H. L. D. Mahindapala ƒ”š‚ Now that Robertƒ”š‚  O’Blake is back in his home base after leaving Sri Lanka, he has fallen into what William Pfaff calls the “policy community and the newspaper editorial pages, with nothing original or questioning”ƒ”š‚ the conventional wisdom recycled within it. This “policy community”ƒ”š‚ consists of ex-diplomats like Teresita Schaffer, Director […]

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H. L. D. Mahindapala The timing was impeccable. On September 17, 2009 American Ambassadress, Patricia Butenis, appears before President Mahinda Rajapakse in Colombo and presents her credentials. On the same day in Washington Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asian Affairs informs Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Washington, Jaliya Wickremasuriya, that a report prepared […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Gloucester . Ontario . Canada September 24, 2009 Dr. Ellyn Shander MDƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Psychiatrist “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Newƒ”š‚  Cannan Connecticutƒ”š‚  US Dear Ellyn Shander: Well”ƒ”š‚¦well”ƒ”š‚¦well, what do you know?ƒ”š‚  I just read a Colombo Page News Desk Report that, “The Indian Government has issued a look Out Circular (LOC) against Dr. Ellyn Shander, an American Doctor […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared from his ancestral home at Medamulana in Hambantota that he was prepared to go before any war crimes tribunal on behalf of his valiant soldiers who freed the motherland from a tyranny, for being the commander in chief of them. This was an obvious reference to a report […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana Sri Lanka’s Police Chief Jayantha Wickramaratne revealed at a police awards ceremony yesterday that detectives have nabbed three more female suicide bombers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) within the last 24 hours. This is the second time the former suicide bombers of the LTTE have been detected during a […]

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By Charles.S.Perera ƒ”š‚ During the period that Sri Lanka was constantly menaced by a ruthless group of terrorists causing wanton massacres, murders, and assassinations, Sri Lanka was all alone to defend herself. The International Community stood by a mere observer calling the government to negotiate a peace settlement, while the terrorists were of one track mind […]

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By Walter Jayawardhana Soma Kumari Tennekoon, a leading campaigner for the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party, died while campaigning for her party in the Southern Provincial Council elections. She died of a heart attack at the Hambantota Hospital after suddenly taken ill during the campaign. Soma, who is a member of the Wayamba Provincial Council […]

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By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Dehiwela. It is heartening to hear that there will be a meeting of eminent personalities for the patient’s rights on Saturday the 26th. One of the rights of the patients which is totally disregarded by the doctors is the tight to seek treatment wherever they want to. Often if […]

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By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Dehiwela. Amazing and disgusting news today (Daily Mirror 25.9.2009) that there is move to organize Hiking in the nude in Harz mountain in Germany. Why is this desire for nakedness in today’s world? We see this even in Srilanka now- the youngsters and sometime even the not so young […]

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