Colombia with seven military bases. Honduras under a military coup legitimized by an election without legality. The Fourth Fleet reactivated on 1 July 2008, after more than 50 years off and whose function is to patrol the South Atlantic and now the growing process of militarization of humanitarian aid in Haiti. The last 13th of [...]
The Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has arrived in Moscow for a three-day visit. It is his first trip abroad since his re-election as president 10 days ago by a decisive margin. He is due to meet his counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev, and sign agreements including a loan for the purchase and repair of Russian military [...]
Following the extension of emergency laws by another month on Friday, the Sri Lankan Parliament is all set to be dissolved in the next few days and the general election is scheduled to be held in the first half of April. “A formal announcement on dissolution of Parliament constituted in 2004 would be made by [...]
The Supreme Court has decided that the second term of President Mahinda Rajapaksa will begin on November 19, 2010, The President’s Office said. A seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court took up the reference made by President elect Mahinda Rajapaksa. source: Ada Derana
The computer expert who was involved in presenting the final results in the recently concluded presidential polls has categorically rejected the accusations that the count was rigged using the latest technology. Dr. Ruwan Weerasinghe, Director of the School of Computing,University of Colombo, told BBC Sandeshaya that the results were entered to the computer system after [...]
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be leaving on an official visit to Russia beginning February 5th. This is President’s first overseas visit since his re-election to a second term in office. The President is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and other Russian leaders. He will be discussing issues regarding bilateral relations [...]
