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Hisham Abbas - Nari Narien (habibi dah)

A song from the Caribbean (West Indies)

ISLAND IN THE SUN
Harry Belafonte

This is my island in the sun
where my people have toiled since time begun
I may sail on many a sea
her shores will always be home to me

Oh island in the sun
built to me by my father`s hand
all my days I will sing in praise
of your forest waters
your shining sand

As morning breaks
the heaven on high
I lift my heavy load to the sky
sun comes down with a burning glow

One of my favorite music and lyrics.

So sorry, I cannot translate, just enjoy the music.

Finland to import Nokia phones from India

Finland, the land of Nokia mobile phones will soon be importing Nokia mobile phones from India.

Nokia has set up a mobile phone manufacturing unit near the south Indian city of Chennai at the cost of 150 million dollars.? Nokia will soon be importing expensive models from its Indian plant for its European and US markets,? said Mr.Pietarinen, Deputy Director General in Finnish ministry of trade and industry.

BMW wants to marry Mercedes

The era of competition has ended and the era of co-operation has begun.
BMW, a Germany luxury car manufacturer wants intensified co-operation with Mercedes, another German luxury car manufacturer.
?Co-operation is a good approach as it allows each group its freedom,? said Micheal Ganal, Sales and Marketing chief of BMW.
What could have triggered the thought of co-operation between the two traditional rivals? One reason could be even though both BMW and Mercedes manufacture high-tech, luxury cars but they are not the biggest car makers.

Genetic affinities of Sri Lankan populations
Human Biology, by Kshatriya, Gautam Kumar

The population of Sri Lanka is heterogeneous and is composed of diverse ethnic groups (Table 1). (Table omitted) It is evident that the Sinhalese are numerically dominant, accounting for 72% of the total population. Next in order of preponderance are the Tamils, who constitute approximately 20% of the total population. Among other groups that inhabit Sri Lanka are the Burghers, Christians, Moors, and Malays--the descendants of culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse groups who colonized the island from time to time (Table 2). (Table omitted) Finally, there are the Veddahs, the original inhabitants of Sri Lanka, who constitute less than 1% of the total population.

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A ray of hope is all we need
To give our lives a sense of peace
Through every test, we will do our best
Till we find an answer we will never rest
We are Sri Lankan all through our lives
We will try to make things right
For our land once called paradise.

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad speaks about Malaysia and its pursuit of development.

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia was the Chief Guest and keynote speaker at the CIMA Global leader`s summit held in May 2005 in Sri Lanka. He speaks about Malaysia and its pursuit of development.

(Sorry for splitting the speech into 3 parts, You Tube accepts (upload) only 100megs at a time).

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad speaks about Malaysia and its pursuit of development.

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia was the Chief Guest and keynote speaker at the CIMA Global leader`s summit held in May 2005 in Sri Lanka. He speaks about Malaysia and its pursuit of development.

(Sorry for splitting the speech into 3 parts, You Tube accepts (upload) only 100megs at a time).

Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia was the Chief Guest and keynote speaker at the CIMA Global leader`s summit held in May 2005 in Sri Lanka. He speaks about Malaysia and its pursuit of development.

(Sorry for splitting the speech into 3 parts, You Tube accepts (upload) only 100megs at a time).

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Dr. Brian Seneviratne, a Sinhala expatriate Consultant physician at the Queen Mary Hospital in Australia is the cousin of former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga Bandaranaike. This is a speech delivered by him supporting the Tamil rights to self-determination at the gathering of EU officials at a symposium organised in the European Parliament in Brussels.

`I have a dream` - - speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - - Aug 28 1963

Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. Source: Martin Luther King, Jr: The Peaceful Warrior, Pocket Books, NY 1968

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.

This is quite an old song but with an interesting mix of Sinhala and Tamil music.

Nirosha sings with Bathiya and Santhush.

The lyrics were written by Nilar Casim and Sajini.