guarded only by neighborly respect and honorable obligations, is an
example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world"
Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman and author (1874-1965)
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- Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera
Prabhakar [BBC News]
press conference held in Batticaloa where LTTE's former women's wing
leader Nilavini who was with renegade leader Karuna until last week
described in detail all that happened from the day she left Batticaloa.
former LTTE eastern commander Karuna has once again brought the focus
on to the eastern theatre. The involvement of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in
helping Karuna operate after he fled the area has now made senior LTTE
commanders like Col. Ramesh, who replaced him say that they would take
necessary action to bring
has had a make-over
for a new series of
comic books launching
in India.
The character will no
longer be known as
Peter Parker - but will
become the young
Pavitr Prabhakar.
US may be losing its air superiority, a US general has said.
film about tigers [The
Globe and Mail]
order to develop infrastructure projects and better aid the poor.
Its additional funding will go towards schemes including irrigation, power, water
supply and road development.
about tigers. Not Detroit
Tigers or Tamil Tigers or
cartoon-on-the-box-of-Fr
osted Flakes tigers, but
real, fang-toothed,
boar-eating, growling
tigers, the kind that used
to roam the wild areas of
Southern Asia and
Siberia in fairly
frightening numbers.
has now trained its guns on Vijaykant — another
leader Tamil actor. Angry PMK supporters have,
over the past week, burnt effigies of Vijaykant
who heads the Tamil Film Artistes’ Association,
pasted posters condemning him and disrupted a
screening of his film in a theatre in northern
Tamil Nadu.
vehicles burnt in
Jaffna [TamilNet]
stepped up recruitment of child soldiers in recent weeks.
British demining charity
engaged in mine
clearing activities in
Jaffna.
Tamil child soldiers acquitted by Sri Lanka's Supreme Court [BBC News]
He was among five people sentenced to death for allowing a machete-wielding
crowd to storm a detention centre where the victims were being held.
problems while they inadvertently cross the boundaries near the islet.
The Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had last year suggested to the Central
government that the island could be taken on perpetual lease from Sri Lanka so
that the Tamilnadu fishermen could fish in the waters without encountering
problems.
LTTE in India, but it would not demand lifting of the ban.
"A day will come when the ban will be lifted," MDMK chief Vaiko said, adding he was
not demanding lifting of the ban.
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers rebel group, even though it had observed a ceasefire for
more than two years and conducted informal peace talks with the government.
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