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Sunday, January 28, 2007
Vol. 41 - No 35
 
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Political Column
  Ranil fiddles as UNP burns
  By Our Political Editor
 
Sri Lankans will be treated to a sparkling spectacle today. They will see live on television and hear on radio how their elected representatives to Parliament create history. Like some of the movies, it will be a political blockbuster, richly packed with plots of treachery, skullduggery, betrayal and pure bootlicking.
5th Column
  Crossover drama couched in words on betel leaf
  By Rypvanwinkle
 
My Dear Karu and the other Tharus and Horus,
Situation Report
  Battered Tigers take battle to sea
  By Iqbal Athas
 

Two Sri Lanka Navy Fast Attack Craft (FACs), on a routine patrol off the north eastern seas, were the first to observe a flotilla of Sea Tiger boats. It was just past 3 p.m. on Sunday off the coast of Vettilaikerni.

The Economic Analysis
  Complacency root cause of economic stagnation
  By the Economist
 

Last week, we dealt with the misleading statistics of economic growth. As a nation we appear to clutch at any evidence that gives us a sense of satisfaction and consequently a good reason not to take any measures to improve ourselves.

Thoughts from London
  Oslo conspiracy, blighted Britons and goebbelsian spin
  By Neville de Silva
  It took Norwegians themselves to expose the insidious manoeuvrings of their government in promoting terrorism under cover of bringing peace to a troubled land.
Issue of the week
  Not published with this week issue
  By Ameen Izzadeen
   
Focus on Rights
  Assessing Sri Lanka's Presidential commission of inquiry
  By Kishali Pinto Jayawardena
 

In the last column, the constitution of the eight member Presidential Commission of Inquiry, (the Commission), established by the Government of Sri Lanka last year in order to probe into fifteen selected incidents of extra judicial killings and other grave human rights violations, was examined. The Commission will begin sittings in early February.

Lobby
  Not published with this week issue
  By Chandani Kirinde, Our Lobby Correspondent
   
Inside the glass house
  Lankan crisis at UN: What can the government do?
  By Thalif Deen at the united nations
  Perhaps one of the political realities of the United Nations is that no member state — with the rare exception of Nepal last week — wants its domestic problems hung out to dry in the chambers of the Security Council.
 
 
 
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