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Political
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Samaraweera's switch shifts scenario |
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By Our Political Editor |
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Though a few of the trusted were told, it still remained a closely -guarded secret.
Ousted Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and colleague Sripathi Sooriyarachchi decided several days earlier they would join opposition ranks. The reasons were many. |
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5th
Column |
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The chosen path towards ..... |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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My Dear Mangala,
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Situation
Report |
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Heavy casualties as war intensifies |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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For many reasons than one, the ongoing undeclared Eelam War IV is assuming increasingly greater significance.
In Geneva, last week, President Mahinda Rajapaksa told Norway's peace facilitators that the Government's military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would continue. |
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The
Economic Analysis |
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Facing up to the challenges of an ageing population |
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By the Economist |
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The latest projections of population confirm that the rate of growth of the population would continue to decline. The population would reach a peak 21.1 million in 2031 and stabilise around that figure. The population changes in the next twenty five years are a contrast to those in the second half of the last century. |
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Thoughts
from London |
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Envoy stands accused of
torture – morally speaking |
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By Neville de Silva |
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Dear High Commissioner,
When I last wrote to you after your amusing interview in a local newspaper extolling that so-called debate on Sri Lanka in the Commons which had its Malvolian moments, I promised to write again soon. |
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Issue
of the week |
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The pros and cons of a peacemaker |
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By Ameen Izzadeen |
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Tony Blair wants to be a peacemaker. Last week this newspaper's late city edition on its front page carried a story which said Blair was offering his services as a peacemaker to solve Sri Lanka's 25-year conflict. |
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Focus
on Rights |
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Commissions of Inquiry and Eminent Observations |
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By Kishali Pinto
Jayawardena |
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The fracas currently surrounding Sri Lanka's 2006 Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Grave Human Rights Violations was poignantly predictable; at the outset, some of us warned that this latest commission would only amount to a futile exercise. |
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Lobby |
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A criss-cross govt. faces mounting opposition |
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By Chandani Kirinde, Our
Lobby Correspondent |
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It was clear that former ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Sooriyarachchi were trying to emulate the famous 1951 crossover by the founder of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, when they walked across the Well of the House on Tuesday and took their seats among the opposition members in Parliament. |
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Inside
the glass house |
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Palestine: Three states or no state |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations |
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NEW YORK - The intra-Palestinian fighting in Gaza and the West Bank last week has triggered speculation of a three-state solution to the crisis in the region: Gaza, the West Bank and Israel.
But the biggest single losers in the break up of Gaza and the West Bank, separated by Israeli territory, are the Palestinians. |
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