොකළ යුතු බවත් එමඟින් මහජනතාව නොමඟ යැවීමට කටයුතු නොකළ යුතු බවත් තාක්ෂණ හා පර්යේෂණ අමාත්‍ය පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා අවධාරණය කර සිටී. අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කර සිටියේ අද(24) දහවල් "අයිස්ක්‍රීම්වල DCD පරීක්ෂණ තහවුරු කිරීම උදෙසා" කාර්මික තාක්ෂණ ආයතනයේ (ITI) පැවති විශේෂ මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවට එක් වෙමිනි. පොසොන් පොහොය සමයේ රටපුරා වැඩි වශයෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/14)

Ordinance XX - Press Point - 20 July 2014..
An Ordinance to persecute a minority in an Islamic State.This program speaks about the persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan under ordinance XX by Gen. Zia-Ul-Huq, then Dictator and President of Pakistan.... -Full Story- (https:/youtube.com/ - 25/07/14)

Holy Qur’an - The Living Scripture
By A. Abdul Aziz.
 The idea of the sanctity of human life is deeply embedded in the Holy Qur’an. It would not be an exaggeration to argue that the true spirit of Holy Qur’an is social peace and justice.  The establishment of peace and maintenance of security must be the constant objective of all Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Every pursuit and activity which disturbs peace is severely condemned in Islam. We find specific injunctions in the Holy Quran:  And create not disorder in the earth after it has been set in order.... (7:57; 11:86; 29:37)  Mischief and wickedness... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/07/14)

Horton Plains Sri lanka on Vimeo
PROimage Sri Lanka
A celebration of Sri Lanka-s magnificent highlands. Nurturing environmental awareness to preserve Sri Lanka-s unique natural heritage.... -Full Story- (vimeo.com - 25/07/14)

Guilt by Insinuation: How American Propaganda Works
by Paul Craig Roberts
The Russian government continues to release facts, including satellite photos showing the presence of Ukrainian Buk anti-aircraft missiles in locations from which the airliner could have been brought down by the missile system and documentation that a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet rapidly approached the Malaysian airliner prior to its downing. The head of the Operations Directorate of Russian military headquarters said at a Moscow press conference today (July 21) that the presence of the Ukrainian military jet is confirmed by the Rostov monitoring center.... -Full Story- (foreignpolicyjournal.com - 25/07/14)

Ukraine hides highly important evidence related to Boeing crash
Pravda
Ukraine hides highly important evidence related to Boeing crash. Former Chief of Staff of Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Alexander Maslov, is convinced that the Ukrainian authorities conceal the records of talks of their flight control officers with the crew of the Malaysian Boeing that crashed near Russia-s borders in Ukraine.... -Full Story- (english.pravda.ru - 25/07/14)

Russia strongly denies involvement in Boeing disaster, aks USA ironic questions
Pravda
All allegations of the involvement of Donetsk militia in the crash of the Malaysian Boeing-777 are unsubstantiated and, for the most part, based on reports from the Internet, Russian defense officials believe. The Russian Defense Ministry analyzed the results of the investigation conducted by Washington and studied the so-called evidence, to which U.S. intelligence indicated. According to Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov, they do not tally with the data of the objective control of the Russian General Staff.... -Full Story- (english.pravda.ru - 25/07/14)

Ukraine air tragedy. Remember Siberia Air in 2001?
Pravda
It was later determined that an S-300 had successfully shot down a Su-200 target drone , but another SU-200 overshot its drone and locked on to Siberia Air 1821 and exploded with shrapnel bursting 50 feet over the plane [just like the apparent and televised shrapnel embedded in the fuselage wreckage of the Malaysian Air Flight 17 readily shown on US and BBC and EU television and, more abundant written press coverage here in the US, London and the EU.... -Full Story- (english.pravda.ru - 25/07/14)

Moscow blasts Kiev’s false accusations and lack of cooperation with air crash investigators
RT
The Russian Foreign Ministry has said Ukrainian authorities refuse to hold peace talks or help the international investigation of the Malaysian airliner disaster, preferring to throw absurd and unfounded accusations against Russia. Russia is mourning the passengers of the Malaysian Boeing together with the whole world, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich said in an official statement released on Wednesday.... -Full Story- (rt.com - 25/07/14)

IN-FIGHTING, HOSTILITY AND VIOLENCE WITHINTHE MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF SRI LANKA
Dr. Daya Hewapathirane
Sufism or the Sufi Muslim Ideology Traditionally, Sufism or the Sufi Muslim ideology had been the predominant Islamic spiritual tradition observed throughout Southern Asia, including Sri Lanka. Sufism is   considered to be the mystical, ascetic branch of Islam which emphasizes personal experience with Allah. Sufis can be members of either the Sunni or Shia divisions of Islam who share most of the basic principles of Islam. These two divisions stemmed from ancient political strife among Muslims.  Of the total global Muslim population,  87-90% are Sunni Muslims and 10-13% are Shia Muslims. Most Shias live in just... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/14)

Another Muslim Attack, this time in Sri Lanka
They don-t call it the "gutter western press" for nothing. Western news media sunk to the lowest level over the coverage of this incident blaming the majority in Sri Lanka and the US and UK leaders have been tripping over each other to Accuse Sri Lankan for attacking the so called innocent Muslims.... -Full Story- (https:/youtube.com/ - 24/07/14)

Western leadership shot down in Ukraine
Jim W. Dean
The Kiev government, who can-t tell the truth about anything, is still comfortably in first place, soon to eclipse “Baghdad Bob” for the gold medal of bogus claims. Bob was Saddam-s press spokesman telling us that Iraqi forces were destroying the American invaders. Without even a token amount of time allowed to sift through the evidence of this horrible tragedy right in the middle of a war zone, a totally unnecessary one, Western leaders and politicians have been tripping over each other playing Mr. Tough guy with baseless accusations and threats toward Russia before the dead were... -Full Story- (presstv.ir - 24/07/14)

KING WIMALADHARMASURIYA -1:
Dr. Daya Hewapathirane
KING WIMALADHARMASURIYA -1:
 saved his motherland from the shackles of foreign invasion and his nation from extinction, besides rescuing Buddhism - that forms the foundation of the national culture  of this great nation, from an untimely end.
 WIMALADHARMASURIYA – I,   ALIAS KONAPPU BANDARA (1591 CE– 1604 CE) Konappu Bandara was crowned as Wimaladharmasuriya-I, in 1591 CE in the Kingdom of Senkadagala or Kande Uda Rata, the bastion of Sinhala Buddhist culture. King Wimaladharmasuriya (1591–1604) was the timely savior of Buddhism and the Sinhala nation at a time when they were under... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/14)

“Precolonial and Postcolonial Transfers from South Asia to Science and Technology” Public Lecture by Dr. Susantha Goonatilake
“Precolonial and Postcolonial Transfers from South Asia to Science and Technology”
  Public Lecture by Dr. Susantha Goonatilake   (author among others of Toward a Global Science: Mining Civilizational Knowledge) Sponsored jointly by The Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka     on Monday 28th July 2014 at 5.00 p.m.   at the Gamini Dissanayake Auditorium, Mahaveli Centre   No. 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07 The conventional Eurocentric story was that after the 1,000 year Dark Ages in Europe brought by the adoption of Christianity,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/14)

Protect Sinhala Buddhism from the educated – VII
By Nalin de Silva Courtesy Island
Most of the cultures in the world at present are associated with religions though it is not necessary that a culture should be associated with a religion. Of course, it depends on the definition of religion and one could define religion as a system that includes rituals, and could say that cultures have been associated with religion for a very long time. All knowledge is grouped into conventions, and conventions like anything else are not absolute but relative. There are no conventional truths as such but only conventions, and people have been moving... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/07/14)

MH17 spin
RT
Washington has a mountain of evidence but isn-t disclosing it. What is Washington hiding? Will the investigation show something the West doesn-t want to see? And do we hear a drumbeat of war?CrossTalking with Vladimir Suchan, Eric Kraus and Eric Draitser.... -Full Story- (rt.com - 24/07/14)

Parents of Missing Tamil Children demand answers from TNA’s Ananthi Sasitharan
Shenali D Waduge
Ananthi Sasitharan TNA member of the Northern Provincial Council was in for a surprise when she arrived at the Mullaitivu Magistrates courts on 21st July 2014 for the continuation of the case filed by her. She never expected hundreds of Tamils to brave the scorching heat to arrive demanding to know what she and her husband LTTE’s Elilan had done to their children. The situation became so intense that Ananthi Sasitharan had to eventually seek solace of the security forces she and the TNA want to throw out of the North. Families of Missing Tamil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/14)

Russia Hands Data on MH17 Crash to EU, Awaits Reaction - Russia-s EU Envoy
RT
BRUSSELS, July 23 (RIA Novosti) — Russia handed all of its Defense Ministry-s data on the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine to the European Union, but has seen no reaction yet, Russia-s envoy to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said Wednesday.... -Full Story- (en.ria.ru - 23/07/14)

Bogus photos of ‘Russian’ air-defense systems in Ukraine debunked by bloggers
RT
Ukraine continues to concoct evidence of Russia’s air defense system’s involvement in the Boeing tragedy. This time Ukraine’s secret service has published as ‘proof’ month–old photos of Kiev’s own Buk-M missile system, claiming it is Russian. Although even American officials have privately admitted that there is no evidence that Russia is involved in the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 disaster on July 17, Kiev has its own idea.... -Full Story- (rt.com - 23/07/14)

Coconut and Paddy Husks to Filter Arsenic-Bangladesh Experiment
Daya Reporting from Toronto, Canada
The following is a success story in Bangladesh in water purification, which may have a promising application in Sri Lanka. The filter is made from readily available local materials, the apparatus is affordable, and the cost free installation, demand a serious study of the adaptability and suitability to fit the conditions and needs of Sri Lanka.Reza was featured in the "Fixing the world worst poisoning in history" which appeared in the Sunday Star dated July 13, 2014. She managed to convince the global experts in chemistry, engineering, medicine and business to volunteer their time to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/14)

විධායක ජනාධිපති නාඩගම නොහොන් කළු සුද්දන් ඇටවූ මර උගුල්
චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම
මිනිස් හට සොඳුරු ගුණ සහ නුගුණ  ඇත     නිදොස් කෙනෙකු මෙදියතැ උපදනේ   නැත     වෙසෙස් සිනිඳු මුවරද බර      සහස්පත     කොරොස් නළින් යුතුවෙයි කටු පෙළිණි යුත         කුරිරු ගොර සපුන්ගේ දළ'ගෙහි    විසය     මදුරු මැසි කැලන්ගේ තුඩ'ගෙහි    විසය     රුදුරු නුහුසුවන්ගේ වල'ගෙහි       විසය     නපුරු දුදනන් ගෙ සිය'ලඟෙහි මැ    විසය                             සුභාෂිතය     මග හොඳට තිබේ නම්     යන්ට දෑසත් පෙනේ නම්     කිම බැදිවල යන් නේ     මංමුලාවූ එකෙක් සේ                 පණ්ඩිත කොග්ගල ධම්මතිලක වරද කාගේද හා කඩවුණ පොරොන්දුව        ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/14)

BJP in Sri Lanka: India distances itself from Tamil Nadu-TNA-LTTE and Eelam
Shenali D Waduge
The topic was ‘India under Modi: Relevance for the Region and the World’, organized by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies and held at the BMICH moderated by former foreign secretary HMGS Palihakkara. Introducing the panelists was Mr. Sunimal Fernando, Advisor to H.E. the President of Sri Lanka and Chairman/Board of Studies of the BCIS. Prof. Madhav Das Nalapath of Manipal University, Dr. Suresh Prabhu was a former Union Minister under the Vajpayee Government and a member of the Shiv Sena, Dr. Swapan Dasgupta was introduced as a senior journalist and political commentator, Dr. Seshadri Chari... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/14)

Ms. Sisson disappears without a TWEET
Dr Kamal Wickremasinghe  Courtesy The Daily News
The US embassy in Colombo has been uncharacteristically quiet the last week, especially for a foreign mission preoccupied with issuing media statements, press releases and tweets on intensely domestic Sri Lankan issues - who can forget outright falsehoods like the tweet of January 9, 2014 that declared St Anthony’s Ground at Puthukudurippu as the site of a January 2009 killing of “hundreds of families” by army shelling? Such usual social media hyperactivity by the US embassy has been uncharacteristically less lately, the last tweet being on July 9, tellingly publicising another press... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/14)

The Merciful and Forgiving God
By A. Abdul Aziz.
 (Given below is an excerpt of one of the recent Friday Sermons of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, delivered on 18th July, 2014, at ‘BaithulFuthuh’, London, U.K. gave a discourse on the Merciful and Forgiving God )  Ahmadiyya Khalifa started the sermon with the recitation of the following two verses of the Holy Quran and gave their Urdu translation:  Say, “O My servants who have committed excesses against their own souls! despair not of the mercy of Allah, surely Allah forgives all sins. Verily He is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/07/14)

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Meera Srinivasan
India will be far more supportive of Sri Lanka’s position at the United Nations Human Rights Council than ever before, former Union Cabinet Minister and the chairman of the BJP Committee for Strategic Action Subramanian Swamy said here on Monday. Speaking on ‘India under Modi: relevance for the region and the world’, he said India’s foreign policy shall henceforth be guided by national interest and not regional interest.... -Full Story- (thehindu.com - 23/07/14)

Targeting Sri Lanka has gone too far – Subramanian Swamy
By Chamara Sumanapala
The targeting of Sri Lanka over human rights issues has gone too far and has to stop, Chairman of the BJP Committee on Strategic Action and Former Union Minister of the Government of India Dr. Subramanian Swamy said a short while ago. Furthermore, he said that India will give Sri Lanka much more support than before at the United Nations Human Rights Council. He made these remarks at a panel discussion on the topic of “India under Modi: Relevance for the Region and the World” organized by the Bandaranaike Center for International Studies and held at... -Full Story- (nation.lk - 23/07/14)

Narendra Modi wants "excellent" relations with Sri Lanka: Subramanian Swamy
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COLOMBO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants "excellent" relations with Sri Lanka, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said as he met President Mahinda Rajapaksa here today and underlined that the end of the LTTE campaign in this country had ensured the security of India too. Swamy, the chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Committee for Strategic Action, is here to deliver a talk on "India under Modi: relevance for the region and the world".... -Full Story- (articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com - 23/07/14)

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Russia has released military monitoring data, which shows Kiev military jets tracking the MH17 plane shortly before the crash - and posed yet another set of questions to Ukraine and the US over the circumstances of the tragedy. Military officials – chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Andrey Kartopolov and chief of the Air Force Main Staff Lt. Gen. Igor Makushev - posed a number of questions to Kiev and Washington concerning the possible causes of the catastrophe in Eastern Ukraine that killed almost 300 people last Thursday.... -Full Story- (rt.com - 23/07/14)

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WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL GOMIN DAYASRI IN THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
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WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS OF COUNSEL GOMIN DAYASRI IN THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - PART II
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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)

"Who will guard the guardians?" asked Roman satirist Juvenal. Now we must ask, who is watching Human Rights Watch, We will.
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Amnesty and HRW may research their material and appear to be neutral in their assessments every time, no one can really evaluate their impartiality unless one sets out to investigate their background funding, behind-the-scenes researchers and the influences under which they operate. Read "Gutter Tactics of Amnesty International (AI) in Sri Lanka"
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Beginning and growth of civilization in Sri Lanka
123,000 BC - Oldest human found in Lanka - Pathirajawela in the deep South.
12000 BC - MaduruOya findings World's oldest findings of the use of Steel, Copper, and irrigation technology
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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