H. L. D. Mahindapala ƒ”š‚ In a finger-biting drama of forty minutes President Obama watched his elite SEALS execute his shoot-to-kill order, without giving Osama bin Laden “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” the number one enemy of America “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” a chance to hit back or face charges, whatever his crimes may be. It was a spectacular and vote-winning military operation […]

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By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ The Government of Sri Lanka as a member state of the UN should not accept to respond to a document presented by the Secretary General of the UN, which has not received the sanction of either the Security Council, or the General Assembly of Member States. ƒ”š‚ The Secretary General of the UNO according […]

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P.A.Samaraweera, Australia The African National Congress had made a statement endorsing the Reportƒ”š‚ by Ban Ki Moon’s Panel. And had asked Sri Lanka to investigate violations of Human Rights committed during the war. ƒ”š‚  The ANC says, that they have high regard for the Report, because Yasmin Sooke, who according to them is a prominent South […]

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Prof. Hudson McLean The earlier article Battle of the Two Presidents – Prof. Hudson McLean (LankaWeb – 05/05/11) illustrated the parallel between Sri Lanka & the USA, a David & Goliath in comparison, achieved a similar objective, utilizing quite similar tactics, with a massive difference in budjets. However another blunt difference was, the global reaction […]

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MahamahaRaja ƒ”š‚ Michael Roberts is interested in Sri Lanka. “Tear asunder”ƒ”š‚ the link that equates Sinhalese and Sri Lanka, he implores his followers. Go for the “Eelam you can get”ƒ”š‚ by living and working in the south while having an autonomous culturally pure north, he says. And so “have your cake and eat it”ƒ”š‚ he exclaims […]

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Shelton Ranasinghe When the magic show we were watching at the faculty of engineering theater in April 1971 was abruptly stopped and an announcement was made to say that the Peradeniya University Campus was closed with immediate effect, we were wondering what was happening. Within a short time we understood the cause was an insurgents […]

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