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Political
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The
deals and the wheels |
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By Our Political Editor |
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The one-time
UNP MP now supporting President Mahinda Rajapaksa
to uplift the film industry, Ravindra Randeniya,
was probably the perfect man for the occasion
-- the Master of Ceremonies at the historic signing
of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betwen
the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and
the main opposition United National Party (UNP). |
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5th
Column |
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High
riding coalition or colluding to take people .... |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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My Dear
Mahinda Maama, |
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Situation
Report |
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Lanka
at crossroads of war and peace |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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The battlefields
of the North and the East remained relatively
calm as delegations of the Government and the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) faced
each other at the negotiation table in Geneva.
Yesterday, they heaped accusations on each other
when articulating their respective positions.
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The
Economic Analysis |
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Cracks
in economy exposed by new restrictions |
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By the Economist |
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The objective
of these controls is to curb the growth of credit.
Whether these forty-four items constitute a significant
amount of credit expansion is a moot question.
However this effectively reduces the capacity
of importers to import these items. |
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Inside
the glass house |
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The
unwinnable war in Iraq |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations
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NEW YORK - When American military
forces were taking heavy casualties during the height
of the Vietnam war in the late 1960s and early 1970s,
the US tried a new political strategy of "winning
the hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese. |
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Thoughts
form London |
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Agreements
are fine but it takes two to tango |
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By Neville de Silva |
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Whatever the protagonists on either
side of the barricades in Sri Lanka’s seemingly
intractable problem might say, the carrot and stick
approach of the so-called international community
(actually a fistful of countries) brought the warring
parties to Geneva once more. |
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