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Sri Lanka : America will try to internationalise tamil ethnic conflict feers Minster DEW Gunasekera

Constitutional Affairs Minster D. E. W. Gunasekera yesterday warned that America having interfered in Iraq could try to internationalise Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict as well.Gunasekera, was speaking at a press conference attended by all political parties in Colombo,to condemn the hanging of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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World Socialist Movement Says - Sri Lankan military carries out another atrocity against civilians

In a news published in World Socialist Web Site, it slammed President Mahinda Rajapakse's war mentality by .. "The war to “eradicate the Tigers” makes a mockery of Rajapakse’s New Year address. “We hope the New Year will bring the long awaited genuine and sustainable peace,” he declared, as the military intensified its operations in the east. Like his predecessor Chandrika Kumaratunga’s “war for peace” in the 1990s, it is ordinary working people who will inevitably be compelled to bear the costs of this renewed conflict..."

A blast has ripped through a bus in western Sri Lanka, killing at least five people and wounding 30, as fighting raged in the north and east of the island.About 80 people were aboard the bus when the blast occurred in the town of Nittambuwa, 36 km north of Colombo, during evening rush hour on Friday.
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India, Tamil Cinema : Pongal 2007 releases on schedule!

All Ajith and Vijay fans have enough reasons to cheer. Aalwar and Pokiri are sure to release for Pongal 2007. The stand-off between distributors and producers of these two films over a discount over rates has been amicably settled.
Rama Narayanan, President, Tamil film producers Council (TFPC) said: “All films due for release on Pongal will definitely release as all issues have been sorted out.”

"..in May 1984 – there was a daring kidnapping episode in Jaffna involving two Americans. It was the first of its kind in Sri Lankan soil, and fortunately until now, has never recurred. A newly-wed American couple, the Allens from Ohio, were kidnapped from their residence. It created a week-long international stir, and involved diplomatic rope-pulling of three countries – Sri Lanka, India and USA. The four political leaders who were at helm then and caught in the swirl of event – Indira Gandhi (India’s prime minister), M.G.Ramachandran (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu), J.R.Jayewardene (Sri Lanka’s President) and Ronald Reagan (American President) have departed from the scene. I haven’t heard about the two victims – the Allen couple - since then, and presume that they are still alive. But, one of the perpetrators of the kidnapping terrorism is still in political limelight. He was none other than Minister Douglas Devananda..."

Meet The Nation: The face of the TRO By- Dharisha Bastians
Courtesy: The Nation - December 17, 2006
"I have received threats personally too. My mother wants me to leave. (laughs). When I first came there was a misunderstanding at a hotel, three guys when they found out I worked for TRO they assaulted me and knocked my teeth out and these are fake teeth I have now. I don’t tell people I work for TRO anymore. But now because of the kidnappings and everything I have been in the media a lot, so I have people recognising me. But our mission is humanitarian and we have worked in the north east and LTTE controlled areas historically, but we would seek to expand to all communities equally" American-born Arjunan Ethirveerasingam is a brave man.

TamilNet said, "..Sri Lanka Army troopers and the Police simultaneously stormed the regional offices of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation in Trincomalee and Vavuniya, arrested NGO officials who were present at the offices seizing all the documents. Four TRO workers were taken by the military and the police from the Vavuniya office located at Kurumankadu Friday around 11:30 a.m.
[ Photo : UN Envoy and Former US President Bill Clinton met TRO Director K. P. Regi on 28 May 2005 ]

UNESCO Courier, March, 1984
Sangam literature paints a vivd picture of the social life of the ancient Tamils and provides the historical background for their eating habits. In the Sangam poems land is classified into five geographical areas and the food related to each area is described.Many inscriptions chiselled on the walls of temples reveal how food habits and religious practices became intertwined. These epigraphs give an idea of the role of food in rituals, as sacrificing, cooking, dedicating and feasting all became part of worship. Not eating... fasting, also emerged as a ritual.

"..If ex-dictator Saddam Hussein could be hanged for committing crimes against humanity - killing 148 people in 1982 following an unsuccessful attempt to kill him and his entourage - it is time president Mahinda Rajapakse is tried for war crimes for killing more than 3,000 Thamil civilians during 2006. .."

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Margareta Wahlström, in a statement issued Tuesday, said the aerial bombardment on Iluppaikadavai in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam controlled Mannar district, by the Sri Lanka Air Force, killing civilians including children, was a "source of deepest concern."

The Indian Dance School was found by Meena Beadle in 1989 and it is now being directed by her daughter, Janani Beadle. The Indian Dance School initially started with the classical form of dance "Bharatha Natyam" and was taught by Meena and later taught by Janani in 1996. The school commenced in Toongabbie Public School and then re-located to Erskine Park Community Centre in 1991. Since then the IDS has several studios located in North Rocks, Homebush & Greystanes. As the tastes of the world changes, the school extended their style into "Bollywood" & "Hip Hop Fusion" in 2005. Though it is a western style it is still technical & lively as the eastern styles.

India's veteran singer Asha Bhonsle will perform with the classical jazz group Kronos Quartet in Sydney in March, a news report said.

The concert at the Sydney Opera House will follow a Bollywood album You've Stolen My Heart that the 73-year-old Bhonsle has done with the quartet, the Hindustan Times daily reported.

No War in Sri Lanka - End the aerial bombardments; - End the disappearances and stop support for paramilitaries; - Open the A9 road and other access routes so that essential humanitarian supplies can get through to the - Tamil areas in the northeast; - Re-open negotiations with the LTTE for a just solution acceptable to the Tamil people.
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Tamil Cinema Star Trisha in Las Vegas!

Trisha is in Las Vegas, famous for it Casino’ and is the gambling capital of the world. She is having a great time, at Vegas along with Kiru, Divya and Akila, her best friend at Church Park School in Chennai now settled in US. They spent the New Year eve playing on the Slot machines, Roulette, and Video poker games. Vegas is considered by many to be the best place in the world to have a New Year vacation.

"..That the Sri Lankan airforce lacks the technology and advanced intelligence to pinpoint legitimate targets has ofcourse been known for sometime now. That this was coupled with a callous disregard for civilian casualties was shown up in a recording in July 1990 of a conversation between two pilots of Sri Lankan airforce: 'Just one more bomb left, what shall I do? asked one pilot from a bomber. 'Drop it anywhere, machan' was the immediate response from the pilot of the reconnaissance helicopter.." . Air Marshal Goonetileke, who heads Sri Lankan Air Force graduated from the Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Alabama , USA in 1994 and had also attended the National Defence College in Pakistan in 2001.

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