The UPFA government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa has won the Southern Provincial Council elections by getting 804,071 (67.9%)votes and securing 38 seats in the final overall results of the polls. The UNP came second with only 297,180 (25%)votes, securing 14 seats in the Council and the JVP third with 72,379 (6%)votes, securing just 3 […]

Prof. Hudson McLean Frustration must be an understatement when the Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton lost out to Barack Obama. Despite the strongest possible but gentle support of the popular President Bill Clinton, without overwhelming the egostic pride of Hillary, the first Afro-American charmed his way to the Hot Seat. Then Obama kept Hillary guessing […]

By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D.(Michigan State University) The Norwegian Noble Committee has decidedƒ”š‚  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 worldƒ”š‚  free from nuclear arms has powerfullyƒ”š‚  stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama’s initiativeƒ”š‚  the […]

By Charles.S.Perera Barrack Obama – the man well deserves the Noble Peace Prize. ƒ”š‚ United States of Ameruica is a fractured Nation- fractured between the Blacks , and the Whites. In to this fractured Nation was born on the 4 August, 1961, Barrack Obama, fathered by a black man and mothered by a white woman. As […]

Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚©2009 ƒ”š‚ On a Wednesday morning (April 17, 1985), as I rose from the bed, I got an unexpected telephone call from Moorhead State University (which became Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2000) inquiring whether I was interested in the advertised vacancy in journalism. Martin Grindeland, the new chairman of the mass communications […]

Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia President Obama created history by becoming the first black-American Presidentƒ”š‚  of the USA. He was also the first black-American to edit the Harvard Law Journal. Now according to critics,ƒ”š‚ he has made history by winning the Norwegianƒ”š‚ Nobel Peace Prize for having not done anything. This stunning choice has shocked Nobel observers. ƒ”š‚  President Obama […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Gloucester, Ontario . Canada October 10, 2009 ƒ”š‚  Hon. David Miliband, MP Foreign Secretary British Parliament Westminster, London UK ƒ”š‚  Executive Director Channel 4 TV London, UK ƒ”š‚  Song for David Miliband (British Foreign Secretary) & Channel 4 TV, London ƒ”š‚  “Hunger striker’s UK$7m Big Mac: Tamil who cost a fortune in policing […]

ASOKA S After the 2nd world war, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, US General Dwight D. Eisenhower received the highest recognition for defeating the deadly Nazis. Upon arrival in the US soil after winning the war in the European theater, both Democratic and Republican parties canvassed him to run for Office.ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  He did […]

ALI SUKHANVER 10th October, 2009; an unforgettable day in the history of terrorism, would always make the world realize that Pakistan is facing the worst consequences of terrorism. The terrorist attacks on the GHQ in Rawalpindi are the worst example of terrorism. Though the security forces of Pakistan very successfully proved their skill and competence […]

Media Release Ministry of Foreign Affairs Colombo The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a website for the forthcoming 8th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting to be held in Colombo on 14th and 15th October 2009 at the BMICH. The theme of this year’s meeting is ‘Spirit of Asia: Global Economic Recovery and Development […]

Written by: Mamoona Ali Kazmi The people in India’s mineral heartland are tribals, who are the poorest of the poor, and the government’s war against India’s indigenous people is a frightening and unjust one says writer-activist Arundhati Roy. Recently, a newspaper advertisement published by the Indian government reads “Naxalites are nothing but cold-blooded criminals”ƒ”š‚. This […]