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Indian Spy Manmohan Sharma and his Chinese Sex Scandal - RAW official in Beijing recalled

An intelligence official from the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's external intelligence agency, posted at the embassy in Beijing is being recalled for his alleged links with a Chinese language teacher.Manmohan Sharma, who was posted in Beijing a year back, will be returning to headquarters shortly. A departmental inquiry has been initiated."We will find out if there has been any misdemeanour on his part and get to the bottom of this sensitive matter," highly placed government sources told IANS. "In the meantime we have called him back."

Tamil lobby: Do Tamils lobby? - Arvalan

"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."
Napoleon Bonaparte
The terms Tamil Diaspora, expatriates and lobby are being used by the analysts and media frequently. This creates a perception that these terms are similar and is a matter of semantics. A lobby is “a group of persons who attempt to influence legislators or other public officials on behalf of some particular cause or interest” and lobbying means “to influence (legislators), or urge or procure the passage of” (Reference Macquarie dictionary.) The keyword in defining lobbyists and lobbying is influence”, which is defined as “power of producing effects by invisible or insensible means”.

Tamil Youth Organisation of Australia wishes to bring to your attention the murder of a Tamil Catholic priest,
Father M X Karunaratnam. "A roadside bomb in Sri Lanka said to have been planted by government soldiers in rebel territory killed Father M X Karunaratnam, a Catholic priest and campaigner for the rights of Tamils." [AP, 21/04/08] On Sunday 20 April 2008, the Deep Penetrating Unit of the Sri Lankan Army targeted Father M X Karunaratnam, head of North East Secretariat on Human Rights, whilst he returned from a church service. He now joins the list of several Tamil parliamentarians, journalists and human rights activists assassinated by the Sri Lankan Government.

"Anzac Day mirrors the soul of our nation, And shows the price it was willing to pay, To secure our freedom, knowing if it was lost, That soul would sicken, and would wither away" (Bernard Sprunt)
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Cooking for Jey Book Release on Naattu Pattraalar Naal on ANZAC day

Cooking for Jey Book Release on Naattu Pattraalar Naal on ANZAC day
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Sri Lankan Sinhala Government Invasion into Tamil Homeland thwarted by Liberation Forces

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) units that attempted to break the Forward Defence Line of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) in Ki'laali, Mukamaalai and on several other positions were forced to retreat, leaving behind dead bodies of their troopers, according to LTTE's Northern Forces Operations Command. Heavy fighting lasted till 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The SLA has suffered heavy casualties as the Tigers put up stiff resistance, says TamilNet.

Sydney, April 21, 2008. Caritas Australia is calling on the international community, including the Australian Government, to assist the Sri Lankan Government in challenging the culture of impunity operating throughout Sri Lanka, after the death of Father MX Karunaratnam in a roadside bombing on Sunday.
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United against Tamils, why? - Professor Aaron Rajah, San Diego, California.

Oftentimes international alliances will be formed when nations discover a common enemy, cooperative profits and/or region threats. Why then is the world united to fight against the minority Tamil people in Sri Lanka? Historical analysis would be hard pressed to find worse odds facing such a small group of people.
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Australia 2020 Summit - Opening Remarks by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Australians one, Australians all. I too begin by acknowledging the first peoples of our nation. Just as I welcome all of you to this, the nation’s capital, to this, the nation’s Parliament. To this, the great meeting place of our common democracy, Australia.
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90 000 Australians celebrate Jewish festival of freedom

More than 90 000 Australians will today celebrate Passover, one of the most important festivals of the Jewish community, the Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services, Laurie Ferguson, said today. Mr Ferguson said Passover celebrated the story of the angel of death 'passing over' Jewish homes during the last of 10 plagues which showed that the Jewish people should be released from slavery in Egypt. 'A ceremony known as the Seder re-enacted the exodus of the Jews across the Red Sea on a journey from slavery into freedom,' Mr Ferguson said.

A 25-year-old Taiwanese woman has been stopped allegedly attempting to smuggle up to 3.5kg of cocaine into Australia in Peruvian handicrafts.The woman arrived at Brisbane International Airport on a flight from Santiago, Chile, via Auckland on Friday 18 April. A Customs detector dog reacted positively to the woman when she left the aircraft. An x-ray of her bags by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service also led to a referral to Customs.

Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA) condemns in the strongest possible terms the assassination of Rev. Fr. Karunaratneam, Chairman, NorthEast Secretariat on Human Rights (NESoHR), reportedly by the Sri Lankan Security Forces on Sunday 20 April 2008. After presiding over Sunday mass, while he was steering his broken down vehicle that was being towed, it is reported that the vehicle he was in was specifically targeted by a claymore mine planted and triggered by the Sri Lankan Army’s Deep Penetration Unit.

Sydney, April 21, 2008. Caritas Australia is calling on the international community, including the Australian Government, to assist the Sri Lankan Government in challenging the culture of impunity operating throughout Sri Lanka, after the death of Father MX Karunaratnam in a roadside bombing on Sunday. AP is reporting 'a roadside bomb set off by government soldiers in rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka has killed a Roman Catholic priest who was also a human rights activist'.

19th April 2008,The Editor,The Hindu of India
Dear Sir,
I am writing as the person named in your report under reference and hope that you will publish my letter, along with a full and unqualified apology for your defamatory remarks. The online edition of the Hindu of Thursday, 17th April 2008 in a report titled “Panic in LTTE over arms deal with Slovakia” by B. Muralidhar Reddy
stated, “A letter was handed over to Slovakian Diplomatic staff by Mr. Ivan Pedropillai a senior figure within the LTTE hierarchy in the United Kingdom and one of the LTTE’s main fundraisers who has generously funded most of the meetings organised by the BTF,” it said quoting unidentified sources.

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