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Political
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JVP-UNP in battle over India |
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By Our Political Editor |
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 The ongoing Eelam War IV notwithstanding, some 1,800 policemen and 800 soldiers were deployed to provide security to a gala event, the Carlton Motocross, in the southern city of Tissamaharama for three days beginning February 15.A sprawling 485-acre farmland became a racing track for motor cars and the venue of an exhibition for the Motocross. |
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5th
Column |
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I shall always be with you dear, my most prized matador! |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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Mahinda aiya summoned Chamal, Gota and Basil. He had a problem to deal with-he wanted to know what should be done about Mervyn… |
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Situation
Report |
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Eelam War IV spreads far and wide |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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 The idyllic snow covered Holmenkollen Park Hotel outside Norway's capital of Oslo, where the Sri Lanka Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) once agreed in December 2002 to explore a federal structure to end the ethnic conflict, formed the setting. |
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The
Economic Analysis |
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The spectre of inflation will not simply go away |
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By the Economist |
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 The most recent warning of the Central Bank that the rate of inflation would increase this year is more realistic than its previous assessment that it would decline gradually. |
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Thoughts
from London |
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Free speech or death of democracy |
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By Neville de Silva |
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 Last week a local newspaper carried an interesting view on the meaning of democracy. Headlined “We are a democracy, Mervyn can say anything”, Champika Ranawaka of the Jatika Hela Urumaya (JHU) adumbrated the opinion that democracy equates to an unsanctioned right to say what you will and I suppose, when you will.
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Focus on Rights |
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Rebutting a defence of the Sansoni Commission |
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By Kishali Pinto
Jayawardena |
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A dull Tuesday afternoon this week was somewhat enlivened by a heated response sent by Mr Tissa Devendra to last Sunday's column. As all 'good' Secretaries of Commissions of Inquiry are wont to do, Mr Devendra has taken exception to my criticism of the Sansoni Commission. |
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Lobby |
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The right man in the wrong place at the wrong time |
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By Chandani Kirinde, Our
Lobby Correspondent |
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 Procrastinate on an issue long enough and leave it to die a natural death. That has been the attitude of this Government towards many an issue that it has been confronted with in the past two years be it the issue of human rights violations, cost of livng, devolving power and now the appointment of the Constitutional Council (CC). |
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Inside the glass house |
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After Kosovo, what next? |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations |
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 NEW YORK - The unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) by the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo -- and its instant recognition by the veto-wielding United States, France and the United Kingdom in the Security Council last week -- has opened a political can of worms. |
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Telescope |
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Child soldiers: What the Govt. report did not report |
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By J.S. Tissainayagam |
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 Earlier this week, the media highlighted government’s plan to present the report of the Committee to Inquire into Allegations of Abductions and Recruitment of Children for Use in Armed Conflict (CIAARC), at the sessions of the UN Security Council on Thursday.
What transpired at the sessions was not known at the time this article was written. |
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