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The government today slammed US Assistant Secretary for South Asia and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake stating he has no right to dictate to Sri Lanka on how democracy must be protected or make comments on the 17th Amendment as it is entirely a domestic matter of this country.
Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told journalists this [...]

New Delhi:  Laying all speculations to rest, the Organising Committee today clarified that beef will not be served during the Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held here from October 3-14.
“We made this decision some weeks ago and have informed our catering contractors accordingly,” said Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi in a statement.
“We are issuing this [...]

The Palestine Sri Lanka Friendship Society has expressed outrage over the reported comments made by Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Israel Donald Perera who said that Israel should wage war in Palestine if negotiations are rejected.

Co-President of the Palestine Sri Lanka Friendship Society and Government Minister Ataudha Seneviratne speaking to Daily Mirror online said that no matter what Ambassador [...]

Galle (Sri Lanka):  Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan today became the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets, reaching the milestone in the last Test of his illustrous cricket career.
The 38-year-old spin wizard got Indian tailender Pragyan Ojha caught at slip by Mahela Jayawardene to reach the magical figure, which puts him several pedestals above [...]

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Regiment troops based at Trikonamadu found 2 caches of hidden arms in the general area of Iranapallai, Pudukuduirippu, on the 15th and 19th of this month, said SLAF spokesperson Group Captain Janaka Nanayakkara.
The recovering of these arms was made possible with the help of rehabilitated former LTTE cadres.
Among the [...]

முன்னாள் போராளிகள் 12,000பேருள் 7980பேரே புனர்வாழ்வு முகாமில் தங்கவைப்பு..!
சரணடைந்துள்ள முன்னாள் போராளிகள் 12,000பேருள் 7980பேர் மட்டுமே தற்போது புனர்வாழ்வு முகாமில் தங்கவைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். க.பொ.த. சாதாரணதர பரீட்சைக்குத் தோற்றும் 364பேர் பரீட்சை முடிவடைந்ததும் பெற்றோரிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்படுவர் என புனர்வாழ்வு, சிறைச்சாலைகள் மறுசீரமைப்பு அமைச்சர் டியூ குணசேகர நேற்று தெரிவித்துள்ளார். கொழும்பு, பொரளையிலுள்ள அமைச்சு அலுவலகத்தில் நேற்று நடைபெற்ற செய்தியாளர் மாநாட்டின்போதே அமைச்சர் மேற்கண்டவாறு தெரிவித்துள்ளார். புலிகளின் இயக்கத்தில் தீவிரமாக ஈடுபட்டவர்கள் என அடையாளம் காணப்பட்ட 1300 பேர் உட்பட [...]

இலங்கையின் அபிவிருத்தியில் புலம்பெயர் தமிழர்கள் பங்கெடுக்குமாறும் முதலீடு செய்யுமாறும் றொபேர்ட் ஒ பிளெக் கோரிக்கை..!
புலம்பெயர்ந்து அமெரிக்காவில் வாழும் இலங்கையர்களைச் சந்தித்ததாகக் கூறும் அமெரிக்க உதவி ராஜாங்கச் செயலர் ரொபேர்ட் ஒபிளேக், இலங்கையின் அபிவிருத்தியில் அவர்களைப் பங்கெடுக்குமாறும் முதலீடு செய்யுமாறும் கேட்டுக் கொண்டதாகக் கூறியுள்ளார். புலம்பெயர்ந்து வெளிநாடுகளுக்கு சென்றுள்ள இலங்கை தமிழர்களிடையே தற்போது மாற்றம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. இலங்கையில் தற்போது இடம்பெற்றுவரும் பொருளாதார அபிவிருத்தி, மீள் கட்டமைப்பு மற்றும் மீள் இணக்க நடவடிக்கைகளில் பங்கேற்க அவர்கள் விரும்புகின்றனர் என்று அவர் [...]

அமைச்சர் ஆறுமுகன் தொண்டமானின் அடுத்த ஆறுமாத காலத்திற்கான செயற் திட்டம்..!
கால் நடை அபிவிருத்தி, கிரா மிய சமூக அபிவிருத்தி அமைச்சர் ஆறுமுகன் தொண்டமான் அடுத்த ஆறுமாத காலத்திற்கான செயற் திட்டமொன்றை நடைமுறைப்படுத்தவுள்ளார். இது தொடர்பாக தமது அமைச்சின் கீழுள்ள அனைத்து நிறுவனங்களின் தலைவர்கள், பிரதம கணக்காளர்கள் ஆகியோரை அழைத்து அமைச்சர் விசேட கலந்துரையாடலொன்றை நேற்று நடத்தியுள்ளார். அமைச்சில் நேற்றுக்காலை நடைபெற்ற கலந்துரையாடலில் தேசிய கால்நடை அபிவிருத்திச் சபை, மில்கோ நிறுவனம், லான்லிப், மகாவலி கால்நடை நிறுவனம் மற்றும் [...]

11,000 சிறைக்கைதிகளை தடுத்து வைக்கும் சிறைச்சாலைகளில் 26,000க்கும் மேற்பட்ட கைதிகள் தடுத்துவைப்பு..!
11,000 சிறைக்கைதிகளை தடுத்து வைக்கும் வசதி கொண்ட சிறைச்சாலைகளில் இன்று 26,000க்கும் மேற்பட்ட கைதிகள் தடுத்து வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக புனர்வாழ்வு, சிறைச்சாலைகள் மறுசீரமைப்பு அமைச்சர் டியூ. குணசேகர தெரிவித்துள்ளார். தலைநகரையும் பிரதான நகரங்களையும் அண்டியுள்ள பிரதான சிறைச்சாலைகள் அனைத்தையும் சகல வசதிகளுடன் கூடிய நவீன சிறைச்சாலையாக வெள்ளவாய பகுதியில் 40 ஏக்கர் பரப்பளவில் அமைப்பதற்கு திட்டமிட்டுள்ளதாகவும் இது தொடர்பாக நிதியமைச்சின் அனுமதியை கோரியுள்ளதாகவும் அமைச்சர் டியூ குணசேகர [...]

by D.B. S. Jeyaraj
Hello Friends
Today July 21st is the 50th anniversary of Mrs. Sirima Bandaranaike becoming Prime Minister of Sri Lanka then known as Ceylon. Needless to say she made history then as the world’s first woman prime minister and put the Island nation on the global map.
I thought of remembering on this historically important [...]

Om! SivaSakthy Roopanya Namaha!
27 – 28 June, Dallas, Texas — USA Yatra 2010
Dallas, the third- largest city in the state of Texas is home to the famous Major League Baseball Team the Texas Rangers. The devotees of Dallas gave Amma a hearty welcome and celebrated Amma’s visit throughout the two days of program with a [...]

BANGKOK, 21 July 2010 (IRIN) – The defeat of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Sri Lankan army last year and an overwhelming election victory by the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) could provide an opportunity for reconciliation.
Since independence in 1948, Sri Lanka has experienced communal tension and later, civil war, [...]

On the 15th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre, President Obama has led the way in reminding the world that the lessons of Srebrenica must continue to guide our moral compass. He has reminded us that “the name Srebrenica has since served as a stark reminder of the need for the world to respond resolutely in the [...]

It is easy to blame Pakistan, the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Opposition for the troubles in Kashmir. But the fact remains that it is the National Conference-led government’s deplorable poverty of politics that has set the State alight again.

The ongoing unrest in Kashmir is the result of a failure of politics, political courage, conviction and empathy. [...]

Work on the Northern railway line from Thandikulam to Kankesanthurai and the Medawachchiya-Thalaimannar railway line have been expedited on Transport Minister Kumara Welgama’s instruction.
India has provided 425 million US Dollars assistance to Sri Lanka for railway projects expecting speedy reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the Northern region.
Minister Welgama inspecting the reconstruction of rail track from [...]

Galle: This may be Muttiah Muralitharan’s last Test match but the veteran off-spinner seems as cool as a cucumber. His mannerisms may suggest otherwise but the iron man is a picture of calm out in the middle.
Up in the stands, in the cool confines of the VIP box, the 37-year-old’s family is simply not at [...]

AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa will address a protest against the DMK government in Tiruchi on July 24.
In a statement here, she said the protest would highlight the failure of the government on various fronts, including its inability to check the rise in prices of essential commodities and prevent illegal sand quarrying.
Ms. Jayalalithaa said farmers in [...]

BEIJING: More than 1,000 people have died or disappeared in severe flooding in China so far this year, and the heaviest rains are still to come, a senior official warned Wednesday.
This year’s floods, which have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage already, have exacted the highest death toll since 1998, which saw the [...]

Breast cancer cells regulate many genes at once in response to the hormone estrogen, resulting in the silencing of 14 genes at one time. Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Centre provide the first evidence that cells can regulate many genes at once by looping their DNA, contributing to cancer when it goes [...]

COLOMBO: The United States is not concerned about the increasing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, said here on Wednesday.
Briefing the media after meeting President Mahinda Rajapaksa, External Affairs Minister G.L.Peiris, and other political and business leaders, Blake said that the US and [...]

Bayliss looks to Muralitharan to finish things off on final day

Virender Sehwag defended his shot selection on the fourth day of the first Test. Sehwag pursued a wide delivery from left-arm paceman Chanaka Welegedara to be dismissed soon after his century at a critical stage of the Indian first innings.
The dashing opener said, “Around 3,000 [...]

President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. financial system since the Great Depression of the 1930s, capping a year-long effort to fix regulatory gaps that helped plunge the globe into crisis in 2008.
The signing marked a major domestic political victory for Obama, who said the landmark legislation [...]

Sources in the government said invitation will be extended separately to each small and major group, including both factions of Hurriyat Conference.

The Centre will extend invitation to all shades of opinion in Jammu and Kashmir, including Hurriyat Conference, to find ways for resolution of Kashmir issue and restore peace in the state which has witnessed [...]

Donald Perera, who served as Sri Lankan chief of staff during offensive that ended in Tamil rebels’ surrender after more than 30 years, is enjoying a change of pace in Israel. In interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, he recalls seeing body of rebel leader Prabhakaran, says IDF needs public’s support to successfully eradicate terror. ‘Citizens must [...]

The visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia and Central Asia, Robert O Blake says that he is pleased that the LTTE has been defeated.
Speaking to journalists in Colombo he said that Sri Lanka has a great opportunity to gain long lasting peace and stressed the importance of resettling all internally displaced persons [...]

Diego Maradona will reportedly remain as coach of Argentina’s national team, a decision he is expected to announce next week after meeting with Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona.
The state-run Argentine news agency Telam quoted Grondona as saying the meeting would be held Monday.
The newspaper La Nacion said Maradona talked with Grondona yesterday and had [...]

Those behind the find say the star, called R136a1, may once have weighed as much as 320 solar masses
London: A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighboring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered – hundreds of times more massive than the sun, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight [...]

Gen. Fonseka’s joint media co ordinator Anura Kumara Dissanayake displaying a photograph of President’s elder son Naamal Rajapkse, the President of ‘tomorrow for youth’ with LTTE international chain organizer Lakshmie Emil Kanthan along with several others at a London Hotel., said this so called patriotic son is having close relationship with Emilkanthan and is a [...]

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AHRC-STM-153-2010
July 21, 2010
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
ASIA: Women’s views on prevention of torture – Interview 33
A Retired Lady Police Sergeant Talks About Policing In Sri Lanka
Seetha Kumarasinghe, a fifty six year old retired lady police sergeant, a Sinhalese from Mathale made the following statement, answering questions posed [...]