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Political
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JVP turns guns on India |
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By Our Political Editor |
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 Politics, they say, makes strange bedfellows. However, in Sri Lanka, where it is an art for both the possible and the impossible, stranger are the ways such bedfellows behave. One day they are literally in love, the next day they hate each other and on the third, they are at war. Such scenarios in this murky world are all too common and comical. |
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5th
Column |
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Perhaps we should cheer—be it cricket or even ..... |
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By Rypvanwinkle |
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“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “have we won?”
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Situation
Report |
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Not issued with this week's issue |
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By Iqbal Athas |
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The
Economic Analysis |
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Security situation biggest threat to business confidence |
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By the Economist |
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 There can be little doubt that the current security situation is the most serious setback to business confidence, This applies to foreign investment as well as to local investment, In an economic climate of high inflation the sense of insecurity only aggravates risk and uncertainty. |
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Thoughts
from London |
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Ignore the advice at your own peril |
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By Neville de Silva |
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 Is the World Bank having a change of heart or a change of mind? A couple of weeks back I referred to the state of agriculture in Sri Lanka in the context of the huge increase in rice prices and the resultant decision to import rice to feed the people.
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Focus on Rights |
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Further reflections on commission inquiries and .. - Part Three |
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By Kishali Pinto
Jayawardena |
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Former Chief Justice Miliani Claude Sansoni was a man fighting a battle with himself. During the later stages of the Commission hearings, he remarked to a confidante gravely "I have never before headed a political commission." |
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Lobby |
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Not issued with this week's issue |
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By Chandani Kirinde, Our
Lobby Correspondent |
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Inside the glass house |
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Torture: US stands exposed as Gitmo six face trial |
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By Thalif Deen at the united nations |
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 NEW YORK - The United States, whose military personnel and intelligence agencies are accused of abusing human rights and torturing suspected terrorists and prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, is trying to unsuccessfully defend itself once again against charges of double standards. |
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Telescope |
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IC for north: Will it serve Rajapaksa or the people? |
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By J.S. Tissainayagam |
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 The idea of an interim administration or council for the Northern Province assumed significance with the APRC suggesting it in its proposals put forward to the president in January.
If anyone thought the idea was farfetched, the Daily Mirror’s interview with TULF leader V. Anandasangaree put paid to such illusions. |
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