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Charges, counter-charges galore in Sri Lanka
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
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Though there are 11 days to go for the filing of papers for the January 26 Sri Lankan Presidential election, charges and counter-charges from the ruling party and the Opposition have become the order of the day. Responding to charges of nepotism and corruption...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sarath Fonseka, Sinhalese people, Sri Lankan people, ITN, Politics, Gotabhaya, Ranil Wickremasinghe, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, Year of birth missing, War Conflict, United National Party, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, D. A. Rajapaksa, Mahinda Rajapaksa
History beckons, No. 1 ranking within reach for Team India
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
Credibility Test rankings for the first time, but you had better focus hard if you want to catch the moment when it comes. Only four wickets stand between India and the summit, and fans can look forward to a lazy Sunday of cricket viewing. The only hitch: the broadcast...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Colombo, Wisden Cricketers of the Year, Cricket, allnews
Fonseka launches election campaign
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
Credibility At his first public appearance on Saturday, General (retired) Sarath Fonseka, nominee of the main opposition parties for the January 26 presidential poll, hit out at President Mahinda Rajapaksa with charges of corruption and nepotism. Speaking at the...
Tags: Gen Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka, Colombo, United National Party, Sri Lankan people, Politics, D. A. Rajapaksa, Sarath Fonseka, Sinhalese people, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Ranil Wickremasinghe, War Conflict
The Long Shadow of Impunity
Anuradhapura :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
Credibility They dot Colombo’s landscape, gigantic hoarding after gigantic hoarding depicting President Rajapakse in a myriad of poses, heroic or compassionate, serious or carefree, petting a child or staring into the space…...Or will they continue to litter the...
Tags: Sarath Fonseka, Janaka Perera, Gen Perera, General Fonseka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Parakrama Pannipitiya, rajapakse brothers, Mr. Thondaman, LTTE, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lankan people, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremasinghe, Year of birth missing, Sinhalese people, Perera
No major pledges for poor in WTO meet
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 4 days ago
Credibility He said during the meeting ministers of Least Developed Countries expressed their doubt saying they do not believe that the meet will bring the end of Doha round in the Geneva conference. Faruk Khan was addressing a press conference after returning home...
Tags: Bangladesh Awami League, WTO, Geneva, Dhaka, Communist Party of China, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Environment, International trade, Politics, World Trade Organization, Sayed Ashraful Islam, Least Developed Countries, Ministerial Conference, Bangladesh Liberation War, Politics of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Barua, Doha Development Round, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Bangladeshi political families, Faruk Khan, Foreign relations of Bangladesh, Social Issues, Bengal, Year of birth missing, Diplomatic conferences, Kunming, Bangladeshi general election, Dilip Barua, Yunnan
Sri Lanka's modern day genocide
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
Credibility In recent years, governments have not necessarily been exterminating entire subgroups en masse with crystal-clear intent. Yet some governments show no qualms about shelling huge numbers of ethnic minority civilians trapped in confined war zones, as we...
Tags: Birkenau, Sri Lanka, masse atrocity, Darfur, atrocity crimes, Colombo, Homicide, Discrimination, Population, International criminal law, Crimes, Genocide, Ethnic cleansing, Auschwitz concentration camp, War Conflict
Sri Lankan soldiers kill asylum seeker
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 4 days ago
Credibility Sri Lankan soldiers shooting at a group of people planning to flee to Australia killed a young man on Saturday on an eastern beach, the military said. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the army did not kill the man intentionally, but...
Tags: sri lankan, Indonesia, Jakarta, Tamil Sri Lankans, Eelam War IV, Sri Lankan Civil War, Sri Lanka, Tamil Eelam, Immigration to Australia, War Conflict
Day 4: India ready to summit
With no avalanche to fear from, the Indian squad nailed in their tents to spend one last night before they conquer the acme of Test cricket. Whether the team’s altar will have the wherewithal to endure their grueling cricket calendar...
Tags: day 4 of third Test, JSonCricket, India four wickets away, third Test at Brabourne Stadium, Sangakkaras century, Partnership, India, Kumar Sangakkara, Dhoni&, Angelo Mathews, Paranavitana, Dilshan&rsquo, Prasanna, Mahela, allnews, Prasanna (actor), New Delhi, cricket, Zaheer Khan, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan, Batting
Nearly 1.7 lakh Tamil IDPs resettled: Lanka
Trincomalee :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
Credibility Civilians in Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu were awaiting the end of de-mining process to move to their homes, according to reports. Priority has been given to public roads, common places and villages earmarked for speedy resettlement during the demining...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Trincomalee, Politics, Internally displaced person, Forced migration, Sinhalese people, Provinces of Sri Lanka, War Conflict, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sri Lankan people, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Persecution, Eelam War IV, Sri Lankan Civil War, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Politics of Sri Lanka, Tamil Eelam, Mahinda Samarasinghe
Government to relax checking at the Mannar bridge entrance
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
Credibility Up to now those entering the Mannar Island are stopped near the bridge entrance, checked and their National Identity Cards retained before allowing them to enter Mannar. When representation has been made at a consultation meeting held this morning at...
Tags: Mannar Town Hall, Mannar Island, Basil Rajapaksa, bridge entrance, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Mannar, Sri Lankan people, D. A. Rajapaksa, Northern Province Sri Lanka, Sinhalese people, Mannar District
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