Janaka Perera ƒ”š‚ July 29-30 marks the 26th year of Sri Lanka’s virtual “ƒ”¹…”Finlandisation’ by India. ƒ”š‚ Lest some readers wonder what this term means it refers to Finland’s subservience to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.ƒ”š‚  (In other words a powerful country arrogating itself to the position of dictating policy to a smaller neighbour) ƒ”š‚ The […]

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ƒ”š‚ Mahinda Gunasekeraƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Agincourt, Ontario Canada Hon. Jason Kenney, MP, PC Minister of Employment and Social Development House of Commons, Ottawa ƒ”š‚ Honorable Jason Kenney, Your statement on Tamil’s “Black July”ƒ”š‚ commemoration I read your politically motivated statement to mark the 23rd day of July which is denoted as the “Black July Day”ƒ”š‚ by Tamils to commemorate […]

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