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		<title>The Ever Increasing Cost of Living. Is there a Solution?</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/03/19/the-ever-increasing-cost-of-living-is-there-a-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=8534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. former Government Agent, Matara District
 The current Government of President Rajapaksa is blamed for increases in prices of essential commodities. It is true that prices are exorbitant today. I am told that a kilo of beans at Narahenpita Wholesale Market was as high as Rs. 90. I was in Sri Lanka in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the UNP with its “Common Candidate” will take Sri Lanka again on the IMF Free Trade Economy on the Path of Debt.</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/01/11/how-the-unp-with-its-%e2%80%9ccommon-candidate%e2%80%9d-will-take-sri-lanka-again-on-the-imf-free-trade-economy-on-the-path-of-debt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=6914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.
Minister Champika Ranawake has said that the Jayawardena Government borrowed $ 68 million for the Mahaweli Project, has already paid $ 314 million as interest and capital and has yet to pay another $ 548 million in the future, all on account of that debt.  Many will say that the statistics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the UNP &amp; its  Common Candidate will develop our Education?</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/01/09/how-the-unp-its-common-candidate-will-develop-our-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=6861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.
The UNP of 1977 to 1995 and the Ranil Wickremasinghe Administration of 2002- 2004, instead of developing our education system have actually reoriented it in favour of the rich. In actuality the UNP successfully created a two tier education system, one for the rich and another for the middle classes.
 Sri Lanka [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The International  Conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/12/18/the-international-conspiracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=6484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.Former Government Agent, Matara District.
What were  the Superpowers doing when  our armed forces were defeating  the terrorist LTTE at Nandi kadal and Mullativu? 
 Japan had even sent a team of “tsunami experts” who unknown to the Government  did  build “a channel to launch underwater craft-a 360 ft. long, 25 ft. wide tunnel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The story of a Puppet who has no policies</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/12/11/the-story-of-a-puppet-who-has-no-policies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=6341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. Former Government Agent, Matara District,  
For a long time Sri Lanka had two major Political Parties, one of which secured the majority to rule depending on the decision of the people at the polls. In 1970 it was the socialist SLFP led coalition. In 1977 it was Jayawardena who moved to embrace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not A Defenceless Sri Lanka :the U.N.F pledge to develop the country  is a big joke!</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/11/15/not-a-defenceless-sri-lanka-the-u-n-f-pledge-to-develop-the-country-is-a-big-joke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=5637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, former Government Agent, Matara District.
The major opposition party, the United National Party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe is reported to have called for the disbandment of the arms and armaments of the Armed Forces because the war is over and it is now time for peace.(At the Emergency Extension Debate in Parliament) This recommendation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Antics of the UNP</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/10/26/the-antics-of-the-unp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=4889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.
Karu Jayasuriya, the Deputy leader of the United National Party(UNP) has lamented:“How do we sleep at night, knowing that 280,000 people remain interned behind barbed wire fences in the north?”
It is interesting to note that the UNP has now joined the League of Superpowers band led by Robert Blake, US Assistant Secretary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who does deserve the The Noble Peace Prize: Is it President Obama?</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/10/10/who-does-deserve-the-the-noble-peace-prize-is-it-president-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=4400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.(Michigan State University)
The Norwegian Noble Committee has decided  that the Noble Peace Prize for 2009 be awarded to President Barak Obama. In the words of the Norwegian Noble Committee, The vision of a world  free from nuclear arms has powerfully  stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama’s initiative  the USA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy  and  the Sovereignty of Nations Goes out of the Window: That is the USA Today!</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/10/05/democracy-and-the-sovereignty-of-nations-goes-out-of-the-window-that-is-the-usa-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=4245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.(Michigan State University)
It is sad that the USA, has decided to forget about vote rigging by President Karzai in the Afghanistan Election and has accepted Karzai as the President of Afghanistan for another five year term.
 This decision was in the face of definite evidence that up to 20% of the ballots cast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are the Superpowers Gunning for the Blood of Sri Lanka:  Their actions do unfold their sinister motives.</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/09/13/why-are-the-superpowers-gunning-for-the-blood-of-sri-lanka-their-actions-do-unfold-their-sinister-motives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=3681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.(Michigan State University)
When Dr Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected to  the Presidency of Sri Lanka in 2005, the terrorists, the LTTE power was at its zenith, having aggrandized its position through the nefarious CFA peace agreement done by the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, which was in favour of the terrorists. The armed forces [...]]]></description>
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