tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:19:08 +0000Sri Lanka News:Online Edition of Sri Lanka Guardianhttp://www.srilankaguardian.org/noreply@blogger.com (azad)Blogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-8565941767544882934Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:45:00 +00002009-11-08T23:48:08.084-08:00(November 09, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) In the news published in Media , the Military Spokesperson Brigadier Udaya Nanayakara has refuted one of our recent lead news ‘KP tortured’ in the Panagoda Army camp.The brief news headlined ‘KP not tortured or held at Panagoda camp – Army spokesman’ One of the Media which based in Colombo stated: ‘The Army refuted Pro-LTTE media reports which claimed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/vOnTjhFPi0g/sri-lanka-guardian-responds-to-army.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/sri-lanka-guardian-responds-to-army.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-7616609815594703335Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:31:00 +00002009-11-08T23:33:48.364-08:00(November 09, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) This year’s World Travel Market (WTM) in London is scheduled to open in a few hours time at 10am GMT, and Sri Lanka Tourism will be conveying four major messages. Sanjika Perera, heading the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Board’s London team, speaking to newsfirst.lk yesterday at the ExCel centre at the London Docklands, said that the island nation would http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/zX2AOL5uHY8/sri-lanka-to-convey-four-major-messages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/sri-lanka-to-convey-four-major-messages.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-355270358828359889Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:28:00 +00002009-11-08T20:30:06.852-08:00“Russian and Chinese people's perceptions of each other have been cited as an example of the negative people-to-people relations, this applies with equal validity to China's relations with India, the US and many South-East and East Asian countries.”_________By B. Raman(November 09, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) President Barack Obama is undertaking a four-nation Asia trip from November 12 to 19http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/hMD70UunDHU/how-credible-is-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/how-credible-is-obama.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-8086772547695408844Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:38:00 +00002009-11-08T17:45:30.984-08:00The Journey of a Journalist (Part 12A)By Shelton A. Gunaratne©2009(November 09, Washington, Sri Lanka Guardian) I returned to Malaysia as an educational consultant—an external examiner for the department of communication (Jabatan Komunikasi) at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University)—more than two decades after I left my lectureship at Universiti Sains Malaysia (Science University).http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/aQyGVg-PLvU/summer-stint-back-in-malaysia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/summer-stint-back-in-malaysia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3053969691630937889Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:25:00 +00002009-11-08T17:29:58.052-08:00By Kishali Pinto Jayawardene(November 09, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Public shock and astonishment that greeted the recent forcible drowning of a mentally challenged man by police officers attached to the Bambalpitiya police station illustrates the culture of extreme denial in which we function as citizens in Sri Lanka today.From where does this incredulity spring from? Are we surprised that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/nm6MLLz9gmc/thoughts-on-drowning-of-one-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/thoughts-on-drowning-of-one-man.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-4651017833998662568Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:09:00 +00002009-11-08T17:25:39.456-08:00“Gen. Fonseka's dilemma, in case of a desire on his part to be the Opposition's common presidential candidate, would be whether he should make himself a cat's paw for those who shamelessly appeased the LTTE, tried to scuttle the war and ridiculed the military, especially the army, and its achievements and create a situation in the process for them to capture power and put their hidden agendas http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/WORgGKA4uX8/wiles-of-strange-bedfellows-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/wiles-of-strange-bedfellows-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-2363585737124197225Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:06:00 +00002009-11-08T17:08:07.252-08:00By Dr. Mervyn D. De Silva(November 09, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian ) No sensible and discerning Sri Lankan voter will dispute the contention that this country has been governed for quite sometime without any sense of direction, patriotism and dedication to the needs and aspirations of the general populace.The country’s economy has had a perilous passage with the strength of its developmental, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/YS6nPu81bXk/redeem-political-credibility-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/redeem-political-credibility-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-3955541764923064929Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:32:00 +00002009-11-08T05:39:41.329-08:00Exclusive Interview with Brad AdamsAsia director at Human Rights WatchThe solution to the problem of the camps, which we have called for from the very beginning, is for the government to develop clear procedures for screening and registration and clear criteria for detention or release. By Nilantha Ilangamuwa(November 08, London, Sri Lanka Guardia) “International law does not allow a government http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/qZ8rmNUwfx8/rajapaksha-lied-to-ban-ki-moon-hrw.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)1http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/rajapaksha-lied-to-ban-ki-moon-hrw.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6398748843993439913Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:29:00 +00002009-11-08T05:30:56.877-08:00Patients face battle of life and death over inferior drugsBy Padmini MatharageCourtesy: Lakbima News(November 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has wielded the whip against Trade Union leaders who exposed the shortcomings of the Minister as well as the existence of substandard and contaminated drugs in government hospitals.Vaccines with pieces of glasses, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/wiI2TeNZwJU/nimal-siripala-de-silva-man-who.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/nimal-siripala-de-silva-man-who.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5895057529778587220Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:27:00 +00002009-11-08T05:28:52.962-08:00By FS(November 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Next weekend, President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be involved in two significant events – hosting a group of Sri Lankan expatriates from across the world and seeking their support in the post-conflict development of the country, and announcing the date for the next presidential poll.The date of the next presidential election is keenly awaited by the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/2WnOZfkof_c/will-lankan-expats-respond-to-call-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/will-lankan-expats-respond-to-call-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6231771489798715051Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:24:00 +00002009-11-08T05:26:17.633-08:00By Indi.ca(November 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) I like America. I grew up there. There’s a lot of good people and ideas coming out of there. In Sri Lanka, however, they seem a bit adrift. Besides doing good and being liked, I don’t know what America’s interests are here. Neither, I suspect, do they.Our FriendshipOn a personal level, I think Sri Lankans and Americans get along very well. I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/N8M3SGwCQxk/on-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/on-america.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-1099347217178228484Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:18:00 +00002009-11-07T22:20:48.789-08:00“Will the visit have a negative impact on Sino-Indian relations? Will it add to Sino-Indian cross-border tensions? Will China further step up the diplomatic and media pressure on India as it sought to do against France and some other European Union countries last year to pre-empt a movement for the boycott of the Beijing Olympics?”________By B.Raman(November 08, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/addgPOM5DtE/china-smiles-at-india-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/china-smiles-at-india-us.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-7560573412622050447Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:16:00 +00002009-11-07T22:17:56.654-08:00“Good as he was, and he was the best, what made me happiest were young Dellain Joseph and Natasha Rathnayake though not necessarily always in that order. It’s a heck of a lot easier for me to answer some of the questions that GV posters ask me like “what’s a nice intellectual like you doing with someone like Mahinda Rajapakse?” or words to that effect, than to decide whether Natasha or Dellain ishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/XuMsUWI8pUc/from-here-to-hanoi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/from-here-to-hanoi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-2004646500856422709Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:40:00 +00002009-11-07T13:45:08.367-08:00By Dr Vickramabahu Karunaratne (November 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The conference held at Vihara Mahadevi Park was claimed to be a success. Large number of workplace leaders from CEB, petroleum, harbour, and railways attended the conference. Though dominated by the JVP shop stewards, work place leaders belonging to SLFP, LSSP, UNP and the Left attended with enthusiasm. According to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/5D9t5IKybqY/looming-dark-clouds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/looming-dark-clouds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-89847376473121820Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:29:00 +00002009-11-07T13:50:37.281-08:00"I wonder how many Sri Lankans who visit Buddagaya remember or even know of the work Mr. Premadasa did there. I believe he was the first and possibly only Sri Lankan leader to become personally involved in improving the conditions in this sacred place."_________________By B. Sirisena CoorayChairman,The Premadasa Centre(November 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) When I got an urgent request from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/_Rum_h7ho_Y/returning-to-buddhagaya.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/returning-to-buddhagaya.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-4866342096041090095Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:25:00 +00002009-11-07T13:29:01.079-08:00By Lalin Fernando"And I can see no reason why anyone should suppose that in the future the same motifs already heard will not be sounding still put to use by reasonable men to reasonable ends, or by madmen to nonsense and disaster"- Joseph CampbellMurderers Unlimited(November 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) A few weeks ago the new Minister of Justice ‘suggested’ that hanging be re- introduced tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/X048qYRLf_c/who-pays-hangman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/who-pays-hangman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-8791062580736822825Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:58:00 +00002009-11-07T12:59:13.678-08:00(November 08, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri Lanka Guardian recently brought to the attention of the public that a bloody ‘coup d'état’ is planned by the Defense Ministry to oust the present Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilliyan from the Eastern Provincial Council and install his rival Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman in his place.Following this revelation ‘http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/kKqmUNCHuik/pillaiyans-fate-is-in-hands-of-defense.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/pillaiyans-fate-is-in-hands-of-defense.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6048886415975515094Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:20:00 +00002009-11-07T05:22:17.969-08:00Tamil parliamentarian freed. (November 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) TNA parliamentarian Selvam Adaikalanathan has been released few hours after serving Detention Order by the Terrorism Investigation Department coming under the ambit of the Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse.It was reported that Selam Adaikalanathan was taken for further interrogation by the TID after issuing him with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/A_ohoJvNXWc/govt-succumbs-to-pressure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/govt-succumbs-to-pressure.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-5967495407732542202Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:28:00 +00002009-11-07T01:29:18.117-08:00By Our defence investigator (November 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The government has not decided to remove the arms from the Tamil paramilitary groups following the end of the military campaign of the LTTE in May 2009. The government supporting Minister Douglas Devanand’s EPDP, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillaiyan of TMVP and Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, the Vicehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/88KqQGarCjY/govt-silent-on-illegal-arms-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/govt-silent-on-illegal-arms-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-2756940423648627539Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:32:00 +00002009-11-06T18:33:57.952-08:00“Those opposed to the US role in Iraq and Afghanistan would use the Fort Hood incident as one more reason why the US should quit Iraq and Afghanistan.”_________By B. Raman(November 07, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The dilemma and the problems posed by the existence of pockets of qualms of conscience and divided loyalties in the Muslim communities of the non-Muslim world has been tragically http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/AOwqMk5iyCs/fort-hood-incident-in-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/fort-hood-incident-in-us.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-79253295633128740Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:41:00 +00002009-11-07T01:25:50.033-08:00EDITORIAL"Sarath Fonseka was a victim of the LTTE and had all the reasons to pursue the Tigers to their detriment. He was also put in a difficult situation when Defence Secretary outsmarted him several times and undermined his authority to give field commands." ___________________________________(November 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sri Lanka is in a crucial juncture. General election for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/qzZtm7fHW_Y/pros-and-cons-of-sarath-fonseka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)2http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/pros-and-cons-of-sarath-fonseka.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-1744274166890456381Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:31:00 +00002009-11-06T12:39:55.081-08:00“Sometimes my husband is too stern with my daughters as he is used to commanding males in his line of duty and at that time I help him see the sensitive side towards them and obtain his approval. No matter what I do, I always get his feed back and that has immensely helped me to grow as a person.”____________By Shehara Rajapakshe(November 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) A rightful saying at the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/RwK2engQSJg/behind-every-successful-man-is-woman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/behind-every-successful-man-is-woman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-853826662884261134Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:16:00 +00002009-11-06T12:18:22.094-08:00By Dr. B. S. Wijeweera (November 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Consistency is not the strong point in politicians or their political parties. Expediency is. The Island editorial of 30 October 2009 makes an interesting observation on this. >From about 1994, the SLFP wanted the presidency scrapped, but did not get down to doing it even when it had the opportunity. At that time, the UNP wanted tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/RLmHOML5P4w/abolishing-presidency-mis-diagnosis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/abolishing-presidency-mis-diagnosis.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-6511982764594060719Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +00002009-11-06T11:50:36.563-08:00By Susira Edirisinghe , PagodaLetter to the Editor(November 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Shani in her/his latest feature article on 31st October ( ‘The Island’) states among other things, “….chauvinists who claim that Sri Lanka is only home to a Sinhala Buddhist majority who have been in this in this country for 2300 years.”I do not know whether this is an accurate statement because it would http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/pX-eoPfhT_M/chauvinists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)3http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/chauvinists.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468613367801394261.post-7176611906102709088Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:42:00 +00002009-11-06T11:44:21.008-08:00“The UN Secretary General should be aware that the Maoists by virtue of their majority in the parliament want to have the national unity government "under their leadership" and not otherwise!”__________________By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan(November 07, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) Having failed to reach a consensus on condemning the action of the President, the Maoists have taken to the streets. On http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slguardian/~3/IZMShE0a5dQ/frustrated-maoists-go-on-offensive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sri Lanka Guardian)0http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2009/11/frustrated-maoists-go-on-offensive.html