tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:41:26 +0000Sri Lanka News:Online Edition of Sri Lanka Guardianhttp://www.srilankaguardian.org/noreply@blogger.com (azad)Blogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-1523781937060962011Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:09:00 +00002009-11-22T11:15:08.285-08:00"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."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/1JvlXjHHyxQ/international-support-for-sri-lanka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/international-support-for-sri-lanka.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5663197022625196538Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:04:00 +00002009-11-22T11:09:12.011-08:00"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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/A1jZjsRjeJs/will-general-sarath-fonseka-become.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/will-general-sarath-fonseka-become.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-7661463924719461424Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:59:00 +00002009-11-22T11:38:13.141-08:00"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.".........................................http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/HeY46tT67S4/lanka-down-with-fonsekitis-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/lanka-down-with-fonsekitis-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-7597488102204915775Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:54:00 +00002009-11-22T11:41:26.957-08:00- 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.”....................................................................http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/WvwG1d4wXMg/yank-and-hanuman-to-battle-it-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/yank-and-hanuman-to-battle-it-out.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-2026413880053473002Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:50:00 +00002009-11-22T10:52:59.650-08:00By 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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/vyR6OEzhH1Y/season-of-thalagoyas-and-kabaragoyas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/season-of-thalagoyas-and-kabaragoyas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-53033622423750443Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:43:00 +00002009-11-22T11:29:26.977-08:00By 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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/3qQQBqFaT9I/nursery-rhyme-dedicated-to-president.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/nursery-rhyme-dedicated-to-president.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5794796275285471623Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:18:00 +00002009-11-22T10:22:19.130-08:00“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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/I__K7l1umck/tamils-and-equal-rights-or-self.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/tamils-and-equal-rights-or-self.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-4025554134754496370Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:14:00 +00002009-11-22T10:17:56.301-08:00Obama'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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/x_-NPVC3UMA/impotent-in-china.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/impotent-in-china.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5287376062229929211Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:21:00 +00002009-11-22T05:25:35.784-08:00By 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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/Dzz8X2BSEyE/future-of-president-mahinda-rajapaksa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/future-of-president-mahinda-rajapaksa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-1930069232942547997Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:12:00 +00002009-11-22T05:15:08.689-08:00- ‘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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/s7Bi8KME6Ls/u-turns-of-mahindas-regime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/u-turns-of-mahindas-regime.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5545157655968530897Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:58:00 +00002009-11-22T05:01:03.811-08:00“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 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/KA--VrH8MKs/degenerative-duplicity-and-governments_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/degenerative-duplicity-and-governments_22.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5049349395919681724Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:55:00 +00002009-11-22T04:57:42.804-08:00By Maduranga Rathnayake(November 22, Melbourne, Sri Lanka Guardian) One thing is clear; that is in modern constitutional democracies, Head of the State is also invariably the Commander-in-chief of the armed forces which pre-supposes that war, a military’s most important engagement, is foremost a political resolution. In other words, war or military engagement is a political decision. However, thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/eDEA-EejHnI/themistocles-in-ancient-greece-and-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/themistocles-in-ancient-greece-and-our.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3167989465696379893Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:47:00 +00002009-11-22T04:55:23.965-08:00Epilogue: The Journey of a JournalistBy Shelton A. Gunaratne©2009 (November 22, Brisbane,Australia, Sri Lanka Guardian)I am about to leave Brisbane after arriving in Australia on 4 Nov. to see my mother lying on a bed “living” her last [?] days at the Mater Hospital. The five khandhas (aggregates)—material form (rupa), sensation (vedana), perception (sanna), mental formations (sankhara) and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/NIdH-ikbETM/tribute-to-punchu-hamine-my-mother.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/tribute-to-punchu-hamine-my-mother.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3371657488309608418Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:42:00 +00002009-11-22T04:44:47.825-08:00By Noor Nizam(November 22, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian) The brotherhood of Muslims and Tamils enacted in Zurich , Switzerland on the 20th., to the 22nd., of November was indeed a special event to consider in the present scenario of political challenges that are thrown to the turf of national politics in Sri Lanka . Was the political playing arena in Sri Lanka not enough to stage this drama in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/BJkX3TM9Ibc/photograph-that-has-mysterious-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/photograph-that-has-mysterious-story.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-4129290193552257405Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:40:00 +00002009-11-22T04:42:02.398-08:00“The transfer of the money by the Mumbai conspirators through the Madina Trading Company had come to the notice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Indian authorities shortly after the 26/11 attacks, but the manager of the company and his son could not be arrested immediately by the Italian authorities as they had fled Italy----reportedly to Pakistan.”..................................http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/wvfNkkXumDg/madina-trading-company-part-of-bigger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/madina-trading-company-part-of-bigger.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-219563147702579486Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:00 +00002009-11-22T10:04:01.452-08:00“Tamil laborers brought from India had no say nor did the few Arab Muslims. Racist Sinhalese massacred many in 1915. In 1930, another hard-working minority, Malayali plantation workers, were attacked by Sinhalese and most fled back to Kerala.”..............................................................................By Ron Ridenour(November 22 , Washington, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/qaPWXwZ_dtk/tamil-eelam-historical-right-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/tamil-eelam-historical-right-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5998652473700923219Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:14:00 +00002009-11-21T12:16:30.011-08:00(November 22, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sonali Samarasinghe Wickrematunge former Editor in Chief of The Morning Leader and (former) Consultant Editor of The Sunday Leader was awarded this year’s Oxfam Novib / PEN International Freedom of Expression Award in recognition for her courage in raising difficult issues around power abuse and corruption.She joins four others who will receive awards: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/I-UuaSy5OWI/international-award-for-sonali.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/international-award-for-sonali.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6902951649073969939Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:43:00 +00002009-11-21T11:47:44.782-08:00By Terry Lacey(November 22, Jakarta, Sri Lanka Guardian) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finds himself uncomfortably between the devil and the deep blue sea. His anti-graft campaign is stalled and the anti-graft lobby seems to be accusing him of stalling it, while he says don’t push me to do silly things, and that he will do what he must in due course and later deal with those attacking his http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/aBTnIXiJESY/dont-push-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/dont-push-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3052407664307139106Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:44:00 +00002009-11-21T07:46:08.342-08:00“The LTTE faction controlled by Nediyavan in Denmark, TRO’s Regi, ROOT Ravi and former LTTE fundraising head Thanam in the UK are said to be using their financial muscles to control the Tamil Diaspora like they did before the military annihilation of the LTTE in Sri Lanka.”........................................................................(Part 1)By Pathy Theeran from Zurich (November 21, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/MKUCr9qGvsM/lttes-tamilnet-struggling-to-comprehend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/lttes-tamilnet-struggling-to-comprehend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-639600731091311322Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:47:00 +00002009-11-21T03:52:05.144-08:00(November 21, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) One of the Tamil politicians who is close to the government is said to have brought a women suicide bomber as part of a plot to kill General Sarath Fonseka- the former Chief of Sri Lanka Army, who led the military mission to liquidate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s (LTTE) military might.According to the weekly newspaper “Lanka”, based in Colombo,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/F7SG3ZvUiCs/plot-to-kill-general-sarath-fonseka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/plot-to-kill-general-sarath-fonseka.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6962974213697416015Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:39:00 +00002009-11-21T03:43:39.027-08:00“Strategy of a Commander in Chief his vision and the charisma are vital component of a victory. Citizen patiently waited without an iota of protest on the economic and social hardships during the suppression of terrorism until the end and today blessed with a peaceful and normal life.”......................................................................By Sarath Wijesinghe JUST WAR CIVIL WAR ANDhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/Bz_AemZCGag/political-decisions-in-war-and-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/political-decisions-in-war-and-crisis.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-4054909527632766265Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:09:00 +00002009-11-22T10:04:46.756-08:00“The systematic abuses by Sri Lanka government forces are among the most serious imaginable. Torture and extrajudicial killings are widespread [as is] kidnappings of its own people.”..............................................................................By Ron Ridenour(November 21, Washington, Sri Lanka Guardian) "Those who are exploited are our compatriots all over the world; and the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/pud1cdnle3g/cuba-alba-let-down-sri-lankan-tamils.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/cuba-alba-let-down-sri-lankan-tamils.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-4676933413448546767Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:34:00 +00002009-11-20T21:36:02.644-08:00‘Many sections of the Indian media have not been observing such restraint. There has been frenzied speculation and some journalists----in their attempts to sound more credible than others---- are even claiming to have obtained their information from "FBI sources", which one finds it difficult to believe.”........................................................................By B.Raman(November http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/jLTo8gCVaOU/headly-rana-case-need-for-caution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/headly-rana-case-need-for-caution.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6290228338857671962Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:36:00 +00002009-11-20T12:40:11.344-08:00"The IDPs are resettled in an ad hoc manner without proper infrastructure facilities to the dismay of most inmates. The Government has resorted to this course of action merely refusing to incur an additional expense for the betterment of the IDPs. This is indeed a short term remedy to get rid of the IDP issue." .....................................................................................http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/19FJjut6VJ0/john-holmes-bribes-lies-and-cocktail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)2http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/john-holmes-bribes-lies-and-cocktail.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-1781797155248879907Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:35:00 +00002009-11-20T12:36:36.603-08:00By Lucien Rajakarunanayake(November 21, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Ranil is now throwing the gauntlet at the President over his latest obsession of the Common Candidate to run for the presidency. He has challenged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to call for a Presidential election adding that the United National Front (UNF) will reveal their common presidential candidate soon after it is announced http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/jg6H1Z1aYXg/phoney-honey-politics-makes-bow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)3http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/phoney-honey-politics-makes-bow.html