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Sri Lanka: MORNING LEADER INVENTS TIME MACHINE PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

The Editor

Morning Leader,

Leader Publications (Pvt) Ltd.
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Ratmalana, Sri Lanka

Dear Editor,   

Writing in the Morning Leader of Wednesday June 18, your regular commentator Ranjith Jayasundera states that: “The Geneva delegation was reduced to denying reports in the British media that Sri Lanka had "called for the abolition of the British monarchy" as the denial read. What actually transpired, and is minuted in UN proceedings, is that while Sri Lanka’s back was to the wall during the UN Human Rights Council’s periodic review of the country’s rights record, our erstwhile ‘permanent representatives’ tried to suggest that instead of focusing on Sri Lanka, the UN ask the United Kingdom to "hold a referendum" on the existence of the British monarchy.” (‘Divisive Politics and National Calamity’)

 
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Summer sun bonanza in paradise island PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

For the real sun seeker, the ultimate holiday destination this summer is the island paradise of Sri Lanka.

An increasing number of tourists from the Middle East region are travelling to Sri Lanka in search of an exotic location with plenty of sun and clean, unspoilt & uncrowded beaches.

The destination recently reported a surge in tourist industry arrivals in the first quarter of this year.

The highest performer during the period was the Middle East, which registered an increase of 80.6% in comparison with 2007 according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau.

For the sun-sea-and-sand enthusiast, Sri Lanka offers unbeatable value. Due to its location along the equatorial zone it has a tropical climate which varies with the regions and the seasons.

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U.N. HRC should refuse to endorse any deliberate violence against civilians: Prof. Richard Falk PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Special Rapporteur endorses Ambassador Jayatilleka’s intervention

Prof. Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, alluding in his concluding remarks, to an intervention made by Dr. Jayatilleke during the 8th Session of the Human Rights Council held on 16 June 2008 in Geneva said:“It is very important, it seems to me, for the Human Rights Council, as the Representative of Sri Lanka reminded us, to refuse to endorse any deliberate violence against civilians. That seems to be to me an unconditional element in the Geneva Conventions and we should take this opportunity to see that it is applied in a most effective way”.

 
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Italy: Tamil Tiger 'sympathisers' arrested in several cities PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Naples, 18 June (AKI) - Twenty-eight suspected sympathisers of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group were arrested in Italy on Wednesday.

Police said all of the alleged sympathisers were from Sri Lanka. They were detained in nine Italian cities including the southern cities of Naples and Rome as well as Milan and Genoa, in the north of the country.
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Police arrest 33 suspected Tamil Tigers in cities across Italy PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

ROME: Police say they have arrested 33 suspected members of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group in pre-dawn raids across Italy.Police in Naples said Wednesday that the suspects were picked up in cities including Rome, Genoa, Bologna, Naples and Palermo at the end of a two-year investigation. Two more were being sought in Naples.
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