byƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasri Yes, Prime Minister was once a popular British TV comedy. The ongoing reality show, “Yes, Mr President”ƒ”š‚, is a live Sri Lankan tragedy. After defeating terrorism, a Failed State, tag will not stick but a Sorry State label would, because of servile sycophancy. The Ministers, Secretaries, Advisors, Consultants, Parliamentarians, Public Servants and […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .ƒ”š‚ Canada ƒ”š‚ 25 August 2010 ƒ”š‚  The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN ƒ”š‚  Sir: ƒ”š‚  Here is a true story that Martin Collacott and Peter Showler should make note of. ƒ”š‚  I would be concerned and be cautiousƒ”š‚ of the Tamil translators who are helping the 492 illegal […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada ƒ”š‚ 25 August 2010 ƒ”š‚  The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN ƒ”š‚  Sir: ƒ”š‚  Identifying Tamils tough task for officials, you said.ƒ”š‚  Really!ƒ”š‚  This is just a case of trying to identify 492 illegal Tamil migrants who were brought in by human-traffickers on MV Sun […]

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By Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚©2010 ƒ”š‚ Shooting the breeze during a leisurely boat ride on the upper Mississippi, more than 40 years after we left graduate school on the Minneapolis campus of University of Minnesota, turned out to be an exhilarating experience for three of us old buddies”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚Jim Bowers, Kurt Kent and me”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚mid-August 2010. Minnesota Buddies […]

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