Archive for June, 2006
UNICEF asks Tigers to free 1,358 child soldiers
The UNICEF yesterday urged the LTTE to free 1,358 child soldiers in its captivity. The agency said it had met the Tamil Tiger rebels and asked them to stop recruiting underage fighters and immediately release those already enlisted.
A three-member UNICEF delegation visited the rebel-controlled town of Kilinochchi on Wednesday and met with the representatives of [...]
‘Dump JVP, JHU and let’s join’
UNP urges govt. to unite on middle path
The government should cast aside the JVP and the JHU and join hands with the UNP if it was serious about solving the national question, the UNP said.
Party frontliner and parliamentarian Rajitha Senaratne told a news conference the present security crisis in the country was the result [...]
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Sri Lanka: Upsurge in violence affects children
UNICEF Podcast
June 16, 2006
UNICEF Senior Programme Officer Dr. Yasmin Haque describes the increased violence in Sri Lanka and its effect on children.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Anura writes to Mahinda
Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike skipped Thursday’s meeting after explaining his decision to President Mahinda Rajapakse. They met at Temple Trees Tuesday evening in the backdrop of Bandaranaike writing a confidential letter to Rajapakse, in which he excused himself from the meeting. The following is the full text of the letter:
"I am writing this letter to [...]
Tangalla triumphs over Attanagalla
Partymen surround President Mahinda Rajapakse after his appointment as the SLFP leader. Pic by Sudath Silva
President Mahinda Rajapakse Wednesday emphasised that the decision to amend the SLFP Constitution, thereby paving the way for him to take over the leadership, was not a decision against his predecessor Chandrika Kumaratunga. He declared that this was the second [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )LTTE’s belated lamentation
LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham has at long last realised the mistake they committed in assassinating the former Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi. He has said in an interview with India’s NDTV that the killing of the Indian leader was "a great tragedy, a monumental historical tragedy for which we deeply regret." He has called upon the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Schools not our target: LTTE
The panic created in Colombo and the outstations yesterday following rumours that the LTTE was planning to target schools forced the rebels to announce they were not so inhuman and vicious as to target innocent school children.
LTTE eastern head Daya Mohan told the Daily the LTTE’s fight is only against the government and its security [...]
From India to India
If anyone needs proof that the LTTE has, after two decades of fighting, returned where it began, a shadow of its former self, here it is: Anton Balasingham is grovelling before India, pleading mercy for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and soliciting its involvement in what remains of Sri Lanka’s peace process. The Tigers have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Chintanaya; ‘No Problem Private Ltd."
My dear Mahinda Aiya, Peace be with you. Ayubowan, vanakkam, asalamu alaikkum and best wishes as you get an extra hand by taking over the SLFP leadership. But the country continues to be torn apart or tossed about between raging waters and blazing flames of war, violence, hatred and bigotry.
The ruling SLFP’s central committee which [...]
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