Michael Roberts, 24 July 2011 Pic courtesy of Ministry of Defence “ƒ¢¢”š¬‚ note that this image can be read in different ways according to subjectivity and degrees of partisanship. ƒ”š‚ The May 2011 “Think-Piece”ƒ”š‚ posted a few days back in this site resulted in several ƒ”š‚ articles within the same site and/or in other web sites and […]

Shenali Waduge Democracy in Sri Lanka accepts the right for political parties to contest & people to vote for their choice but in reality governance will fall into one of two parties only. That is the undeniable truth. The recently concluded local body election results were proof that delivering peace, offering freedom, providing development has […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatungeƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ The rock band Eagles released their super hit Hotel California in 1976 and up-to-date this song remains one of the popular songs that is adored by millions of fans around the world. ƒ”š‚ The hit song Hotel California is well written both lyrically and musically. This song contains a deep connotation and […]

By Stanley Perera from Melbourneƒ”š‚  District Court in London made an order for the Petroleum Corporation of Sri Lanka to pay a foreign bank a sum of US$365 million. The writer is a patriotic writer and an ordinary lay person.ƒ”š‚  Not a legal eagle also.ƒ”š‚  A lay person’s view is British court order cannot be […]

TourismConcern PRESS RELEASE 25th July 2011 ƒ”š‚ International calls grow for end to tourism land grabs in Sri Lanka ƒ”š‚ The Sri Lankan government and large tourism developers must stop forcibly displacing communities, destroying livelihoods, threatening food security, and wreaking havoc on the environment in the name of tourism, say Sri Lankan and international campaigning groups[i]. The […]

Help Sri Lanka The following standard kits are considered acceptable in most countries and can be ordered through UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen. This list does not imply that UNICEF endorses these kits only, or that UNICEF endorses the brand. UNICEF is open to consider any new kit that comes on the market and to share […]

By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.Former Government Agent, Matara District ƒ”š‚ A bomb blast in a Norway office block gutted it with fire. A few minutes later a gun man opened fire on a youth congregation and this left 94 dead. Many are yet missing. ƒ”š‚ Retribution does come- sometimes in driblets and at times delayed and that is […]

– Kumar Moses North-East Tamils said no to development and cooperation and instead voted for racism. Tamil racist political parties – TNA and TULF won most LG bodies in the north and in all Tamil majority areas in the east where the election was held. TNA canvassed on a platform of ultra Tamil racism and […]

By Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚© 2011 Professor of mass communications emeritusƒ”š‚ at Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ The five elements in the mainstream/ Western news paradigm began to take shape in 19th century America. Penny papers emerged as a cheap source with coverage of crime, tragedy, adventure and gossip. The inverted pyramid structure of writing news became […]

Mahinda Gunasekera Honorary President ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ By E-mail July 24, 2011 ƒ”š‚ Hon. Jens Stoltenberg Prime Minister of Norway Oslo, Norway ƒ”š‚ Hon. Jens Stoltenberg, ƒ”š‚ Deepest Sympathies on the Tragic Loss of Life ƒ”š‚ We write to convey our deepest sympathies on the tragic loss of life in the City of Oslo and Utoya island caused by senseless violence […]

Vajiragnana Warnakulasuriya Melbourne Minister for Messing Small Nations! Norway Erik Solheim ƒ”š‚ I am immensely disappointed that you were deprived of joining your bosom Terrorist General Velupulle Prbakaran in Hell! You under the pretext of a Peace moderator sent the best in the business of war strategy as instructors abusing the Diplomatic immunity to train the […]

Dr Hector Pereraƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  London Ventilation This is a gift we have; with or without your knowledge we understand certain things only by smell but not the common dangerous killer, carbon monoxide. When we cook, methane gets combusted in oxygen to form carbon dioxide. If less air is available for burning methane, then it is possible […]

ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Claude Fernando,Brampton, Canada. ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  It’s a significant milestone of Venerable Pannasara Thera of Brampton Buddhists Mission Centre, to have an opportunity toƒ”š‚  open”Canadapura”ƒ”š‚Children’s village on July 10th 2011. ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Indeed!ƒ”š‚  Dream came true. His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksha was the eminent guest who participated that exceptional moment with others to declare open this social […]

Ratanapala For over 30 years Sri Lanka suffered at the hands of the Racist Tamil Tiger Terrorist called the LTTE, buttheƒ”š‚  Lynch Mob calIed International Community always justified the terror in Sri Lanka as those due to unspecified Tamil Grievancesƒ”š‚  or Aspirations and discriminations by the majority Sinhala Buddhists. The fact that terrorism is not […]

Dr Bandula Kothalawala According to an AFP report, a US congressional committee has voted to ban aid to Sri Lanka unless the nation shows “accountability” over the bloodshed in the final stages of its civil war in 2009. Of late, strangely enough, US legislators have developed an incurable obsession with a newfangled concept – accountability. […]

By Walter Jayawardhana in Los Angeles Norwegian terrorist bombs that killed more than 90 people “ƒ¢¢”š¬…”mostly young summer vacationers in that country have been ironically made with fertilizer , a method popularized by Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka during the heyday of the LTTE terrorism in the Indian Ocean island nation. Norway has allegedly become […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Sad events in Oslo Norway, where a “right wing” sympathiser is branded conclusivelyƒ”š‚  as a “Terrorist” without any investigation, when compared with the events during 30 years by the LTTE Terrorists were branded as “Freedom Fighters”, just anything other than criminal terrorists, is considered unfair biased journalism. Erik Solheim International Development Minister […]

Alastair Reynard Reports by the research organization Norwegians Against Terror (NAT) have claimed that many Sri Lankan Tamils, including LTTE terrorist cadres, were able to come to Norway on documents and passports bought from corrupt employees of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. NAT has also shown that the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and the Oslo Municipality have […]

By Charles. S. Perera ƒ”š‚ The Global Tamil Forum of the Pro LTTE terrorist Catholic Father Emmanuel Joseph may have in his Global Tamil Forum, ƒ”š‚ experienced terrorists who may have one time or another participated in terrorism in Sri Lanka alongside Prabhakaran or his son Charles, and perhaps there are among its members experts in explosives […]

ƒÆ’‚¯ƒ”š‚»ƒ”š‚¿ Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Gove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .ƒ”š‚ Canadaƒ”š‚  23 July 2011 ƒ”š‚ The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN ƒ”š‚ Sir: In reference to Norway’s terror-bombing you said, “Nobody really needed to be reminded that terrorists can strike anywhere, any time. We all know that global terrorist networks or monomaniacs can find an excuse for […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia On 22nd July, the centre of Oslo had been rocked by a bomb blast by terrorists. Initial fears were that the Prime Minister was caught in the mess as it had been near govt quarters but he had escaped. Hundreds had been trapped in devastated buildings and at the time the death toll […]

Malin Abeyatunge I have quoted a below a part of a letter I sent to media soon after the bomb blast in Bombay saying that we should not condemn any bomb blasts killing innocent civilians in the countries who have been supporting the LTTE by providing safe haven, assisting financially and propagating their Eelam Agenda. […]

F. Rovik Retired crusader against terrorism Friday 22nd July 2011 will be remembered in Norwegian history as one our worst tragedies. During my years working for NAT I could say to the Norwegian Government ?we told you so? to the Norwegian politicians. Instead I am very sad we were not able to communicate to Norwegian […]

A.A.M.Nizam. ƒ”š‚ Results are being announced in the 2nd round of local government elections held in Sri Lanka today.ƒ”š‚  Elections were held for 65 Local Government Institutions which were postponed due to pending Court cases following rejection of nominations by the Elections Commissioner’s Office.ƒ”š‚  There was a great enthusiasm throughout the country in today’s election.ƒ”š‚  The […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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.”ƒ”š‚ Now, there is no doubt that anyone […]

Ira de Silva London, Canada The Editor, Wall Street Journal Asia, Hong Kong. ƒ”š‚ Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚ 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”. ƒ”š‚ It was to satisfy India’s policy during the period of Indira […]

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 […]