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Keep guessing: US deploying fighter jets to the Gulf?
Wednesday, 2 May 2012 - 1:05 AM SL Time
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The US says it has deployed a number of its most modern jet fighters to an air base in Southwest Asia. The announcement alarmed many, who suspect the base is actually in the United Arab Emirates just 200 hundred miles from Iran.
The Air Force did not specify the exact number or location of the recently-deployed F-22 Raptors, but confirmed that they had been sent to a base in Southwest Asia, a region that includes the UAE.
Such deployments strengthen military-to-military relationships, promote sovereign and regional security, improve combined tactical air operations and enhance interoperability of forces, equipment and procedures, said Air Force spokesman Capt. Phil Ventura.
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The Tajmahal is Tejomahalay A Hindu Temple
Thursday, 3 May 2012 - 1:54 AM SL Time
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Probably there is no one who has been duped at least once in a life time. But can the whole world can be duped? This may seem impossible. But in the matter of indian and world history the world can be duped in many respects for hundreds of years and still continues to be duped. The world famous Tajmahal is a glaring instance. For all the time, money and energy that people over the world spend in visiting the Tajmahal, they are dished out of concoction. Contrary to what visitors are made to believe the Tajmahal is not a Islamic mausoleum but an ancient Shiva Temple known as Tejo Mahalaya which the 5th generation moghul emperor Shahjahan Shahjahan commandeered from the then Maharaja of Jaipur. The Tajmahal, should therefore, be viewed as a temple palace and not as a tomb. That makes a vast difference. You miss the details of its size, grandeur, majesty and beauty when you take it to be a mere tomb. When told that you are visiting a temple palace you wont fail to notice its annexes, ruined defensive walls, hillocks, moats, cascades, fountains, majestic garden, hundreds of rooms archaded verendahs, terraces, multi stored towers, secret sealed chambers, guest rooms, stables, the trident (Trishul) pinnacle on the dome and the sacred, esoteric Hindu letter `OM` carved on the exterior of the wall of the sanctum sanctorum now occupied by the centotaphs. For detailed proof of this breath taking discovery,you may read the well known historian Shri. P. N. Oak`s celebrated book titled ` Tajmahal : The True Story`.
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We are in Third World War - an economic war. And the weapon is debt
Thursday, 3 May 2012 - 11:06 PM SL Time
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The Occupy Wall Street movement staged a day of protests in the US on May Day. Meanwhile RT spoke to an Occupy London activist who said the group is only gaining momentum as more people understand they are being robbed by their governments.
Thousands took to the streets of American cities from coast to coast to mark May Day and call for a nationwide strike.
Between 50 and 100 people joined them in London by moving into Paternoster Square with tents and supplies on Tuesday night. However they were forced to leave by City of London officers just hours later.
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Mastering The Mind OR How to Achieve Peace in Mind OR Diamond Sutra In Summary
Sunday, 6 May 2012 - 12:08 AM SL Time
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If you want to achieve peace of mind you must
1. be committed to having all things achieve peace of mind. Note, however, that this has to be done without thinking that anything has achieved peace of mind.
2. be totally generous without ever thinking, `I am being generous`.
3 appreciate that the signs and characteristics by which you know things are not the things themselves.
The first two requirements involve what is called actionless-action. This involves doing things spontaneously and without thinking, `I am doing x.`
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Do you see Corruption here - Mr. Wijemanne is a director of TFC and also Taprobane Securities, the broker for NSB. the other three sellers at Rs. 50 a share were ABC Radio chief Raynor Silva, motor car dealer, Yoga Perera and
Monday, 7 May 2012 - 5:41 AM SL Time
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Insider deal suspected in NSB`s purchase of TFC shares
Multimillion-rupee share transaction
A staggering Rs. 390 million stock market transaction by the state-owned National Savings Bank (NSB) has triggered a major row, forcing both President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Treasury to intervene.
This is while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched its own investigation into some alleged irregularities.
The deal involves a 13 per cent stake of The Finance Company (TFC) being bought by the NSB on April 27 at around Rs. 50 a share. This was through four separate transactions involving two TFC directors and NSB Chairman Pradeep Kariyawasam, when the share market price was hovering around mere Rs 30-31 a share. The SEC is probing the deal.
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Romney closes in on Obama in new polls
Monday, 7 May 2012 - 11:36 PM SL Time
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With the general election now officially under way, two new surveys show Republican Mitt Romney has closed in on President Obama, setting up a fierce fight for the White House.
In a Gallup/ USA Today poll of 12 swing states, Mr. Obama edges out Romney 47 percent to 45 percent -- that`s within the poll`s four-point margin of error and closer than Gallup`s last swing state poll from March, when Mr. Obama held a nine-point lead.
On the critical issue of the economy, Romney has the advantage: In a direct comparison, 47 percent said Romney would do a better job managing the economy, while 44 percent said Mr. Obama would. As many as 60 percent said Romney would do a good job or very good job as president handling the economy over the next four years, while 52 percent said the same about Mr. Obama.
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Scarborough`s Tamil community faces challenges accessing mental health services - Who is Sick Here ?, Scarborough OR Sri Lanklan TAmils or Tamils in General ?
Monday, 14 May 2012 - 12:13 AM SL Time
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People in the local Sri Lankan Tamil community are increasingly willing to accept help in addressing psychological problems, particularly if they were born in Canada, says Amal Joseph, a YouthLink outreach worker.
`It`s a different story than five years ago.`
Joseph, who works in the mid-Scarborough neighbourhood of Eglinton East-Kennedy Park and was previously based in Malvern, stressed the improvement isn`t a drastic one.
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at Dambulla, Kuragala and Batticaloa where a Bhikku has been assaulted by members of a certain political party - NEWS MEDIA IS SILENT OVER THAT.
Monday, 14 May 2012 - 6:01 PM SL Time
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7:48:00 AM | Posted by Sri Lanka Guardian
Dambulla, Kuragala and Batticaloa
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( May 09, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The recent incidents at Dambulla, Kuragala and Batticaloa where a Bhikku has been assaulted by members of a certain political party could be understood only if the ethnic problem is understood without resorting to hackneyed terms such as Sinhala Buddhist supremacy. At Batticaloa though a Buddhist Bhikku has been assaulted no human rights organisation, NGO or any such body has come forward to protect at least the human rights of the Bhikku. If a clergy of another religion had been attacked by a Sinhala Buddhist, there would have been a ruthless campaign against Sinhala Buddhist hegemony. At Kuragala the courts have decided on 20th April 2012 that the Bhikkus and the Sinhala Buddhist lay people are not at fault, and with that the human rights boys and girls have lost another opportunity to campaign against Sinhala Buddhist supremacy. The Sinhala Buddhists have been pushed to a corner and they have to be careful with what they have to say and do, as each step taken by them is being watched diligently by various local bodies as well by the so called international organisations. It is said by these humanists that Sinhala Buddhists think that the country belongs to them only and all the problems arise due to that. The Sinhala Buddhists are told that they should not celebrate the victory over the LTTE, an organisation financed, armed and trained by the westerners and Indians that had as its intention establishing an Eelam dividing the country. The country as a whole has to celebrate this victory against the LTTE, and those advocate otherwise probably are not happy that the biggest threat to a unitary Sri Lanka has been defeated.
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Why Women Are Not Allowed in The Mosque
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 - 11:23 AM SL Time
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Let`s talk about Islam. Do you know why WOMEN are not allowed in the Mosque? I bet you don`t. This is what happend at the Mosque. Every one in the village has to attend mosque on Friday. So no one is in the village. MULLA starts by making every one bend to say the prayers, men and woman. MULLA also bends looking in front, so no one looks back. A young boy fell in love with a young girl and they wanted to make love. Both the Girl and the Boy agreed to have sex while every one was praying. So the girl got her friends and the boy got his friends to surround them so that no one will notice it. But a jealous boy crept under crowed and alerted the girls father. When the girl`s father saw what was going on, took his knife and cut the penis of the boy. Boy`s father then stabbed the Girl`s father. Girl`s mothers_day.jsp' class=black>mother then Stabbed the boy`s mother. Boy`s 8 yera old brother cut the throat of the Girl`s mother. MULLA then found the jealousy boy who started this and stabbed him after cutting his penis. After one hour no one was alive in the Mosque and in the village. When no one came to visit MOHAMED he decided to visit the village. After seeing the two boys, without penises, he knew what happed. HE BANED ANY WOMAN coming near a Mosque he also orded that MULLA face the gathering. Women had to stay one mile away from a Mosque. This is why today, NO WOMAN can attend a Mosque. Now you know what this religion is about. As you state Muslims pray five times a day, then where is the time to do a honest job.
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Two men charged over Tamil migrant ship that carried 492 people to Canada
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 - 9:45 AM SL Time
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The man who allegedly purchased the ship that carried 492 Tamils to Canada has been charged with illegally organizing its entry, as has another person who was onboard the rickety craft.
The RCMP announced Tuesday that one count of organizing entry into Canada, contrary to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, has been laid against both Kunarobinson Christhurajah and Lesly Jana Emmanuel. Both men face penalties of life in prison and/or a $1-million fine. They are in custody and scheduled to appear in Vancouver provincial court Wednesday.
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Austerity package must begin at the top - The Sri Lankan Government needs to take a lesson from what happened to defeated President Nicolai Sarkozy
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 - 9:16 PM SL Time
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With the European Union and the United States still crumbling in their worst-ever financial crisis which signals the collapse of crony capitalism and corporate greed, France`s newly-elected President Francois Hollande, who was sworn in yesterday has pledged he would continue the austerity package, but it will begin with the rich and ruling elite.
The Sri Lankan Government needs to take a lesson from what happened to defeated President Nicolai Sarkozy and the new President`s pledge that he will first impose austerity at the top. Despite all the boasting about a good growth rate and gross domestic product, the reality in Sri Lanka is that the gap between the rich and the poor has grown to monstrous levels with some fifteen per cent of the people comprising the rich and ruling elite having eighty- five per cent of the country`s wealth and resources and still wanting to make more by fair means or fraudulent methods as seen in the current scandal involving the National Savings Bank.
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Nigerian Robbers Learn LTTE Tactics - Nigeria `robbers` accidentally blow up own bus
Friday, 18 May 2012 - 1:26 AM SL Time
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A suspected armed robber was killed when explosives his gang was transporting accidentally went off in the centre of Nigeria`s main oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday.
The blast ripped through a minibus carrying at least three suspected robbers, four AK-47 rifles and a large amount of ammunition, Rivers State Police Commissioner Mohammed Abdulkadir Indabawa told Reuters.
Two people in the bus and a woman who was nearby were injured in the explosion, he added.
`We suspect they were armed robbers going (on) an operation, and things went wrong for them,` said Indabawa.
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Colombo `ended` the battle with a massacre - SLA Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka told AFP that he will not allow the LTTE to `regroup` and will ensure that there is `no future` for the Tigers.
Friday, 18 May 2012 - 7:51 PM SL Time
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Colombo `ended` the battle with a massacre
[TamilNet, Monday, 18 May 2009, 07:25 GMT]
Monday early hours around 3:00 a.m. Vanni local time, the LTTE Political Chief B. Nadesan and LTTE Peace Secretariat Director S. Puleedevan telephoned their contacts in Europe and informed them to tell the ICRC Head Office that only around 1,000 wounded cadres, civil officials of the LTTE and civilians remained in the so-called safety zone and there was no firing from the LTTE side. They urged the ICRC to evacuate the wounded. A few hours later, Colombo`s Defence Ministry website claimed finding the dead bodies of Mr. Nadesan, Mr. Puleedevan, Mr. Ilango (Tamileelam Police Chief), and LTTE Leader V. Pirapaharan`s son Mr. Charles Antony. The LTTE is yet to confirm, but initial reports indicate a determined massacre by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA).
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WORLD BANKER MAKES STUNNING CONFESSION -Is It worth Anymore Coming to North America or TO Europe for Higher Studies ??
Saturday, 19 May 2012 - 1:40 AM SL Time
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A Comment:
This banker fails to inform students that around 60 percent of company`s operating in China are multi-national corporations. They of course operate all over the world and borders are of no consequence, whilst cheap labour (exploitation) and operating profit is of course.
`The Moneylenders preys upon the nation in times of peace and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy.` (US-President Abraham Lincoln)
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Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon was lying when he said that there had been a mosque in that particular area even before he was born. Any person can give his own version but our arguments are based on the Gazette notification.
Sunday, 20 May 2012 - 9:27 PM SL Time
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Won`t rest till justice is meted out
Dambulla priest insists:
THERE WAS NO MOSQUE
By Jayantha Sri Nissanka and Jatila Karavita
Chief Incumbent of the Dambulla Raja Maha Vihara, the Most Venerable Inamaluve Sumangala Thera speaking to LAKBIMAnEWS said:
I am trying to safeguard the 2300-year-old Buddhist heritage of Dambulla while those who criticize me are speaking to destroy that very heritage. It must be stated at the outset that this issue does not concern any Muslim mosque in Dambulla.
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A Trip Down Your Toilet - Human Body Waste For Bio-Methane (biogas) and Fertilizer production.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 - 8:24 AM SL Time
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The crew at Thames Water, UK, are helping people stay warm during the winter by this method. What`s this secret? Well, when a toilet takes your daily (or whatever frequency..let`s not go there) offering, all that human gunk can get converted into renewable gas to heat your home.
Each time you perch on the toilet, you may soon take heart that you`re not the only one who`s a bit lighter you`re taking a burden off the environment as well. Approximately 200 homeowners in an English town called Didcot are among the first in the UK to benefit from gas made from their own waste and supplied through the national grid to heat their houses. The future plan is to make this process available throughout the UK.
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Sri Lanka to benefit from RBI`s $2 billion swap arrangement - Photo - Giranike Water Tank After LTTE win
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 1:35 AM SL Time
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is among the member nations of SAARC who will benefit from the RBI`s $ 2 billion swap arrangement aimed at strengthening regional financial and economic cooperation, the Indian High Commission said today.
Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) D Subbarao on May 16 had announced that the RBI will offer swap arrangement of $ 2 billion both in foreign currency and Indian rupee.
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CID investigations into army camps that lit crackers
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 11:10 PM SL Time
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The Defence Secretary has directed the CID to immediately inquire in to the army camps and the commanding officers of the camps that had lit fire crackers when Sarath Fonseka`s release was announced and to hand over the report to him.
Several army camps had lit fire crackers on the 21st when Fonseka was released. Crackers had been lit at the Gajaba post in Jaffna, the intermediary camp between Kankasanthure and Ratmalana, Gemunu headquarters in Pesale, Karainagar jetty post, Kallady army camp, 22nd brigade in Vavuniya, Manthotta Army post.
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Lord s Banker ousted: Vatican Bank chief fired in corruption row - The economist, who presided over the institution since 2009, is under investigation by Italian magistrates for alleged money laundering.
Saturday, 26 May 2012 - 1:21 AM SL Time
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The Vatican Bank chief has been dismissed for reportedly leaking documents amid accusations of money laundering. The move comes as the Holy See, embroiled in a chain of financial scandals, is trying to deal with claims of corruption and fraud.
The president of the Vatican Bank Ettore Gotti Tedeschi has been ousted after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank overseers.
The economist, who presided over the institution since 2009, is under investigation by Italian magistrates for alleged money laundering.
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Chinkala Army Beat on the Head and RIGHT TO MEMORY is Lost - Memory Genocide.
Monday, 28 May 2012 - 1:40 AM SL Time
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In the absence of no action to the attack on the student leader aiming at denial of `right to memory` of the Tamil student community, the ultimate responsibility goes with the international community that has unleashed and upholds such a militarized setup against Tamils, commented boycotting students of the University of Jaffna who have decided to attend classes from Monday, after a closed-door meeting with the occupying Sinhala Commander for which the student representatives were taken under threat of `dire consequences`. In a statement released on Friday the student`s union has asked the question that the international community has to answer what is the point in the Geneva resolution and the LLRC report. Tamil politicians should realize the futility of participating the delay tactics by which Colombo engages the IC, the statement said.
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First the GOVT - Prime Minister, Now Another Minister Admit about Govt - Drug Dealers.
Tuesday, 29 May 2012 - 12:42 AM SL Time
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Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena admits there are criminals and drug dealers in his party.
He was shown on television, Monday night, speaking at an event saying at times as the SLFP General Secretary he has not been too happy.
This, he says is because there have been criminals including rapists, drug dealers and others in the party which is now governing the country.
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Sri Lanka Has Ministers For Culture, Women and Social Affairs Do they do Anything ?
Tuesday, 29 May 2012 - 8:53 PM SL Time
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WCPB has drawn the attention of the authorities to the plight faced by Sri Lankan women in general after the revelation that a 17-year-old girl was forced into prostitution after she had been sent to Singapore on the promise of gainful employment there.
From Chilaw to Singapore
According to information that has been collected so far, this young girl was a resident of Chilaw. Her parents had been separated and she had been living with her grandfather until she had attained puberty when her grandfather had decided to send her to a hostel. Before long however the owner of the hostel had handed her over to a childless couple.
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GUANTANAMO is Still Not Dismantled - The United States yesterday reiterated that it looks forward to a `speedy and transparent judicial process` regarding ex LTTE combatants and all other detainees held in various prisons.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012 - 11:19 PM SL Time
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The United States yesterday reiterated that it looks forward to a `speedy and transparent judicial process` regarding ex LTTE combatants and all other detainees held in various prisons.
The US Embassy in Colombo made this remark in the wake of a campaign by some political activists to secure the release of LTTE suspects and the government planning to set up three separate courts in Anuradhapura, Vavuniya and Mannar to try them.
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UNP Not Concerned About Fonseka
Thursday, 31 May 2012 - 10:56 PM SL Time
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Party members all noted that they were not worried about General Fonseka overreaching or becoming too independent as the UNF`s presidential candidate. Wickremesinghe told the Charge that he was confident that Fonseka would agree to a figurehead role if elected president. Wickremesinghe opined that Fonseka had very few options he could either retire or agree to become the UNF`s figurehead leader. the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.
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