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		<title>Act wisely to prevent another wave of death and destruction</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2010/01/22/act-wisely-to-prevent-another-wave-of-death-and-destruction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda
We, the ordinary citizens of this country, remember the days around May 18th last year.  While all those who love the country were jubilant, Ranil Wickramasinghe, the leader of the UNP was hiding in Europe. Although the  official statement of the Leader of the Opposition, congratulating the President and his security forces for defeating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let us hope for the best</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/12/30/let-us-hope-for-the-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda
Just after a month since the end of the humanitarian operation against racial terrorism that continued for 30 years, both the electronic and printed media were full of various views, theories and dialogues from some Ministers and a diplomat appointed by the government, supported by notorious NGOs, in favour of the 13th amendment to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we give into ‘Hunters’ of our nation?</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/11/29/should-we-give-into-%e2%80%98hunters%e2%80%99-of-our-nation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=6040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda
Just over six months ago we were able to show the entire world, how powerful is our unity and its strength. Firstly, determination to end the terrorism was taken firmly by the peace loving, right minded patriotic people of this land at the last presidential election by defeating the ‘puppet of the west&#8217; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategies and failures &#8211; Will they ever learn?</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/11/03/strategies-and-failures-will-they-ever-learn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda
According to media reports, JVP has joined the UNP now to go all out against the executive presidency, thereby supporting the candidate forwarded by the UNP-led opposition alliance which would promise to do away with the executive presidency within 180 days after coming to power. The strategy is to use the common opposition candidate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is needed to be an ‘Activist’?’</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/09/29/what-is-needed-to-be-an-%e2%80%98activist%e2%80%99%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda
Both printed and electronic media are full of news items carrying the activities, statements and articles of so-called ‘activists’, especially those who pretend to be the guardian of human rights, free media rights and peace. Apart from the lucrative jobs, these millionaire ‘activists’ are receiving free attractive titles,  wide publicity, and free foreign trips [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Peace vendors’ and ‘sustainable peace’</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/09/15/%e2%80%98peace-vendors%e2%80%99-and-%e2%80%98sustainable-peace%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda
As per a news item reported in The Sunday Island dated 13th September 2009, the government has reasons to believe that the US was rapidly making a case of war crimes against Sri Lanka on the basis of the conduct of her armed forces, police as well as the political leadership during the recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind bandwagon of devolution and country’s national priorities</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/07/04/blind-bandwagon-of-devolution-and-country%e2%80%99s-national-priorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda, Melbourne, Australia
In an interview with Rajesh Sundaram of India Today, the LTTE’s arms procurer and new proclaimed leader, K. Pathmanathan (alias KP), has said that his outfit would fight for their past separatist goals “through political means” (without specifically mentioning what those political means are) until a political settlement is reached based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is 13th Amendment to the Constitution practicable?</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/06/08/is-13th-amendment-to-the-constitution-practicable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By S. Akurugoda, Melbourne, Australia 
At his last official press briefing at the Ministry of Justice last week, outgoing Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva described that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution as ill-conceived and hurriedly pieced together by picking bits and pieces of the Indian Constitution in keeping with the Indo-Lanka Accord and hence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to counter misinformation campaign effectively</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/05/31/time-to-counter-misinformation-campaign-effectively/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 21:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/?p=1019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda.
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka addressing the mass rally at the Parliament grounds called upon to appoint a Presidential Commission to probe the activities of the LTTE and its shocking caches of sophisticated arms and ammunition. During the humanitarian operation and thereafter, the Security Forces exposed the magnitude of the LTTE&#8217;s underground arsenal and said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cries of US and its allies on civilian casualties</title>
		<link>http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/05/10/cries-of-us-and-its-allies-on-civilian-casualties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 21:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S. Akurugoda
While killing hundreds of civilians in Afghanistan and in Iraq, cries of United States and its allies on Sri Lanka (who has &#8220;Zero Civilian Death Policy&#8221; when fighting terrorism) remind us the story of a tricking thief who cried &#8220;thief, thief catch a thief&#8221;, just to avert the attention and as a part of [...]]]></description>
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