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Jilted Sri Lanka Ups the Hate-Speak Against India

India has so far chosen to ignore the provocation.

(NEW DELHI First Post World) - Proxy-speak is a unique feature in Sri Lanka’s propaganda machinery, particularly during the present Rajapaksa regime.

Whether it is to defend its “war against terror” or cover up allegations of large-scale Tamil civilian casualty, or to take cheap potshots at countries that do not buy its line, the regime lets loose its proxies.

US: Obama Publicly Call on the Government of Bahrain to Immediately and Unconditionally Release Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a human rights defender and democracy activist in Bahrain, may soon die, as he has been on a hunger strike for more than two months. This, in a country that has been a U.S. ally for years.

Al-Khawaja was arrested one year ago and sentenced to life in prison in June 2011 as part of a group trial of 21 activists and human rights defenders.

Chile: Address the Longstanding Problem of Intolerance

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - Chile has an opportunity to create landmark Human Rights legislation, of significance for Chile, and the region as a whole.

It's overdue, particularly with respect to the recent tragic death of 24-year old Daniel Zamudio following a brutal attack by alleged neo-nazis.

Gerald Gahima: `Root Causes of Conflict Must be Addressed`

“... we’ve not addressed the root causes of conflict in our society.”

(WASHINGTON DC) - A former Rwanda chief prosecutor has warned that the likelihood of renewed conflict, even conflict along sectarian lines, is very real in Rwanda.

Gerald Gahima said the Rwandan society has the challenge of ensuring that violence like that experienced in the past does not recur.

An Appeal From NSSP of Sri Lanka to World Media to SAVE Those Who Are Being Abducted

The Nava Sama Samaja Party demands the immediate release of the comrades of the Frontline Socialist Party.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Two leaders of the Frontline Socialist Party were separately abducted in the early hours of Saturday 7 April 2012 from Kiribathgoda and Godagama respectively (suburbs of Colombo).

They are prominent representatives of a new Left party that has broken away from the JVP in opposition to coalition politics and in solidarity with the Tamil peoples struggle for justice and equality.

Womb Producing Terrorism Must be Surgically Removed

White van abductions, random shootings, blackmail, threats and intimidations are part of this deterioration.

(LONDON Sri Lanka Guardian) - In an egg and chicken argument, Sri Lanka stands nakedly exposed of giving birth to illegitimate babies of terrorism for many decades.

Sri Lanka has seen state violence against the Tamils who are its national minority that led to three decades of unprecedented warfare between the government and Tamil group LTTE.

Mike Wallace Passes Away at 93

Wallace was known to Americans for six decades of media involvement.

(SALEM) - Noted American newsman Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace died Saturday in New Canaan, Connecticut, at the age of 93. Also this week we said goodbye to our longtime Op-Ed Writer Henry Clay Ruark who was still working in media at 94.

During his career, Mike Wallace worked as a journalist, game show host and actor; his role in the media world was wide and varied.

Sgt Bales: Army Sacrifice of a Good Soldier

Irrationality and irresponsibility...

(MOLALLA, OR) - In Army command philosophy, it is always the lowest ranking person who is at fault and gets the blame.

Lanka May Miss Chance to Heal its War Wounds

“Relations with India are essential and crucial” - former PM Chandrika Kumaratunga

(NEW DELHI Hindustan Times) - Sri Lanka has a “marvellous opportunity” to heal and reconcile its twin populations after 25 years of civil war, says Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s former prime minister and president.

Which is why she is more than a little baffled at the slowness with which the Mahinda.

Sri Lanka Orders Probe on Attack on Indian Statue

According to the police, two other statues of local figures had also been attacked on Thursday, which appeared to have been a coordinated crime.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Xinhua) - Sri Lanka's government ordered an investigation into the vandalism of several statues including that of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi.

There were fears the attack on the Indian icon's statue may have been in retaliation to India's decision to vote against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council recently.