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Render unto Padmanabhaswamy
Feb 19th 2013, 11:35 by S.A. | THIRUVANANTHAPURAMPADMATHEERTHAM, a large tank beside a temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala, could do with a scrub. It should be a sacred place for Hindu...
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Statement from Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
( March 14, 2012, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) “I have been following the desperate situation in Sri Lanka with concern for some time. In light of last year’s Channel 4 documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing...
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Pope Francis visit Benedict XVI at Castel Gandolfo
The BBC's Alan Johnson: "We will never know the details of their talks"Newly elected Pope Francis has met his predecessor for lunch, the first time such a meeting has been possible for more than 600...
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Pakistan stage set for Musharraf comeback
By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, IslamabadGen Musharraf is expected to arrive in the southern city of Karachi on SundayPakistan's former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf is finally coming home in time to...
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China becomes world's second-biggest movie market
Box office revenues in China have seen a steady growth in the past few yearsChina has become the world's second-biggest movie market, displacing Japan, underscoring its importance as a key market for...
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How confessional statement of Sanjay Dutt nails him guilty
Mumbai, March 23: The sympathy wave to protect Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt from going to jail and serving sentence is growing with each passing day.The Supreme Court on Thursday, March 21 upheld...
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Blackbuck: Fresh charges against Saif, may face 6-yr Jail
Jodhpur, March 23: In a major setback for Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam, a Rajasthan court on Saturday, March 23 framed fresh charges in connection with the Black-buck...
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"It is another milestone in our career", celebrated vocalist, violinist and musical composer, Pandit W. D. Amaradeva seems to be whispering to Visharada Nanda Malini, shortly after the jubilant duo...
View ArticleCMAG to discuss SL under "any other matters"
March 23, 2013, 7:20 pmBy Sujeeva Nivunhella in LondonThe Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) has not listed Sri Lanka or the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on its agenda for...
View ArticleAny credible probe into Eelam War IV excesses may land Mahinda, Gotabhaya and...
View of Indian defence analystsMarch 23, 2013, 7:22 pmExclusive by S Venkat Narayan Our Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, March 23:The Sri Lankan Government may continue to stonewall the global...
View ArticleGota calls on SL’s critics to study the engineering of the invasion of Iraq
Defence Secretary’s take on Geneva eventsMarch 23, 2013, 7:26 pmBy Shamindra FerdinandoDefence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that those wanting to haul Sri Lanka up before an...
View ArticleNinety percent of Govt. MP’s willing to defect – Fonseka
…. If assured of forming a new government Mahinda wanted to jail me for thirty years, I got out in two March 23, 2013, 7:24 pmby Zacki JabbarLeader of the Democratic National Front (DNA) and former...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s bumbling foreign policy
March 23, 2013, 6:01 pmEven after the US resolution against Sri Lanka in the UNHRC was toned down, it had provisions that the present government found obnoxious. It would be interesting to examine this...
View ArticleThe lack of feasible ideas
March 23, 2013, 6:02 pmLast Wednesday, between the time of the US submitting its toned down resolution and the vote in the UNHRC, the Council for Liberal Democracy held a seminar at the OPA auditorium...
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Pope Francis in Rome, US Resolution in Geneva, setbacks in Colombo, Chennai...
March 23, 2013, 6:04 pmby Rajan PhilipsThe conclave of cardinals surprised most outside observers by selecting Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church....
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Dudley’s coup a figment of Sir John’s imagination
March 23, 2013, 6:10 pmby H. L. D. MahindapalaMichael Ondaatje told a mouthful when he said that "in Sri Lanka a well-told lie is worth a thousand facts." (Running in the Family). The tall tales of Sir...
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Vanni 2002 – 2006; What I Owe the People of the Vanni
March 23, 2013, 6:09 pmby Anandaraj L. PonnambalamIt was February 2002 when I returned to Sri Lanka from the US, scarcely a month after the announcement of the Ceasefire Agreement that ended...
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The aftermath of GenevaMarch 23, 2013, 6:04 pmReflecting on the post-Geneva scenario, the conclusion is irresistible that the very fact that the resolution was moved at all de-stabilized India,...
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Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak beats poverty and caste barrier to emerge as...
| At age 12, his foot slipped from a 30-feet high mango tree where he had climbed to fetch mangoes. It left his left arm with multiple fractures. Many thought amputation was the only choice but a...
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