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Political
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War on media to defuse Tiger deal |
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By Our Political Editor |
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Even if the war with Tiger guerrillas is over in the East, for the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration there seemed many other wars are still in store.
The war on the Media was nearly declared this week. It came about when the agenda for this Wednesday's Cabinet meeting was listed. |
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5th
Column |
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Hats off to Toppigala: No big deal |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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"Thaaththa," Bindu Udagedera asked, "what is all this fuss about Toppigala?"
"Why, Bindu," Bindu's father Percy said, "troops have now captured that area..." |
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Situation
Report |
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Toppigala: A victory but bitter battles ahead |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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 Compared to some of their Asian counterparts, there is a distinct difference between those in the Sri Lankan Security Forces and the Police, including the Special Task Force (STF). |
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The
Economic Analysis |
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Inflation enemy number one: Dangerous and damaging |
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By the Economist |
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 Inflation is deemed to be the most serious economic problem facing the country and the one that appears to be most intractable at present. Inflation continues to be at a double digit level, fluctuating between 12 to 20 percent. |
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Thoughts
from London |
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Controlling the media under the pretext of policy |
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By Neville de Silva |
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There has been a deafening silence from the government and its media after President Rajapaksa told state media moghuls that they must rid themselves of the “prevailing political culture” and play a “more vibrant and efficient role”, to quote from a Daily News report. |
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Issue
of the week |
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Mush, Bush and the duck that lays golden eggs |
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By Ameen Izzadeen |
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 General Pervez Musharraf in his autobiography 'In the Line of Fire' revealed a bombshell: US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Armitage warned him that if he did not cooperate in the war against terror, the US would bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age. |
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Focus
on Rights |
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Who thought of bringing criminal defamation back? |
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By Kishali Pinto
Jayawardena |
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Apparently, the inspired legal mind who had suggested to President Mahinda Rajapakse that the law of criminal defamation should be brought back to our statute books had done so on the brilliant reasoning that this was necessary as civil proceedings are not proceeded with at the expense of the State but of the individual concerned. |
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Lobby |
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Not issued with this week issue |
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By Chandani Kirinde, Our
Lobby Correspondent |
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Inside
the glass house |
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The UN veto: From cold war to Kosovo |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations |
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 NEW YORK - At the height of the Cold War between the US and the former Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70s, the United Nations was a key battle ground to settle international political disputes. The weapon of choice was the veto. |
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Telescope |
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Divide and rule: It's democracy stupid, in east |
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By J.S. Tissainayagam |
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 Local government elections are expected to be called in the East soon. The government has already taken steps to invalidate nominations received for the 2006 polls and will probably call for fresh nominations when the election is announced.
Words such as 'elections,' 'democracy' and 'participation' are loaded with associations. |
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