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Lanka faces multi-pronged attack on human rights
Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Dr. Palitha Kohona, now at the centre of a brewing legal battle with the overseas pro-Tiger guerrilla lobby, was surprised when news reached him that UN Secretary General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon would meet a visiting two member delegation from Colombo this week.
5th Column

You’re getting predictable and driving us nuts!

My dear Dayananda,

I thought I must write to you because we are all very confused about these local government elections that you have scheduled for us in March.
The Economic Analysis
Perspectives on increasing foreign debt burden
The large increase in the country’s foreign debt in recent years is a serious concern. Sri Lanka’s total foreign debt has increased considerably in recent years owing to expenditure on large infrastructure development projects, the financing of imports and loan repayments.
Lobby
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Focus on Rights
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Premier surgeon without scalpel

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne shocked physicians, surgeons and other visitors alike when he was in Dambulla to open the operating theatre of the public hospital there. He wanted to be attired in the garb of a surgeon before declaring open the operating theatre.

From the sidelines
Libya unravels — and the Brits suddenly discover an evil dictator
It has been a busy month for Britons, with Foreign Secretary William Hague’s whirlwind three-day tour of Tunisia, Jordan, Yemen, UAE and Bahrain (Feb. 8 to 10, with Mubarak not gone yet) and Prime Minister David Cameron’s just-concluded tour of Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman. The ramifications of thinking behind these self-conscious diplomatic exercises in a region vital to their interests seem strange indeed, to the uninitiated.
Column By Gomin Dayasiri
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