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Its quite amusing!!.. Pora ta ''major hardon'' against the Sinhala jathiya.. Im patiently watching and waiting!!.. when the time is right.. BANG!!.. :O))))

according to the HINDU

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according to the HINDU

did you find out the name of the sla pig who died with
serial 351725 .

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Associated Press, Tue September 25, 2007 07:47 EDT.

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Lanka escapes censure at UN rights council

Sri Lanka has escaped censure at the 6th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) now on in Geneva, despite the best efforts of rights groups and the media both in the island and overseas.

The European Union (EU), which was expected to table a resolution critical of the island's government, did not submit any.

A press release from the Sri Lankan mission at the UN Office in Geneva said on Thursday that no reference to any resolution on Sri Lanka appeared in the final list of draft resolutions circulated by the UNHRC Secretariat at 3 pm on Monday, September 24.

The deadline for the submission of draft resolutions was 12 noon on that day and none on Sri Lanka had come in by then.

As per the rules, the draft submitted by the EU during last year's session, was not valid for this year, the release said.

World support for Colombo

'Many delegations, including India, Japan, South Africa, Indonesia and Bangladesh, in their interventions to the Council were appreciative of the initiatives of Sri Lanka in the promotion and protection of human rights,' the release added.

There was no support for any action against Sri Lanka from other countries and multi-lateral bodies too.

Earlier, Sri Lankan President had told the UN General Assembly in New York that the international community should stop victimizing countries which were facing the brunt of terrorism and abjure the cynical use of human rights issues to gain political advantage.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lankan government have called on the international community to force the Tamil Tigers to halt military operations against the Armed foces and respect a 2002 cease-fire.

COLOMBO: As Sri Lanka?s twenty four year old civil war drags on with no clear solution in sight, reports reveal that a militarily weakening Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) headed by the ailing war maestro Vellupillai Prabhakaran is facing an internal crisis, three years after the outfit suffered its first major split.

A controversy is reportedly in the offing over the rebel leader?s decision to hand over the guerilla group?s leadership to Charles Anthony, the eldest of his three children.

The 52-year-old Prabhakaran who is said to be suffering from hypertension and diabetes, reportedly wants Anthony to be his successor, a move which analysts say could create yet another division within the group.

Reports say there is growing opposition among senior guerilla?s against the decision to hand over the LTTE?s reins to Anthony, 23, is an aeronautical engineer who heads the guerilla air wing which carried out two air attacks on Colombo since March.

The new tremors within the Tiger rebel top ranks is it?s second upheaval since the former eastern district rebel militant, Karuna broke away from the LTTE to wage war on Prabhakaran and the mainstream rebels in February 2004.

Meanwhile recent local military intelligence reports confirmed of a rift between the LTTE leader and rebel Sea Tiger chief, Soosai.

After a considerable silence the rebels last week confirmed earlier rumours that its naval chief was injured in an ?accidental? explosion off the seas in the rebel held northern region of Mullativu. The guerilla group also acknowledged that son of Soosai was killed in the blast.

The Defence Ministry in Colombo also revealed a power struggle between the guerilla intelligence wing leader Pottu Amman and its political chief, S. P. Thamilselvam. The Ministry also said that eight rebel tax officials had been executed following disagreements with top rebel leaders.

Analysts meanwhile raise doubts as to whether Vellupillai Prabhakaran will be able to withstand yet another fracture in the organization.

?The rebel group has seen its share of internal conflict in 2004 which is still continuing in the form of unexplained murders and abductions contributing to much of the violence in the north-east. If there is another rift before or after the death of Prabhakaran it will decide if the LTTE will continue to exist?, one analyst noted.

Intercepted radio communications of the Tamil Tigers had recently claimed that the rebel leadership had ordered a stop to the launching of offensives into military held areas due to shortage of military hardware.

Military and independent sources confirm that with the global noose on LTTE activities abroad tightening, rebel fund raising activities which sustained the organization are severely affected.

However since Sunday over thirty LTTE cadres have been killed in fresh clashes with government troops in the north.