Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada 29 October 2011 Mr. Salil Shetty Secretary-General, Amnesty International, 1 Easton Street,ƒ”š‚  London WC1X ODW UK Dear Salil Shetty: I have just read your promotional-advocacy piece “Commonwealth values put to test in Sri Lanka”ƒ”š‚ and concluded under my breath, “What […]

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By Charles.S.Perera Salil Shetty, we come from a village.ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  We have a dogƒ”š‚  at home and practically all the houses in the village have dogs.ƒ”š‚  Our village is surrounded by other villages. We have Tamil, Sinhala Muslim and even Burgher families living in our village and they all have a dog whether they like or […]

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Dr. Sudath Gunasekara 12.10.2011. In this article I am referring particularly to those Tamil politicians who are engaged in this dirty work. But broadly it applies to all Sri Lankan politicians who cut off their noses to spite their own faces whether they are Tamil, Muslim, Sinhalese or otherwise. I give some of the latest […]

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Don Wijewardana[i] ƒ”š‚ There have been protracted discussions between the government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to seek a mutually acceptable political solution to issues related to the Tamil community.ƒ”š‚  But these talks have been beset by problems. Demands of TNA have been to return to the premises of LTTE three decades ago although the […]

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Prof. Hudson McLean Right on Shenali Waduge! Your script Why are Muslims killing each other? – Shenali Waduge (LankaWeb – 29/10/11) is Spot On! The way the Libyans disposed of Colonel Ghadaafi, in a most uncivilised, brutal, violent manner, whilst screaming “Alla hu Akbar”, demonstrated only their disgraceful mind-set. Blood thristy, savage mentality. There is […]

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Insight By Sunil Kumar Oct.29th. 2011It seeems somewhat mind boggling that the USA which has officially banned the LTTE has permitted the US State department officials in Washington to meet and discuss what they say is the current situation in Sri Lanka with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) globally known as a former LTTE proxy […]

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By M D P DISSANAYAKE From the first Test match in the current series with Pakistan, it was becoming clearer that Pakistan was a superior outfit in all three departments.ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  The top performers and the rest of the team glued togetherƒ”š‚  to achieve a great victory during the second Test.ƒ”š‚  Pakistan’s new test skipper Misbah […]

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