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| In this picture taken on July 1, 2006, a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) home guard walks down the main street of the rebel-held town of Kilinochchi. Sri Lankan troops have engaged Tamil Tiger forces on the outskirts of the northern rebel capital Kilinochchi, killing... Continue reading Against the Kleptocratic StateWritten on 2 Nov, 2010 at 19:39 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far by Izeth Hussain The never-ending party for the Lion King; the ever-growing hunger pangs for his subjectsWritten on 30 Oct, 2010 at 21:14 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far The King wants to plant 1.1 million saplings to celebrate his enthronement as the Lion King. Who did this accounting? Why not just one million? I got it. He wants to surpass President Premadasa’s one million housing venture. There are no lions in Sri Lanka and even leopards are as rare as barking deer in Bandarawela. It takes... Continue reading Partnership for peaceWritten on 28 Oct, 2010 at 1:04 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far Democracy assists development (providing feedback loops); development stimulates pressures for democratisation; underdevelopment or mal-development generates resistance to closed regimes. by Dr. Dayan Jayathilleka (October 28, Singapore City, Sri Lanka Guardian) Was the war worth fighting to a finish? Was it a good thing that a crushing defeat was imposed on the LTTE? Is Mahinda... Continue reading DBP blamed for Malay language declineWritten on 27 Oct, 2010 at 9:03 in English, Full Article News, Malaysia, Undecided | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far By Joe FernandezKOTA KINABALU: Sabah Malay language expert Raymond Tombung Boin wants the on-going Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan (BBK) – National Language Month – to be a wake-up call for Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP or Language and Literary Agency). The agency, according to him, has failed to arrest the continuing decline of the Malay language over the years from “poetry and grace” to something unimaginable. Ironically, DBP has in the process become a... Indonesia, Laos : Transit hubs for illegal immigrantsWritten on 23 Oct, 2010 at 14:55 in English, Searched News | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far Indonesia and Laos too serve as transit hubs in addition to Thailand, for illegal immigrants and fleeing LTTE members heading West or Down Under, informed sources told the Sunday Observer.... A Portrait of New Sri Lankan CardinalWritten on 20 Oct, 2010 at 17:25 in Against Tamileelam, English, Sri Lanka | viewed Please wait times and users have made 0 comments so far God’s Invisible Hand: The Life and Work of His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjithby Commodore Shemal Fernando, RSP, USP, MSc (October21, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour" are the words that sprang from the heart of Mary, our Heavenly Mother, at a time... Continue reading |