tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:53:40 +0000Sri Lanka News:Online Edition of Sri Lanka Guardianhttp://www.srilankaguardian.org/noreply@blogger.com (azad)Blogger13008125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-7412542570390576398Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:50:00 +00002010-09-03T20:22:12.373+05:30World ViewUSDefenceJohn Stantonby John Stanton(September 03, Virgina, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sources report that Senior Social Scientist Montgomery McFate resigned her post with the US Army Human Terrain System (HTS) within the last ten days. Observers say the “category of resignation is similar to that of former HTS program manager Steve Fondacaro in that all assume it was a ‘forced revision’ or ‘let go’ as is common within thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/WZnofavlMuc/montgomery-mcfate-resigns-from-us-army.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/montgomery-mcfate-resigns-from-us-army.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6642589725834800060Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:44:00 +00002010-09-03T20:23:40.331+05:30History of WarsInterviewHistory of Sri LankaINTERVIEW WITH APSARA FONSEKAby a special correspondent(September 03, Los Angeles, Sri Lanka Guardian) Apsara Fonseka,. the eldest daughter of the former commander of the victorious Sri Lanka army, General Sarath Fonseka, was in Los Angeles rallying the commander’s supporters to a movement to get him free from government detention.The former General (retired) was jailed after he provoked the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/9-ZF8KtCe1s/generals-daughter-speacks-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/generals-daughter-speacks-out.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-225403827369983494Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:18:00 +00002010-09-03T13:49:26.837+05:30news(September 03, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera accused President Mahinda Rajapaksa for heading for a dictatorship and acting agaisnt the Mahinda Chinthanaya.Mr Samaraweera addressing a press conference today said that the president had not sought a mandate at the last presidential elections to continue with the executive presidency.He said that president was also acting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/NUiN9xwhcwI/mangala-accuses-president-heading-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/mangala-accuses-president-heading-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5304346251229943062Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:48:00 +00002010-09-03T15:37:50.519+05:30Interviewby Nilantha Ilangamuwa (September 03, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) He was born on 17th March 1974 at Matara, the southern part of Sri Lanka and later became a journalist which is how people got to know about him. Now this young gentleman is a Member of Parliament of the main opposition party in Sri Lanka. Budhdhika Pathirana, the young political star who is on a controversial political missionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/TETbFi7yqlo/unp-must-lead-people-towards-correct.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/unp-must-lead-people-towards-correct.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-4713742230588422151Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:11:00 +00002010-09-03T11:42:38.325+05:30statement(September 03, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Amnesty International is today calling on the Sri Lankan government to ensure the safety of three men who have been tortured and jailed following their forced return from Australia in 2009.Two of the men, Sumith Mendis and Lasantha Wijeratne, were transferred to a hospital to be examined by a judicial medical officer on 1 September amid claims that theyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/D-UTPiQscG8/sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-tortured.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-tortured.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5027842333869155831Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:01:00 +00002010-09-03T10:39:32.976+05:30History of WarsHistory of Sri LankaLuxman Arvind" The recent visit of the Mahanayaka of Malwatta to the North was a good sign. His visit and address at the Jaffna Library touched many hearts. Tamil-Sinhala relations at all levels seem to be on the mend. The President inviting the TNA delegation – and they, who shied from such invitations previously - accepting hospitality of the President at Temple Trees - are positive signs. Better still http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/VNU9vEoNAc8/tamils-in-north-east-and-rajapakse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/tamils-in-north-east-and-rajapakse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6715743631947867708Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:59:00 +00002010-09-03T10:31:35.817+05:30opinionSri Lankaby Pandu de Silva(September 03, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) While people are going before the Lessons Learnt Commission, expecting reconciliation and lessons to be learnt, the government merrily goes ahead with its hugely undemocratic constitutional reforms. The only noticeable impact of the Commission’s sittings up to now has been to destroy the public credibility of witnesses like Amb. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/YRHSn0fQsSI/follies-of-ex-ambassadorsmedia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/follies-of-ex-ambassadorsmedia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-7152372777937259579Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:58:00 +00002010-09-03T10:29:45.406+05:30Dirgha Raj PrasaiIndiaNepalby Dirgha Raj Prasai(September 03, Kathmandu, Sri Lanka Guardian) Nepal and India do not want any kind of communist authoritarianism, they aspiring only full democracy. The concerns of the both country is political stability, peace and good governance. It is because only a good and well-established political system can lead the public mass by determining appropriate social and economic managementhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/WIIRNdhsCgA/why-india-is-supporting-nepalese-maoist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/why-india-is-supporting-nepalese-maoist.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3203088348237750951Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:28:00 +00002010-09-03T10:00:03.368+05:30Editorial CommentEDITORIAL COMMENT (September 03, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Even the former commander of the armed forces is learning that only freedom left for his family came from the Green CardThe man who gave 40 best years of his life to fight for his country and who even led the armed forces through a bitter war is learning that even for his family, like to many thousand others who had to flee their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/8bK1bFzGEFk/vote-for-18-amendment-is-vote-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/vote-for-18-amendment-is-vote-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3245717000786658646Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:35:00 +00002010-09-03T08:11:16.224+05:30History of Sri Lankaby D L O Mendis(September 03, Washington, Sri Lanka Guardian) Ray and I became special friends at the time I was working in the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs between December 1969 and December 1978. That friendship grew with the passage of time, but at the time of his passing away, my wife and I were far away in USA, and he could communicate with us only in a spiritual dimension. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/h7fb-FcQtao/ray-wijewardena-obituary-appreciation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/ray-wijewardena-obituary-appreciation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-1564480048350405056Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:31:00 +00002010-09-03T08:03:11.113+05:30B.Ramanby B.Raman(September 03, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Maoists of Bihar kidnapped on August 29,2010, Sub-Inspectors Rupesh Kumar and Abhay Prasad Yadav, Bihar Military Police havildar Ehtesham Khan and BMP ASI Lucas Tete after an encounter in the Kajra police station area the same day, which left eight policemen dead. They reportedly demanded the release of eight Maoists who are in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/mLHchKGJx6o/my-thoughts-on-maoist-hostage-taking-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/my-thoughts-on-maoist-hostage-taking-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3283602041952389143Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:31:00 +00002010-09-03T08:01:51.168+05:30statementnews(September 03, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Alliance of Media expressed its deep concern over the changes that are to be made to the Constitution as the 18th Amendments to the Constitution, violating the freedom of express on the part of the people and disregarding all the democratic norms.The accepted norm of bringing up amendments to the Constitution is to make such amendments after being http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/XK9gA4ZAIfA/media-organizations-oppose-18th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/media-organizations-oppose-18th.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-1642830528931802912Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:17:00 +00002010-09-02T16:49:10.525+05:30statementA Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (September 02, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian) A simple way of understanding the 18th Amendment is to compare it to the situation in the United States of America. The president of the United States is elected for a term of four years and is entitled to remain in power for a maximum of two terms. This is an absolute limit. Suppose this limit was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/3tQ9MYFpNcw/18th-amendment-destroying-democracy-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/18th-amendment-destroying-democracy-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5808444897210204538Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 +00002010-09-02T08:34:33.120+05:30World ViewThe Business of KillingGUEST COLUMN BY. NORMAN SOLOMON(September 02,New York, Sri Lanka Guardian) On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.Hours later, the New York Times front page offered a credulous gloss for the end of “the seven-year American combat mission in Iraq.” The first sentence of the coverage described the speech as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/BfNKWU7AjPI/speech-for-endless-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/speech-for-endless-war.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-8242349631424551229Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:58:00 +00002010-09-02T08:29:56.829+05:30World ViewPaul Craig RobertsEconomists Haven't Got a Clueby Paul Craig Roberts(September 02, Washington, Sri Lanka Guardian) Have economists made themselves irrelevant? If you have any doubts, have a look at the current issue of themagazine, International Economy, a slick publication endorsed by former Federal Reserve chairmen Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan, by Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/iJBoxVqDV90/death-by-globalism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/death-by-globalism.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6827590227083644013Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:53:00 +00002010-09-02T08:26:49.959+05:30DiplomacyIndiaB.RamanPakistanby B. Raman (September 02, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) area of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) was one of the first and worst to be affected by the floods caused by the recent monsoon and breaches of dams and water reservoirs in Pakistan. The damages spread from there to other parts of Pakistan. The devastation caused by flash floods in GB preceded that in Ladakh and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/7JOHJJs70Hc/india-misses-opportunity-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/india-misses-opportunity-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3827757074792309716Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:35:00 +00002010-09-02T08:11:19.671+05:30Ruwan M Jayatungeby Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge(September 02, Ontario, Sri Lanka Guardian) Endowed Sri Lankan writer K Jayathilaka is one of the pioneers of Sinhalese realistic novel. As a creative writer, he exhibited his talents since early 1960 s. his novels and short stories represent the ironical social perspectives and had a profound impact on Sinhalese literature. K Jayathilaka demonstrated talents that could behttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/CW3pN2vCuTY/k-jayathilaka-living-icon-of-sinhala.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/k-jayathilaka-living-icon-of-sinhala.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6667086543051453535Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:15:00 +00002010-09-02T06:46:58.880+05:30IndiaG.ParthasarathyThe gap between promise and performanceby G. Parthasarathy(September 02, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) AS Ambassador to Myanmar, I had proposed in 1994 that, as Myanmar was interested in letting us develop the hydroelectric potential of the Chindwin river for the supply of between 1000 and 1500 MW of electricity to India, we should seek early implementation of this project, located close to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/BMFVMS7_BEc/indias-neighbourhood-policies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/indias-neighbourhood-policies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-270461028589218259Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:27:00 +00002010-09-02T06:04:28.973+05:30Rasika Sanjeewa Weerawickramaby Rasika Sanjeewa Weerawickrama(September 02, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian)It was reported that around 192 people have died from dengue fever in the first seven and a half months of this year. The total number of infected people came to more than 26,824 and there can be no doubt that the entire population of Sri Lanka is in critical danger. But there still does not appear to be any visible, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/ZFYO8Pxhvgs/dengues-human-cost-what-is-states.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/dengues-human-cost-what-is-states.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5338381546336963657Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:22:00 +00002010-09-02T05:53:37.840+05:30opinionby Upali Cooray(September 02, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Apropos the front page news item today (1st. September), the Saudi Ambassador in Sri Lanka appears to be evading responsibility in bringing the sadistic culprits to book in respect of the housemaid tortured by her master and the family.I underwent a by-pass surgery in the year 2000 and carry eight stainless steel tacks in my breast as a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/dPcDcKFmYj8/mr-saudi-ambassador-cut-your-bluff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/mr-saudi-ambassador-cut-your-bluff.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-1204092099494446283Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:01:00 +00002010-09-01T19:33:48.015+05:30news(September 01, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) John Rankin has been appointed British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives in succession to Dr. Peter Hayes.Mr. Rankin will take up his appointment during February 2011, said the British High Commission in a statement.On his new appointment, Mr. Rankin has said, "I am delighted and honoured to be appointed as High Commissioner to Sri Lanka."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/1IlZUHvakG0/john-rankin-new-british-high.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/john-rankin-new-british-high.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-8012403284842981176Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:03:00 +00002010-09-01T18:35:37.699+05:30newsThe Associated Press(September 01, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka Guardian) A Saudi official has denied a Sri Lankan maid's allegations that the couple she worked for in the Arab kingdom hammered nails and needles into her body.Doctors in Sri Lanka have said they removed 13 nails and five needles from L.G. Ariyawathi after she returned from Saudi Arabia last month. The items had been driven intohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/QOCrn5iFLM4/saudi-official-denies-sri-lankan-maid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/saudi-official-denies-sri-lankan-maid.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-7162559302076816814Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:20:00 +00002010-09-01T15:52:12.497+05:30History of Sri LankaSri LankaPoliticsRajasingham NarendranBy: Dr.Rajasingham Narendran "The least government is the best government. We should have just as little as we can get along with" –President Harry Truman(September 01, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) We have glimpses of the unimportant among the constitutional changes contemplated. However, what has been revealed is not what we need. It is like watching an awkward, Burqa-clad cabaret dancer, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/3gCPmaQNQA4/constitutional-changes-in-sri-lanka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/constitutional-changes-in-sri-lanka.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-4464777274228625055Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:19:00 +00002010-09-01T15:50:41.261+05:30police tortureJustice“When Nanda Kumar pulled out a bag that contained some documents, the whole court house ran for their lives including the magistrate, fearing that Nanda Kumar was going blow up the court house”Torture victim – Released(September 01, Kandy, Sri Lanka Guardian) Nanda Kumar was arrested on April 17 2008, while he was working at the BOI in Balagolla. He was arbitrarily arrested by officers attached http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/nMm9pXVtW6w/story-of-nandakumar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/story-of-nandakumar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-143832632865450535Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:18:00 +00002010-09-01T09:51:44.832+05:30Ruwan M Jayatungeby Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge (September 01, Ontario, Sri Lanka Guardian) In the article written by Andrew Chung (Quebec slams PM s abortion ambiguity – Toronto Star 20th May 2010) indicates that the politicians of all parties have come together in Quebec to pass legislation legalizing abortion affirming the woman’s right to choose and access free abortion services. The Quebec legislature also called http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/9WUtAA8_KCE/destroying-fetus-is-depriving-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2010/09/destroying-fetus-is-depriving-life.html