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How India saved Mahinda at CMAG
| by Upul Joseph Fernando ( May 1, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Just a few days before the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) was scheduled to meet for business, President Mahinda...
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Syrians flee 'massacres' in Baniyas and al-Bayda
Jim Muir in Lebanon reports: "Activist groups gave the names of 50 people who they said were butchered in al-Bayda"Hundreds of Syrians have fled coastal areas where activists accuse government forces...
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Malaysian PM denies dirty tricks before election
Supporters of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak received goody bags before a rally in Dengkil on FridayMalaysia's prime minister has denied chartering planes to move tens of thousands of voters into...
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Burial wrangle for Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Peter Stefan: "I keep bringing up the point of Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh or Ted Bundy. Somebody had to do those, too."The search is on for a cemetery to bury Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan...
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Gupta wedding row: South Africa suspends officials
The wedding is taking place over four days in the famous resort of Sun CityFive high-ranking officials in South Africa have been suspended as the government investigates security breaches during a...
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Xi Jinping’s vision Chasing the Chinese dream
THESE have been heady days for Chen Sisi, star of a song-and-dance group run by China’s nuclear-missile corps. For weeks her ballad “Chinese dream” has been topping the folk-song charts. She has...
View ArticleElections in Malaysia “Ubah” you can believe in? Penang
“NO TO racism, no to corruption,” bellows Anwar Ibrahim from a stage in front of 50,000 delirious supporters, braving heavy rain to acclaim their idol in Penang. It is the last week of campaigning...
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India and China square off High stakes A.R. | DELHI
SO FAR it is a matter of a few military tents, a handful of shivering soldiers and a disagreement over a remote and never-demarcated line in the Himalayas. Yet a lengthening stand-off between Chinese...
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Pakistan’s hopeful general election The N is nigh ISLAMABAD AND LAHORE
POSTERS are up on lampposts, television advertisements blare, but only some politicians dare hold election rallies. Campaigning for Pakistan’s general elections on May 11th has so far been subdued....
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Residents in Colombo, who were suffering from the intense heat during the last one month, heaved a sigh of relief yesterday morning when it started raining. Here, three schoolboys all smiles, walk home...
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Israeli envoy to Lanka says his country boycotts UNHRC
*Working ties suspended as the UN body fails to be even handedMay 3, 2013, 9:20 pmAmb. Alon UshpizBy Shamindra FerdinandoIsraeli Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alon Ushpiz says the Jewish State wouldn’t take...
View ArticleMahatma Gandhi’s Three Wise Monkeys and a drop of his blood are up for sale
May 3, 2013, 9:35 pmBY S VENKAT NARAYANOur Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, May 3: Mahatma Gandhi’s Three Wise Monkeys (See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil) and a drop of his blood are now up for...
View ArticleIndia emerging as a fast growing market for luxury products; France’s Louis...
May 3, 2013, 9:36 pmBY S VENKAT NARAYANOur Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, May 3: India is emerging as a fast growing market for luxury products such as expensive alcoholic beverages, luxury cars,...
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Salley weakening but continues fast in CID custody
May 3, 2013, 9:21 pmBy Lal GunesekeraLeader of the Muslim-Tamil National Alliance (MTNA) Azath Salley, who was arrested by the CID on Thursday (2) morning, from the residence of his daughter in...
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Leafing through the pages
May 3, 2013, 8:20 pmLeafing through the pages... Reminiscences of a public servant who served four Presidents over a period of twenty years, during a Public Service career extending over a period of...
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The Working People of Sri Lanka, Unite!
May 3, 2013, 8:54 pmVeteran trade union leader Bala Tampoe addressing the CMU May Day rally (Pic Saman Ranaweera)NOTEBOOK OF A NOBODYby ShanieIn all men’s hearts it is Some spirit old Has turned with...
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China emerging as new force in drone warfare
May 3, 2013, 8:57 pmIn this Oct. 1, 2009 file photo, trucks loaded with the Chinese made drones, the ASN-207, take part in a military parade marking China’s 60th anniversary held near Tiananmen Square...
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Thank God: The Police have gone to the dogs!
May 3, 2013, 8:58 pmRecently an English daily newspaper showed the picture of a police officer, described there as a senior officer, saluting Mr. Duminda Silva shown relaxing at home, soon after he had...
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13th Amendment and the Northern Provincial Council
May 3, 2013, 8:59 pmEminent citizens of this country, such as, Messrs S. L. Gunasekera, Gomin Dayasiri, Neville Laduwahetty, K. Godage, Durand Appuhamy, Gunadasa Amerasekera and many others have all in...
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NPC polls: To hold or not to hold …May 3, 2013, 8:49 pmNo election has so far been a problem for the UPFA since 2005 thanks to a debilitated Opposition in total disarray. It has managed to keep its...
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