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Has Sri Lanka lost its mind?

I found this opinion piece from the Toronto Star very interesting, and posting it below."Sri Lanka's ethnic conundrumJun 30, 2009 04:30 AMMartin Regg Cohn ...

Sri Lanka pledges to resettle most of the refugees in 6 months

UPDATE 2:The Sri Lankan opposition political party, the UNP has voiced their concern about the alleged deaths of 62 civilians in camps due to shortage of food. The party appealed to the government to investigate...

Sri Lanka can not hide genocide

Stop the sinhalese in their ethnic cleansing of tamils in Sri Lanka

Sinhalese hate us, we won't return to Lanka

Tamils who came out from Sri Lanka to India as refugees are afraid to return back. Though Sri Lankan president Rajapakse announced they won the war by destroying LTTE, there is no political solution put forward to address the tamil's issues. Tamils are still hopeful to get...

Post-LTTE Sri Lanka: Let those at home have the final say

My commentaries are non-prescriptive for I have no direct voice in the matters of Sri Lanka.  Those who have stayed home, stood strong and weathered this storm of terrorism have the final say, whether they are Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims or any other minority.  As I...

The Eight Stages of Genocide in Sri Lanka

Gregory H. Stanton, President of Genocide Watch explained genocide in below eight stages: 1) Classification 2) Symbolization 3) Dehumanaization 4) Organization 5) Polarization 6) Preparation 7) Extermination 8)...

The Post-LTTE Dire-spore-a

If this was the decomposition, the definition would be something like: dire  (dr)adj. dir·er, dir·est 1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous spore  (spôr, spr) n.1. A small, usually single-celled reproductive body that is highly...

Sinhalese Nationalists Incite Hate & Violence

By Basil Fernando Column: Burning Points Hong Kong, China — Members of a Sinhalese heritage group, the Hela Urumaya, gathered in front of the British High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday to protest the visits of British Foreign Secretary David Milliband and...

Sri Lanka: Rajapakse in 1980's supporting JVP Terrorism!!!

Rajapakse in 1980's.If Sinhalese pick up the arms and fight the government they are insurgents. And Rajapakse had sympathy for them!!! But, if a Tamil journalist criticize the government then he is a terrorist....

FBI Justifies Sri Lanka war on Terror

It would be interesting for those sympathizers of terror organizations to know they indeed become indirect participants of the terrorist activities of such groups.The LTTE - one such Terrorist outfit, the US...

Lankan Tamils- One of the most priviledged minority in the world

Douglas Wickramaratne , The president of the UK,s Sinhala Assosiation and a Tamil spokeman Arjun Ediriweerasingham debated the contraversial London demonstration carring the official LTTE flag and blocking...

Information and Power

Information and Power "GOTABHAYA RAJAPAKSA, A FORMER UNIX SYSTEMS ADMIN strangely enough, has leveraged the Internet pretty well. One story which has slipped under the radar during these news heavy weeks is his department’s call for an online registry of citizens...

Sri Lankan Army Strikes Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam HQ

Sri Lankan military is claiming troops have entered the northern town of Kilinochchi, thought to be the capital of Tamil Tiger rebels.  The army has been looking for the headquarters of the Liberation...

Dozens Die in Sri Lanka Fighting

After withdrawing from a truce last month, violent conflict continues between Sri Lankan government soldiers and the Tamil Tigers rebel group."Heavy fighting in northern Sri Lanka has left at least 10 government...

IT rumble in the jungle

"IT rumble in the jungle Fancy having city kids go into the village to learn? Usually it’s the other way around. But the Horizon Lanka IT village at Mahavilachchiya in Anuradhapura plays host to students from the cities and towns keen on learning IT and this small hamlet...

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