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Political
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LTTE attacks Air base; Govt. attacks media |
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By Our Political Editor |
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 "………It seems they are highly trained people. They are not the normal cadres. Very professional cadres whom they have lost……. No country can fully control terrorism. That is the reality….." |
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5th
Column |
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It's as though --- Nero fiddled while Rome burned |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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My Dear Mahinda Maama,
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Situation
Report |
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Pre-dawn pounce |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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 The group of Tiger guerrillas, among them three women, wore crumpled camouflage uniforms. These, together with their short haircut, made them look like army soldiers. However, unlike the soldiers, there was still a difference. All of them wore black explosive laden "suicide" belts around their waist. |
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The
Economic Analysis |
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On the road to a debt trap |
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By the Economist |
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The 500 million US dollars that the government has borrowed may ease the current financial problems. However, there is no doubt that the government is passing on a debt burden to future years and the short-lived relief could lead to wrong directions in policy and aggravate the fundamental problems in the economy. |
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Thoughts
from London |
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From bluster to more bluff and blunder |
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By Neville de Silva |
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The letter from the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in London in response to my comments last Sunday is intriguing, to say the least.
My column referred to what I considered the indiscretions and lapses by the Foreign Ministry under the current incumbents. I would have expected the foreign ministry in Colombo to write to the editor of this paper published in Colombo. |
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Issue
of the week |
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Not issued with this week issue |
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By Ameen Izzadeen |
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Focus
on Rights |
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Discussing mock turtles and commissions of inquiry |
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By Kishali Pinto
Jayawardena |
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The discovery this week that the Government intends to amend the Commissions of Inquiry Act, No 17 of 1948 (as amended) in order to interalia, permit the Attorney General to institute criminal proceedings based on evidence recorded at a Commission of Inquiry proceeding, reminds me of the famously satirical lament made by the Mock Turtle in Alice in Wonderland when it observed dismally that "once, I too was a turtle." |
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Lobby |
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COPE, PAC: Politics blunts the plunder |
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By Chandani Kirinde, Our
Lobby Correspondent |
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 The role of Parliament’s two most important Committees, the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) came into the spotlight in the Legislature last week and one disturbing aspect that emerged during the discussions in the House on the role of the Committees was the partisan manner in which MPs viewed their activities, depending largely on which side of the House they occupy. |
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Inside
the glass house |
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Blackwater beyond the reach of justice |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations |
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 NEW YORK - As the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to probe the widely-condemned killings of 17 Iraqi civilians by gun-toting employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA, the claims for compensation have triggered the hitherto unanswered question: how much is human life worth in Iraq? |
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Telescope |
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Who's writing the script of the war? |
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By J.S. Tissainayagam |
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 The frustration and chagrin of the Indian establishment at the LTTE's attack on the Anurdhapura airbase were reflected in the editorial of The Hindu: "Pushed into the Wanni jungles … as a result of a relentless, year-long campaign by the Sri Lankan military, a desperate LTTE has scored a hit of modest military significance." |
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