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Political Column
End of a bloody era

Last Wednesday, whilst President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was conferring with his Cabinet colleagues about the concluding stages of the military campaign in the Wanni against Tiger guerrillas, in the United States capital of Washington, President Barack Obama, was doing just that with his senior officials. However, the two Presidents had two different reasons.

5th Column
Sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong—always with excellent intentions!!
My dear David Miliband,
The Economic Analysis
Fiscal consolidation: imperative but difficult
Many of the problems of the economy arise due to the fiscal weaknesses of the government. The high inflationary pressures, the disincentives for economic enterprise, poor performance in exports, the drain on foreign exchange reserves through large trade deficits are some of the problems whose root cause lie in the imbalance between government revenue and expenditure.
Lobby
Not Issued with this week
 
Focus on Rights
An undercurrent of evil in government
There is a profound perversity in the events that are unfolding now in the Wanni. Decades back, when July 1983 happened, I recall the protestations of many Southern Sinhalese who felt that their individual actions in shielding Tamil innocents caught up in the mob violence would somehow absolve themselves of the horror of that time.
Inside the glass house
Height of showmanship when Qaddafi takes over world body

At least once a year, come September, the world's political leaders make their annual pilgrimage to New York to address the General Assembly sessions of the United Nations.

 
 
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