June, 2010

• 24 June

  T B Jayah Memorial Lecture Jaya and the role of minorities, By Dr. Sarath Amunugama

    I am honoured by the invitation to deliver this lecture, particularly because Dr. Jayah was born in Galagedera, my electorate. His father was a Police Officer then attached to the Galagedera Police Station. There is also another connection. My father had a collection of Aubrey Collette’s cartoons and as a youngster I spent much time studying them. One of …

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• 24 June

  The World Cup: if Allah wills it to be so, By Idris Tawfiq

    Islam is just so different from every other way of life. It is such a sweet religion. Every aspect of every day is covered by Islam. There is no aspect of life that is not touched by its sweet and gentle message. Even the World Cup!     As Muslims we should never forget this. It is so easy …

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• 24 June

  Scientist Studies Suicide Bombings , By TOM WRIGHT

  

  LAHORE, Pakistan—A U.S.-educated Fulbright scholar is giving the government some special advice in building a software park intended to help turn this city into a regional tech hub: how to defend it from suicide bombers, in a sign of how everyday life in Pakistan is shaping itself around an ongoing threat. Rather than focusing on how to prevent attacks, computer …

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• 24 June

  Helen Thomas a victim of American media bias, By ALI YOUNES

  WASHINGTON: Truth must be told: Helen Thomas, the 89-year-old dean of White House correspondents is more courageous than the president of the United States, and most members of Congress, when it comes to speaking the truth about Israeli treatment of the Palestinians and about the extremist Israeli policies in the Middle East. Thomas, who has been covering the White House …

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• 24 June

  U.N. Chief Names Advisory Panel on War Abuses in Sri Lanka, by Thalif Deen

  UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22, 2010 (IPS) – Defying a challenge by the government of Sri Lanka, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday named a three-member panel of experts to advise him on how he should proceed with investigating violations of human rights and humanitarian law during the concluding stages of that country's long-drawn-out separatist war last May. "The secretary-general has all …

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• 23 June

  US Fear Factory Kills Free Speech, By Yvonne Ridley

  AMERICA is still embarrassed by the infamous McCarthy Hearings which ruined the lives of thousands of innocents during the Fifties. Anyone then, suspected of being linked to communism was arrested, interrogated and either imprisoned or forced to give names of others suspected of communist tendencies. And so the fear and intimidation spread like a great plague across the USA. Names were …

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• 23 June

  Maharoof takes hat-trick as Sri Lanka beat India

  

  Asia Cup, Dambulla All-rounder Farveez Maharoof bagged a hat-trick as Sri Lanka beat India by seven wickets in the final round-robin match of the Asia Cup. Maharoof removed Ravindra Jadeja lbw, before bowling Praveen Kumar and having Zaheer Khan caught in successive balls. India collapsed from 189-4 to 209 all out in 42.3 overs, losing their last six wickets for …

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