February, 2010

• 25 February

  SAILAN MUSLIM FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVES VISIT TO PUTTALAM

  JAFFNA SITUATION REPORT ON MUSLIM IDP’S It is unfortunate that to this day, the situation of Muslim IDP’s languishing in refugee camps remains unsettled. It is now two decades since they were displaced from their homes in Jaffna as a result of ethnic cleansing by the LTTE in 1990. The long awaited liberation of the North in May 2009 has …

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• 25 February

  Explosive News By Jennifer Harper

  A lingering technical question about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks still haunts some, and it has political implications: How did 200,000 tons of steel disintegrate and drop in 11 seconds? A thousand architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 at the …

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• 25 February

  No beer money in Amla’s coffers, By Iqbal Khan

  Hashim Amla, the Muslim Protea who does not wear a Castle logo on his cricket shirt, on Sunday said that he did not pocket a cent from his match fee. Nor did he profit from his share of money pooled from awards that the team won in Test matches. But Amla, 26, a veteran of 38 Tests who was granted …

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• 24 February

  Shibly Aziz PC Elected as the BASL President

  Sailan Muslim Foundation congratulates the former Attorney General Shibly Aziz, PC for been elected as the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) in the election today, 24/02/2010. Brother Shibly is one of the founder members, a trustee and Vice Chairman of Sailan Muslim Foundation and is heading the editorial section of the website. Sailan Muslim Foundation is …

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• 24 February

  Rep. Baird returns from Gaza, chides White House, Israel, By Kevin Flower

  After visiting twice last year, Rep. Brian Baird is returning from his third trip to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, giving the Washington state Democrat the unusual distinction of having spent more time in Gaza than any other current member of the U.S. Congress. He said he was discouraged by much of what he saw. It’s a journey that only two …

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• 23 February

  Meir Dagan: the mastermind behind Mossad’s secret war, Uzi Mahnaimi

  IN early January two black Audi A6 limousines drove up to the main gate of a building on a small hill in the northern suburbs of Tel Aviv: the headquarters of Mossad, the Israeli secret intelligence agency, known as the “midrasha”. Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, stepped out of his car and was greeted by Meir Dagan, the 64-year-old …

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• 22 February

  Governor by chance now Nigeria’s acting president, By JON GAMBRELL

  LAGOS, Nigeria — Goodluck Jonathan has once again lived up to his name by becoming acting president of Africa’s most populous nation. He took over as governor of an oil-rich state only after his predecessor was indicted; militants dynamited his country home but he wasn’t there. Now he’s leading Nigeria after the president’s lengthy hospitalization in Saudi Arabia prompted legislators …

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