by Charles.S.Perera I took lodgings at Thinnakural Rest. ƒ”š‚ A room with AC is expensive at Rs.2750, 00 per day. A room without AC would have been half that price but they said only rooms with AC were available.ƒ”š‚  I therefore had no alternative.ƒ”š‚  The room was tolerably clean.ƒ”š‚  I turned off the AC as the […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . Canada 13 May 2012 The Editor EMBASSY, Ottawa Dear Editor: Contrary to whatƒ”š‚  David Poopalapillai of the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC)ƒ”š‚ had to say of the absence of participation of MPsƒ”š‚ at the screening of the Channel 4’s controversial document War Crimed Unpunishedƒ”š‚ on Sri Lanka, I tend […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana Going by the recommendation of the LLRC report the Sri Lanka government has decided to release the information on war detainees. According to the Ministry of Defense who said on Sunday that a decision had been made to release informationon of the detainees only to the close relatives. “A round the clock […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana Indian anti- narcotic detectivesƒ”š‚  arrested four train passengers including two women and a Sri Lankan Tamil who was waiting outside in a car to receive the contraband, seizing ng more than 100 million Indian Rupees worth of heroin to be sent to Sri Lanka this Friday in Chennai. The detectives from the […]

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-By Charlie Reese (CHARLIE REESE’S FINAL COLUMNƒ”š‚  forƒ”š‚ theƒ”š‚ Orlando Sentinel…Very interesting.ƒ”š‚ and politically neutral. Be sure toƒ”š‚ read theƒ”š‚ Poemƒ”š‚ and the Tax List at the end. He has been a journalist for 49 years and this isƒ”š‚ his last ‘Column’ in the Orlando Sentinel in which he has had tis regular slot.This is about as clear and easy to understand […]

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