Yearly Archives: 2012

MUSLIMS ALONG WITH OTHERS PROTESTS IN COLOMBO

Thousands of Sri Lankans have rallied to condemn a United Nations resolution that calls on the government to look into alleged war crimes during the last days of the country's civil war. The protesters, mainly Muslims from all the villages of Sri lanka, wearing white shirt and white cap, who were joined by other Professional Associations, paraded along Galle Road …

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Gaddafi ‘contributed €50m to Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential election fund’ By Kim Willsher in Paris – guardian.co.uk

French president hit by new claims as confidential note suggests ex-Libyan leader helped finance his election campaign –    Colonel Gaddafi in Paris after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy in December 2007. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images Damaging new claims have emerged about the funding of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign and his links with former Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi emerged. The …

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Burning Babies Afghanistan’s Haditha: An Atrocity to End the War By Robert Dreyfuss

Anar Gul gestures to the body of her grandchild, who was allegedly killed by a US service member in Panjwai, a Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)  March 122, 2012 " The Nation" —  Iraq had its Haditha. Now, Afghanistan has its Panjwai. Burning babies—yes, it has come to this. Following routine bombings of wedding parties, …

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India preaching what it does not practise By Latheef Farook

It is time that our big brother India practises with its own minority of around 180 million Muslims especially Kashmiri Muslims, what it preaches to Sri Lanka on minority rights.   Time and again officials of the Indian government from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to other top officials have impressed upon the Sri Lankan government the need to find a …

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Jinnah Scholarship from deserving Sri Lankan students 2012

The Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka invites applications for Jinnah Scholarship from deserving Sri Lankan students pursuing their studies at O- Levels and A- Levels. The scholarships will be awarded according to the final list of merits among all the applications. The Pakistan government has been awarding Jinnah Scholarships for Sri Lankan students for the past six years through …

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