H. L. D. Mahindapala Hopefully, the expected return of Robert O, Blake Jr, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, to Sri Lanka should augur well this time because he is armed with the critical information in the Country Report on Terrorism, 2010, published by his own State Department. There […]

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Dilrook Kannangara Survival of the fittest is not the law of the jungle but the law of Mother Nature. It is a universal law that governs not just living beings but also astral beings. Since the start of school to even after death, the fittest gets his/her way and the others have to make way […]

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Ranjith Soysa The incidence of chronic kidney disease and deaths mainly in the NCP are continuing in spite of public outcry.The causes of CKD are being debated in the scientific community in various forms while some have indicated the presence of Arsenic in the pesticide formulations imported as a main contributing factor.The Pesticide Act of […]

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ƒÆ’‚¯ƒ”š‚»ƒ”š‚¿ Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .ƒ”š‚ Canadaƒ”š‚  4 August 2011 ƒ”š‚ Ther Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN ƒ”š‚ Sir:ƒ”š‚ Historian Desmond Morton makes a song and dance on how Canada’s reaction to 9/11 made us strong to deal with possible terrorist attacks on Canada, but what is sad is how Canada couldn’t care two […]

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Top Spin By Suni 4th 2011 Do we see a bit of brash cockiness on the part of Shane Watson who has bragged that “ƒ”š‚ We’d have won bowling first too!” -ƒ”š‚  Shane Watson, the Australia vice-captain, has said his side bowled so well to Sri Lanka’s batsman that they would have won the first Test […]

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Sri Lanka News President Mahinda Rajapaksa Sunday launched a broadside against western nations that have often targetted Sri Lanka on rights abuses, questioning the “safe havens” provided by them to financiers of LTTE terror, while pledging his country’s commitment to human rights. In a public address, Rajapaksa said his government was committed to transforming the […]

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