R Chandrasoma In most parts of South and East Asia there are remnants of ancient populations that differ significantly in appearance from their late-established compatriots. These “ƒ”¹…”primitives’ are readily identified by tokens of physical constitution that bespeak their separateness. In Sri Lanka there is good evidence to believe that an Australoid stock “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” called the […]

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By Shelton Gunaratne Professor emeritus of mass communications, Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ What the United States”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚more accurately, the world capitalist system”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚is currently going through is the New Depression (ND) with hallmarks and features that are entirely its own. It is different but no less a depression than the Great Depression (GD), which engulfed the U.S. […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Recently Indian security officials claimed that a Chinese fishing boat had spied on its missiles, carried out research in the India Ocean with a military agenda and violated its waters. Further, they claimed the fishing boat in question called at the Colombo port after Indian warships tailed it. A nice little propaganda tactic […]

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ƒÆ’‚¯ƒ”š‚»ƒ”š‚¿ In Retrospect By Sarath Kumara September 3rd 2011 The shocking revelation that Adele Balasingham, the wife of late LTTE theoretician, Anton Balasingham reputed to have had a hand im many of the attrocities committed by the LTTE and fashioning the concept of the Cyanide Capsule to moot, has now curiously deserted the LTTE taking […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .ƒ”š‚ Canadaƒ”š‚  2 August 2011 ƒ”š‚ The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN ƒ”š‚  Sir: Former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his cabinet members sayƒ”š‚  they have worked hard to balance security, freedom in Canada, you said. ƒ”š‚  Of course, they did, but theyƒ”š‚ didn’t careƒ”š‚ two prairie strawsƒ”š‚  for […]

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