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Threats Looming for Lanka Exports to the EU

Sri Lanka could face higher tariffs in the EU market compared to all of its neighbours in the near future.

(CHENNAI, India) - With the European Union expected to reform its GSP system by 2014, Sri Lanka could face many challenges with both Pakistan and Bangladesh eligible to benefit by trade concessions with a possible free trade agreement with India expected to exert more pressure.

"The implications of GSP reform for Sri Lanka will be indirect rather than direct given that it has already been removed from the GSP+ prior to the reform process.

Impact Of UNHRC Resolution On India-Sri Lanka Relations Analysis

India’s support to the U.S. sponsored resolution was out of sync with other members of the Asian bloc in the UNHRC who did not support the U.S. move.

(CHENNAI, India Eurasia Review) - India was among the 24 countries that voted for the U.S. draft resolution on Sri Lanka’s accountability in respect of human rights violations which was passed at the 19th meeting of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at Geneva.

Fifteen member countries opposed it while eight abstained.

The World Needs Public Trial of Political Leaders for War Crimes and Genocide

Nice and juicy ‘Depleted Uranium’ has nothing depleted about it.

(CHENNAI, India) - Yes, public trial for treason, war crimes, and the genocide going on right now.

This is part of a very long essay on Depleted Uranium weapons, nuclear reactors and their environmental health impacts. In this article the long term consequences of radiation contamination from unilateral aggression of the US and NATO countries on South and West Asia are discussed.

India Votes for UNHRC Resolution Against Sri Lanka

India had initially shown reluctance to vote on a nation-specific resolution.

(GENEVA Indian Express) - Overcoming its dithering, India on Thursday voted for a US-sponsored resolution at the UN’s top human rights body censuring Sri Lanka for alleged rights violations during the war against LTTE.

India had initially shown reluctance to vote on a nation-specific resolution but had to change its stand under severe pressure from political parties in Tamil Nadu.

UN Resolutions: Sri Lanka Warns India of Repercussions in Kashmir

Fifteen countries voted against the US resolution against Sri Lanka and eight abstained.

(COLOMBO, Agencies) - Sri Lanka today warned India of possible repercussions over Kashmir after it voted for a US resolution in Geneva on rights abuses during its war on the Tamil Tigers.

Government spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said some countries or groups might use the vote on Sri Lanka as precedence to bring a similar resolution on India over the Kashmir dispute.

What Is Our Place ?

How could Sri Lanka have been taken seriously, if its delegation included a man, who had been adversely named in the LLRC report?

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Guardian) - The resolution has been passed. The numbers behind it or the manner it was re-worded to get India’s consent do not matter.

It is a charade as far as I am concerned, which would not make any difference to the war-affected people in Sri Lanka.

Will India`s Vote Drive Sri Lanka Closer to China?

A.S. Kalkat cautions that India needs to proactively engage Sri Lanka to ensure that the Chinese don’t gain an upper hand there.

(New Delhi IANS) - India has made it clear to Sri Lanka that its vote on the US-backed resolution was aimed at s
peeding up the reconciliation process in the island nation.

However the move has sparked speculation whether it was a strategic misstep that could drive Colombo closer to Beijing

Ultrasound Halts Sperm Production

Zapping testicles with ultrasound appears to reduce sperm counts to low levels in rats.

(PUNJAB, India ) - Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are working on a project they hope will provide a simpler method for male contraception.

By exposing rat testicles to two 15-minute doses of ultrasound, they found that sperm counts dropped to levels that are usually associated with infertility in humans.

UN Warns Sri Lanka Against Retaliating Toward Humanitarian Activists

Urgent call also issued to support Bishop Rayappu Josep in Sri Lanka.

(SALEM / COLOMBO) - Whispers blog there is a suggestion that we are witnessing tension among Church Leaders in Sri Lanka. The tension is now quite public.

There is a vindictive online attack being orchestrated against Msgr Rayappu Josep Bishop of Mannar and his supporters.

National Media Prevented from Covering Anti-Nuclear Protest in Tamil Nadu

Police prevented journalists with NDTV, Times Now, Times of India and other national media from entering the fishing village at 7 a.m. today.

(CHENNAI, India) - Reporters Without Borders ​condemns police obstruction of national print and broadcast media today in Idinthakarai, a fishing village in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

Authorities are trying to remove entrenched anti-nuclear protesters from beside the Koodankulam nuclear power station.