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2nd Death Anniversary of Journalist Subramaniam Sivanayagam

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.” -- Isaac Asimov

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ) - Two years ago Mr Subramaniam Sivanayagam known as ‘Iyah’, editor of “Hot Spring”, “Tamil Nation” and “Saturday Review”, passed away.

Tamil Tigers Honored in Chennai

சென்னை மாவீரர் நாள் நிகழ்வு: வைகோ, பழ.நெடுமாறன், கொளத்தூர் மணி, மல்லை சத்யா , புகழேந்தி தங்கராசு, வேளச்சேரி மணிமாறன் உரை

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - A special observation was held Tuesday in Chennai, India to honor the Tamil Tigers, a military group that battled forces from the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) for three decades.

Officially known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, this resistance force defeated the army of Sri Lanka in combat time and time again...

Is Wharton Sri Lanka`s MP Cheerleader?

Four visits in nine months and statements in the Commons on the controversial Rajapaska regime: why does the 28-year-old MP for Stockton James Wharton care so much about Sri Lanka?

(LONDON The Independent) - His opponents say James Wharton’s defences of Colombo regime are influenced by his travels –but he insists he’s no cheerleader.

For a 28-year old backbench Tory MP it was a highlight of his young political career.

Yawning Gap Between Promise and Performance

“China will not help the Tamils secure justice and political autonomy...”

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Ceylon Today) - On paper, the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) has an impressive policy on the ethnic and religious minorities, with all the rights expected from a modern state guaranteed.

But performance falls far short of promises in crucial matters, particularly in the political sphere.

Mangala Drops Bombshell in Parliament -Exposes Masquerading Rajapakses who are on the Road to Perdition

70% of the budget of the country is under this family's control.

(NEW YORK) - Mangala Samaraweera, a senior politician in Sri Lank's Parliament, tore to shreds the mask hiding the many sinister faces and evils of the ruling Rajapakses.

He dropped a bombshell with his daring, fearless and forthright exposures of the Rajapakses...

** Determination`s Demise - The Tragedy in Dreams Coming Alive **

[Determination - Dreams – Realities]

(LOS ANGELES) - It’s rather easy to dream a dream, and it may not even be a ‘task’ by any means, to do so.

True enough, that great notions,
discoveries, and all significant and worthy entities saw daylight, as inceptions, in the form of dreams in one’s mind. Nothing may have arrived by means of “magic”.

SRI LANKA: Saliya Wewa Police Collude With Murderer of Young Girl Who Died of Severe Burn Injuries

Story of cruelty and injustice is one of the worst we have ever heard.

(SALEM) - This is one of the saddest, most distressing and generally upsetting letters Mr. Gomes has written so far; it is about a girl in Sri Lanka who was robbed of her childhood and life in the cruelest way, literally.

Muddara Sandamali was 14-years old when she was first kidnapped and raped, by the man who would later kill her.

On World Fisheries Day: A Call for Nuclear Free Oceans

Wind Energy, Solar Energy, and Bio-Mass Energy can be used to produce electricity. They are all renewable resource energy as well.

(TAMIL NADU, India) - It has been proved on 13th March 2011, through the Fukushima Disaster in Japan, that there is no safety against Nuclear Plants in the World.

Nobody knows how to handle the situation in and around Japan, the coast and the sea.

`UN internal report meaningless without action, long term solution needed’: Tamil activist

Expert says more lives could have been spared.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Colombo TamilNet) - Tamil activist Dr. Sam Pari, is criticizing the UN for its deliberate silence.

He says it “protected the Sri Lankan state from international criticism and allowed it to strategically conduct a genocidal campaign under the guise of a “war on terror”.

WORLD COMMENTARY: UN has a Second Chance to Right Wrongs on Sri Lanka

For its part, the UN Security Council studiously ignored the warning signs so obvious in a civil war.

(MELBOURNE, Aust) - THERE is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it.

Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone. In a new report released in New York, the UN has shouldered its portion of responsibility for this bloody catastrophe.