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Look who cries for Hindus and Hinduism
Herold Leelawardena
In a write up to transcurrents.com Dr. Rajan Hoole says the government suspicion of a LTTE resurgence is a bad omen. Had he read the report of that western journalist who had an interview with a guerrilla leader of the LTTE rump in a Mulathivu jungle a few months back and the recent seizure of counter band by Indian authorities he couldn't possibly have said so. I say; its a good omen that security chiefs do not undermine the comments by diaspora Tamil and their desperation to revive LTTE rump. Hoole talks about excessive military force used... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/10)

SHIPLOADS OF ILLEGAL TAMIL ASYLUM-SEEKERS KEEP POURING IN TO CANADA
Warna Hettiarachchi Brampton, Ontario Canada
Right Honourable Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, Honourable Vic Toews, the Minister of Public Safety in Canada,  Your Excellencies,  Then: I am a Canadian Citizen, immigrated to Canada from Sri Lanka eight years ago through the Skilled category based on my qualifications and post-secondary education. We filed archives of paperwork, paying heavy Landed Immigrant fees (in 2002), and brought with us the required $20,000 of my family’s lifelong savings as “survival funds” until we found proper gainful employment.  All that was well and good. We are thankful for the opportunity granted to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/10)

The world is facing disaster due to over population
Ben Silva
The world is facing disaster due to over population. Over population will lead to lack of housing, lack of education opportunities, lack of health care, global warming, transport problems, deforestation etc. The effects of deforestation is visible in the form of regular flooding and high temperatures  felt in the cities. Nearly all the problems we will face will be linked to over population. Sir David Attenborough has given the chilling message: “Famines are increasing and wars as people become more overcrowded and that has already started. When the world gets over crowded, there would be competition for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/10)

18 වන ව්‍යාවස්ථා සංශෝධනය හා ශ්‍රී ලංකවේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය
චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි.
30 අවුරුද්දක යුද්ධය හමාරය.  මේ දිනවල කොටි සංවිධානය විනාශ කල රජයට එරෙහිව විපක්ෂය අවි අමෝරා ගෙන සටන් වැදීමට පෙරමුණට පැමිණ ඇත. ඒ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය ඉල්ලාගෙනය. අප ඓතිහාසික වශයෙන් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය සම්බන්ධව විවිධ කථාන්දර අසා ඇත. ඒ අනුව මේ විපක්ෂය කථා කරන්නේ කුමන ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයදැයි පැහැදිලිව නොදන්නෙමු. නමුත් අපද ඔය කියන හැම ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයක් සම්බන්ධවම යමක් දනිමු. අපි අවුරුදු 30ක යුද්ධය නිම කල මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාව දකින්නේ අවුරුදු 600කට පමණ පසු මේ රටට බිහිවූ අභීත පුද්ගලයකු ලෙසයි. මේ මොහොතේ අපේ මනසේ ඇත්තේ ඔහුට පක්ෂවූ මතවාදයකි. කොටින්ට හා බටහිර අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන්ට මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මරා දැමීමේ දැඩි අවශ්‍යතාවයක් තිබුණි. ඒ අවශ්‍යතාවය අදද එසේම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/10)

මහා ගත්කරු ජී’ බී’ සේනානායක විශාදයෙන් පෙඳුනේද?
- වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එමි’ ජයතුංග විසිනි -
ප්‍රතිභාපූ¹ණ ලේඛකයෙකු ලෙස ජී’ බී’ සේනානායක දක්වන ලද කුසළතාව තවමත් ඇගයීමකට ලක් නොවී ඇතැයි මා සිතමි’ ඔහුගේ මෙිධා” චාරුමුඛ වැනි නවකථා ද සාහිත්‍ය විග්‍රහය” සාහිත්‍ය සේසත් වැනි ශාස්ත්‍රීය ග්‍රන්ත ද ¦ප්පතුන් නැති ලෝකය” පළිගැනීම වැනි කෙටි කථා සංග්‍රහයන් ද පෙන්වා දෙනුයේ අග්‍ර ගනයේ ලේඛකයෙකුගේ ප්‍රතිභාවන්ය’  ජී’ බී’ සේනානායක පවසන පරිදි ඔහුගේ රචනා වලින් හෙලි කරන්නේ චිත්ත තත්වයන්ය’ ඔහුගේ කෘතීන් වල ගැඹුරු හරයක් අන්ත¹ගතය’ ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙන පරිදි ඔහුගේ විධිමත් අධ්‍යාපනය නිම වූයේ 7 වැනි ශ්‍රේණියෙනි’ ඉන් පසු ස්ව උත්සාහයෙන්ම ඔහු උපන්නේය’ විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් කෘති කියවා තමාගේ දියුණුවෙි නිමි වළලු පුඳුල් කර ගත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/10)

The Travels of a Journalist ABOUT BOWERS, BOATS AND BUDDIES: An experiment in international living (PART 3)
By Shelton A. Gunaratne ©2010 Professor of mass communications emeritus, Minnesota State University Moorhead
 After my temporary re-location in Minnesota in November 1985, I visited Jim Bowers at his Spring Park Bay home  (2905 Casco Point Road) in the Wayzata area on a wintry Saturday (21 Dec.) at 3.30 p.m., and decided to spend my entire two-week winter break on his property.  Bowers was out on a retreat. His son Perry, 14, who had wisely decided to live with both his mom and dad after their divorce, came by in the evening. When I subsequently saw Jim’s former wife... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/10)

Why all this fuss about the Constitution ?
by  Charles.S.Perera
The proposed amendments to the Constitution, have raised a political storm.  Fortunately the directions from which the storms blow do not predict  a danger to the envisaged proposals but may cause irreparable  damage to those who started the storm.  JVP and its wind bags  like the drowning men holding on to a straw, encumbered with the weight of Sarath Fonseka on their backs are likely to drown in the flood waters of  political disapproval, even Lal Kantha the ego centric trade unionist will not be able to save it from its watery gave.  The leftist trio DEW... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/10)

රෝහණ විජේවීර සහෝදරයා වර්තමානයේදී සිටියා නම්!- 1
සාකච්ඡා කොට සකස් කලේ; චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි
මෙම මාතාකාව හරහා වර්තමානය දෙස බැලීමට නම් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණහි ආරම්භයට හේතු වූ සමාජ තත්වයන් හා එම සමාජ තත්වයන්ට මුහුණදීම සදහා එදා ඒ වටා ඒකරාශී වු තරුණ පරපුර කල සැලසුම් හා ක්‍රියාකාරකම් සම්බන්ධවද මනාව සලකා බැලිය යුතුය.එදා ඒ තරුණ පරපුරේ උතුම් සිතුම් පැතුම් මේවායයි වර්තමානයට විස්තර කිරීම, අපායට දේශනා කරන ධර්ම දේශනාවක් බඳුය.. නමුත් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ නම් වූ වර්තමානයේ පවතින දේශපාලන පක්ෂය විසින් විවිධ උද්ඝෝෂණ, පෙලපාලි, පිකටින්, හා වැඩවර්ජන ආදිය, පවතින රජයට එරෙහිව මෙහෙය වීමට පෙරට විත් සිටින නිසා මෙම ලිපිය ලිවීම, යුගයේ අවශ්‍යතාවයක් සේ සලකා සකස් කිරීමට ඉටා ගතිමි. වර්තමාන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/10)

Conduct Disorder in Children
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
Children with conduct disorder repeatedly violate the personal or property rights of others and age-appropriate social standards and rules. Conduct disorder has a multifactorial etiology that includes biological, psychosocial and familial factors. Associated features of conduct disorder include an inability to appreciate the importance of others' welfare and little guilt or remorse about harming others. The etiology of conduct disorder involves an interaction of genetic/constitutional, familial and social factors.  Children with Conduct Disorder often view the world as a hostile and threatening place and they have difficulty maintaining friendships. They often have low self-esteem... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/10)

Paramilitaries Crucial to Face Future Terror Threats
- Kumar Moses  
The use of paramilitary forces by governments has been controversial; in fact very controversial. However, it is a strategy that worked successfully in Sri Lanka. Not once or twice but it worked many times and still remains the most potent force multiplier - a factor that enhances the effectiveness of an army - in counter terror warfare. Their success speaks for itself. Use of paramilitaries became prominent in handling JVP terror in the late 1980s. Half a dozen paramilitary groups were set up to wear down the JVP. It was an extremely successful strategy.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/10)

Ray Wijewardena, an Obituary Appreciation
D L O Mendis
August 28, 2010  (compiled in USA) Ray and I became special friends at the time I was working in the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs between December 1969 and December 1978. That friendship grew with the passage of time, but at the time of his passing away,  my wife and I were far away in USA, and he could communicate with us only in a spiritual dimension.  Inevitably we recalled the statement hanging outside the door of his ‘den’ situated above his large garage, accessed by a flight of steep steps: “Old flyers never... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/10)

EXPERIENCES - 1 –Aviation.. Early days..(circa 1932)
Email - Ray Wijewardena speaks to D L O and Agnes Mendis-
 I was then about 8, and beginning to feel my ‘wings’. I had long indulged a romance with flight, and with anything capable of flying…mainly butterflies, birds, dragon-flies and bats. I just longed to be flitting about the skies with them. Not constrained to walking the earth on legs ..or even through water… the St.Thomas’College swimming pool having recently come into my life.  It was then still ‘pre-WW2’, and I had been taken to see a Charlie Chaplain film at the Regal Cinema. I do not recall... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/10)

මව්බිම නැත්නම් මරණය!
චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි.
ඉතිහාසයේ කිසිඳු දිනක හිට්ලර් “මව්බිම නැත්නම් මරණය“ යන සටන් පාඨය ඉදිරිපත් කර නැති අතර, එසේ  ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමටද ඔහුට අවශ්‍යතාවයක්ද නොතිබිණ. ඒ ඔහු සැබෑ ලෙසම ආකමණිකයා බවට පත්ව, ලෝකයේ අනික් රටවල් හඹාගොස් අල්ලා ගත් බැවිණි. හිට්ලර්ගේ ආක්‍රමණයන්ගෙන් වඳවිඳි ආක්‍රමණයට ගොදුරුවූ රටවල් අතරින් ඉහත සඳහන් සටන් පාඨය පෙරදැරිකරගෙන සටන් කල රාජ්‍යය වූයේ සෝවියට් සමාජවාදී සමූහ ආණ්ඩුවයි. හිට්ලර් ගෙන් සිය මාතෘභූමිය නිදහස් කර ගැනීම උදෙසා සටන් කරන ජනතාවට උරුමව තිබුණේ මව්බිම උදෙසා සටන් කර එය මුදා ගැනීම හෝ මරණය වැලඳ ගැනීම යන දෙකරුණයි. ඒ අනුව සෝවියට් ජනතාව ලෝකයේ අනිකුත් දේශප්‍රේමී ජනතාවගේ සහයෙන් මේ ලෝකය පැසිෂ්ට් වාදයෙන් මුදාගත හැකි විය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/10)

The Sri Lanka Tamils should bury the past, to begin a new way of life with a different way of thinking.
By Charles.S.Perera
 UNP was never a progressive party.  Progress came to Sri Lanka only after SWRD Bandaranayake  broke away from UNP to set up a new political party of the people. When UNP came to power once again  under the leadership of JR Jayawardhana, it was digression from the path of progress delineated by the MEP.  JR is responsible for the present dilemma of Sri Lanka with  the 13th and the 17th amendments. After him the R.Premadasa government attempted to trace a new path of progress, which was  jagged with  potholes, and led to his own destruction. .  It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/10)

Hurray for the judgment!
Dr.Reffai
Today's report in Daily Mirror that there was a judgment to the effect that the mother can't leave the children and go abroad  should be welcomed whole heartedly.  I wish there is a law to prohibit mothers from leaving young children and going for jobs abroad, specially if the husband is alive. Rather it is better to send the husband and for the mother to stay back with the children. Even better, of course is for both parnts to stay together and look after the children. Islam preaches that the provision of a person is  written in his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/10)

Nailed woman
Dr.Reffai
The recent news about the nailed woman is - to say the least - atrocious. But have we wondered what we are going to do about it? That is other than shouting about Saudi. Saudi, of course since it is a Muslim country comes under fire. But we must realize it is not the country which did the nailing - but a person there. Any country can have Mervin silvas, sakvithis and lalith kothalawela. Does not mean the country is promoting it. Not that Saudi always is right. No country is. But the problem is totally ours -... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/10)

Laylatul Qadr - the Night of Destiny
By A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka.
Given below is an excerpt of the  Friday Sermon of Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad,(Ameer-ul-Mumineen) Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, delivered on  27th August 2010, at ‘Baithul Futhuh’, London, U.K., gave a discourse on Laylatul Qadr, (the Night of Destiny) and the last ten days of Ramadan.  His Holiness began by recitation of Surah Al Qadr. The translation reads: In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful Surely, We sent it down on the Night of Destiny. And what should make... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/10)

Mahinda first to climb the Himalayan peak of power
H. L. D. Mahindapala
Two landmark events projecting the political landscape in the coming years occurred almost simultaneously last week.  First, President Mahinda Rajapakse reached the highest peak of his political career. If the defeat of Prabhakaran won the hearts and minds of the electorate at large, enthroning him as the unrivalled leader in the political arena, the silent parliamentary coup that took him across the critical line into a two-thirds majority last week has entrenched him as the constitutional monarch of all what he surveys. News reports stated that the new deal clinched with the SLMC includes support... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/10)

When Will They Ever Learn
Upali S  -  USA
The TAMILS wherever they are, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, to name three countries where they live in substantial numbers are not a happy race.  They have never been and they never will be. They do not realize nor admit that they are a minority in all three of these countries.  Since Sri Lanka was more tolerant than the others and the Sinhalese majority of Sri Lanka have been more gentle and kind to their somewhat noisy but hardworking  neighbors from South India for almost 1500 years as well as to Portuguese, Dutch and the British... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/10)

Illicit SAND MINING - An Open Letter to HIS EXCELLENCY MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE
Susantha Wijesinghe
To HIS EXCELLENCY MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE Dear Your Excellency, 1st September 2010.  I see an article wherein you have instructed the IGP to arrest all those who are engaged in illicit Sand Mining. There is a very simple deterrent. By an ACT of parliament please promulgate the following LAW:-  All vehicles used in the process of illegal activities as specifically listed and reflected below, would be confiscated, and handed over to the Armed Forces, or to the Police for their use, and those who have engaged in such activities to be severely punished, including the Owners of such... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/10)

Correction ! Correction !
Susantha.
QUOTE:-  UNTIL A POLITICAL SOLUTION IS FOUND FOR THE TAMILS' ISSUE, THE DIASPORA WILL NOT GIVE A CENT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH, UNP  MP SWAMINATHAN. UNQUOTE.  MP Swaminathan, Iam reluctantly compelled to tell you that your utterence is tantamount to stercus tauri. Whom are you threatening ? Is it  only the  Tamils in the  North, or is it the Sri Lankans, or is it the Government ?  Let me set the Record straight.  You say the Diaspora will not give a cent.  WRONG.  You are back in the old business of misleading the god fearing, beautiful  TAMILS IN SRI LANKA.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/10)

Bed Wetting in Children
Dr RuwanM Jayatunge
Bedwetting or nocturnal enuresis is involuntary urination while asleep after the age at which bladder control would normally be anticipated. A large number of young children and teenagers wet the bed every night. It is an agonizing problem to the both children and to their parents. Children feel agitated sometimes depressed over bed wetting and they often have low self-esteem and low self confidence.  By five years old, most children have successfully stopped wetting the bed without any intervention. Among those children who still wet the bed after the age of six, most will complete... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/10)

A reply to that special correspondent of BBC Sinhala service
Herold Leelawardena
As has been always, the sole aim of the BBC is to discredit MR government. No wonder BBC chose to send a LTTE sympathizer with a Nelsonian eye as their special correspondent to report on the plight of IDPs returnees. It is sad that BBC correspondent emphasises the suffering of only a section of our community (Mannar Tamils or returning IDPs) for homelessness. I must say, regardless ones race or creed, I too pity for those that suffer for being homeless. Homelessness of some unfortunate people shouldn't be a political football. Take for instance, estate Tamils... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/10)

The Travels of a Journalist,-ABOUT BOWERS, BOATS AND BUDDIES:TIES BEYOND CULTURAL BARRIERS -(PART 2)
By Shelton A. Gunaratne ©2010   professor of mass communications emeritus, Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Minnesota (pop. 5.23 million) is known as the “Land of 10,00 Lakes.” Therefore, it is no wonder that Minnesotans like water sports such as boating, canoeing, fishing and water skiing. Weekend trips to family cabins on Minnesota's numerous lakes are a way of life for many Minnesotans. This also explains why Minnesotans would make an extra effort to introduce their foreign friends to these sports. Bowers used boating to break cultural barriers and become a lifelong friend of mine. He and I both had to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/10)

Ramadan celebrations in Kuwait
Embassy of Sri Lanka  Kuwait.
The annual Ramadan celebrations jointly organized by the Sri Lankan .Embassy and the Sri Lankan Manpower Welfare Association ( SLMWA ) of Kuwait was held at the Embassy premises amid a gathering of over 1500 devotees belonging to all ethnic and religious denominations. The program of activities commenced on 27th evening continued till early hours of 28th morning which included special prayers, religious discourses, breaking - fast, Ifthar, Suhoor etc.  The SLMWA members under the guidance of its President,    Mr. Nelson Christopher made excellent arrangements for the occasion while staff of the Embassy volunteered... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/10)

Animal sacrifices in Sri Lanka - Requirement for 'Animal Welfare Legislation'
Dr.P.A.Samaraweera, Australia
On the 25th of August a group of Buddhist monks had protested against an animal slaughter ritual in the Munneswaram Kali Kovil in Chilaw.  It is alleged that around 400 goats and a countless number of fowls had been inhumanely slaughtered at this ritual.   Hinduism promotes non-violence and vegetarianism. There are many sects of Hinduism and this ritual is performed by a sect of Kali worshippers. Shivan Kovil which is also in Chilaw condemns animal sacrifice.  On the other hand, some Sinhala Buddhists partake in this ritual for 'religious favours' from God Kali. Those who are against animal sacrifices treat it as an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/10)

Hurricane Katrina: a shameful breakdown in government that has left countless men, women and children abandoned and alone.
Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent ., Gloucester . Ontario . Canada
  August 30, 2010   The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN   Sir:   You reported that "More to be done, Obama says",  and this is five years after the Gulf Coast was hit by Hurricane Katrina. People are still waiting to be sent to their homes and children are still attend classes in trailers,  "and there are too many New Orleanians...who haven't been able to come home",  Obama said.   What, is this for real?  I thought the Americans new it all when they wanted puny Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/10)

A response to the possibility of Islamic violence in the region
Written by M Rizvi.
Dear Editor, I thank Lankaweb and Mr Kumar Moses for the opinion piece titled - The Dangerous Possibility of Islamic Terror in Sri Lanka. It contained many new insights to a subject matter that is rarely taken up in the open though media around the world talk about it at lengths. As a Muslim hailing from Sri Lanka I think it is appropriate for me to add my two cents on the subject. As anybody would know Muslims have been a fairly peaceful community in Sri Lanka. A number of Muslims fought alongside Sinhala and Tamil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/10)

Tourism in Sri Lanka - an addendum
Dr. Tilak Fernando
Several positive feedbacks to my article, ‘We need to get the act right’ (published on August 2) prompted me to write an addendum to it in the hope that we all, as patriotic Sri Lankans, expect and wish that Sri Lanka’s aim in promoting tourism in an excellent scale meets with the anticipated targets by 2012. The Ceylon Tourist Board metamorphosed to become The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) under Section two of the Tourism Act (No. 38 of 2005). Its commitment is to ‘transform Sri Lanka to be Asia’s most important tourism destination’. President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/10)

Amnesty International Misleads Washington Post About Tamil Refugees
Wick. Gankanda
August 23, Monday 2010 To: Marcus Brauchli - Executive Editor, Donald Graham - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Ann McDaniel - Senior Vice President Washington Post Company 1150 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20071Dear Mr. Brauchli, I am writing to expose glaring misrepresentations in your article 'Sri Lankan asylum-seekers deserve hearings' published on Monday, August 9, 2010. The information stated on that letter is 100% incorrect and aims to mislead the world, including your readers about what’s really happening on the ground.  James McDonald of Amnesty International is plain wrong in even suggesting that smuggled Tamils on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/10)

Sri Lankan Muslims
Ahmed
The Tamils of Sri Lanka, throughout history, have attempted to categorize the Sri Lankan Muslims as belonging to the Tamil race. This has been mainly for selfish reasons in a bid to eliminate the minority Muslim community from having its own unique identity. The Government of Sri Lanka, however, treats the Muslims as of Arab origin and as a distinct ethnic group from the Tamils. Fr. S.G. Perera in his book -History of Ceylon for Schools- Vol. 1. The Portuguese and Dutch Periods, (1505-1796), Colombo (1955), The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., p 16, writes, -The first mention... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/10)

It is necessary that Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse continues to be the executive President of Sri Lanka for an extended period of time .
By Charles.S.Perera
 The LSSP remnants Tissa Vitharana and Wasudeva Nanayakkara still hanging onto the Government as a sad reminder to a great political party that dominated the then political arena of Sri Lanka, had said that they oppose the Executive Presidency.  Marxism opposes parliamentary system of government ….” In explaining the class nature of bourgeois civilization, bourgeois democracy and the bourgeois parliamentary system, all Socialists have expressed the idea formulated with the greatest scientific precision by Marx and Engels (Engels Introduction to the The Civil War in France), namely, that the most democratic bourgeois republic is no more than... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/10)

SOFT TARGETS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
Sarath Wiesinghe  LL.M ( London) Solicitor–  Sri Lankan Ambassador to United Arab Emirates
Ship Sun See was initially sailing towards Australia with 490 Sri Lankans allegedly seeking Asylum in some country with resources and a comfortable life. Anybody fleeing the birthplace in fear of persecution will be prepared to go to the closest safe haven, if they are genuine refugees defined in the refugee convention of 1951 and the protocol still in force though thoroughly outdated as the United Nations itself which is 61 years old and needs reforms as early as possible. These Asylum seekers need either Australia... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/10)

Anuradhapura the capital of Sri Lanka
Jayantha Ahangama
 Mr. Sunil Vijayapala, writing on Aug. 24, correctly called Anuradhapura the capital. Then he apologized. Why did you apologize, Sir? Anuradhapura was the ruling capital when we were a dignified nation. When people become dignified, Anuradhapura becomes the capital. The capital is in our minds. For all self-respecting Lankans, the capital *is* Anuradhapura. When the numbers of self-respecting Lankans grow, but if it *really* does grow, because there are lot of cowards especially on the English speaking flank, the nation becomes self-respecting and the *official* capital would go to Anuradhapura. Anuradhapura is the spring of Sinhala civilization... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/10)

Tamil Terrorist flag over British Parliament
Tamil demonstrators calling for an end to the war against Tamil Terrorists
Photo: Courtesy AP) Emboldened by the political support they receive from British politicians, front organizations of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in London have long before started raising funds for terrorist activities in Sri Lanka by extortion not only from the British capital but also from Tamil Nadu over phone messages originating there. The Tamil terrorists are a nasty bunch of tribal misfits who chase and shoot innocent civilians who run for their lives; who creep in the dark to enter adobe huts and chop the sleeping villagers to death; who pluck infants from their mothers arms while they are sucking their nipples for their feed and dash them on rocks to crack their skulls like cracking coconuts at their Hindu Kovils; who perfected the art of suicide bombing and the body pack that all other terrorists around the world are copying. The truth prevails at lastIF NOT FOR COUNTRIES LIKE USA AND UK, SRI LANKA WOULD HAVE ERADICATED TERRORISM AT THE VERY FIRST INCEPTION , STILL USA AND THE EUROPEAN SELF-STYLED PEACEMAKERS ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF VICTORY.

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Monks living in a remote corner of Sri Lanka
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opener for most of us. http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=1,1794,0,0,1,0
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here is his Contact Info: Ven Kataragama Siri Ratana Thera Moodu Maha Vihare, Pottuvil, Sri Lanka Mobile Phone: (94) 71-647-5857