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(The Island) WASHINGTON (AP) – One day your annual flu shot could come in the mail. At least that’s the hope of researchers developing a new method of vaccine delivery that people could even use at home: a patch with microneedles. Microneedles? That’s right, tiny little needles so small you don’t [...] (Daily News – by Chamari Senanayake) In December 2006, Defence Ministry UK announced that the contract for the ‘Taranis’ unmanned air vehicle demonstrator program had been awarded to a team led by the Defence firm BAE Systems. Named after the Celtic god of thunder Taranis, it was to explore and [...] (Sunday Observer – By Manjula Fernando) Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told the Sunday Observer that the cornerstone of the ongoing Government-Opposition talks on the proposed constitutional reforms is retaining the executive feature of the office of the head of state. He says the Kilinochchi Cabinet meeting had a greater symbolic [...] (CI) When yet another shower lashed the Galle International Stadium at 2.15pm, even though the Indian bowlers would have been relieved, it was a cruel heartbreak for the groundsmen who had worked hard to get the ground ready – despite heavy showers at consistent intervals – for a 2.30pm inspection and [...] (The Island – By Jehan Perera) The media images last week of opposition UNP leaders being greeted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and senior ministers of his government should send a reassuring message to the country and world at large. The message is that the politics of confrontation and acrimony [...] (Daily Mirror – by M.S. M. Ayub) Politicians are a clever lot who can justify anything and everything they say and do. For instance, the leaders of the government including NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa who promised before the last Presidential Election and the Parliamentary election that the Executive Presidential governing system [...] (TOI) Jayananda Warnaweera has seen it all. He’s played Test cricket from 1986 to 1994, admired the young potential in ex-teammate Muttiah Muralitharan, been at the receiving end of a young Sachin Tendulkar, raised the Galle stadium from scratch only to see it wrecked by the tsunami, then put it all [...] (The Island) Interview of Prof Rajiva Wijesinha by Matt Abud of Radio Australia Regarding the Panel appointed by the UN Secretary General MA: Ok. So may be just for some background first. There has been a lot of discussion around the Panel that Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has set up [...] (Daily Mirror) Reports that President Mahinda Rajapaksa proposes to discuss constitutional reforms also with officials of the Election Commission should set the nation thinking. It is not just about shifting and changing from PR system to first-past-the-post scheme, or a new and more ‘representative model’. Instead, it should be about addressing [...] (Daily News – by Rasika Somaratne) The initiative to draw a national road map to popularize English throughout the country reached its Second Phase yesterday at Temple Trees under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s patronage. Presidential Task Force on English and IT Coordinator Sunimal Fernando says the phase two targets a wider [...] (The Island) The Nation (Thailand)/ANN Thailand’s Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva are being investigated for abusing their position when they used their government office to send out short messages, or SMS, via mobile phone service last year. In his and the prime minister’s defence, Korn [...] |
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