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Sunday, July 8, 2007
Vol. 42 - No 06
 
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Political Column
  Crises, chaos and confusion
  By Our Political Editor
  The rapidly rising cost of living fuelled further by the previous week's oil price hike, the-on-again-off-again peace process, the exacerbating undeclared Eelam War IV, the aggravating political crisis in the wake of re-alignment of opposition forces are a few of the many crucial issues staring in the face of the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration.
5th Column
  Better post your satellite far away from the island.....
  By Rypvanwinkle
 

My Dear Satellite.......!

Situation Report
  The terrible truth behind the freezer truck
  By Iqbal Athas
  Two recent detections - over 1,000 kilogrammes of explosives in Trincomalee and a 20 kilogramme Claymore mine at Obeysekerapura (near Borella) - have laid bare a new modus operandi used by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to carry out attacks.
The Economic Analysis
  Downturn – a downtrend in economic performance
  By the Economist
  The economy has weathered serious storms in the first half of the year. The continuing rise in oil prices, a deteriorating security situation, a high rate of inflation and tight monetary policies have all affected the performance of the economy.
Thoughts from London
  Depoliticising media is easier said than done
  By Neville de Silva
  One wishes that President Rajapaksa’s remarks about “depoliticising” the state-owned media and ensuring media freedom had been reported more clearly and at greater length. Apparently these remarks were made at a meeting to review the progress of the media ministry at which heads of state-run media institutions were present along with the minister in charge.
Issue of the week
  Not published with this week issue
  By Ameen Izzadeen
   
Focus on Rights
  Not published with this week issue
  By Kishali Pinto Jayawardena
 

 

Lobby
  Abuse of Parliamentary privilege making ......
  By Chandani Kirinde, Our Lobby Correspondent
  Parliamentarians jealously guard all the rights they are bestowed with under the Parliament (Powers and Privileges ) Act, which among others, guarantees them freedom of speech and debate along with immunity from being questioned in any Court or place outside Parliament on their utterances made in the legislature.
Inside the glass house
  Republican rats leaving Bush’s sinking ship
  By Thalif Deen at the united nations
  A hilarious cartoonish comedy titled "Ratatouille," an outlandish spoof of a mouse that aspires to be a chef in an elitist French restaurant, has elevated the long-despised rodent to new heights in Hollywood cinema as it rakes in massive dollars at the box office.
 
 
 
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