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....
created by B12N | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2044 views | 13 recommendations | 1 comment
And you think American divorces are weird!"(CNN) -- A Cambodian couple who separated after 40 years of marriage may have taken things too literally when it came to splitting their assets: ...
""A 48/40 lead after the convention turns quickly to dust. Better still, the new poll was conducted from Monday to Wednesday, so her speech hasn’t fully impacted yet. No crosstabs yet, but note well the trends...
created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 308 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Patchwork Nation always has an interesting slant, and some hard-core facts as well. Bottom line here: the older folks contribute more, and vote more than do the younger "activists"--and James Gimpel thinks that will play into the presidential election results."Those over age...
created by PEP | 3 years ago 527 views | 5 recommendations | 4 comments
The United Nations has stated that leaders of the Greek and the Turkish Cypriot communities have agreed to resume reunification talks on the 3 September.Greek Cypriot leader, Demetris Christofias and Turkish...
created by FionaSara | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 297 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
Men have been given permission to show off their legs at an Essex golf club for the first time in 113 years."Members of Frinton Golf Club were previously required to wear knee-length socks with shorts. But now committee members have relaxed the rule and men can wear short...
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" In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without...
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"An apparently doomed bid to impeach President George W. Bush, largely on charges of misleading the U.S. into the Iraq war, was referred on Wednesday to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.On a...
created by VLOGZ | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 387 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Current food crisis has come at a very hevy price and UN Chief has said that billions is required to bail out form current crisis. Developing & poor countries are most affected with this crisis. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says $15 billion to $20 billion is needed each year to...
While not as controversial as in the United States, stem cell research is stil a debated topic in the UK." Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Sunday for members of parliament to support research using embryonic...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 227 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
People in Nepal are celebrating after national elections went off with relatively little violence. Some poll stations are reporting as high as an 80% turnout, with an average of 60-70% nationwide. Citizens there are reportedly happy with how the elections went and being ...
created by Rob Walker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 219 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" The nation’s employers eliminated tens of thousands of jobs for the third month in a row, the government reported Friday, and top Democrats immediately called for new measures to help suffering American...
created by greg1usa | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 266 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
In an effort to boost peace talks, rival Cypriot leaders have agreed to reopen a key crossing in the capital, Nicosia. Ledra Street runs along the dividing line in Nicosia and has come to symbolise the...
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"It was inevitable that they would play the race-card, make the issue about him not being qualified for the job. I said it here myself. America is a fearful, racially divided country, at some point his skin-color is going to be an issue, and by «issue», I mean «problem». "
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"The Siege is Broken
The Palestinian people took their destiny in their own hands today and smashed down the wall that divided Gaza from Egypt. Hundreds of thousands of people left their prison and walked into Egypt and bought up food, fuel and everything else in sight. It...