 S. Raveendranath, the Vice Chancellor of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka (EUSL), who was forced to resign his post recently following threats from paramilitary Karuna Group that abducted a Deen of the EUSL demanding the resignation of the Vice Chancellor, was reported missing since 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dehiwale Police in Colombo said. The VC was reported missing in High Security area in the Bauddhaloka mawatta.
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 Tamil Tigers officials in Kilinochchi announced a 3-day mourning period, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, for the death of LTTE's theoretician and political advisor Anton Balasingham. Meanwhile, representatives of the Australian Tamil Organisations, expressing condolences following the demise of Mr. Anton Balasingham, have also announced a 3-day mourning, according to sources close to ATO said. |
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 LTTE leader V. Pirapaharan in his condolence message following the demise of Anton Balasigham Thursday said that a "source of unwavering strength in the political and diplomatic efforts of our freedom movement, and the light of our nation is extinguished," and conferred the title "Voice of the Nation." LTTE leader, in his messasge further said: "Bala Annai has a permanent historic place in the growth and the spread of our movement. He was its elder member, its ideologue, its philosopher and, above all, my best friend who gave me encouragement and energy. He shared my sorrows, my anxieties and my travails."
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Anton Balasingham, theoretician and political advisor of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has passed away in London Thursday. Mr. Balasingham has been associated with the Tamil liberation struggle for more than 30 years and participated as chief negotiator on behalf of the Liberation Tigers in almost all political negotiations, beginning with the Thimpu talks in 1985. He was diagnosed with bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma), a rare and aggressive malignancy of the biliary system, in the middle of November.
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With violence once again erupting in Sri Lanka, Rear Vision traces the historical roots of the conflict. Australian ABC's Annabelle Quince speaks with Jonathan Spencer, Dr. Jayadeva Uyangoda & Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu .
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Jaffna Tamil Daily Uthayan 2nd nominee amoung 2006 Reporters Without Boarders Media Award - Novaya Gazeta won Top Award.
"..At least five staff on the paper were killed in 2006, two of them murdered in a raid on its premises on the eve of World Press Freedom Day. In September, the printers of the Colombo edition was torched by unidentified attackers, while in Jaffna armed men have twice forced staff to print their press releases. The pro-government Tamil militia, responsible for most of the attacks, takes advantage of the passivity of the army which dislikes the daily..."
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By: COLIN FREEZE
One boy is being described as fearless, the other selfless. One is dead and the second in critical condition after falling through an icy pond on an unseasonably warm winter's day. |
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The controversy over the alleged irregularities in a multi-million US dollar deal, to upgrade the firepower of Fast Attack Craft (FACs), has taken a shocking turn with the revelation that the British Government assured Sri Lanka that the transaction was above board.Britain also offered the Sri Lankan government an opportunity to inspect the 30 mm KCB cannons at a US government bonded store in St. Louis. |
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The canker of corruption has penetrated into all layers of society. There is corruption in the every walk of life. As a result, the ordinary people suffer very much. What is disturbing is that it is the politicians who are accountable for corruption in today’s society. Politics has become a business and corruption has raised its ugly head in the political arena. |
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 Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) recently featured ( by Helen Greenwood ) a successful tamil business in Sydney, who lost his business when Sri Lankan Military invaded Jaffna in 1987. He is now running a successful business in Croydon , New South Wales, Australia.
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Tamil superstar Rajnikant, who commands a higher price than some Bollywood icons and whose latest film is running to packed houses even 600 days after its release, celebrated his 57th birthday Tuesday - with his family.
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by Prof. Edward S. Herman, Zmag, February, 2006 First, the leaders of the targeted people are demonized and the populations themselves are often condemned as “willing executioners.”...Second, the government-media-intellectuals axis uses (and misuses) words that put the attack and attacker in a favorable light and denigrate their targets. |
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The United Nations on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka's warring parties to ensure protection of civilians and their freedom of movement, and unimpeded access for international humanitarian actors to the north and east of the country. |
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 The Prime Minister says his intentions are honourable. The Federal Government's planned citizenship test is about "cohesion and integration" not "discrimination and exclusion". The test is designed to ensure that new citizens have a "working competency" in the English language and "a sense of what makes Australia tick".
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