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Tsunami Warning. Potential to hit Sri Lanka and India within three hours
2007-09-12 14:24:00
A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway in at least four countries, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the India n Ocean region.The undersea quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 and hit at about 6:10 p.m. (7:10 a.m. EDT), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 65 miles southwest of Bengkulu, on Sumatra island, at a depth of 9.7
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A conspiracy to weaken the Sri Lanka military mechanism?
2007-08-30 18:39:00
Yesterday i posted about the UNP's latest attempt block an arms consignment to Sri Lanka Air Force, and the possibilities of a hidden agenda in action. And in the latest turn around of the things, JVP in a press con, talked about the involvement of three British agencies conspiring to recommending a ban of selling heavy arms to Sri Lanka military. Idea is to restrict our army, to small and medium
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Who will benefit?
2007-08-29 17:11:00
UNP parliamentarian Lakshman Kiriella in a press conference today, revealed about a government deal for purchasing another bulk of arms. Looks like UNP is trying their level best to weaken the military strengths of Sri Lankan state. First they sought a courts order preventing the mig 27 purchase. Now they try to screw this. Tigers are in deep trouble, as the arms supply to them is heavily cut
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I'm not dead!
2007-08-28 03:36:00
Yes. If you thought VIC is dead and this blog is closed down, you werewrong. I'm not dead and I will start blogging as usual very soon. lastfew days I was kept busy by some personal commitments, and had verylittle time to spend online. i missed a great amount of action onblogosphere. I have some interesting topics to discusse on this blog,and hopefully will resume blogging this week
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Situation in Oslo
2007-08-15 09:38:00
This is a follow up to my last post on Tamil clashes in Oslo . Latest in Oslo is, Tamil mothers are holding their young children on house arrest, to protect them from being the victims of so called "liberatives" of their own race. It is now confirmed the clash was between two fractions of the LTTE, supporting sea tiger leader Soosai, and tiger intelligence wing leader Pottu Amman. Reportedly,
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Tigers Clash in Oslo. Norway getting the dividends for their investment in
2007-08-14 05:26:00
Norway is getting their dividends for investing in terrorism. In past few days, Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups, reportedly representing the Soosai fraction and Pottu Amman fraction of the LTTE are in heavy clashes. Reports say, the clashes between these Tamil militant groups has caused massive damage to government properties in Oslo , and few Norwegian civilians were affected. Lakbima reported
More About: Tigers , Investment , Norway , Dividends

Former NGO activist arrested for supplying Communication equipment to Tiger
2007-08-10 05:22:00
What's the difference between being a former activist, or a presentactivist? All (or rather most) NGO activists are the same. Trying toearn something from selling out their soul. Read this report on DailyMirror."A Tiger Intelligence operative who was taken into custody in Chilawalong with communication equipment disclosed that he had served ashuman rights activist in a NGO after the tsunami in
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Karu reveals conspiracy to topple government
2007-08-08 08:26:00
What's the price of a one member of parliament? According to this news, one dumb ass worth over Rs 100 million. And, who pays this price for what? Who :pro-LTTE business tycoon Charles Gnanakoon (Associated with the murder of former foriegn minister Kadiragamar)   For what? To topple this government, before it extend the military offenses to tiger held areas in North.   Who benifit? You decide.
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HRW report misleading says SL Peace Sec. Chief
2007-08-08 08:19:00
The Human Rights Watch report on Sri Lanka is misleading, rife withcontradictions and could be used by organizations like the LTTE todisrupt the democratically elected governments like Sri Lanka,Government's Peace Secretariat Head, Rajiva Wijesinha, said in aletter to the U.S. based human rights group.Wijesinha charged Human Rights Watch of being selective in its releasein concentrating criticism
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"The Timing was wrong, for Mangala & Sripathi to quit the Government" S
2007-08-07 05:28:00
Well, But VIC said it long before SB :-) Looks like SB is having more or less the same "sense of politics" as VIC does. Is this the right time for me to consider entering main stream politcs? :-) ('m just kidding. I don't have any serious business with politics) S.B. Dissanayake, in an interview with Daily Lakbima (Sinhala) correspondent Nihal Jagathchandra, says "Timing was wrong, for Mangala
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Vicious Circle of Sri Lanka Politics
2007-08-06 05:11:00
There were some different thoughts exchanged on the blogosphere on the reasons why Sri Lanka is fucked up. Without going for a lengthy explanations, I sketched a visual model for “why Sri Lanka is really fucked up?” This diagram is self explanatory and any one can interpret it easily. Now you understand, why Sri Lanka is always a “developing country”. Simple to understand isn’t it? Don’t forget,
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Why do we commemorate the Black July in 1983?
2007-08-01 05:04:00
A large number of events were organized recently, to commemorate the Black July 1983. It is said to be the darkest incident in Sinhala Tamil relationship in this country, and many people cite it as the "nearest" reason for the ongoing Eelam war. If it is the darkest incident in Sinhala Tamil relationship, what can we (Sinhalese and Tamils) gain by commemorating such a dark incident? How can the

News Flash from Heaven! Kali Amma Decide to Lower the Oil Prices!
2007-08-01 04:36:00
Last night Sirasa News brought a story about the UNP's "mega coconutsmash" at Kali Amma Kovil in Modara. Chief organizer of the "smashbash" was Kandy District MP Thissa Attanayake. After smashing couplehundreds of coconuts in front of Kali Amma statue, Thissa and the clanplead for bringing down the cost of living, oil prices etc in SriLanka. They made a complain to the goddess Kali Amma, about
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A Must Read Editorial Column for All Sri Lankans!
2007-07-30 09:28:00
This is the editorial column of the "Sunday Lakbima" (Sinhala) on 29th July. If I'm not mistaken, Sundara Nihathamani De Mel (Who also write's the popular column "Mani ge theeruwa") is the editor of Sinhala Lakbima, and he's completely a different (May be opposite) caliber of an editor, compared to the popular (among Sri Lankan bloggers) "editor of Lakbima English". Mani is among very few
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“Mangala and I will clash over Chandrika” Says S.B to The Nation on Sun
2007-07-29 13:25:00
Recently I have seen a trend of some bloggers reproducing “The Nation ” (On Sunday) interviews with many key politicians of Sri Lanka, on some popular Sri Lankan blogs. So, this week I thought of writing something on the interview with S.B. Dissanayake. Pay attention on the lines in bold text. Those are some interesting statements by SB, which “hints” us certain things. Sections in red are my
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Successful Jana Rala, caused less traffic jam in Colombo
2007-07-27 12:01:00
Despite there were no tear gas, no police assaults, or no bomb threat rumors this time, the organizers of “Jana Rala” achieved a certain level of success in their rally. Though only around 50,000 attended the rally, after boasting to bring a 100,000 “Ranil Supporters” to Colombo , Maharaja’s cameramen and media men did the “production work” perfectly. We do have powerful video editing tools these
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Here’s another Abduction Drama!
2007-07-23 10:13:00
Here’s the latest “abduction” drama in Colombo! This was reported in the newscasts of many TV stations, including Sirasa & Rupavahini. According to the initial complaint lodged by the wife of the abducted, some “unknown person” called her and asked for a ransom money, to release her husband. Police started investigations, into the complaint and arrested the said abducted person at a house
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Get a 3 Column New Blogger Template for your Blog
2007-07-20 14:50:00
Increasingly, people are using monitor resolutions like 1024 X 768, and the usage of 800 X 600 monitor resolution is coming down shapely. So, why do you maintain your blog template width to fit 800 pixels? To get the maximum use of your visitors screen width, use a new blogger template to fit the 1024 pixels width. Advantage is you can have 3 columns, including 2 sidebars. If you are after
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Why Independence Square? Why not Thoppigala?
2007-07-19 04:29:00
Traffic jam is building in and around independence square, and I'm sure at least a dozen of my work colleagues won't make it to the office before 12.00 noon. The mega show is on!I remember when Jaffna was re-captured under CBK government, they put up a similar (but not this big!) show. But that was in Jaffna. And it's meaningful. You re-capture Jaffna from terrorists after a long time, and
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SC dismisses Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu's petition
2007-07-18 04:56:00
The Supreme Court yesterday (17) dismissed the fundamental rights violation petition filed by the Centre for Policy Alternatives challenging the recent regulation issued by the President declaring the area of land in the Mutur Divisional Secretary's Division owned by internally displaced persons as a High Security Zone. The Bench comprised Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, Justices Nihal
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