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(Sunday Island By – Dushy Ranetunge in London) The pressures that the Sri Lankan state is under at present are its own creation in failing to strategically position Sri Lanka in a rapidly transformed post LTTE landscape. It is remarkably similar to the predicament of the LTTE, which was also its own creation. Long before May [...] (Sunday Observer) Last December, an English newspaper came out with a thundering headline. Quoting former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, it said the Secretary of Defence ordered ground commanders in the battle zone to shoot the surrendering LTTE leaders. It triggered not the truth, but a ‘truth’ LTTE sympathisers were eagerly waiting [...] (Sunday Island) Numerous well-informed and independent academics, constitutional lawyers, media commentators and other members of the public have, particularly over the past five years or so, made known their apprehensions regarding the attempt to push through ad hoc changes to the Constitution without a wide, thorough, transparent discourse on the subject. The Bar Association has, [...] (Sunday Observer) The European Union (EU)’s decision to terminate the GSP Plus trade concessions for over 700 export products from Sri Lanka and the appointment of a three-member panel to advise United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka’s Security Forces were the talking point [...] (Sunday Island) Nobody expects Minister Wimal Weerawsansa to end his life outside the UN compound in Colombo by his death fast which an opposition wag called a death “farce.’’ It is unlikely that the theatrics now on display and the exchanges that are grabbing front page space will result in UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [...] (Sunday Times) Within 48 hours of the state media heralding the triumphant return of President Mahinda Rajapaksa after settling a dispute in the neighbouring Maldives, came the news of one of the worst comedowns in the country’s recent history as far as its external relations are concerned; the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recalling his [...] |
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