KABUL, Afghanistan — Canada has formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan after years of being on the front lines of the fight against Taliban insurgents in the south. Canada is the sixth largest troop-contributing nation, behind the U.S. and European countries. While 2,850 Canadian combat troops are going home, 950 others have started streaming into the country to help train Afghan security …

IN THE TOILETS WITH THEIR TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS Critics of the war in Afghanistan are fond of asking: "What would victory look like? How will we know when we’ve won?" In view of the latest events in that war-torn country, it’s fair to stand that question on its head and ask: What would defeat look like?    It looks like this: as …

  தமிழீழ விடுதலைப்புலிகளால் LTTE கடந்த 23வருடங்களாக காத்தான்குடி முஸ்லிம்களுக்குஏற்படுத்தப்பட்ட உயிர் மற்றும் பொருளாதார இழப்புக்களின் விபரம். FACT SHEET ON KATTANKUDY Area 1 Square Mile Population 50,000 (Supposed to be most dense of the towns and villages in the whole of South-East Asia) Location Batticaloa-Kalmunai Trunk RoadNorth: Batticaloa   South: Araipattai Village East: Batticaloa Lagoon West: Sea (Bay of Bangal) Character Though a village, urban in outlook and character Cottage Industry Handloom, Handicrafts 5A- Number of …

I embraced Islam after graduating from Cambridge. Prior to that I was a skeptical Catholic; a believer in God but with a mistrust of organized religion. The Qur’an was pivotal for me. I first tried to approach it in anger, as part of an attempt to prove my Muslim friend wrong. Later I began reading it with a more open …

Kumar Sangakkara delivered an exceptional speech in his 2011MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, touching on the history, culture and opportunties for Sri Lankan cricket as well a moving recounting of the terrorist attack on their team bus in Pakistan. Holding forth: Kumar Sangakkara's wide ranging talk on the history and culture of cricket contained criticism of the political power …