-Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan has sworn in as East Chief Minister.
-Government Group of PC in the East was divided: Hizbulla and other two members who are elected to Provincials Council in the East was keep away from the Government and decided working as a separated group in the PC.
-Cheif Minister Pillayan:Pillayan has been appointed as the Chief Minister for the Eastern Province, his swearing in ceremony will take place today at 4 pm at the Presidential Secretariat.
-Over10 Killed and more than 75 injured in a Bomb Blast: Over 10 people were killed and more than 75 injured in the Suicide bomb blast targeted Poice bus near at Sambodi Viharaya in Colombo Fort a short while ago (May 16).
-Bomb Blast in Fort, Colombo .. More Details Will Follow....
-Sri Lankan caught with drugs at airport: Customs officials at Kuwait International Airport foiled a Sri Lankan boy’s attempt to smuggle 10,000 narcotic pills into the country. Security sources say the contraband was hidden inside his hand language. The drug pusher, who was coming from Colombo, was referred to Drugs Control Department.
-'LTTE continues to use T.N. as a supply base”: The Centre has extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as an unlawful association by two years. The notification to this effect was issued on Wednesday, according to a Home Ministry release here.
-Azerbaijan launched WTO membership talks with Ecuador, Sri Lanka and India: Makhmud Mammadguliyev, deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan, said that in April and May bilateral talks were held with almost all countries that have displayed an interest to this process.“Now we are negotiating with new countries among which are Ecuador, Sri Lanka and India,” Mammadguliyev said.
-Eritrean leader blames CIA plot for youth exodus: Eritrea accused the CIA and other Western agencies on Tuesday of luring young people away from the Red Sea state in a plot to weaken a nation seen as a threat to U.S. interests in the region.
-BJP wants ISI to be put on intnl watch : Voicing concern over growing terrorist activity, the BJP today demanded that the Centre should immediately take diplomatic efforts to put ISI on the international watch.
-Bomber Kills at Least 12 in Afghanistan: A suicide bomber cloaked in an Afghan woman’s body-covering burka killed at least 12 other people and wounded at least 27 Thursday in southwestern Afghanistan, a sparsely populated region where Taliban militants have increased attacks in recent months.
-China Says Quake Death Toll Could Top 50000: China says nearly 400 dams and reservoirs near the epicenter of Monday's deadly earthquake were damaged, triggering new worries as Chinese officials warned Thursday, that the death toll could top 50000.
-India extends ban on LTTE by two years: The union government on Thursday extended by two years the ban on the Sri Lankan terrorist outfit, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as an unlawful association. The notification to this effect was issued by the home ministry.
-SLAF Bombs Suspected LTTE Targets: Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected LTTE training base in Kilinochchi on Today (14 May) Wednesday, military sources here said. The air force bombed a key Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) training facility at Kollanvillu, four kilometres south of Mulankavil, between 7.15 and 7.30 a.m., the defence ministry said.
-Patil expresses concern over LTTE’s ‘air capability’: Union Home Minister of the Government of India, Shivraj Patil has expressed concern over the reported air capability of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that could be a threat to the vital installations in South India.
-Minister’s Adviser Killed: A popular Human Rights Activist, Secretary of the Forum for Human Dignity, an advisor to the EPDP Secretary General and Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare Douglas Devananda and a senior member of the EPDP, Ms. Maheswary Velautham was shot and killed on Tuesday night by the LTTE. Three LTTE cadres disguised as soldiers had gone to her house tonight (13-05-08) around 8 p.m. shot and killed her in front of her family in their usual manner and escaped.
-Over 60 killed as terror strikes Pink city: A series of eight bombs tore through the crowded market areas of Jaipur in a span of 12 minutes on Tuesday night.At least 60 were killed and 200 injured in the serial blast. Reports say that a ninth bomb was defused. The blasts took place shortly after 7pm.
Visionary science fiction guru Arthur C. Clarke, best known for the classic film "2001: A Space Odyssey," died in a Sri Lankan hospital on
third week of March 2008 at the age of 90.
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Ballots against Bullets
“In all three cases, the LTTE was the natural suspect, though it did not acknowledge the same – not at least in the early hours”.
Victor Karunairajan, a journalist with extensive East-West experience has had an exciting career having worked with Anglican, CSI and Catholic institutions, a Buddhist organization and a socialist government in as many as seven countries.
Bahukutumbi Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, and Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai. He is also associated with the Chennai Centre for China Studies..
The Rajapakse administration was willing to work closely with the Tamil opponents of the LTTE. If they cooperated they would be granted the security they needed to escape from the Tiger killers, a paramount consideration for any dissenting Tamil; they would also be assisted in their work against the LTTE, with money and weapons.
"The JVP, like the LTTE, did not want to share power with anyone; it wanted to rule alone. It would have tolerated the existence of other political parties and organisations only on condition of uncritical obedience. Even the SLFP was attacked, and attacked mercilessly, when it proved itself unwilling to abide by all the JVP’s rules."
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New Book:- TERRORISM :Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Terrorism is a threat, a modus operandi and a phenomenon. A resolution of the UN
General Assembly after 9/11 designated it as a threat to international peace and security.
As an MO, from a largely uni-dimensional threat of the years before the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, it has evolved into a multi-dimensional threat. As a phenomenon, it has many dimensions—political, economic, ideological and operational. Even the profile of a terrorist keeps changing. The terrorists of yesterday were seen as “misled youth” from the exploited or wronged sections of society. An increasing number of the terrorists of today are educated and come from well-to-do families. They are self-motivated and technology savvy. Their ability to add sophistication to their methods of operation surpasses the skill of the security agencies. This book seeks to contribute to the task of understanding terrorism as it is evolving.
Its author, B Raman, headed the counter-terrorism division of the Research & Analysis
Wing (R&AW), India’s external intelligence agency, for six years and has continued studying the subject even after his retirement in 1994. He is well known as an analyst of terrorism in India and abroad. He is much in demand in international conferences on terrorism. His prolific writings on this subject are widely read and his views are heard with attention and respect.
Children In Sri Lanka
"...We are Tamils…but this story is about children of war…we crouched down in the bunker in silence. We would alternately sit on our flip-flops to avoid dirtying our clothing, and stand huddled in the bunker that was eerily reminiscent of a grave. It was just tall enough that we could bend over halfway without brushing against the tree trunks making up the roof of this make-to shelter. But as the bomber planes flew overhead more and more frequently, forcing us to disrupt our classes to run into the bunkers, the bunker seemed more and more like a grave.....
Stark terror reigned in Kilinochhi revealed by the escapees
(March 27, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The innocent civilians who escaped the terror reign in Kilinochi on 25th March and seeking refuge were rescued by the Navy off Delft Island, have now revealed the stark naked truth prevailing in the un-liberated areas controlled by terror outfit- LTTE, according to Sri Lanka Navy sources.
The startling revelation they make bear testimony to the effect how innocent people are being incarcerated. They claimed that if the Muhamalai road is opened and passes are issued, not a single person would remain in Kilinochchi. They further say that for the each journey they make they have to pay taxes and take some letters issued by LTTE cadres. - Sri Lanka Guardian
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Eastern election, Northern task Force
“Thanks largely to the LTTE, the Tamil people of the North and East and the Tamils, Muslims and Sinhalese of the East were devoid of adequate representation and devolved power for two whole decades. Now elections are being held to one of the two Councils and barring a catastrophe, the East as a whole – as a single autonomous unit, not a collection of local government authorities- will have an elected administration within a fortnight.” – by Dr. Dayan Jayatillake
Ranil Wickremesinghe never understood the LTTE. He believed that the Tigers would prefer to see him President so that he could deliver a de facto state to them via the ISGA. Confident of getting the entirety of the North-East Tamil vote through the good offices of the LTTE, he gave low priority to maximising the Southern vote. Pirapaharan double crossed Wickremesinghe as he did every other peace-partner. At the last moment the LTTE called a boycott thereby ensuring the victory of Mahinda Rajapakse. - by Tisaranee Gunasekara . .
It appears she did not even have an iota of consideration for the best interests of the students as their Guru-in-Chief that demands the highest integrity possible especially from a principal. She will now have to persuade herself to terminate her services and leave the school premises.
The show is not just a platform for the designers, but it means more than that. The ramp is the market, stalls are the business places and this fashion fair is a place where many business relations start.:by Zubina Ahmed from Kalkata.
Zubina Ahmed, art editor of the Sri Lanka Guardian. She also is working as a sub editor for The Statesman, Indian leading newspaper and a student of St. Xavier’s college Kolkata doing her bachelors in English.
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With the Star
“Born to a Sri Lankan mother and an Indian father Pooja Umashankar is the Sri Lankan Indian beauty who portrays the main characters in the Sinhalese box office record breaking blockbusters 'Anjelika', 'Asai Mang Piyabanna' and 'Yahaluvo'. Two films in Sri Lanka Pooja is rising fast. She seems snug in her ride to success.”.
