by Victor Karunairajan  A community cheated to chaotic consequences because it lacked the consciousness of collective co-existence  The general belief that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a homogenous political organization committed to a liberation struggle to create a State ofEelamis a hoax.  All that Prabakaran wanted was a Sicilian type mafia state […]

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Sarath Warnakulasuriya Sydney During my recent visit to Sri Lanka, I was pleased to see the massive development projects taking place in the country.We were on a ten day tour that took us to Heritage Kandalama via Pinnawela elephant orphanage. From there we travelled to Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Mihintale and Polonnaruwa.Our next stop was The Tea […]

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By Shelton A. Gunaratne  Three obviously Republican replies have appeared in response to my opinion piece “Of wealthy, by wealthy, for wealthy,” published in The (Fargo-Moorhead) Forum on Sunday, Jan. 15. [The original article appeared in the Lankaweb of Jan. 10.] I commend each of them for allowing me the opportunity to elucidate my exposition […]

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Hameed Abdul Karim  The US Empire suffered a major blow to its occupation of Afghanistan when its trouble shooter Richard Holbrooke, nicknamed “ƒ”¹…”raging bull’, died a sudden death in Washington. At this point of time, the US depended entirely on him to pull it out of the quagmire it had got embroiled in Afghanistan. This […]

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By Stanley Perera, Melbourne  When Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, Indian government appointed Jain Commission to investigate.  The Indian High court jailed a LTTE woman conspirator, and sentenced three others to death and now they are awaiting execution. When Sri Lanka’s President Premadasa was assassinated by the LTTE, not even a police inquiry was held by […]

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PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER-The writer is a Pakistan based analyst on defence and strategic affairs.                             What is more important; food or security; health or defence; prosperity or safety; certainly a difficult question to be answered. Today one finds a hurricane of allegations, accusations ultimately forming the shape of suggestions thatPakistanneeds not spend a huge amount on […]

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Phill Perera Toronto Sri Lankan Students/Alumni Alliance Dear Editor: “The Scarborough Curse” – Open Letter to the Editor of Toronto Life Magazine by Triple P Dear Editor: Here is a response to an article titled, “The Scarborough Curse” written by Don Gillmor on Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.           While surfing the net I came across […]

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