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By Don Wijewardana   Following are the relevant provisions of the agreement of Common Candidate with other political parties including Pro-LTTE TNA and separatists SLMC: Within 24 hours appoint Ranil Wickramasinghe as Prime Minister;   Within 100 days reduce by 50% the..

The right to religious freedom does not and should not include the right to convert. Thus, those that are sent on missions to convert understandably cannot be expected to be treated as heroes particularly by a nation that is heir..

Any narrative on Sri Lanka would be incomplete if India’s overwhelming influence in Sri Lanka is not considered. It comes from India’s huge geographic size, economic strength and global political influence from times immemorial. After the British colonial power exited..

Let us speculate. Why is the Tamil Diaspora and Tamil politicians reluctant to back Ranil Wickremasinghe at an election? More importantly why would they prefer a CBK-Maithri deal? In searching for reasons to understand a pattern to their thinking the..

19 Muslims took part in 9/11 none of them were Afghans but Afghanistan was bombed because the plan had been made 2 months before 9/11. Similarly, Gen. Wesley Clarke in an interview with Amy Goodman says that a memo was..

By Roger Jordan  Tuesday’s publication of the US Senate report into the CIA’s brutal interrogation techniques in the aftermath of 9/11 has shed new light on Ottawa’s complicity in acts of torture. The response of the Conservative government was in..

Though there are several peripheral issues the main issue, whipped up by the Opposition, is to change the presidential system and revert to the parliamentary system. This is another of way of the Opposition saying: Get rid of the Rajapakses…

Craig Murray, British ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2002-2004, was fired when he revealed CIA rendition practices in Poland and Uzbekistan to UK leaders – and was branded a liar. The US torture report will hardly change the picture, he told..

Australian Green party Senator Lee Rhiannon glorified the LTTE Tamil terrorists at the Australian parliament to celebrate so the called “Tamil Terrorism” day falls on 27th November 2014. LTTE is a world most ruthless Tamil terrorist organization killed many thousands..

Why not them take to UNHRC? The most remarkable thing about the US Senate Intelligence Committee Report is that it was published at all – a reproach incidentally, to the secrecy in which British politicians swathe MI6. Two of the Report’s findings..