H. L. D. Mahindapala ƒ”š‚ There were only two winners at the CHOGM held in Perth: Queen Elizabeth and President Mahinda Rajapakse. Both got what they wanted. Queen wanted succession to pass on to a female, overturning the British tradition of passing it first to the male even if the females are senior and she won. […]

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Ira de Silva London, Ontarioƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  The Editor Embassy Magazine Ottawa, Ontario ƒ”š‚  Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚  It is not what Mr. Harper said after he left the Commonwealth Conference but what he said before he went and the communique that was issued at the meeting that should be highlighted and the question asked whether Canada will […]

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by: Greg Sheridan, Foreign editorƒ”š‚  -Courtesy : The Australianƒ”š‚  November 05, 2011 12:00AM November 05, 2011 12:00AM ƒ”š‚  A female Tamil Tiger fighter in action near Kilinochchi in 2006. Picture: AFP Source: AFP THE criticism of Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa, when he visited Australia for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, left […]

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Written by Malinda Seneviratne It has been reported that Rajiv Gandhi, on his way to sign the Indo-Lanka Accord, had told Tamil Nadu politicians that the agreement he was to sign with the then president of Sri Lanka, J.R. Jayewardene, would bring Sri Lanka under the Indian orbit, just like Bhutan. The before and after […]

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Top Spin By Suni November 4th 2011 The recent high court verdict of ” guilty !” returned by the presiding judge in the Spot Fixing Allegations case seems as though he was hell bent on convicting the Pakustanis onvolved regardless of many principles involving fairplay and justice. Despite the many arguments in favour of the […]

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By Stanley Perera-Melbourne One can imagine Hillary Clinton entered into an agreement with Sri Lankan born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam who is an American criminal serving 11 year jail sentence, if the Tamil Terrorists funded Hillary’s presidential campaign, Hillary will return the favour to the Tamil Terrorists if she won the election. Hillary lost in one […]

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Henry The Editor. ƒ”š‚  The recent statement by the General Secretary of the JVP that it regrets the decision to form alliances with certain politicians and political parties in the past is not the half of it. ƒ”š‚  If Sri Lanka is to accept the JVP as a saneƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ political party, it must first apologize to […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 4 November 2011 The Editor, EMBASSY, Ottawa Sir: ƒ”š‚ “ƒ”¹…”Harper: Commonwealth progress’ was predictable as night would follow day. What was embarrassing was how he failed to lead the Commonwealth of Nations as the Pied Piper to scuttle the Commonwealth Summit to be held in […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 4 November 2011 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Sir: It is a bit presumptuous, strange and tawdry for Canada to add pressure on Sri Lanka and wanting to boycott the Colombo’s Commonwealth Summit in 2013 spelling out alleged violationsƒ”š‚  of Human Rights during […]

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