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Can someone shed some light as to what the 13th amendment is all about? Not that it will make any difference to the current stalemate that SL is enjoying.

This is a Federal type of govt that your describing and you should be dreaming if the south would agree.

But if they can achieve this then each region could act on its strength and increase its GDP to its potential, Different race will be able to cherish its cultures and there will be real beauty in diversity.

And ....

The LTTE attacked a police post at Kitulkotte, Alimankada in Thanamalwila short while ago killing three police men including a Sub Inspector, police said

SC rules LG polls in East ?must go on?
by Chitra Weerarathne

Sarath N. Silva

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the Local Government elections in the Eastern Province should be held. 'Elections must go on. The Supreme Court never stopped any election,' Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva said after hearing the application filed by the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi seeking to declare void the nominations gazetted to hold the Local Government polls in the Eastern Province.

The Chief Justice said that if candidates needed security they should speak to the Area Commander of the security forces or the IGP. If the request for security was not granted, the Supreme Court could be consulted.

The Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi had complained of violence in the Eastern Province and a possible intimidation of electors.

M. A. Sumanthiran, Counsel for the petitioner, withdrew the fundamental rights violation plea of the right to franchise but reserved the right to file a fresh petition if the security needed is not provided to his client.

Senior State Counsel N. G. Pulle said that the Minister who had gazetted the notice of nominations is not made a party hence the petition could not be maintained.

The Bench comprised the Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, Justice C. N. Jayasinghe and Justice Saleem Marsoof.

Ambassador Jayatilleka elected Chairperson of the IGWG of UN Anti-Racism Conference
Sri Lanka's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations at Geneva, H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka was elected by unanimous acclamation as the Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.

Ambassador Jayatilleka's candidature was presented by the Asian Group, on the initiative of the African Group and supported by the Latin American Group (GRULAC).China introduced the nomination, which was seconded by Egypt on behalf of the African Group.

The Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/68, created the IGWG to follow up on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in South Africa in 2001. The mandate of the IGWG is to: '(a) Make recommendations with a view to the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (b) Prepare complementary international standards to strengthen and update international instruments against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in all their aspects.'

The IGWG has devoted an important part of its mandate to discussions on the following questions: (i) are there gaps in the legal framework for countering racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (ii) if so, how are they to be filled and by what?

Courtesy: The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN Office at Geneva

When SLA maggots are killed in hundreds,

Clamour to join NDF in Monaragala
by Norman Palihawadana
A large number of young men and women, in Buttala and Tanamalvila, were volunteering to join the National Defence Force in the Monaragala District, determined to provide security to the civilians of the villages and assist in tracking down the LTTE cadres who had blown up a bus and killed many unarmed civilians in the villages close to jungles in the district, DIG Uva Province H. N. B. Ambanwala told The Island yesterday (21).

He said interviews were being held in Monaragala to recruit persons for the National Defence Force but declined to comment on the number to be recruited for security reasons.

A villager of Telambugolla, who had taken his gun out and started shooting in all directions, shouting that terrorists had come to the village, was arrested by the police yesterday, he said.

The man had been trying to frighten the villagers by raising a false alarm. Several police posts had been put up in vulnerable villages of the district and all security measure were being adopted to prevent any terrorists infiltrating the area while villagers living in areas close to the jungle were issued with guns for self defence he said, Police were also deployed with the Army Special Force detachments that were trying to track down the terrorist group believed to be hiding in the thick jungle covering a large area of the district he said.

Again 20 yrs bckward...don't work.

...idiot having multiple orgasms over this