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Political
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Political crisis deepens |
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By Our Political Editor |
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Most Sri Lankans woke up yesterday to hear the surprise, if not the shocking news - President Mahinda Rajapaksa had sacked three of his Ministers - Mangala Samaraweera (Ports and Aviation), Anura Bandaranaike (National Heritage) and Sripathi Sooriyaratchchi (Port Development - Non Cabinet rank). |
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5th
Column |
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19 million pockets impinged by jumbo cabinet |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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"Thaaththa", Bindu Udagedera asked, "why is everyone making such a fuss about the Cabinet?" |
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Situation
Report |
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Not published with this week issue |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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The
Economic Analysis |
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Not published with this week issue |
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By the Economist |
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Thoughts
from London |
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Those in transparent houses should keep their clothes on |
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By Neville de Silva |
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Normally I would not involve myself in a spat between another media organisation and a third party. The Island newspaper and the Sri Lanka chapter of Transparency International (TISL), the foreign funded NGO that claims to fight corruption, are capable of looking after themselves without any intervention from outside. |
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Issue
of the week |
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Makkah deal: What else can the Saudis do? |
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By Ameen Izzadeen |
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The good news from Islam's holiest city, Makkah, must have brought a big sigh of relief to millions of Palestinians. For months, the peace loving people of the world had been sad and helpless when gunmen belonging to Hamas and Fatah engaged in outrageous fratricide. |
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Focus
on Rights |
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Looking askance at judicial power and resolutions of parliament |
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By Kishali Pinto
Jayawardena |
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When Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes proclaimed in 1862 at a meeting of the First Congress of the United States, that Parliament and not the judiciary has both the purse and the sword, he was only stating a salutary truth. His consequent caution that, in the enterprise of making democracy workable, both are partners and one cannot say to the other that one has no need of the other, is equally salutary. |
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Lobby |
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A House seething with seating and security problems |
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By Chandani Kirinde, Our
Lobby Correspondent |
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Parliamentary democracy is alive and kicking in Sri Lanka, at least it seemed like that last week. When sittings began on Tuesday, several prominent members raised interesting issues prompted by unpleasant personal experiences; but they were also a reflection of some of the disquiet building up in society in recent months. |
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Inside
the glass house |
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Not published with this week issue |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations |
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