Archive for August, 2006
Washington Times hails Tiger arrests in Canada, USA
The conservative Washington Times in its second editorial titled Nabbing Tigers within a week, hailed the arrests of LTTE cadres based in the US and Canada as an essential crackdown to bring the terrorists back to a negotiating table.
The August 25 editorial
The arrests in the past week of supporters of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers is [...]
President’s call for a national government timely by K. Godage
The President has mooted an initiative to establish a national government. He should be commended for it. This initiative of his is very much in keeping with his style of management; I recall that immediately after the Tsunami when he was Prime Minister he established an all Party Committee but with the arrival of CBK [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Turnaround to peace, but not piecemeal please
My dear Mahinda Aiya,
Peace be with [...]
Davis sells Congressional seat
by Candidate Charles Hutchinson
While it is true that in this district (IL-7) the Democrats can put up a Ham Sandwich, or even someone who doesn’t want the job (Davis openly lobbied for the Cook County Board President job) and it will still be a huge challenge for any Republican, that doesn’t mean that there is [...]
Protecting Sri Lanka’s private sector
By Sumith Ratnakara M.Sc. (Econ)
Sri Lanka had been going through exceptionally bad times for quarter of a century starting from early eighties and we can hardly see any light at the end of the tunnel right at this moment of timethough a lot of effort is madeby many to get the negotiations with the LTTE [...]
Ambassador Dhanapala Lanka’s only candidate for top UN post
Manjula FERNANDO
COLOMBO: Former UN Under Secretary General Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala is Sri Lanka’s only candidate to the coveted UN top post, President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga asserted yesterday.
Weeratunga said Dhanapala is the only candidate nominated by Sri Lanka for the UN Secretary General’s post which will fall vacant after the current head’s second and final term [...]
Velgam Vihara Revisited
Leafing through the Studio Times collection of prints long years ago I saw this exquisite photograph of a Buddha statue. The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Of picking the wrong man for the wrong job
My Dear Satellite,
I thought I must write to you because I’m certain your mail box must be quite empty these days with even trusted former [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Thousands face starvation in LTTE-controlled Wanni
UN urges government to allow WFP officials to enter un-cleared areas
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