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Anti-Lanka role exposed
Sunday, 5 December 2010 - 8:32 AM SL Time
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The term unpatriotic rabble rouser and treasonous individuals may well be fitting Sri lanka`s UNP parlimentarian Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena primarily as well as Dr Wickremabahu Karunaratne`s role in calling for punitive action agaist the Government odf Sri lanka and her President during his recent UK visit. The former`s dubious track record as a former Tamil Tiger sympathiser surreptitiously visible to the more discerning on many occassions despite no charges laid relative to some of his contentious actions and statements to the media during the LTTE problems in Sri lanka alone may be sufficient to indict and convict this individual of unpatriotic treasonous behaviour. The man seems to have the disposition of being very evasive and slippery where he often takes advantage of the leniency of the President who by rights should have probably nailed him for his conduct many moons ago!
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Parameters of war crimes prosecution fiasco
Sunday, 5 December 2010 - 5:25 PM SL Time
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By anapayan
Published: December 3, 2010
This evening Velichcham வ ெ ள ி ச ் ச ம ் programme on GTV revealed that the Global Tamil Forum was in the process of seeking an arrest warrant against Major General Chagi Gallage, head of presidential security division, knowing well that he left the UK last night. GTF chair, Father S J Emmanuel was bluffing and in the end he admitted that we should take this blunder as a learning exercise. All the big talk of getting arrest warrants against Sri Lankan army officers like Palestinian groups they have been successful in getting many high profile arrest warrants is mere media rhetoric and it seems there was not any substantial work done on this very practical matter of paper work. Our genocide Tamil pundits know very well that those palestinian groups keep all the paper work ready even before the arrival of an Israeli official, once someone touched the British soil, they just have to carry that paperwork to the court of law.
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The ubiquity of the Tiger flag in the recent London drama
Monday, 6 December 2010 - 9:23 AM SL Time
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by Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka
`In the last analysis, the outcome of the struggle will be determined by the fact that Russia, India, China, etc., account for the overwhelming majority of the population of the globe.` - Lenin (Last document, `Better Fewer, but Better`, March 22, 1923)
I don`t know about you but what struck me most about the recent drama in London was the ubiquity of the Tiger flag, with its 32 bullets and crossed rifles. This was not a protest by `suffering` Tamils and associated solidarity groups.
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Countries pull back from US over Wikileaks
Wednesday, 8 December 2010 - 6:36 AM SL Time
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WASHINGTON - SOME foreign governments are reducing engagement with US diplomats and other officials after the release of Wikileaks documents, US officials said on Tuesday in a sign of potential lasting damage caused by the huge public dump of classified cables.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has repeatedly vowed that the Wikileaks releases will not derail key US relationships despite the embarrassing revelations of candid US assessments of foreign governments and leaders.
But officials at both the State Department and the Pentagon said on Wednesday that some foreign governments were already pulling back.
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U.S. to Host World Press Freedom Day in 2011
Friday, 10 December 2010 - 4:00 PM SL Time
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Press Statement
Philip J. Crowley
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public AffairsWashington, DC
December 7, 2010
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The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO`s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from May 1 - May 3 in Washington, D.C. UNESCO is the only UN agency with the mandate to promote freedom of expression and its corollary, freedom of the press.
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Sri Lanka destroying statues of Tamil kings: Canadian Tamils
Wednesday, 15 December 2010 - 4:31 PM SL Time
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The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Canada has reacted angrily to Colombo`s decision to scrap the Tamil version of the country`s national anthem and alleged that the `Sri Lankan government is systematically destroying the statues of Tamil kings`. The Sri Lankan cabinet under President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided that `the current Tamil version (of the national anthem `Sri Lanka Matha..` will no longer be played at any official or state functions`, according to reports.
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Wikileaks: Human rights abuses by Tamil Tigers
Friday, 17 December 2010 - 8:05 AM SL Time
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 03:23
S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000830
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
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EO 12958 DECL: 06/11/2017
TAGS PTER, PHUM, MOPS, PGOV, CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS SIPHON OFF PART OF
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FUNDS
Classified By: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr., for reasons 1.4(b,d).
1. (S) SUMMARY: In late May PolOff met the XXXXXXXXXXXX described the LTTE`s complete control of all activities that take place in Tiger-controlled territory, including forced conscription and the use of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) to extract money from INGOs. XXXXXXXXXXXX also criticized the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission`s (SLMM) complacency in the face of coercive techniques the LTTE employs to maintain control of its northern stronghold. On June 8, after meetings with representatives from UNICEF, UNHCR and the World Food Program to discuss how these organizations fund projects operating in the Vanni, Emboffs confirmed that in some circumstances INGOs are required to work with TRO to accomplish their project goals. END SUMMARY.
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The language controversy over Sri Lankan National Anthem
Saturday, 18 December 2010 - 10:47 AM SL Time
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by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
A National Anthem is a song of patriotic sentiment affirming loyalty to one`s country or nation adopted officially by that Country or Nation. An anthem becomes a national anthem through Constitutional provision, specific legislation or long standing tradition.
Stylistically the majority of anthems are marches or hymns.They are usually written or composed in the most common language in the Country.There are however some notable exceptions to this rule particularly in multi-ethnic nations.
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India accused of systematic use of torture in Kashmir
Saturday, 18 December 2010 - 6:59 PM SL Time
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US officials had evidence of widespread torture by Indian police and security forces and were secretly briefed by Red Cross staff about the systematic abuse of detainees in Kashmir, according to leaked diplomatic cables.
The dispatches, obtained by website WikiLeaks, reveal that US diplomats in Delhi were briefed in 2005 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) about the use of electrocution, beatings and sexual humiliation against hundreds of detainees.
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War Crimes investigated
Friday, 24 December 2010 - 4:38 AM SL Time
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interesting 4 part series..
Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhTfOL9_HBE
Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRF3gYxz1XQ
Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6TRb40Km6A
Part 4 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8imkYy_hJ4E
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Jaffna varsity students for Tamil culture
Sunday, 26 December 2010 - 1:16 PM SL Time
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P K BalachandranFirst
Published : 26 Dec 2010 03:41:37 AM IST
Last Updated : 26 Dec 2010 11:43:55 AM IST
COLOMBO: The Jaffna University Students` Union is to launch a campaign to prevent the erosion of Tamil culture due to outside influences appearing in the wake of the end of the 30-year war, and the opening up road links between the hitherto isolated northern peninsula and the rest of Sri Lanka.
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