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Sri Lanka: Democratic Solutions, Undemocratic System

Sri Lanka: Seeking Democratic Solutions Within An Undemocratic Political System.

(HONG KONG AHRC) - For many decades since 1978 there has been talk about many reforms. The basic justification for 17th Amendment to the Constitution was that it promised basic reforms with the view to enable working of the democratic process.

There had also been suggestions for reforms to ensure the rights of minorities, particularly the Tamils.

Pro-Divestment Presbyterians Win By Losing

What happened, as one Presbyterian participant explained, was “complicated”.

(CHICAGO) - Do you really want to know what happened at the just-concluded 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian U.S.A. denomination?

As a veteran watcher of Protestant church political struggles, I urge you to remember that neither the cross nor the crown are free of an eagerness to grasp deliberate obfuscation in a political battle.

Over 15,000 Still Reported Missing

Thousands of people had lost touch with relatives during the former conflict and in its immediate aftermath.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ) - Over 15,000 are still reported missing in the ethnic conflict, according to statistics by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in its annual report for 2011 which was released last week.

The report said that as of December 31 last year the ICRC is still handling the cases of 15,780 people reported missing.

Elite Killers Kill At Large For Kidon, Mossad

Former White House Speaker Newt Gingrich has called for covert action, including "taking out their scientists" and cyberwarfare.

(TEHRAN) - A new book reveals that a department known as Kidon within the Mossad dispatched assassins to Iran to murder nuclear scientists, thereby stunting the country’s nuclear energy program.

The Kidon killers "excel at accurate shooting at any speed and staying steady to shoot and to place exquisitely shaped sticky bombs" and consider it their hallmark.

The United States of Israel and the 2012 Election

We the people who pay taxes in America are to provide another $30 billion in military aid to Israel over the next decade.

(CLERMONT, FLA) - ACCORDING to the website: ivoteisrael.com

iVoteIsrael is a diverse group of Americans who currently reside in Israel. We come from all over Israel, and all over the US. We are deeply concerned about the safety, security and future of Israel. Most importantly, we want to see a President in the White House who will support and stand by Israel in absolute commitment...

Gota Goes Berserk!

Political priorities in Sri Lanka are going to the dogs...

(COLOMBO Sunday Leader) - Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa went berserk when contacted by The Sunday Leader to clarify that SriLankan Airlines had made an unusual change in a scheduled flight plan.

The change was to be made so that a SriLankan Airline pilot, who is dating a niece of President Mahinda Rajapaksa could personally fly the aircraft that would carry a ‘puppy dog’ for Defence Secretary Gota

The Volunteer Spirit

Even though he has lived in Mandalay, Rangoon and now the U.S., Win Min says that he hasn’t changed, describing himself as always the villager.

(EUGENE, OR.) - With the recent election of Aung San Suu Kyi to the Burmese parliament and the loosening of international sanctions, Win Min has watched the events in his home country with both hope and longing.

“Right now a small little door is open,” he said. “We need to look at it to see how we can make the small little change a bigger change.”

Seeing the Same Things Differently

People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
-- George Orwell

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Seeing the same things differently is something we all do. Interpretation reflects an event, object or personality in a merger with one's biases.

Understanding those differences, allowing for them, and even reconciling them is where understanding interpretation comes in.

Death Toll Rises To Eight in Gujrat Camp Attack

The camp was set up a month ago to search for the body of an officer who drowned in the river.

(GUJRAT, Pakistan) - The death toll in Gujrat military camp attack has raised to eight, According to details, one more injured in the attack succumbed to injuries in CMH Gujranwala.

The armed miscreants attacked the camp of security forces near River Chanab, killing six military personnel and a policeman on the spot while three others received bullet wounds.

APN to Netanyahu: Repudiate Levy Commission Report

"For the sake of Israel’s future as a state that Israelis and their supporters worldwide can be proud of, we are calling on the government of Israel to reject the Levy report...”

(WASHINGTON DC) - Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, in calling on Israel to repudiate the findings of the commission it appointed to address the problem of illegal outposts in the West Bank.

APN calls on other US Jewish groups that support the two-state solution to raise their voices in opposition to this report.