By Neville Ladduwahetty   FEATURES The Island  – April 1, 2014 Paragraph 10 and 10 (b) of the US-proposed UN Resolution A/HRC /25/L.I/Rev.1 that was passed in Geneva on March 27, 2014, “requests the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR): (b) To undertake a comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of […]

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Kanthar Balanathan, Melbourne, Australia April 2014 Dawn of Partisan Commotion The political dominion of the new born baby called “Ceylon” saw the birth of a racial Tamil political party founded by the Malaysian born SJV Chelvanayagam (SJVC) on the 18th December 1949. The party was called “Federal Party”, however, carrying a different quasi haphazard meaning […]

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Courtesy The Daily News The proscribed organisations as terrorist fronts on foreign soil are: Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) , Tamil Coordinating Committee (TCC) , British Tamil Forum (BTF), World Tamil Movement (WTM) , Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC), Australian Tamil Congress (ATC), Global Tamil Forum (GTF), National Council Of Canadian Tamils (NCCT) a.k.a Makkal Avai, Tamil […]

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Akila Weerasekera Recently Sri Lankan scientists and medical professionals have written many articles regarding the GOSL’s contemplation of banning the herbicide Roundup (Monsanto). They have continued to ignore the studies eliciting the dangerous effects of Roundup and advocate the use of agrochemicals for farming. Glyphosate, Roundup’s active ingredient, is the most widely used herbicide in many countries.  […]

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Dr Hector Perera         London Adding this and that without any explanation and heating on fire is not real cooking to be shown on British Television. I have a great respect for British TV cooking programmes because some of them really educate the viewers. Some chefs, purposely set fire to the cooking pan and dance around […]

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Prepared by Yuri Kondratyev  Courtesy Pravda.Ru Crimea has become part of Russia de facto and de jure. What are the political and economic consequences of this decision? The resistance of Russian-speaking residents to the self-proclaimed authorities is growing in the south-eastern Ukraine. Could they follow the example of the Crimeans? Leonid Polyakov, Russian political scientist, […]

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Courtesy Pravda April 1 is a day for jokes and fun. In this article, we wanted to recollect best jokes of recent times that deserve to be remembered for ever and ever. The yellow jersey of the leader belongs to U.S. Secretary John Kerry, who said:  “You just don’t in the 21st century behave in […]

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