by Charles.S.Perera Hameed Abdul Kareem ƒ”š‚ wrote to the Daily News of the 19 January, 2013 ” Defending Islam and Muslims”ƒ”š‚ƒ”š‚  replyingƒ”š‚  to an article ƒ”š‚ by Shenali Waduge . She has foreseen such discontentmentƒ”š‚  in saying in her article ƒ”š‚ “”ƒ”š‚¦.. the concerns of Buddhists are never given an unbiased voice in the mainstream media and instead […]

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Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada 22 January 2013 Ms. Navanethem Pillai United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland Dear Navi Pillai: I just read in Colombo Page Sri Lanka’sƒ”š‚  Acting Secretary of the External Affairs Ministry, […]

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By Susantha Goonatilake A few months ago, the Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) with its total membership of approximately 50,000 professionals issued a unanimous statement rejecting the 13th Amendment(the 13th A). The 13th A, we should recall was imposed on Sri Lanka by Indian gunboats and the threat of an invasion. It created a non-existent […]

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Daily News Editorial For all those who say that there is an overreaction on the part of the defence establishment to the legitimate expression of academic dissent in the North, the article in these pages yesterday by Dr. Susantha Goonetilleke, a former president of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), should […]

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From John MacKinnon ————————————————————————————————————————————– Southern India, relatives sometimes quietly kill their elders. – Los Angeles Times By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times January 15, 2013, 4:44 p.m.o The practice often begins with an oil bath. In some cases, the parent is sick and in pain. In others, experts say, relatives want to gain control of […]

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Embassy of Sri Lanka Paris National Karate champion, Vimukthi Chamara Gunerathne represented Sri Lanka at the Karate Premier League held on 19th and 20th January 2013 in Paris. Sri Lanka was the only country from the South Asian region to be represented at the first Premier League for the year 2013 at the event hosted […]

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Courtesy The Daily Newsƒ”š‚  External Affairs Ministryƒ”š‚  yesterday accused UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navaneetham Pillay of acting beyond her mandate and transgressing basic norms which should be observed by a discerning international civil servant by bringing into question the constitutional governance of a sovereign state. Ministryƒ”š‚ was alluding to the statement delivered by Pillay […]

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