General Fonseka to be the opposition common candidate?

" November 8, 2009  10:44 am General Sarath Fonseka who returned to the island a few days ago is tipped to be the common candidate of the Opposition Alliance for a future Presidential poll, sources from...

US can't quiz Gen. Sarath Fonseka: Sri Lanka

"Colombo: Sri Lanka Monday strongly protested US plans to question Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sarath Fonseka over alleged human rights violations in the last phase of the civil war, saying he has no authority to...

Sri Lanka former rebels in disguise as civilians

" COLOMBO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The former Tamil Tiger rebels now living in government-run welfare camps pose a serious threat to national security if allowed to leave the camps, the top defense official Gotabhaya...

Ministry defame lawyers defending a defamation case

On July 10th, the Ministry of Defence website posted an article defaming lawyers defending Leader Publication (Pvt.) Ltd, the publisher of The Sunday Leader newspaper.The Ministry of Defence website branded the...

Bomb carried in CARE vehicle for assassination of Gotabhaya

"(Colombo-Lankapuvath-June 20) - Investigations have revealed that the bomb which exploded at the Pittala Junction in Kollupitiya that targeted Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was carried by a vehicle which...

Sri Lanka rejects LTTE offer to enter Democratic Process

" Sri Lanka rejects LTTE offer to enter democratic process May 25, 2009  07:25 am Sri Lanka’s defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has rejected the LTTE’s offer to enter a democratic process after...

Chief editor of Sri lankan Tamil newspaper speaks to WSW

N. Vithyatharan was one of the 28 journalists to have been abducted in Sri lanka since 2005 under the Rajapakse government. He was accused of aiding a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) air raid on Colombo...

The Term "Innocent Civilian" Can Have Many Meanings

The web is full of photographs of innocent civilians, some of which are doctored and some are not. As for the "Little Red Book"of Mao Tse-Tung and Tsun-Su's "Art of War", they recommend that warriors (in this...

Gotabhaya Rejects Miliband's call for a Ceasefire

Defence Sectary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday(Apr 29), rejected visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's call for a ceasefire, and told him that the government would not stop its war on terror until the LTTE was crushed and its leader Prabhakaran captured, dead or...

Sri Lanka rejects 'no-fire' period proposed by donor countries

The Sri Lankan government has rejected a call by international donors for it to begin negotiating with the Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka, which is poised to capture the remaining strongholds of LTTE, has rejected the plea of US-led donor countries for a temporary 'no-fire...

TV journalist killed in Sri Lanka

In the rebel held area of Northern Sri Lanka a tv journalist has been killed. Journalist was busy in covering ethinic conflict in Sri Lanka. Thousands of ordinary people have been killed in the fighting between Government forces and Tamil rebels LTTE. " A journalist...

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