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| Championing the fight against climate change |
Sulakshana Senanayake’s plan is to promote the use of CFL bulbs throughout Sri Lanka. “CFL bulbs will save electricity. Electricity on its generation emits green house gases like carbon dioxide, so using the energy efficient bulb is a step taken to fight climate change,” Sulakshana said addressing a small ceremony to launch Climate Champions 2010 on October 6. |
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| Singapore firms to invest in SriLankan Airlines units |
Top management from two top Singapore airline-related companies in which Singapore’s biggest investment arm, Temasek Holdings has major stakes, were in Colombo this week for discussions with SriLankan Airlines and government officials on investments in the local carrier and its subsidiary, officials said.
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| Latvia’s man shortage leaves women lost for love |
Two decades after Latvia shook off Soviet communist rule, the country's women have survived the transition to capitalism better than men -- they are better educated and are less likely to die young. But a high male mortality rate means for many women, it is hard to find a partner. |
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| 'Superhacker' faces extradition |
A British wanted in the United States for allegedly carrying out "the biggest military computer hack of all time" has been granted bail.
Gary McKinnon, 39, of north London faces extradition over claims he gained illegal access and made alterations to 53 U.S. military and NASA computers over a 12-month period from 2001 to 2002. |
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| Sex: The ups and downs |
Sexuality is the biologic force that is necessary for the procreation of the human race. Sex can bring pleasure or pain, happiness or despair. Sexual stimulation is a combination of both mental and physical pleasure. The male sex organs are the penis and testis which are situated outside the body. |
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| EDITORIAL |
| Nobody's child |
Most people are aware of the often-quoted warning that if anyone abuses or rapes a child, it would be better for that person to be thrown in to the deepest sea with a millstone tied around his neck. It may be a cliché but it is also a time-tested truth that the hands that rocked the cradle rule the world. Sadly, in Sri Lanka today, we seem to be in a crisis where the mother, cradle, baby and all are plunging into a precipice.
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| COLUMNS |
| UNP-JVP split makes Rajapaksa stronger -- Political Column |
The venue is symbolic for many reasons. Until 1948, the British Coat of Arms adorned the top of the building signifying colonial rule. Since independence that year, the arms of the Dominion of Ceylon replaced it. In 1972, a panel board covered it with the arms of the Republic of Sri Lanka. |
| Government pleads for a Fonseka pardon? -- Focus on Rights |
Among the more ludicrous sights that one saw this week was one government politician after another pleading that Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander or a member of his family should ask for a pardon from President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The deafening volume of these calls had, at times, an air of wholly unflattering desperation about them.
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| The waning weave |
In the little village of Kalasirigama, (formerly Henavala) in Menikhinna, in the Dumbara Valley of the Kandy district, a small group of families are engaged in their traditional craft of weaving Dumbara mats and tapestries. This age-old craft has been practised by people from the Kinnara community since the days of the Sri Lankan kings, when they enjoyed royal patronage and the craft flourished. |
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| An unexpected battle |
The armies of Kotte
did not bother to
survey the surroundings of Sitawaka. The chief commander, Veediya Bandara thought that King Mayadunne and his army had fled, in fear. So he too rested in comfort. In their camp, there were no
people who were armed. They had all kept their weapons aside. It was
midnight. All of a sudden, there was a flow of soldiers, from all sides. They began to attack. |
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