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Sri Lankan tourist killed fleeing Malaysian kidnappers

Tuesday, 31 August 2010
KUALA LUMPUR, August 31, 2010 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan tourist died fleeing kidnappers in Malaysia while a friend escaped and another was rescued by police, the force said Tuesday. The three had just arrived on holiday and to sell gemstones worth 40,000 ringgit (12,736 dollars) when they were abducted last week at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, district police chief Abdul Rahim Abdullah said. "The three were trying to get a cheap ride to the city but were instead led into a van and kidnapped by four people and taken to a flat in the suburbs," he told AFP.
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Constitutional reforms for democracy or another dictator?

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

By Nalaka Rupasinghe

After nearly four decades of bloodshed since Sirima Bandaranaike’s regime (1970-1977) Members of Parliament (MPs) in Sri Lanka have come to the most crucial juncture of our history. The key question everyone has to ask themselves is: Are we going to vote for democratic changes (constitutional reforms) or another dictator? Should we go back to the era of elected dictators such as Sirima Bandaranaike or JR Jayewardene? I (humbly) urge everyone to refresh their memories with the help of my previous article ‘Idi Amin returns as Asian Leader’ see links below. The article did not aim to compare the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. It has to be understood within the context of Rajapaksa’s campaign for a two-thirds majority in Sri Lanka’s parliament.

(President Rajapaksa was portrayed as King after the victory over Tamil Tigers(LTTE)

Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Former Indian cricket captain Bishen Bedi has urged athletes to boycott the Commonwealth Games in protest against the shameful incompetence and corruption of Games officials.Bedi, one of India’s most famous former sportsmen, is embarrassed by the performance of his home city in constructing venues, which are months behind schedule and have little or no chance to be completed by the October 3 opening ceremony. Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Hooper has asked the Delhi organising committee to update him on safety standards and wants a report from agencies involved within the next two days. “It is an absolute embarrassment,” Bedi told The Courier-Mail from New Delhi yesterday. “The Games are completely in the doghouse. I am yet to be convinced they will happen because there are so many things that won’t be done.
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Canada takes hard line on Tamil migrants

Wednesday, 18 August 2010
VANCOUVER, August 17, 2010 (AFP) - A Canadian tribunal on Tuesday ordered continued detention for the first person interviewed in a group of 492 Tamil asylum seekers that reached Vancouver last week aboard a battered cargo ship. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, citing sovereignty, "significant security concerns" and "increasing" human smuggling for financial gain, said that authorities will screen each of the migrants individually. "It's a fundamental exercise of sovereignty and we're responsible for the security of our borders and the ability to welcome people or not welcome people when they come," Harper told reporters.
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CPI(M) calls for MP delegation to ensure rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamils

Thursday, 05 August 2010
The CPI(M) on Thursday urged the Indian Government to send a delegation of Members of Parliament, representing all political parties, to Sri Lanka to study the situation and facilitate quick rehabilitation of Tamils suffered in the civil war. Talking to reporters, State secretary of the party G. Ramakrishnan welcomed the Indian government’s decision to send a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs to Sri Lanka, but felt that the issue should be dealt with politically.
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Bedi urges ‘shameful’ Delhi Commonwealth Games boycott Former Indian cricket captain Bishen Bedi has urged athletes to boycott the Commonwealth Games in protest against the shameful incompetence and corruption of Games officials.Bedi, one of India’s...

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Sri Lankan tourist killed fleeing Malaysian kidnappers KUALA LUMPUR, August 31, 2010 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan tourist died fleeing kidnappers in Malaysia while a friend escaped and another was rescued by police, the force said Tuesday.The three had just arriv...

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We were not allowed time to take Legal action against constitutional amendments –Ranil UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing a media briefing at the Sri Kotha on the 1st, said the party was more ready to take political measures rather than legal against the Govt.’s proposed constitutional amendments.

Mr. Wickremesinghe gave this above answer in reply to a question posed by the media whether the UNP is taking legal measures against the constitutional amendments of the Govt. He also added that, as the proposed amendments in writing were received by the party only on Sunday last, there was hardly any time for the party’s legal Council to make an evaluation thereon.

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