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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 I believe that as the 15th SAARC Summit in Colombo draws to a close, all of us who have participated in the deliberations can draw satisfaction from a most productive and fruitful outcome.
In the final analysis, all regional cooperation efforts including in South Asia, have as their objective, prosperity and equitable development. Our deliberations have therefore had a strong focus, on economic and commercial cooperation.
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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 by:Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha
I am delighted that Shanie has now decided she has no wish to prolong her exchange with me. I am only sorry that she began it all, by making unwarranted attacks on my integrity as well as my work as Secretary General of the Peace Secretariat. She also chose to make unwarranted attacks on the police with regard to the investigation into the murder of Joseph Pararajasingham, and has still not responded to my simple request to substantiate her allegations. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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By:K. Venkateshwarlu
GALLE: When cricket stars, Mahela Jayawardene, Muttaiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara addressed a media conference in Mumbai recently, they spoke nothing on cricket but everything about tourism. Team Sri Lanka was batting for the nation’s tourism destinations courtesy Sri Lankan Airlines and Sri Lankan Tourism Promotion Bureau. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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 By: Victor Marambage in Trincomalee
TRINCOMALEE: Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan said he decided to give up terrorism and work for democracy when a woman whose husband has been killed by the LTTE, offered him food and a drink while he was hiding as a terrorist in Maduru-Oya. |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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 Ramon Magsaysay Award Presentation Ceremonies
31 August 2008, Manila, Philippines
No one is ever truly prepared for a natural disaster. The humanitarian interventions that follow are inevitably improvised and hasty, as relief workers make urgent arrangements to provide water, food, shelter, and sanitation and to relocate the displaced survivors. Such was the case in Sri Lanka when the great tsunami of 2004 left thousands of people dead and tens of thousands homeless. But as Ananda Galappatti knows, survivors of catastrophes like this one are also burdened by shock and grief, and by fear, insecurity, depression, rage and wrenching social problems—psychosocial consequences of trauma similar to those of war. As a young medical anthropologist, he is devoting himself to these neglected needs.
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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 President Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing the opening session of the 15th SAARC Summit this morning (August 2) at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, called on the South Asian leaders attending the summit to commit themselves and their countries to a more determined and concerted effort to collectively combat the scourge of terrorism in all its forms and manifestation.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 I wish to begin by congratulating His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his election as Chairperson of SAARC. I also convey my deep appreciation to the Government and people of Sri Lanka for the excellent arrangements made for the 15th Summit, and for the warm and generous hospitality that has been extended to all of us.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 Your Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa,
Your Excellencies the Heads of State and Governments of SAARC Member States,
Distinguished Representatives of Observers, Mr. Secretary General,
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a great honour for me to represent the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the fifteenth SAARC Summit. I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the office of the Chairperson of SAARC. We are confident that under your dynamic leadership, SAARC will move rapidly towards realization of its cherished goals. I assure you of Pakistan's full support to your endeavours in this direction.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 Police sleuths of Colombo Crime Division (CCD) inquiring into a complaint lodged by a restaurant owner have identified 4 suspects who may be involved with controversial "White Van" incidents. According to the police sources the suspects include two police personnel of Ministerial Security Division (MSD) and two civilians having close connections with the opposition party politicians. Police further suspect a possible politically backed conspiracy in this incident to bring discredit to the present secretary of defence.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 The Indian Prime Minister and the leader of the 14th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, is here in Sri Lanka to participate in the 15th SAARC summit being held in Colombo on August 2, 2008 under the theme “Partnership for our People”.
The EPDP Secretary General, Chairman of the Northern Special Task Committee and Social Services and Social Welfare Minister met Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh yesterday August 1, 2008 in Colombo. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 by: Norman Palihawadane,
MSD personnle assinged to Ranil and Akila arrested for attempted abduction and robbery
The Colombo Crime Division on Saturday arrested two Ministerial Security Division personnel assigned to Opposition and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and UNP MP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam for having extorted money from civilians and tried to carry out abductions by claiming to be Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s security officers. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 THE SPEECH by Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the SAARC Heads of State Summit on Saturday in Colombo.
I present the warm wishes of the Afghan people to each and all of you in this august gathering. Addressing, in particular, my friend Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, I once again share my deep sense of shock and pain for the loss of precious Indian and Afghan lives at the bombing of Indian Embassy in Kabul on 7 July. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen
I am truly delighted to be here in this charming city of Colombo for the 15 SAARC Summit. I congratulate President Rajapaksa on his election to the Chair. I am confident that his experience and wisdom will enable us to surmount the challenges that we in SAARC are facing today. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
 Mr. Chairman,
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I thank you, Mr. President, and the government and people of Sri Lanka for the warm welcome and generous hospitality, and the excellent arrangements made for me, my wife and members of my delegation since our arrival in Colombo.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 Your Excellency Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa
Your Excellencies the Heads of State and Government of SAARC
Your Excellencies the Representatives from the Observer States
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is indeed a privilege for me to be here in the historic city of Colombo to participate in the 15th SAARC Summit. On behalf of the Nepalese delegation and on my own, I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the Government and the people of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the warm reception and cordial hospitality.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 Mr. Chairman,
Excellencies,
Mr. Secretary General,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great honour for me to address the Fifteenth SAARC Summit in Colombo coinciding with the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Lanka's independence. We are extremely pleased to be able to share this historic moment with the people and government of Sri Lanka. On this joyous occasion, I have the honour to convey the warm felicitations of my King, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and that of the people and government of Bhutan.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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 Terrorism featured prominently in the addresses of the SAARC leaders at the inauguration of the 15th SAARC Summit. They were united in condemnation of terrorism and warning of the threat it posed to development of the region. Here are their observations.
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 Reaching to another significant milestone of the Wanni liberation operation, the heroic army soldiers in task Force 1 captured the Vellankulam town, the LTTE's last stronghold in Mannar District this afternoon, August 02. |
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