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(November 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)The government seeks a mandate from the people to create a lasting peace and development. We want to take the country along a new direction, says President Mahinda Rajapaksa.Informing the leaders of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) yesterday that a decision had been taken to hold the presidential election first, the President said that at the

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(November 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) “I have never failed in my life,” said General Sarath Fonseka today. Responding to a question by a journalist at a function in Colombo, whether he could win in a presidential election, General Fonseka, the former Chief of Defence Staff said that he had never failed in his life.When asked whether he would contest in the next presidential elections, he

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(November 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The JVP has decided to support General Sarath Fonseka as a common candidate at the Presidential election whichever party he contests from ."The Party and the symbol under which the General will contest has not been decided yet but it will not be the UNP," JVP Parliamentary group leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said. He added that Gen. Fonseka is the

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“I had known Hemant personally. I met him for the first time at a seminar in Bangalore in February last year. I subsequently met him again in Jaipur in May last year after the explosions caused by the Indian Mujahideen. We were in telephonic contact with each other off and on. He never failed to return my calls-----whether they were professional or personal.”By B.Raman(November 24, Chennai, Sri

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What direction the country must move to make it productive? “Whereas Ceylon has reached the stage in constitutional development at which she is already to assume the status of a fully responsible member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, in no way subordinate in any aspect of domestic or external affairs, feely associated and united by common allegiances to the crown”......................

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November 24, 2009 is the fifth anniversary of the killing of Gerald Perera. By Basil Fernando (November 24, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian) Gerald became a friend of mine through unfortunate circumstances. He was the victim of torture at the hands of an Assistant Superintendent of Police and a group of policemen attached to the Wattala police station.Further misfortune was to follow. The Supreme

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By Jehan Perera(November 24, Colombo,Sri Lanka Guardian) The forthcoming elections are predicted to be closely contested ones. Much of the keenness surrounds the possible candidacy of former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka as a common candidate of the opposition parties. At previous elections when the cosmopolitan and pro-minority UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe spearheaded the

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The toughest sentence of seven years in was given to Nadaraja Matinthiran, whom the court heard was the leader of the LTTE.(November 24, Paris, Sri Lanka Guardian) A French court on Monday jailed 21 Tamil Tiger militants convicted of extorting millions of euros from the Tamil diaspora in France to fund their armed campaign in Sri Lanka.The toughest sentence of seven years in was given to Nadaraja

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(November 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Addressing a media briefing at the UNP media unit yesterday (23) , the UNP parliamentarian Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena asked the Government to explain why the IGP and the Forces chiefs did not attend the Farewell ceremony of a celebrated war Hero, former Chief of defense staff General Sarath Fonseka who spearheaded the liberation of the country from 30

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“They are using machinery to replace workers. By producing high quality wines for export the wineries have essentially monopolized the production. Who suffers is the rural worker who can’t find work, and ends up living in a shanty town due to rural unemployment.”..................................................................................By Marie Trigona Writes from Buenos Aires ( November

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(November 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The UNP today called the government to ensure that free and fair elections are held without using its what it called “its now usual tactics of winning at any cost”.UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya in a statement said the party was compelled to demand free and fair elections and wants the government to keep the high standards expected of a democratic

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(November 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Attorney Ravi Jayawardena will enter politics form the Kaluthara District. The UNP has appointed him as the chief organizer for the Horana II. He is a graduate from the Colombo University Law Faculty and currently practices law.He has worked at the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, and the Ministry of Industrial Development. He

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(November 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) According to a well researched historical record tabulated about rulers of Lanka before the birth of Christ published in the Wikipedia, king Dutugemunu is claimed to be a Hindu (Saivaite) Tamil. The record confirm his real name as Suthahaman Abayan and he is the son of Kakka Vanna Thasan and the brother of Devanambiatissan. If this revelation is upheld

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By Dayan Jayatilleka(November 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) South Asia has witnessed more significant anti-systemic ideological conflicts than most areas of the world outside of East Asia and Latin America. Sri Lanka was the site of two Southern upheavals, in 1971 and 1986-90, from within the majority ethnic community, led by the ultra-left xenophobic Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).

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"One voice regarding terrorism and what lies behind these atrocities appears so credible to me, and so tragic in itself, that I quote him extensively to show that all warring parties in Sri Lanka acted as terrorists. Here are some of the last words of Sri Lankan journalist Manilal Wickrematunge Lasantha, a Sinhalese, who predicted his assassination shortly before it occurred, on January 8, 2009."

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"In Politics, there are no permanent friends and there are no permanent enemies - quote by a senior politician of India. But the Rajapakse regime is in the process of making permanent enemies and enduring troubles for the nation."...........................................................................By Nilantha Ilangamuwa (November 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) In Colombo, two key level

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"Gen. Fonseka too appears to have erred in his annexure to his letter of resignation in saying that the government alerting the Government of India on the alleged coup had resulted in placing of Indian troops on high alert. Fonseka should have known that such a declaration left the Indian government no option but to deny it, whether he was correct or not.".........................................

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- Wickremesighe’s reply had been that Fonseka is very democratic, and that India need not entertain worries on that count. However, India would be watching the situation closely, we learn, and it had been made clear that any regional ambitions by a future military leader in Sri Lanka, if they ever materialize, would be resisted.”....................................................................

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By Malinda Seneviratne(November 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Politicians rarely get rattled as much as they do when elections are around the corner. Parliamentary elections have to be held by April 2010 and the presidential affair was always a possibility anytime after Mahinda Rajapaksa completes four years in office. It is of course a monumental flaw in the constitution that a man can call

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By a wounded soldier[November 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian]Tic! Tuck!! Tic! Tuck!!I am the Chinthana man!I am the President.I am the best.No one can match my talents.I drowned the UNP.I battered the JVP.My talents go beyond.Somawanse loosing.Weerawanse dancingBecause of my Chinthana strength.My brothers are empowered.Nations people are starved.All my Chinthana might.Basil is mighty.15% his

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“Tamil political leader SJV Chelvanayagam began to organize a massive “Satyagraha” (non-violent resistance). In order to avoid even more bloodshed, Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranayaka signed an agreement with Chelvanayagam promising to restore Tamil as the (or one of two) official language in its minority areas. This infuriated many Sinhalese, especially monks, and they assaulted and sometimes

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Obama's Asian Swing (and Miss)By John V. Walsh(November 23, Washington, Sri Lanka Guardian) Where to begin with Obama’s Visit to China! It was an absurdity from beginning to end, from the media coverage to serious questions like currency and human rights. Let’s begin with the media coverage. Cries of “censorship” went up in the Western media on Obama’s first day in China.(1) The offense in

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By Victor IvanCourtesy: The Sunday Leader (November 22, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) If President Mahinda Rajapaksa is not able to make a serious change in his attitude, style of governance and actions after genuinely looking back at his first four years of governance, it is unavoidable that he will crumble as a leader, speedily heading towards obliteration even though he will be able to win

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- ‘War’ euphoria cannot be the vote winning tool anymore. People are facing the pressures in many fronts and the yester-month’s war victory euphoria cannot be the deciding factor. What people want is peace and stability now and not the crony family governance of the few. ..........................................................................By Nilantha Ilangamuwa(November 22, Colombo, Sri

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“Out of the many outright untruths and subversions in this GOSL response, perhaps this is one of the most blatant examples. Instances of lawyers being threatened, intimidated and physically attacked when they insist on seeing suspects at police stations have been documented in numbers.”.........................................................................By Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena(November

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