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Archive for November 2008

Investigations reveal Sri Lanka Guardian Editor RAW spies in New Delhi and Chennai

Nov 30th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured articles

Asiantribune.com: Investigations done by Asian Tribune shows that the Colombo based editor of the Sri Lanka Guardian who has taken a new contract of defending allegedly corrupt diplomats at the Sri Lanka High Commission in London has traveled to Chennai and New Delhi last January for detailed discussions with India’s Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) [...]



Sri Lanka Guardian Editorial speaks of Prabhakarn as the Tamil National Leader

Nov 30th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured articles

It is hard to understand the Sri Lanka Guardian Editorial of the 28 Novembr,2008, on supremo Surya Deva Prabhakaran’s “heros’ day” speech. It sounds a nostalgia for an end to terrorism. A recollection of memories of how good it had been before the withdrawal of the CFA, during which period the terrorists had a passport [...]



NGO nexus hatches conspiracy against military operations

Nov 30th, 2008 | By | Category: Daily News

Triggered by fear and anxiety at LTTE’s inevitable defeat at Mullaitivu, some top officials of a renowned NGO and a nexus of pro-LTTE groups have held clandestine discussions to sketch-out urgent and drastic methods to stall the Wanni military operations. According to informed sources, the discussion has taken place in a star class hotel at [...]



Mumbai is Burning: Are These Terrorists Any Different From LTTE Terrorist?

Nov 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured articles

It was a very sad day for the people of Mumbai, and the whole of India, for what happened yesterday, and I really hope they feel the pain that many Sri Lankans have endured during the last few decades. While my heart goes out to the victims and their families, I also believe this dastardly [...]



Former Sri Lanka President leased prime land in Colombo one dollar a perch to Prima

Nov 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Daily News

Colombo: Sri Lanka Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena said in the parliament yesterday that the state had leased 100 acres of land in a suburb of Colombo city to Prima company for 55 years at Rs. 100 (one dollar) per perch in 2001 when former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was in power. Gunawardena also said [...]



Prabhakaran cancels birthday celebration as troops advance to his doorstep

Nov 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Daily News

Aging LTTE leader Velupillai Prabkaran has been forced to cancel his traditional birthday celebrations as the Security Forces have reached his doorstep. Pro-LTTE websites reported that Prabhakaran, who turns 54 tomorrow, has ordered to cancel the celebrations which LTTE connects to their annual Mahaveer (heroes) day. Prabhakaran is unlikely to appear in public as the [...]



Mumbai death toll tops 100 as Police storm Taj hotel

Nov 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Daily News, Foreign Affairs

Mumbai Police today declared Police curfew as the death toll in last night’s explosion and firing in India’s commercial capital reached 100. More than 125 people have been injured while three Police officers, including Mumbai’s Anti-terrorist unit head, were among the dead. Indian news agencies reported that 100 more people are held hostage by the [...]



Oil search begins January

Nov 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Daily News

Indian Cairns awarded licences: Oil exploration activities along the Mannar basin is expected to kick off early next year by an Indian oil company, Cairns Limited.They have been awarded exploration licences by the Government, Director General, Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat (PRDS) Dr Neil de Silva said. “With the obtaining of licences from PRDS, the company [...]



Canadian Authorities stop LTTE Suicide Bombers’ Day celebrations

Nov 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Daily News

Canadian authorities acting on information provided by Sri Lankan Tamil expatriates in Toronto have stopped the main Suicide Bombers’ Day celebrations organized by the LTTE supporters this morning (Nov 27). According to a reliable source in Canada, members of the terrorist outfit have organized the event in grand scale at Parsons Convention Centre at Brampton, [...]



LTTE suffers heavy beating at Mullattivu

Nov 27th, 2008 | By | Category: Latest News

Troops of the 59 Division, now consolidating positions North of Kumulamunai in the Mullaittivu battlefront today (Nov 26), have engaged with a group of terrorists in a fierce confrontation and have reportedly uncovered 5 slain bodies, Wanni security sources said. According to Wanni military sources, terrorists have suffered serious damages in the fighting which lasted [...]