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LAST DAYS OF THIRUVENKADAM VELUPPILLAI PRABHAKARAN – Part 1 – By D.B.S. Jeyaraj

Thiruvenkadam Veluppillai Prabhakaran is no more. The body of the 54-year-old supreme leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) was found on Tuesday May 19  near the Mullaitivu lagoon known as “Nanthikkadal” (sea of conches). He had gunshot wounds  in the head and forehead.  Thus ended the life of the man who was once described by the LTTE’s  political …

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N. Korea is no pushover; more headaches for U.S.

Admit that North Korea is a nuclear power now. Its audacity is now more obvious. It sent a message on Monday that it should be taken seriously by the big powers. The message came in the form of a nuclear test and a series of short-and-medium-range missile launches. This time around the West and North Korea’s neighbours — both hostile …

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Mufti Ismail Menk – Sri Lanka Lecture Tour 2009

  Date Topic Venue   Time Audience Sunday 31st May ‘The role of the Masjid in Islam’ Wellawatte Jummah Masjid 8 pm   Gents Only Monday 1st June ‘The role of women in a modern society’ Madrasa Ayn, Elibank Road, Colombo 5 9 am Ladies Only Monday 1st June ‘Marriage and Family Life’ Miami Reception Hall Wellawatte 8 pm Ladies …

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Hypocrisy unlimted By S.L.Gunasekara

In this Nov.. 18, 2008 file image reviewed by the U.S. Military, guards escort a Guantanamo detainee carrying a book at the Camp 4 detention facility at the U.S. Naval open air common area at the U.S. Military Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP) Can one visualize a greater violation of International Law, International Humanitarian Law and the most basic …

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Obama Aide Puts Israel’s Nukes in the Diplomatic Mix By Helena Cobban

 (IPS) – Last month in Prague, President Barack Obama vowed that he would seek a world without nuclear weapons. On Tuesday, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller spelled out that this policy would apply to Israel, as well. Speaking at a conference on the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Gottemoeller said that “Universal adherence to the NPT itself, including …

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