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Kidnap that shook Sri Lanka, India and US
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 - 12:14 PM SL Time
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As a diversion, I wish to tell you a kidnap story I covered 26 years ago.
My memory was kindled by a `confession` Traditional Industry and Small Enterprise Development Minister Doughlas Devananda made to the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission on September 3.
He apologised to the people for the mistakes he had committed during the militant phase of his life.
The kidnap of the Allen couple in 1984 shook Sri Lanka, India and US. That was the time Sri Lanka inducted Israeli intelligence agents and US facilitated it.
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The mystery of why guys are so self-destructive...for Damed..:))
Friday, 24 September 2010 - 8:24 AM SL Time
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The oddest movie to come out of Hollywood this month is `I`m Still Here`, a partly staged documentary about an actor called Joaquin Phoenix who wipes out his brain by the relentless application of enough drugs to kill a dozen elephants, or Keith Richards.
`Watching a rich Hollywood star self-destruct would be really fun,` said a friend of mine who is a really nice guy, except for being an evil sadist who should be put down immediately.
While it is unclear how deliberate Phoenix`s acts of self-abuse are, the movie has triggered discussion about why people destroy themselves. My friends reckon it`s a male trait. `If you exclude women, 100 per cent of suicides around the world are guys,` one said.
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