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By Siva Sivapragasam
(This article is being re-posted in commemoration of the Death Anniversary of Mr.Amirthalingam, 13th July)
When the mantle of leadership and succession of the TULF fell on Appapillai Amirthalingam after the death of Chelvanayagam little did he realize that it would end up with tight rope walking between moderate and militant politics. Having [...]

A new Navy camp is to be established at Kajuwatte in the Wakarai District Secretarial Division, Batticaloa.
It is reported that the Navy had requested 1200 acres of the land belonging to the Cashew Corporation to be demarcated for this purpose
Though this request has been forwarded to the cashew Corporation, no decision has been taken so [...]

Cabinet is scheduled to meet tomorrow at the former residence of slain LTTE political head S.P Thamilchelvam which was also used as the LTTE Head Office at one time, Government Minister C.B. Ratnayake told Daily Mirror online.
The cabinet meeting will be held at 10 am tomorrow. This is the first time in over 30 years [...]

More people are mired in poverty in eight Indian states than in the 26 poorest African countries, according to a new UN-backed measure of poverty. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) looks beyond income at a wider range of household-level deprivation, including services, which could then be used to help target development resources. Its findings throw [...]

The police women and child’s bureau has received over 50 complaints against the social networking website Facebook. According to the bureau the complaints include individuals copying pictures of Facebook account holders and creating indecent images.
The bureau said they have received close to 20 such complaints within the last two months and they have launched an [...]

A new study has shed light on the interaction between broccoli consumption and reduced prostate cancer risk. Researchers have found that sulforaphane, a chemical found in broccoli, interacts with cells lacking a gene called PTEN to reduce the chances of prostate cancer developing.
Richard Mithen, from the Institute of Food Research, an institute of BBSRC, worked [...]

Efficiency of the men and machines at the newly-integrated third terminal of IGI airport will be put on a real test on Wednesday when passengers from seven ‘terminal process proving flights’ of three major airlines will arrive and depart from there for the first time.
Air India’s plane (Boeing B777-200LR) from New York via Washington will [...]

Criminal cases against Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader and former Army Commander Gen. (retired) Sarath Fonseka mounted with the filing of yet another case before Colombo High Court yesterday.
An indictment with 21 charges was filed against Gen. Fonseka and his son-in-law who has gone missing since the investigation for cheating public funds during the tender [...]

PARIS: France’s lower house of parliament has approved a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite serious concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates.
There were 336 votes for the bill and just one against at the National Assembly. Most members of the main opposition group, the Socialist [...]

Woman in Detroit pleads guilty to having sex with biological son that she gave up for adoption
Michigan: A Detroit woman who pleaded guilty of having sex with the biological son, she gave up for adoption and later tracked down on the Internet, has been sentenced from nine to 30 years in prison.
Aimee L. Sword, 36, [...]

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AHRC-ART-069-2010
July 13, 2010
An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission
SRI LANKA: Retired Senior Police Officer talks about the Devastating Degeneration of the Police Department
SSP Angunawala (Rtd) who served the department for thirty six and half years commented on the reasons for the degeneration of the police department in a taped interview given [...]

Benjamin Netanyahu is to testify before an Israeli panel probing the legality of the May 31 Gaza flotilla raid
Occupied Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to testify on August 9 before an Israeli panel probing the legality of the May 31 flotilla raid, it was announced on Tuesday.
Defence Minister Ehud Barak and General Gabi Ashkenazi [...]

Vishvanathan Rudrakumar was the International Legal Advisor of the LTTE for some time. He was a close friend of Prabhakaran and had taken part in several rounds of peace talks. He is a practicing lawyer holding US citizenship. The other leader of the LTTE after the death of Prabhakaran was another close ally of his [...]

Israeli bulldozers destroyed three unfinished buildings on Tuesday in contested east Jerusalem, raising Palestinian charges that the municipality is resuming house demolitions after a temporary halt aimed at encouraging peace talks.
Jerusalem house demolitions are a volatile issue because of conflicting Israeli and Palestinian claims to the city’s eastern sector. Israel sees it as part of [...]

Former President Fidel Castro used his most prominent television interview since falling seriously ill four years ago to discuss everything from the threat of global nuclear war to the use of energy efficient light bulbs.
The one thing the 83-year-old revolutionary leader did not discuss in his return to the airwaves on Monday was events in [...]

Q:As a former MP of your party what is your opinion of Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s actions outside the United Nations office recently?
This is a drama- a comic tragedy. The screen play was written by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Direction was given by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the role of the asinine protagonist was played by [...]

“Midwives are suspicious whether she committed suicide or her body was strangled after her death” – Devika Kodituwakku, GMA
A magistrate in northern Sri Lankan town has ordered the police to arrest the doctor in charge of Velanai hospital, Jaffna, on suspicion of killing a midwife two days ago.
After recording statements from a relative and [...]

Find out which nuts you should add to your diet and why
It’s no secret that eating nuts is good for you. Researchers have been proving their cancer-fighting, brain-enhancing, weight-reducing and cholesterol-lowering capacity for years. As long as you avoid eating them with salt and enjoy them in moderation (about a quarter cup a day) as [...]

“On July 13, 1989, he was assassinated in his own home, with his colleague, Mr. V. Yogeswaran, by LTTE cadres who came under the guise of discussing politics with an ever trusting man. It is part of the tragedy of our politics, poisoned by terror and violence that the LTTE claims to seek liberation for [...]

The police have come across 03 unidentified bodies in the island from Talai Mannar, Negombo and Payagala areas yesterday (12).
The Talai Mannar police have discovered a body of a male in the coastal area of Talai Mannar, Nadukkuda. Only the lower part, below the waist of the corpse was found as the upper part has [...]

“I count, therefore I count,” runs the slogan in one of the posters designed for the 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) scheduled to be held during August 19-27 at Hyderabad. It is as if to emphasise that the fundamental truth of existentialism in the modern world needs a reformulation and Descartes’ philosophy centred on [...]

Three Sri Lankans have been sentenced to a year in prison following an ATM break-in in Doha in November last year. Two other accomplices who helped in hiding the money have also been given the same sentence by the Doha Courts for aiding and abetting in the crime.
Over 437, 000 Qatar Riyal had been stolen [...]

The Tamil Nadu government has provided security for the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai which has come under threat from pro-LTTE elements and various other groups including Tamil political parties opposing the Sri Lankan government.
In the latest threat a Tamil Nadu political party has demanded that the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai [...]

Terrorism that continues to emanate from Pakistani soil will be high on the agenda of External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna as he embarks on a mission to Pakistan on Wednesday, in an effort to bridge the trust deficit that has affected the ties between the two countries.
Mr. Krishna’s three-day visit to Islamabad to hold [...]

A Sri Lankan residing in Uganda was among the 74 killed in the twin bombings that occurred in Uganda last Sunday, a spokesperson for the External Affairs Ministry told Daily Mirror online.
The bombing which occurred in two sites during the FIFA World Cup finals claimed the lives of 74 people including several foreigners of Ethiopian, [...]

புனர்வாழ்வளிக்கப்பட்ட 68 முன்னாள் புலி உறுப்பினர்கள் பெற்றோரிடம் ஒப்படைப்பு..!
புனர்வாழ்வளிக்கப்பட்ட முன்னாள் புலி உறுப்பினர்கள் 68பேர் அவர்களது பெற்றோரிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். பொலநறுவை வெலிகந்தை முகாமில் புனர்வாழ்வளிக்கப்பட்ட முன்னாள் புலி உறுப்பினர்களே இவ்வாறு பெற்றோரிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். இந்நிகழ்வு நேற்றுமுற்பகல் வவுனியா பூந்தோட்டம் முகாமில் நடைபெற்றுள்ளது. இதில் மீள்குடியேற்ற அமைச்சர் மில்றோய் பெர்னாண்டோ, புனர்வாழ்வு மற்றும் சிறைச்சாலைகள் மறுசீரமைப்பு பிரதியமைச்சர் காமினி விஜிதமுனி சொய்சா, புனர்வாழ்வு ஆணையாளர் பிரிகேடியர் சுசந்த ரணசிங்க, வவுனியா அரசஅதிபர் பீ.எஸ்.எம்.சார்ள்ஸ் உள்ளிட்ட மேலும் பல சிரேஸ்ட [...]

ஜனாதிபதி மகிந்த ராஜபக்சவுக்கும் ஐ.தே.கட்சி பிரதிநிதிகளுக்குமிடையில் சந்திப்பு..!
ஜனாதிபதி மகிந்த ராஜபக்சவுக்கும் ஐ.தே.கட்சி தலைவர் ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க உள்ளிட்ட ஐ.தே.க பிரதிநிதிகளுக்குமிடையில் நேற்றுமாலை சந்திப்பொன்று இடம்பெற்றுள்ளது. அலரிமாளிகையில் இடம்பெற்ற இச்சந்திப்பின்போது அரசியலமைப்புத் திருத்தம் குறித்து தொடர்ந்தும் பேச்சுவார்த்தைகளை நடத்துவதற்கு இரு தரப்பினரும் இணக்கம் கண்டுள்ளதாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அத்துடன் ஜனாதிபதி முறைமையில் மாற்றம் செய்வது, நாடாளுமன்றத்திற்கு பொறுப்புக் கூறக்கூடிய வகையில் பிரதமர் பதவியை மாற்றியமைப்பது என்பன தொடர்பிலும் ஆராயப்பட்டதாக கூறப்படுகிறது. ஐ.தே.கட்சியின் பிரதித் தலைவர் கரு ஜயசூரிய, ஐ.தே.கட்சியின் பொதுச்செயலர் [...]

ஹைகோர்ப் நிதிமோசடி தொடர்பாக ஜெனரல் பொன்சேகா நீதிமன்றில் ஆஜர்..!
ஹைகோர்ப் நிதிமோசடி தொடர்பாக ஜெனரல் சரத்பொன்சேகா கொழும்பு நீதவான் நீதிமன்றில் நேற்று மீண்டும் ஆஜர்செய்யப்பட்டார். இதன்போது ஜெனரல் பொன்சேகாமீதான குற்றப் பத்திரிகைகளை விரைவில் தாக்கல் செய்யுமாறு கொழும்பு நீதவான் லங்கா ஜயரத்ன சட்டமா அதிபர் திணைக்களத்திற்கு உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்தார். குற்றப்பத்திரிகை தாக்கல் செய்யும் நடவடிக்கைகள் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக சட்டமா அதிபர் சார்பில் ஆஜரான சட்டத்தரணி நீதிமன்றில் அறிவித்தார். இந்நிலையில் ஜெனரல் பொன்சேகாவுக்கு உடற்பயிற்சியும் சுத்தமான காற்றை சுவாசிக்கும் சூழலும் தேவைப்படுவதாக [...]

(This news is being re-posted in commemoration of the Death Anniversary of Mr.Amirthalingam, 13th July)

Balasundaram’s book in memory of Sri Lankan Tamil leader released

PONDICHERRY: Appapillai Amirthalingam. Does the name ring a bell? Born to Appapillai, a railway stationmaster and Valliammai in Suzhipuram in Jaffna, he rose to become a leader respected by everyone. Nicknamed [...]

By Vangeesa Sumenasekara
One of the central weaknesses of the recent debate or discussion in Sri Lanka around the strange term “private” universities apropos its possible consequences to the men and women living within the national boundaries of Sri Lanka , is its lack of focus on this global picture.

This is why its rhetoric and rhetoricians [...]

Young doctors have to bring together medicine and compassion and work with the awareness that the profession is a noble mission, former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Saturday.
Addressing graduands at the 20{+t}{+h} convocation ceremony of Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Mr. Kalam spoke of the societal transformation role that doctors could be [...]