http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/ This is an XML content feed of; News Portal from Sri Lanka : Last 10 News Bulletins Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Web Wiz NewsPad - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:50:33 +0000 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:09:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz NewsPad 1.02 30 www.amarasara.info/amnews/RSS_news_feed.asphttp://www.amarasara.info/amnews/images/amarasara-news1.jpghttp://www.amarasara.info/amnews/http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1041• Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Council to be set up within one month
- by Santhush Fernando
(06.09.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

• Sri Lanka : More opposition MPs to support government’s Eighteenth Amendment Bill? Opposition groups call for general strike and civil disobedience
- by Santhush Fernando in Colombo
(05.09.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

• The 18 th Amendment : Has the Opposition missed the woods for the trees ?
- by Raj Gonsalkorale
(06.09.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

• India to appoint a Special Envoy on Sri Lanka ?
- by Santhush Fernando
(06.09.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

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]]>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:09:17 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10412010-09-06 22:09:17 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1040What U.S. media largely ignored : How many Iraqis were killed – 1.2 Million
- by Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent Asian Tribune
(04.09.2010 - Asian Tribune)

Washington, D.C. : The Iraq War was sold to Americans in part as an intervention that would benefit Iraqis, "liberating" them from the despotic rule of Saddam Hussein. In retrospect, after no weapons of mass destruction were found and the alleged links to Al-Qaeda were debunked, this supposed humanitarian mission became the central justification for the invasion. Today, it is a major pillar of what support remains among the U.S. public for continuing the occupation was what FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, opined when President Obama declared Tuesday 31 August that War in Iraq was over.

FAIR, an independent Think Tank which scrutinizes the US media said: If Americans are to make informed judgments not only about the invasion of Iraq and whether the occupation should continue, but also about future wars our government may wish to start, then we need to have good information about the war's impact on Iraqis.
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]]>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:19:00 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10402010-09-05 08:19:00 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1039Army of Sri Lanka : “Sri Lanka is one country in the world that has no terrorist threat”
- by Major General (Retd.) Lalin Fernando
(04.09.2010 - Asian Tribune)

Over one year has passed since the epic and annihilating victory of the SL Forces over the most bestial and formidable terrorists the world has ever known. While gratefully remembering those who sacrificed their lives in the struggle and the innocents who were killed, thankfully peace prevails everywhere.

Peace reigns

There is a wonderful sense of freedom and a complete absence of fear and dread amongst the public after 30 interminable years. No longer will brave soldiers and innocent citizens die in the wake of that scourge. Sadly there has also been a very unfortunate even grievous parting of the ways amongst the architects of the victory that ended the terrible menace that afflicted the country. This article is limited only to suggestions on how the Army could exploit its proved potential to serve the country even better.

Threat

The army must ensure that the threat of insurgency, guerilla warfare terrorism and sabotage which afflicted the nation at least 3 times (1971, 1980-2010 and 1988/9) is never again allowed to resurface. Neither must conditions be created for outside interference and involvement as in 1987 or the politically forced induction of potentially lethal CFAs that the forces despite misgivings were compelled to accept by base politicians. There are today even more powerful western oriented foreign elements backed by local 5th columns mounting new threats.
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]]>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:13:19 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10392010-09-05 08:13:19 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1038STF illegally arrest, detain and file fabricated charges against German philanthropist - SL Minister requested Rs.30m; German philanthropist refused
(31.08.2010 12:30 AM SLT - Lanka-e-News)

A German philanthropist staying in Sri Lanka has been illegally arrested and detained by the officers attached to the Special Task Force (STF) of the Sri Lanka police on 17 th August, 2010 at Siyambalanduwa. He was travelling with his son and his companions in the district of Monaragala. He was detained in the Siyambalanduwa Police Station where fabricated charges of illegal drug trafficking were filed against him. A few months before this incident a powerful Minister of the present Sri Lankan government illegally requested Mr. Michael Kreitmeir to give him Rs. 30 million towards his election campaign and when Mr. Kreitmeir refused he was threatened by the Minister. A report on this specific incident was sent to the German Embassy on 13 March 2010 by the victim.
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]]>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:58:58 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10382010-08-31 10:58:58 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1037US Congressmen war crimes allegation petition : Sri Lanka’s dismal failure in public diplomacy
- Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent Asian Tribune
(31.08.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

Washington, D.C. : If Asian Tribune reveals to you that one of the signatories to the 9 August (2010) ‘war crimes’ petition forwarded to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by 57 US Congressmen did not have the faintest idea of Pol/Mil developments in Sri Lanka during its battle against separatist Tamil Tigers and the resultant scenario something is wrong somewhere in Sri Lanka’s overseas public diplomacy and strategic communication which is most vital at this state to combat vicious global propaganda against it.

The seriousness is that the organizers of this petition harnessed the ignorance of this Congresswoman to sign it on the pretext of promoting human rights in a Third World nation which happened to be Sri Lanka which is battling misinterpretations, blatant lies, misrepresentations and half-truths arising out of its battle against the separatist Tamil Tigers and resultant human rights, crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide issues.
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]]>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:00:58 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10372010-08-30 22:00:58 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1036ඇණ ගසා දඬුවම් දීමට තරම් ඇය කළ වරද කුමක්ද?
(27-08-2010 - ලංකාපුවත්)

කොළඹ-ලංකාපුවත් : මුදල් සොයා මැද පෙරදිග වෙත යන බොහෝ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික කාන්තාවන් සේම මාතර තිහගොඩ පදිංචි එල්. පී. ආරියවතී මහත්මිය ද දහසක් බලාපොරොත්තු පොදි බැඳගෙන සෞදි අරාබිය වෙත ගෘහ සේවිකාවක් ලෙසින් යෑමට තීරණය කළේ තම දරුවන් තිදෙනාට දීප්තිමක් අනාගතයක් උදා කිරීම සඳහාය.

ඒ අනුව කොළඹ පිහිටි විදේශ රැකියා අයතනයක් මාර්ගයෙන් 2010 මාර්තු මාසයේදී ඇය සෞදි අරාබිය බලා පිටත්ව ගියේ එම අරමුණ සාර්ථක කරගැනීම උදෙසාය.

සෞදියේ රියාද් නුවර පිහිටි සුවිසල් නිවසක ගෘහ සේවිකාවක් ලෙසින් ඇයව සේවයට යොමු කළ අතර එහි නිවෙස් හිමියා, ඔහුගේ බිරිඳ හා දරුවන් පස් දෙනෙකු වාසය කළේය. එම නිවසේ රැකියාවට ගොස් මුල් දින කිහිපයේදී ගෙහිමියන් ආරියවතී මහත්මියට හොඳින් සැලකූවත් ටික කාලයක් ගතවන විට එම තත්වය වෙනස් විය.
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]]>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:47:32 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10362010-08-28 06:47:32 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1034I am a strong believer of Corporate Nationalism – Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka
(26.08.2010 - dailymirror.lk)

Daily Mirror spoke to JHU General Secretary and Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka in order to know the JHU stance on the current issues and his plans for the power sector in Sri Lanka.

Q: There’s a school of thought that believes that the silence of the coalition allies has given rise to corruption by certain individuals in the government. What’s your opinion about this criticism?

There’s corruption at all levels and almost all spheres and one cannot single out politicians.

Firstly there are corruptions in small proportions but unrestrained and found at almost all state institutions such as government offices, courts, schools and even at hospitals. The public take them in their stride and do not make much of a fuss about it probably due to the perception that they cannot get done their job without oiling the palm of this and that public official.
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]]>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:38:03 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10342010-08-27 20:38:03 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1033WikiLeaks won’t be cowed by Pentagon threats : CIA plays down secret memo release
- Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent Asian Tribune
(27.08.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

Washington, D.C. : The release of the CIA secret memorandum about foreign perception of the United States on Wednesday 25 August seems to be a message its founder/handler Julian Assange sent to the Pentagon that his organization’s works cannot be derailed by the Swedish legal issues surrounding him nor be cowed by Pentagon threats.

The release is the first classified U.S. document published by WikiLeaks since the Pentagon formally demanded Aug. 5 that WikiLeaks delete its entire cache of classified material, which could also include 260,000 State Department diplomatic cables, and a log of events from the Iraq/Afghan war theater containing 500,000 documents. Both were purportedly leaked by now-imprisoned Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning.

However the CIA played down the release of the February classified memorandum, a so-called "red cell" analysis that is supposed to provide an alternative view to the spy agency's leaders.
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]]>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:30:38 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10332010-08-27 05:30:38 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1032“What If Foreigners See the United States as an ’Exporter of Terrorism’” – 5 Feb 2010 CIA Secret Memo
- Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent Asian Tribune
(26.08.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

Washington, D.C. : WIKILEAKS does it again : This time it just released a SECRET//NOFORN CIA RED CELL Special Memorandum dated 5 February 2010 how the United States engaged in exporting terrorism to other nations.

This CIA ”Red Cell” report from February 2, 2010, looks at what will happen if it is internationally understood that the United States is an exporter of terrorism; ’Contrary to common belief, the American export of terrorism or terrorists is not a recent phenomenon, nor has it been associated only with Islamic radicals or people of Middle Eastern, African or South Asian ethnic origin” says the CIA Secret Memo.

This dynamic belies the American belief that America’s free, open and integrated multicultural society lessens the allure of radicalism and terrorism for US citizens.
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]]>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:26:03 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=10322010-08-27 05:26:03 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=1031America’s Remarkable Complacency about its own Human Rights Abuses
- Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent Asian Tribune
(26.08.2010 - Asiantribune.com)

Washington, D.C. : The United States government last Friday August 20, after a long ten-year gap, submitted to the UN Human Rights Council the Universal Periodic Review – a self evaluation of its own human rights record required under the UN Charter – acknowledging the need for improvement in several key areas but concealed many human rights violations it committed in its ‘war against global terrorism’ which have been under severe scrutiny and criticism by many global rights organizations.

The 29-page report gives the reader the impression of America’s remarkable complacency about its own war crimes and human rights abuses while officially encouraging other nations to improve their record and pressing them for greater openness and transparency.
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