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Rajapaksa Double-Speak Holds Sri Lanka Captive to its History

Rajapaksa has effectively rejected the 13th amendment as the basis for a political settlement.

(COLOMBO) - Mahinda Rajapaksa appears to be walking away from promises he had made to seek out a political solution based on devolution of powers to autonomous provincial councils.

The modern history of Sri Lanka, centered around the politics of its Tamil minority population and its umbilically bound relationship with India, is one of broken promises...

LTTE`s Balakumar and Yogi Alive

Due to fear of retribution and the operation of the Terrorism Act, the relatives of the victims are fearing to file Habeas Corpus applications to the Supreme Court.

(COLOMBO) - Two senior men with the LTTE, V Balakumar and Yogaratnam Yogi, are reportedly are held in detention with other senior men of the LTTE south of Sri Lanka, under strict military supervision.

This news rings contrary to the government's claim of that both were dead in the battle front.

San Onofre Nuclear Reactor May Have Radiation Leak

Officials say there is no danger...

(SAN DIEGO) - The San Onofre nuclear plant had a potential radiation leak in one of the unit's steam generator tubes Tuesday.

Southern California Edison said, "The potential leak poses no imminent danger to the public or plant workers. There has been no release to the atmosphere."

`Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields` to be Screened in California

“Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” is believed to be the most horrific footage Channel 4 has ever broadcast.

(PALO ALTO) - ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’, a powerful documentary produced by UK Channel 4 Broadcasting Corp., is scheduled to be screened at Ventura Community Centre later this month.

Directed by Callum Macrae, the film that first aired in British television in June 2011 captures horrific footage and extensive interviews with witnesses.

Amid Move to Switch From Criminal Silva, Ban Dismisses Predecessor Criticism

Why didn't UN officials say, don't nominate alleged war criminals?

(UNITED NATIONS) - For a week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's office has been questioned about accepting alleged war criminal Shavendra Silva as one of Ban's Senior Advisers on Peacekeeping Operations.

While Ban's Spokesman Martin Nesirky has insisted that Ban is powerless to stop what several member states describe as a travesty or a "new low."

On the Anniversary of Sri Lanka`s Independence

On this day of independence of Sri Lanka, let us rededicate with resolve to secure our own independence too!

(NEW YORK) - As a nation and a country, Sri Lanka is entitled to rejoice on this 64th anniversary of its independence.

It revels in the splendidness of the occasion of remembering its release from the British yoke.

Sri Lanka`s Independence Day- a Black Day for Tamil Eelam

Victims of state terrorism have nothing to celebrate.

(SALEM) - How do Native American people really feel each time the 4th of July is celebrated in the United States?

The day Sri Lanka's gained independence from British rule, 4th February 1948, was a black day for Eelam Tamils.

CNN Drops the Bomb on Bush- World`s Worst War Criminal

Iraq is nothing but one great big crime scene.

(SALEM) - CNN has revealed (not that most people will drop from shock) that President Bush and his teammates issued 935 false statements to the U.S. public about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following 9/11.

The information evolves from a study released Tuesday by two nonprofit journalism groups proving that the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information.

US to Pressure Sri Lanka on Reconciliation Process

Robert Blake said last year that Sri Lanka could be hauled before an international war crimes tribunal if their own internal investigation did not meet international standards.

(COLOMBO RNW) - The U.S. is set to table a resolution against Sri Lanka at the next sitting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva later this month.

The Americans have voiced their concerns over human rights violations in Sri Lanka before, but so far had not taken the step of bringing it forward at the HRC.

What Hero`s Day do we Celebrate?

Behind the Presidential Curtains-President Paul Kagame, Rwanda

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - As Rwanda has just celebrated hero's day I wanted to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of some of my experiences in the Presidential Guard and the RDA. The experiences I report on are mine and mine alone.

I recall these incidents as I experienced them and all of the names remain the same. Sadly, most of the people in this curtain are either imprisoned or have been killed.