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Political
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How
Ranil defused the revolt |
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By Our Political Editor |
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The negotiations
got underway last Sunday night with a dinner hosted
by former Christian Affairs and Interior Minister
John Amaratunga. The main Opposition United National
Party (UNP) was on the verge of a major split,
and Ranil Wickremesinghe no longer its undisputed
leader. |
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5th
Column |
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'Ali'
katha at the Elephant Headquarters |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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The herd
of elephants were in disarray. Some baby elephants
wanted the Elephant King to abdicate. Other baby
elephants wanted the Heir Apparent to take over
the reins. And then there was the Prisoner Elephant
who had joined the herd recently who wanted to
be King sometime in the near future. All the baby
elephants had gathered at the Elephant Headquarters…
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Situation
Report |
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Sea
battles for A9 |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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The message
on Thursday reached Northern Naval Area Headquarters
(NNAHQ) almost simultaneously. It was around 4.30
p.m. A naval patrol at location "Charlie"
reported that a flotilla of Sea Tiger boats was
headed northwards. That was from their base in
Thalayady (south of Nagerkovil near Muhamalai).
At the same time, the naval detachment at Point
Pedro saw blips on their radar. The flotilla was
in the seas, some five nautical miles from the
shores of Point Pedro. |
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The
Economic Analysis |
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Fiscal
consolidation and long-term economic growth |
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By the Economist |
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There are
two publications those interested in the economy
must read: The Central Bank's Annual Report and
the Institute of Policy Studies' State of the
Economy. The two reports differ in style and content.
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Inside
the glass house |
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Wounded
ducks, sacrificial lambs and the Democratic victory |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations
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NEW YORK - The six-year stranglehold
of Washington by right wing neo conservatives of
the Republican Party was broken last week when the
opposition Democratic Party took control of both
the House of Representatives and the Senate. |
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Thoughts
form London |
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Transatlantic
brothers in distress |
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By Neville de Silva |
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The troubles that now confront
George Bush and Tony Blair are a good lesson for
all political leaders who refuse to accept the truth
that political popularity is as evanescent as a
desert mirage. |
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Focus
on Rights |
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Of
national law weeks and other useless extravaganzas |
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By Kishali Pinto Jayawardena |
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Then again, we have the ready
preoccupation with the surreally absurd, of which
a better example cannot be found than the recent
extravaganza titled the National Law Week with its
theme "Access to Justice" held under the
aegis of the current leadership of the Bar Association
of Sri Lanka. |
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Lobby
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MP
Raviraj and the land of grotesque records |
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By Chandani Kirinde, Our Lobby
Correspondent |
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TNA Parliamentarian former Batticoloa
district MP, Joseph Pararajasingham, former Foreign
Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar’s life was ended
by an assassins bullet last August. The only crime
these men committed was holding fast their strong
faith in the democratic system and choosing to voice
their opinions in a democratic manner in a country
where people are fast losing faith is this very
system. |
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Issue
of the week |
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The
Americans are not so dumb |
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By Ameen Izzadeen |
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Donald Rumsfeld, the arrogant
Defence Secretary who brought the US military into
disrepute is gone and is replaced by Robert Gates,
a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
It was in Rumsfeld that US President George W. Bush
first confided his Iraq plan. It was music to the
ears of Rumsfeld who together with the think-tank,
Project for the New American Century, had conceived
a similar plan. |
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