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`Work is Worship`: The Work Ethic Success of the Sri Lankan Tamils

Today, the only way to curb the Tamil aspiration for a separate state is to remove from them the many fears they would entertain in coming to Sri Lanka.

(COLOMBO, The Island) - I have often wondered why we, as a nation, cannot progress as rapidly as our neighbour – India.

Any political analyst would of course heap the blame on the politicians and the political authority. I have pondered whether in fact this was true.

Sri Lanka Accused Of Discriminating Against Women

These incidents are linked to the Prevention of TerrorismAct (PTA), which, the statement said, “makes it easier for police and military members to carry out body inspections and ‘searches’ without having to justify doing so.

(COLOMBO Sunday Leader) - A European human rights watchdog has accused Sri Lanka of violating a United Nations (UN) convention on discrimination against women.

The European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) in a recent media statement said that women and girls in the North and East are subject to harassment by police and military personnel.

Rodney King Dies at the Age of 47

There is no evidence of foul play.

(LOS ANGELES) - Rodney King, the man who became famous after his videotaped beating in 1991, is dead at the age of 47. He was reportedly found dead in his swimming pool. King’s fiancee Cynthia Kelly, called police at 5:25 am to report what she’d found.

King’s beating after a high-speed chase set the nation on fire, as well as much of Los Angeles. The four officers involved in the beating were acquitted, leading to a racial firestorm and debates for many years to come.

Eezham Tamils: Declare for Referendum in any Unity Meeting

Only the Tamil militancy was able to arrest the process for three decades, but genocidal Colombo is now given with a free licence to carry out colonisation in full swing.

(CHENNAI, India TamilNet) - All groups of Eezham Tamils in the island and in the diaspora, seeking various shades of political solution beyond the present constitution of Sri Lanka, should meet together to present a joint stand of them.

It is an opinion currently pressurising all of them, mainly the TNA, both the factions of the TGTE, GTF and the Country Councils in various Western countries.

Hindus Want IKEA Business License Suspended for Gypsies` Maltreatment in England

Racism and discrimination was already escalating against Gypsies/Travelers in Europe, it did not need any IKEA push

(RENO, NV.) - Hindus have urged British authorities for suspension of business license of Croydon (England) store of international furniture giant IKEA for reported incident of racial profiling banning the entry of Gypsies.

According to reports, this IKEA store employed security guards to prevent entry of Gypsies.

An Apple Sprouts in Manhattan: Mr. John Goes to the United Nations, Unfortunately

Gangsters like Ed John don’t like drawing more attention to bad publicity about themselves – especially when they know it’s all true.

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - I first heard Ed John’s name mentioned when a large and nasty thug shoved his arm into my throat and bellowed in my ear, “Eddie John is pissed off at what you’re doing here, so cut it out now!”

The ruffian was named Dean Wilson, an enforcer with the Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council in Prince George, British Columbia.

Heavy Military Presence in Sri Lanka`s North Traumatic for Children

Greater focus is required to ensure that children have not lost everything.

(MELBOURNE ABC Radio) - Heavy military presence in the island's former conflict zones continue to traumatise children who've experienced the civil war.

Sri Lanka's military defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels three years ago, and the UN children's agency UNICEF has described as 'remarkable' the progress made in child health and education.

UNCA Fans Anti Press Flames, Tries to Censor for Sri Lanka

Ban Ki-moon's MALU said it would grant Inner City Press re-accreditation -- and then refused to do so.

(UNITED NATIONS) - Big media representatives stirred up Sri Lankan extremists' threats against Inner City Press, then repeatedly said they didn't care and weren't responsible.

On June 14, an organization chaired by Kofi Annan's former chief of communications Edward Mortimer criticized UNCA for putting Inner City Presss at risk.

America`s interest in Syria is Israel

The Ugly Truth and Ha'aretz bring us the story everyone expected.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In the long run, the events in Syria are part of the Israeli success story. This region is changing rapidly.

Egypt’s decline into a conflict between the secular and fundamentalists appears to be the epitome of that story.

Colombo now Dealing with Delhi from a `Position of Strength`

The Rajapaksas believe that they can uproot Tamil nationalism by changing the demographic soil which nurtured it, and by using terror.

(LONDON) - A historical perusal or review of the long plight of Eelam Tamils would show that a subtle cold war between India and the USA, played over the national question in the island.

Their competition to have the dominant nation of Sinhalese, the majority on their side, denied justice to the nation of Eelam Tamils at every stage.