Susantha Wijesinghe ƒ”š‚ Dearƒ”š‚  Your Excellency !!ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚  Your New Year message to the Nation, under the above caption,ƒ”š‚ is very inspirational, andƒ”š‚ reflective of your firm resolve,ƒ”š‚ of your future endeavours for Sri Lanka, in the year 2012 and beyond. My good wishes to you would be symbolic ofƒ”š‚ the thoughts of allƒ”š‚  Sri Lankans, towardsƒ”š‚ building the Nation with […]

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The Nation, December 25, 2011 The world’s self-proclaimed human rights watchdog “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Amnesty International (AI), was now being bought over by the pro-LTTE organisations in Canada, reports from Toronto said. The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC), an ardent supporter of the LTTE, has now completed collecting a first grant of US $50, 000 for AI. This […]

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by M.I.M. Mohideen Before the Ceasefire Agreement of 22nd February 2002 With the increased activities of the Tamil militants in the early part of 1985, the animosity and resentment of the Tamils towards the North East Muslims took a more acrimonious turn. Consequent to it, numerous incidents of extortions of money, robbing jewellry and other […]

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Dr.Tilak Fernando The time has flown so quickly that yet another year has gone by and a new one has emerged. The year 2012 in this respect is going to be somewhat special to the whole world as everyone will be looking at the new year with eagerness and caution as there have been speculation […]

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By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai There are more than 2500 Differently abled children in Dehiwela “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” Mt. lavinia area and mostƒ”š‚ ofƒ”š‚ themƒ”š‚ cannotƒ”š‚ affordƒ”š‚ to pay the private school fees. ƒ”š‚ Most of the parents need counseling to train them to handle the children. ƒ”š‚ Actually there are many facilities available to them from the social service department. But there […]

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PRESS RELEASE The Annual General Meeting of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) was recently held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel and the new executive council for the year 2012 was elected. The CSSL was established in 1976 in Sri Lanka by a group of dedicated professionals for the purpose of promoting Information and […]

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LankaWeb Weekly Editorial January 2nd 2012 The Victory Party of the LTTE defeat is long over, The UPFA rules supreme with a two third majority in parliament but the world most unfortunately seems to be seeing a picture not ofƒ”š‚ complete magnanimity, peace, harmonyƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ and graciousness by the ruling party but mere shades of it as a […]

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By Shelton A. Gunaratne Professor of mass communications emeritus, Minnesota State University Moorhead. The first electoral event of the presidential election year 2012 will be the Iowa Caucuses scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 3. These caucuses illustrate how American democracy begins at the grass-roots level even though a large number of people do not take advantage […]

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