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  • A bloodied childhood in war-torn Sri Lanka

    Sri Lankan Tamil poet and journalist Theepachelvan Pratheepan shares the experiences of his petrified childhood days spent in the war-torn island nation ...

  • Prime Minister of Thailand to address parliament on May 31

    The Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra is set to address parliament on May 31, Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Chandima Weerakkody stated today (May ...

  • Racism at the Heart of Fight among Buddhists and Muslims

    Buddhists and Muslims are clashing with increasing ferocity in Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka where minority Islamic ethnic groups blame racism by majority Buddhists more than religious intolerance."It is like the K.K.K. (Klu Klux Klan) in America during the period of the civil rights movement," said Myo Win, a Muslim activist based in Yangon, Myanmar, comparing recent deadly ...

  • Sri Lanka bourse slip from 19-month high on profit-taking

    COLOMBO: Sri Lanka shares retreated from the previous session's 19-month high as investors booked profits in banking and telecommunication shares after the recent rally pushed the bourse into overbought territory.The main stock index fell 0.39 percent, or 25.03 points, to close at 6,441.64, slipping for the first time in the last five sessions. The bourse hit its highest close since Oct. ...

  • Sri Lankan trade unions claim strike a success govt. calls it a big flop

    While the Coordinating Committee of Sri Lanka's Trade Union Alliance (CCTUA) maintained that their token strike against the electricity tariff hike was successful all round the country, the Sri Lankan government said that overall attendance in public sector institutions had, in fact, increased by 3.5 per cent yesterday. Former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP and Co-convener of the ...


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Go

Go

"Things didn't go exactly as planned," says Ronna near the end of Doug Liman's "Go," essentially summarizing the movie's theme. If "Go"--a "Pulp Fiction"-like triad of stories that take place more or less simultaneously in one 24-hour period--has any thematic coherence, it is precisely summed up in that statement. A botched drug deal, a failed drug bust, and a crisis in Las Vegas--nothing in "Go" ... ...

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  • Unidentified body found in Kiribathgoda

    An unidentified body was found in the Kiribathgoda area by the police in a canal near a shop, police stated. The body is that of an unidentified person around 50 years of ...

  • Supreme Court takes up petition by Apple Watta residents

    The Supreme Court has taken up the fundamental rights petition put forward by the residents of ...

  • Youth drowns in Bandaragama

    A youth has drowned in the Gammanpila Lake in Bandaragama while swimming in the lake with his friends, police stated. The victim was an 18 year old resident of the Walgama ...

  • Sri Lanka Indian housing aid to be used for demographic genocide in East

    A part of the 50,000 housing aid promised by New Delhi for the war-affected people in the North and East is planned to be used for demographic genocide in the East at the village of Kachchat-kodi in the Paddip-pazhai division of Batticaloa district, according to Eastern Provincial council member R. Thurairatnam. The village, which was predominantly Tamil a few years ago and was affected by ...

  • Sri Lanka Serious Doubts On Inquiry Into Mass Graves

    Serious doubts have emerged regarding the future investigations into the mass grave at Matale where the remains of 156 persons have been found. In today's press it was reported that the Judicial Medical Officer in charge of the investigation has been transferred (JMO in charge of Matale mass grave also to be transferred -- Sri Lanka Mirror, May 20, 2013). Furthermore, it is also ...

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