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The price of beauty (Daily News – by Nadira Gunathilake) Today we are going to talk about something that never caught the attention of the media and the public before and something that you also wouldn’t have never noticed. But it is very important for all of us, especially for women. If [...] (The Island) by Kwan Weng Kin The Straits Times/ANN What a fine mess the Japanese have got themselves into. For the past 10 months or so, the ruling coalition led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) had dominated both Houses of Parliament, allowing the government to enact laws almost [...] (Daily Mirror – by Ameen Izzadeen) There’s more to it than what meets the eye. Nowhere can the phrase be more apt than in politics where honesty is a rarity. The meaning of the phrase becomes more sinister in the intrigue-ridden international politics involving big powers. The appearance of an Iranian scientist at [...] (Daily Mirror – By Dianne Silva) External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris defends the work of his Ministry and the government in the wake of the drama of Minister Wimal Weerawansa outside the UN Office and the appointment of the Panel by Secretary General of the UN, to advise him on human [...] (AFP) India on Sunday embark on a third Test series in two years against Sri Lanka, with the world’s top-rated side hoping to end their 17-year drought in the island nation. The Indians have not won a Test series in Sri Lanka since a 1-0 success by Mohammad Azharuddin’s team in 1993, despite [...] (Daily News) Promotion of common strategies and procedures: Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe Commander Sri Lanka Navy The second Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) was held recently in Abu Dhabi with the participation of 21 Navy Chiefs from 35 literal states of the Indian Ocean. ‘Together for the Reinforcement of Maritime Security [...] (Daily Mirror – by Harim Peiris) The excellent political theatre that was dished out on Baudhaloka Mawatha, by the Hon.Wimal Weerawansa, Minister of Housing, Construction and Common Amenities, brought into stark focus and public consciousness the very real issue of the UN Secretary General’s Expert Panel on Sri Lanka. The Cabinet [...] (The Island) The recent bomb blasts in Uganda which claimed the lives of more than 68 World Cup soccer fans, not surprisingly, were, for some Western commentators, ‘a sobering reminder of the need to fight the ideologies of radical Islam, wherever they occur’. That is, current world-wide [...] (Daily News) Kilinochchi which was in the limelight as the heart of LTTE operations and the capital of the self proclaimed Eelam of Velupillai Prabhakaran not long ago is today in the news for quite a different reason. Where there was death, devastation and mindless bloodletting, it is today a changed [...] (The Island) Even the shadow of a doomed marriage is crooked as a popular local saying goes. The same may be said of the much publicised efforts by the government and the UNF to reach a consensus on changing the Constitution. Adversity, they say, makes strange bedfellows. President [...] (Daily Mirror) On Thursday the government of Benazir Bhutto’s husband rejected the UN Commission report on Mrs. Bhutto’s death claiming it to be heavily flawed. However Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon went on to say he had faith in the commission members and therefore the verdict was final. From the look of it is [...] |
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