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US department issues revised travel advice for Sri Lanka



The US Department of State has revised its travel advice to Sri Lanka in the wake of what it said was improved stability in the southern and western areas of the country with the cessation of hostilities.

It however warns U.S. citizens about the risks of travel to Sri Lanka due to continued security concerns, especially in the northernmost areas and most of its Eastern Province, as there are still uncleared landmines and potential for incidents by remnant members of the LTTE.

A mahaveer grave of late LTTE supporters who achieved Tamil eelam in foreign soil.This grave was constructed and maintained by LTTE to remember the unforgettable self immolation and dedications to make Tamil eelam a DREAM,

As a consequence of this, the LTTE decided to establish the national symbol of thamil eelam, the toilet bowl, on their graves assuming their future lives will also RIP with a toilet bowl as in the previous life.

The UNP has appointed UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya and UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayaka to negotiate with political parties affiliated with the government as well as non-affiliated parties to obtain their support for the United National Front coalition.

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayaka told Daily Mirror online the decision to appoint the two members was reached at a working committee meeting held at the UNP headquarters at Sirikotha today.

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 17: Acting on information and armed with a search and arrest warrant, police raided an apartment in Hassawi and arrested a Sri Lankan woman and referred her to the authorities, the Al-Watan Arabic daily reported.

Without going into details the daily said the woman gave shelter to runaway maids after luring them with offers of `good` jobs and then sold them to prostitution houses.

Voter turnout endorses NCET, 15 members elected
[TamilNet, Monday, 16 November 2009, 05:27 GMT]
The Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils (NCET) attracted enough number of participants in the poll that took place Sunday in 16 centres of the different regions of Norway, in which 2767 voters turned out to elect 5 members under a national list and 10 under regional lists. Noticeable of the results was Mr. Bj nar Moxnes topping the national list polling 1864 votes. Mr. Vijayshankar from Tamil Nadu is elected to the Council topping the list of Western Region. Considering the electoral history of Eezham Tamils, who have hitherto been imposed with constitutions and were voting in elections conducted by others, this is their first ever country-wide elections, conducted by them on their own, to form a political body of their own, based on their own constitution. The eight-member Election Commission performed the task with professional perfection, observers said

President Mahinda Rajapaksa had a meeting with the SLFP district leaders and the heads of political parties in the ruling coalition today to discuss strategies for a major election. The President however did not say what election would be conducted first.

A Minister who participated in the meeting told Daily Mirror on condition of anonymity, that no one asked about it either. The President had instructed party organizers to start political work in view of a major election in their respective electorates from today.

Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickramasighe is seen here addressing the media at the United National Front (UNF) press conference which was held at the Opposition Leaders office this afternoon.


The UNF challenged the President to call for presidential and general elections, stating that they were ready to face both.

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STUPIDS NEVER LEARN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many spectacular and amazing events have taken place in the Vanni and now many significant events contributing to the welfare of our country are taking place there. Some narrow minded TNA politicians, having ignored what has happened, and what is now happening in Vanni, are already beating the racist drum trying to claim an exclusive Tamil enclave in that par of the country. This is the reason for the above, otherwise, absurd question.

According to The Island newspaper (12th and 13th Sept.), the TNA MPs, with a hardened racist mindset, have alleged that the government `wants to change the Vanni`s demography by settling at least 30 per cent Sinhalese in the Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts. There is a plan to change the demographic pattern in the Vanni area so that there is no such thing as a Tamil province`. The above alleged accusation was made at a meeting with the visiting Tamil Nadu politicians. My immediate response at that time was: So what? Why should we not change? Many Sinhala provinces are no more exclusively Sinhala anymore.

The picture is another myth harvested through these fables found in following sites.

www. Tamilnet.com - The online obituary column and modern gossip for LTTE supporters

www.sangam.com - The editor might have a born twister. God bless to All who believe the BS posted by this site. BTW things are nicely twisted even the twister cannot find out which is true and which is not true.

http://www.tamilsforobama.com - Even the administrator of this fake site does not know the purpose of it.

Government appears committed on displaced persons- TNA



The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), after a visit to the IDP camps for the first time since they were set up, said today that the government appears to be serious about the resettlement of these displaced persons, and there is a sense of commitment by the military officers and civil servants in this respect.

A seven member team of TNA members visited the IDP camps and the newly resettled areas yesterday, and it was organized by the government.

The tune to P. Ranil`s dance was set by Dinesh Gunawardene, a GENOCIDAL Sinhaloid minister in the totally 100% Sinhala Only government. Minister Gunawardene was probing P. Ranil on whether he had made any statements to our white masters in the European Union about Sri Lanka`s human rights record that would prove detrimental to the Sinhaloids. Now we all know that P. Ranil loves being probed by his male friends like MAN-gala. But this probe was different because Minister Gunwardene is not one of his friends. Therefore the probing was very homophobic indeed.

OK, this is an online poll to see the winner in Presidential election in the end of 2010 or early of 2011.

http://dzoneonline.com/poll/

The ponna RW wants to have it before that make sure that he is the best loser forever.He can even get the use of a DOG if it is able to make pirah PW a winner in a hay day night.

It is a famous secret if LTTE supporting Tamils here on LNP would not cast the votes for RW.They still believe the CFA was the legal document that they were granted eelam.

why Ponna RW is playing a game with the life of SF?

As the final list of candidates is out for the popular elections of the Norwegian Council of Eelam Tamils (NCET) scheduled Sunday, 9 candidates contest for 5 seats of the national list and 28 candidates are in the fray for 10 seats under regional list. Figuring in the list are three native Norwegians and one Tamil of Tamil Nadu. The NCET constitution, while permitting vote only to people of Eezham Tamil descent above 16, allows even others to be elected provided they accept the principle of the Council advocating independent and sovereign Tamil Eelam in the island of Sri Lanka. Another feature of the candidates list is that many of them are highly educated and are professionals in various walks of life. Seven in the list are women, eight under 35 and two over 60. Two are young women among the 5 who have already been elected by institutions for the second chamber.

Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka is yet to get the formal response from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to his retirement letter and is still keen to remain in his post till the end of this month before relinquishing himself of his services by holding a farewell ceremony, sources close to the General told Daily Mirror online.

Although the government announced yesterday that the President had accepted General Fonseka`s letter of retirement and had asked him to leave with immediate effect the Daily Mirror has learned that the formal letter has not yet been sent to the General.