By Charles.S.Perera League of Nation was set up immediately after the second world war to stop  military confrontation  of Nations against nations, and instead to provide a world forum where differences between nations could be  resolved in dialogue.  Later on as more and more countries became Independent from colonial rule, the League of Nations was […]

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Malin Abeyatunge Today’s Island (21/7/11) reported that a senior cadre of Eastern Province Chief Minister S. Chandrakanthan’s party TMVP was arrested yesterday by the CID at Wennappuwa for masterminding the robbery of Rs. 160 million cash and Rs 15 million in jewellery from the People’s Bank branch at Puttur two weeks ago. When a criminal […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Although the remaining Local Government elections are a minor event in the election calendar compared the General Elections, it is a good opportunity to shed racist politics that plagued the north since 1947 and open a new chapter in inclusive politics and development. It is an opportunity not to be missed. For most […]

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Herold Leelawardena Going through the latest executive summary of recommendations of the International Crises Group, one particular sentence had stuck in my mind. That is; “The regime destroyed the Tigers by rejecting the more conciliatory approach of prior governments and adopting the insurgents’ brutality and intolerance of dissent.” Now, there is no doubt that anyone […]

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Ira de Silva London, Canada The Editor, Wall Street Journal Asia, Hong Kong.  Dear Sir:  Reference the Op-Ed by S. Dhume which reads “India’s Sri Lanka Problem” my initial reaction on reading it was that perhaps it should have read “Sri Lanka’s India Problem”.  It was to satisfy India’s policy during the period of Indira […]

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S. Akurugoda According to media reports, Housing and Construction Minister Wimal Weerawansa warned the public to be cautious of some elements working inside the government to destabilise the country. The Minister noted that while the country was now moving forward after the end of the war, there are attempts by some groups overseas to target […]

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PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER  It is nothing difficult to estimate that the arrest of Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, the Executive Director of the US-based Kashmir American Council is the result of American extremism and narrow mindedness against Muslims as well as an attempt to please the government of India during Hillary Clinton’s visit to New Delhi. […]

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