By Walter Jayawardhana
Addressing massive jubilant and cheering crowds both in Sinhala and Tamil after declaring open Sri Lanka’s longest bridge at Kinniya and Irakkandi Bridge President Mahinda Rajapaksa said racist politics in Sri Lanka has come to an end.
“Hereafter in this country there is no room for racist politics,” he said.
The 396 meters long Kinniya [...]

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Reflections by comrade Fidel
The festivities associated to the 7th ALBA Summit, held in the historic Bolivian region of Cochabamba, showed the rich culture of the Latin American peoples and the joy elicited in children, young people and adults in general by the singing, the dancing, the costumes and rich expressions of the human beings of [...]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario Canada
October 20, 2009
 The Editor (Letters)
THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
Sir:
 
Your report “Trip to Canada reportedly cost migrants $45,000″ intrigues me for several reasons. This is about the 76 Tamil men asylum seekers who were on the rusty Ocean Lady that was apprehended off the coast of Vancouver Island.
 
 My intrigue is [...]

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By Noor Nizam, former SLFP District Organizer – Trincomalee and Deputy District Organizer SLMC. Canada
19th., Oct 2009.
Kinniya is a small town in the Trincomalee District of the Eastern province of Sri Lanka. It is located about 20 km from the town of Trincomalee and 240 km from the national capital Colombo,  Location of Kinniya, Sri [...]

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PRESS RELEASE Media Secretary for Minister Justice and Law Reforms,
Minister of Justice and Law Reforms, Milinda Moragoda accompanied by Secretary Suhada Gamlath and Assistant Secretary A.K.D.D.D. Arandara paid a visit to the Court premises in Minuwangoda (20th October 2009). The Minister was met by the Judge Ms. Kema Anne Swarnadhipathi, Minuwangoda Branch President of Bar [...]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada
October 20, 2009
 Don Davies, MP
NDP Member for Vancouver-Kingsway
British Columbia
House of Commons
Ottawa
Dear Don Davies:
 
I just heard your defence to get the 76 Tamil illegal migrants intoCanada as refugees during Question Period.
 
While your preamble was a load of Hog Wash and Hot Air regarding the Sri Lankan [...]

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