By Charles.S.Perera USA was about to intervene in Syria to help rebels to depose President Bachar el Assad and his government.  Fortunately Russia intervened  requesting America not to intervene in Syria as it was an internal problem.  To-day the rebel forces in Syria are withdrawing, despite an opposition to the regime of el Assad says […]

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During an interview at New Europe Studios, Ambassador Chizhov described the relationship between the European Union and Russia During an interview at New Europe Studios, the Head of the Russian mission to the EU, Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov  accused foreign forces of helping the Ukrainian opposition which he described as having fallen into the hands of right-wing […]

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Malin Abeyatunge  There is some hidden agenda in Northern Province Chief Minister Vignesweran’s suggestion of granting of Dual Citizenship to the Tamil Diaspora to encourage them to invest in Sri Lanka. It sounds okay on the face of it but there is some sinister move under this suggestion. This is a very subtle ploy by […]

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Mahinda Weerasinghe   Part III of the series took some time to formulate, due to several reasons! Partly personal, partly strategic, but mostly; as lot of crisscrossing topics should be juxtaposed and that was an intimidating task.  Above all, I should attempt to make this tale hang together, also in order to make it, concise, economic […]

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by Senaka Weeraratna  Sri Lanka’s foreign policy must tilt towards extracting the maximum support and assistance from countries that have a shared Buddhist heritage, because these countries are natural allies of Sri Lanka. A shared past acts as a powerful reminder of a sense of duty to one another particularly in times of crisis. This […]

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Dilshan Boange Courtesy: The Sunday Nation On February 22, 2013 at the Maha Bodhi Society premises in Maradana Colombo, a discussion was held towards creating new channels of Lanka-Indo relations initiated by Buddhist activists from both here and India who have opened a dialogue as private citizens, hoping to strengthen bonds of amity between the […]

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