By Shelton A. Gunaratne ƒ”š‚©2010 Professor of mass communications emeritus, Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ I arrived in Malaysia on a Sunday (15 June 1997) for a two-month stint as an external examiner in communications at the National University of Malaysia (UKM) in Bangi, about 25 km south of Kuala Lumpur. A week later, my family”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚Carmel, […]

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Geethanjana Kudaligamage Rajapakse, regional politics, “Eurocentric Developmentalism”ƒ”š‚ and the western hegemony (Part 15-A) Man has responsibility, not power (Native American proverb, Tuscarora tribe) ƒ”š‚ “ƒ”¹…”Faith’ is very often associated with religion, but politics on the other hand associated with “ƒ”¹…”strategy’. Since the religion is not dealing with strategy based on reason, it relied on “ƒ”¹…”faith’ based […]

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Ben Silva Open Letter Com of Inquiry on Lessons Learnt and Reconcilation 24- Lakshman Kadir: Inst, no 24, Horton Pls, Colombo 7 ƒ”š‚ Dear Sir, ƒ”š‚ Ways to avoid a return to ethnic conflict, lessons to be learnt Summary If a terrorist organisation is to operate successfully, it needs the following ingredients: Funds Bases Weapons Supply chain […]

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RANJIT WICKREMERATNE There are so many Rajapaksas in my beloved country but we are talking about a very special son of Motherlanka and that is none other than our great son from the south His Excellency MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA.ƒ”š‚ Some in our society have made him a King but someƒ”š‚  a Villan like Ranil,Sarath,Herath,Tilvin,Avamagala and many traitors […]

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