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Five Killed and 11 Injured in Quetta Bomb Blast

The powerful bomb blast on Sunday went off at around 11:50 a.m.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - Five people, including two women and two children, were killed and 11 others injured Sunday, by a massive explosion. Police say the 80kg explosive being transported by a militant, ripped apart a house in the Faizabad area.

“We have found a severed head, believed to be of a militant who was killed in the blast,” police officer Mukhtar Ahmed told reporters.

Lighting the Fires - Balochistan

The state excesses in Balochistan have reached such a point that even some ruling party members are condemning state involvement in the disappearances and killings.

(HYDERABAD, Sindh Daily Times) - In Balochistan, the fire was lit in March 1948 by forcibly annexing it and since then military operations, abductions, killings, intimidation of respected personalities and provocative statements have stoked the fire.

It is unlikely to burn out until the Baloch get their rights.

Sri Lanka`s Unending Conflict

The word ‘Tamil Eelam’ in modern times was used as early as 1923 by Sir Ponnambalam Arunchalam, thirty years before Prabhakaran was born.

(NEW DELHI, India The Pioneer) - What will a UNHRC resolution matter after 500 years — or even 500 days? The Tamils of Sri Lanka will continue to be underdogs and without a political resolution, the sores will continue to fester.

Colombo betrayed its complicity to genocide years before the first gunshot was fired in the Lankan civil war.

Techno-Arrogance to Control Nature and the Fetish with GDP

Do our politicians in Delhi, who represent 1.2 billion folks respect Mother Nature?

(NEW DELHI, India) - World’s total GDP, all countries included, whatever accounting systems they use, is estimated at 33-35 trillion US dollars.

The value of eco-system goods and services provided free of cost by Mother Nature has been estimated at 72-74 trillion dollars.

Buddhists Behaving Badly

What Zealotry is Doing to Sri Lanka

(WASHINGTON DC) - In Sri Lanka last September, a Sinhalese mob led by some 100 Buddhist monks demolished a Muslim shrine in the ancient city of Anuradhapura.

As the crowd waved Buddhist colors, gold and red, a monk set a green Muslim flag on fire.

Sri Lanka`s Fragile Gains In The Balance

Unless the present government reverse course and integrate the Tamil community into the mainstream, the invaluable opportunity the end of the civil war presented to Sri Lanka will be lost.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - In May 2009, the civil war in Sri Lanka drew to a close. It had been a sanguinary conflict claiming anywhere between 80,000 and 100,000 lives.

Not surprisingly, there was a palpable sense of relief amongst the majority Sinhala population. Even the Tamil population, many of whom were not active supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), had reasons to celebrate.

Criticizing the Dark Side of Radical Islam Doesn`t Make One Pro-Israel

I criticize and equally applaud all religions; what sets one apart from the next is always simply how they are applied.

(SALEM) - I write about the realities of resistance fighters and movements deemed 'terrorist' because I understand the struggle that leads to such falsely used nomenclature.

I stand against all forms of state terrorism first and foremost and believe that all hope is lost when totalitarian governments rule and are simultaneously allowed to illegally occupy the land of other nations.

HSBC Funding Was Behind the Terror in Bangladesh, Mumbai

There are more than 100 Islamic groups in Bangladesh. Most of them are funded from Saudi Arabia...

(CHENNAI, India) - On July 17, the US Senate released a report on the old British colonial drug bank Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp’s (now called HSBC) ties to drug money laundering and funding of terrorists through Saudi and Bangladeshi banks.

That is, however, just one part of HSBC’s role.

A Tribute to Capt. Charles Gnanakone

Qualified in Britain, holding a Master Mariner’s certificate, that allows captains to operate any vessel in any part of the world, Capt. Charles, was a pioneer in merchant shipping in Ceylon.

(TORONTO, Canada) - The passing of Capt. Charles Selvakumar Gnanakone will be felt by many and news of his death received with great sadness – especially by those he had helped, now living in various parts of the globe.

Although I have never met him, Capt. Charles as he was fondly called, was one of those I held in high esteem for the person he was.

25 years of India-Sri Lanka Agreement: Col. R. Hariharan

Tamils in Sri Lanka need our help to speed up the rehabilitation and reconstruction of war ravaged Northern Province.

(CHENNAI, India) - Extracts of my answers to questions raised by media on the India-Sri Lanka Agreement 1987 in the last two days are given below.]

The Rajiv Gandhi-Jayawardane Accord completes 25 years on July 29, 1987. Many now feel it represents a total diplomatic failure of India.