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NASA plans to haul small asteroid close to Earth for astronauts to explore
Saturday, 1 June 2013 - 10:40 PM SL Time
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`You bag it. You attach the solar propulsion module to de-spin it and bring it back to where you want it,` scientist explains
NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to capture a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a U.S. senator disclosed Friday.
The plan would speed by four years the existing mission to land astronauts on an asteroid by bringing the space rock closer to Earth.
The robotic ship would capture the 450 metric-tonne, 7.6-metre asteroid in 2019. Then, using an Orion space capsule now being developed, a crew of about four astronauts would nuzzle next to the rock in 2021 for space-walking exploration.
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If UNP comes to Power Ever, that will be the END of the Sinhala -Buddhists. Read and See.
Friday, 31 May 2013 - 10:05 AM SL Time
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The United National Party ( UNP), while calling for the enactment of a new Constitution, said yesterday that it was committed to a unitary state, which would genuinely devolve power to the provinces without usurping its effectiveness.
Opposition and UNP leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, releasing his party`s manifesto at the parliamentary complex, said that there was an urgent need to adopt a new Constitution since the dignity and sovereign rights of the people had been forcibly taken away by the Rajapaksa regime.
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IF Mahinda Rajapske Can not do it HE should step down - 13th Amendment is screwing up the country. War victory will be nothing.
Sunday, 26 May 2013 - 10:53 PM SL Time
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The government won`t be happy to be in the position it is in today. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the ancillary Provincial Council Act, an outcome of the Indo-Lanka Accord that required the government to devolve power to the provinces, was passed by a two-thirds majority in Parliament in 1987 as an amendment to the 1978 Constitution. A contentious modification since inception, 13A is now being challenged by the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), a partner in the government coalition group in the Courts of law, while a separate Bill is being presented by the same group of MPs in the very House in which it saw its passage.
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JHU Must Teach voters about the 13th amendment to the people. People should understand how it works more problems in Sri Lanka.
Sunday, 19 May 2013 - 8:48 PM SL Time
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The differences of opinion over the 13th Amendment to the Constitution among the constituent parties of the ruling United People`s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) have come to the surface with Parliamentary Group Leader of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) threatening to take to the streets, if the government goes ahead with the Northern Provincial Council elections scheduled for September this year.
Speaking to a packed audience at the Public Library Auditorium yesterday, Parliamentarian Rathana Thera said his party would present a private member motion to abolish the 13th Amendment and the Provincial Council system.
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TNA surely gain power. If police and land power given to the Provincial Councils, and the LTTE will rear its head again
Saturday, 18 May 2013 - 9:49 PM SL Time
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The decision by the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) to present a motion in Parliament, to remove police and land powers given to the Provincial Councils, before the upcoming Northern Provincial Council election, has embarrassed both President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe.
According to political sources, both leaders are facing a political dilemma...over the issue at present, with the JHU informing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP) and the United National Party ( UNP) leadership, to allow its MPs to vote according to their conscience, in the event a motion of this nature is moved in Parliament.
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Ms. Hirunika Premachandra, You took the RIGHT Decision. Take Time and study it. Then give them MORE than they can take. Make Sri Lanka a RESPECTABLE Country.
Sunday, 12 May 2013 - 11:53 AM SL Time
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Hirunika Premachandra has decided to temporarily step down from politics on the basis that the political climate is not favorable for her.
Premachandra, the daughter of slain politician Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, said that she also needs proper backing to get fully engaged in politics.
Hirunika Premachandra is currently studying law and she says once her law exams are over she will decide on her next step.
It is hard to do politics in Sri Lanka. I have spoken to my family and I will decide about my political future at the right time, she said.
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Ban Hate Speech Begin with the Bible and Koran - Shenali Waduge
Sunday, 5 May 2013 - 8:56 AM SL Time
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Everybody looked forward to the Rally for Unity a vigil held in Colombo on 28 April 2013 to oppose hate speech. The event was marred and exposed by the reporting of BBC`s Charles Haviland who showed the hypocrisy of the entire exercise About 500 people have marched through the centre of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, protesting against a recent wave of ethnic hatred which has seen hardline Buddhists targeting the Muslim minority . So if the theme in arranging a unity rally was to target one group (without the possible knowledge of the participants) what can we really say about who are inciting hate speech ? Finger pointing at the majority Sinhala Buddhists is nothing uncommon in Colombo. It happens all the time.
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Foreign Organizations and Countries? Do not Like GOSL Efforts of Centralizing Powers.
Saturday, 19 January 2013 - 1:28 AM SL Time
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Thrust for centralized power by Sri Lankan president puts Commonwealth summit at risk
Canada, for one, saying the prime minister won`t attend unless Sri Lanka addressed rights issues
The removal of the chief justice of Sri Lanka`s Supreme Court by President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sparked international outrage because it seems to many to be another firm step in his establishment of a family dictatorship.
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