By Noor Nizam. Sri Lanka Peace Activist, Political Activist and Freelance Journalist “”…” Canada, December 7th., 2009.  The political history to the background to Hon. Rauf Hakeem supporting the UNF and promising that he will do all what he can to get 80% of the Muslim votes for General (retired) Sarath Fonseka is a bit […]

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Speech made by Milinda Moragoda, Minister of Justice and Law Reform at the Inaugural Sessions held by the AIDS Foundation of Sri Lanka, on 7 December, 2009 I would like to thank Dr. Palitha Abeykoon and the Board of Management of the Aids Foundation of Lanka for inviting me to be present at this occasion. […]

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Ben Silva The war against the Tamil Tiger terrorists, that had international backing was won due to team effort. The President, defence sec., Commanders of various forces, ordinary members of the forces including the police, the public, Politicians of various ethnic groups all worked as a team. Special recognition has to be given to Defence […]

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Courtesy Daily News UNP National Organizer, Central Provincial Council Opposition Leader and Walapane UNP Organizer S. B. Dissanayake yesterday resigned from all posts of the UNP and declared his unconditional support to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the forthcoming Presidential Election. Dissanayake joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party yesterday and said many members of the local […]

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By: Bassam Javed Finally, the much awaited Afghan Strategy was unfurled by President Obama in a speech delivered at the United States Military Academy on 1st December 2009. In the back drop of former President George Bush’s call to arms post 9/11, Obama’s wartime address sounded like an endgame rather than a striking escalation of […]

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By: Shamsa Ashfaq  According to a recent US Government Accountability Office audit report, nearly 13,000 attacks were recorded in Afghanistan between January and the end of August 2009. There was an average of 100 attacks a day on international forces, Afghan security forces and ordinary civilians, which makes the figure 2.5 times higher this year […]

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