The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

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Political Column

Geneva debacle: The realities behind the diplomatic rhetoric

If the debacle at Geneva last week was bad enough for President Mahinda Rajapaksa, some of the things some of his Ministers are saying in public are making matters worse for him.

5th Column

GL: Geneva lost, groans Lanka

My Dear GL (or should I say Geneva Lost?),

I did not intend to write to you again so soon but now I feel I must, after hearing you moan every day about what happened in Geneva, after we lost the vote on the resolution against us sponsored by Uncle Sam.

The Economic Analysis

Distractions and diversions from economic issues could be disastrous

Distractions and diversions from economic development have been important reasons for Sri Lanka's below potential economic development. Since the end of the war and return to peaceful conditions the country's undivided attention should have been on ethnic reconciliation, national unity and economic development.

Lobby

Not issued on this week

Focus on Rights

On collision course with the United Nations

So now the truth is plain to see, unvarnished and appalling in its consequences for Sri Lanka. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), says the Government at a press briefing this week, has exceeded its mandate and therefore only those recommendation that are 'feasible' will be implemented.

Talk at the Cafe Spectator

Fonseka: How they're rewriting history

It's no secret that there is a concerted effort to erase the name of the former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka from the various monuments put up in the wake of the war victory.

From the sidelines

BRICS thumb their noses at the dollar

The decision made by the group of emerging economic powers known as BRICS to extend credit to each other in their own currencies would seem to have important implications for developing countries in a western dominated global economy.