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Sunday, February 11, 2007
Vol. 41 - No 37
 
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Political Column
  Political crisis deepens
  By Our Political Editor
 
Most Sri Lankans woke up yesterday to hear the surprise, if not the shocking news - President Mahinda Rajapaksa had sacked three of his Ministers - Mangala Samaraweera (Ports and Aviation), Anura Bandaranaike (National Heritage) and Sripathi Sooriyaratchchi (Port Development - Non Cabinet rank).
5th Column
  19 million pockets impinged by jumbo cabinet
  By Rypvanwinkle
 
"Thaaththa", Bindu Udagedera asked, "why is everyone making such a fuss about the Cabinet?"
Situation Report
  Not published with this week issue
  By Iqbal Athas
 

 

The Economic Analysis
  Not published with this week issue
  By the Economist
 

 

Thoughts from London
  Those in transparent houses should keep their clothes on
  By Neville de Silva
  Normally I would not involve myself in a spat between another media organisation and a third party. The Island newspaper and the Sri Lanka chapter of Transparency International (TISL), the foreign funded NGO that claims to fight corruption, are capable of looking after themselves without any intervention from outside.
Issue of the week
  Makkah deal: What else can the Saudis do?
  By Ameen Izzadeen
  The good news from Islam's holiest city, Makkah, must have brought a big sigh of relief to millions of Palestinians. For months, the peace loving people of the world had been sad and helpless when gunmen belonging to Hamas and Fatah engaged in outrageous fratricide.
Focus on Rights
  Looking askance at judicial power and resolutions of parliament
  By Kishali Pinto Jayawardena
 

When Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes proclaimed in 1862 at a meeting of the First Congress of the United States, that Parliament and not the judiciary has both the purse and the sword, he was only stating a salutary truth. His consequent caution that, in the enterprise of making democracy workable, both are partners and one cannot say to the other that one has no need of the other, is equally salutary.

Lobby
  A House seething with seating and security problems
  By Chandani Kirinde, Our Lobby Correspondent
  Parliamentary democracy is alive and kicking in Sri Lanka, at least it seemed like that last week. When sittings began on Tuesday, several prominent members raised interesting issues prompted by unpleasant personal experiences; but they were also a reflection of some of the disquiet building up in society in recent months.
Inside the glass house
  Not published with this week issue
  By Thalif Deen at the united nations
   
 
 
 
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