tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298288923798317692024-03-13T05:45:19.819-07:00MagodiyaDilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-59202967513176480602013-02-04T07:44:00.003-08:002013-02-04T07:44:33.059-08:00who benefits from Wars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For your information<br />
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<span style="font-size: 19px;">World's largest arms exporters</span><br />
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The unit in this table are so-called trend indicator values expressed in millions of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_dollar" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="US dollar">US dollars</a> at 1990s prices. These values do not represent real financial flows but are a crude instrument to estimate volumes of arms transfers, regardless of the contracted prices, which can be as low as zero in the case of military aid. Ordered by descending 2000–2010 values. The information is from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIPRI" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="SIPRI">Stockholm International Peace Research Institute</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SIPRI_8-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#cite_note-SIPRI-8" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup></div>
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="12" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="United States">United States</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5908</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5229</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5698</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">6866</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">6700</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">7453</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">8003</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">6288</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">6658</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">8641</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">9984</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Russia">Russia</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5896</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5705</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5236</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">6178</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5134</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5095</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5426</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5953</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5575</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">6039</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">7874</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">7967<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#cite_note-9" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">3</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="13" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Germany">Germany</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">850</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">916</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1713</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1105</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2080</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2567</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">3194</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2500</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2432</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2340</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1206</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">4</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="France">France</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1297</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1368</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1345</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2219</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1724</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1643</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2432</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1994</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1865</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1834</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">2437</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">5</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="China">China</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">499</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">509</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">665</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">292</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">303</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">597</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">430</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">586</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1000</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1423</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1354</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">6</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1368</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1068</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">741</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1316</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1039</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">855</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1018</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">982</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1022</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1054</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1070</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">7</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Italy">Italy</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">880</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">191</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">526</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">314</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">538</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">432</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">366</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">454</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">383</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">806</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1046</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">8</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="16" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/22px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/33px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/44px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Israel">Israel</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">203</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">239</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">342</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">209</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">583</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1187</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1326</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">530</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">545</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">503</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">531</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">14</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">165</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">N/A</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">100</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">29</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">48</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">94</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">220</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">80</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">163</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">95</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">225</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">-</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"></td></tr>
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Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-37165853806020524012013-01-23T09:42:00.002-08:002013-01-23T09:42:48.682-08:00Aliens in Sri Lanka???<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Scientists claim they've got fossilized proof of alien lifeforms</h2>
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The above image was taken from an electron microscope's view of a meteorite found last month in Sri Lanka. According to Chandra Wickramasinghe, the director of Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at the University of Buckingham in the U.K., that wormlike shape in the image is a diatom ("a type of microscopic plant life"), and if his research is correct, it came from outer space.</div>
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In studying the meteorite Wickramasinghe and his colleagues found "a microstructure and morphology characteristic of a wide class of terrestrial diatoms," and "the presence of structures of this kind in any extraterrestrial setting could be construed as unequivocal proof of biology." In other words, these fossils match similar lifeforms found on Earth, but because they were found on a meteorite, the researchers believes they didn't come from Earth. So Wickramasinghe and company believe they've found definite proof of at least microscopic forms of life in outer space.</div>
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Wickramasinghe and his late colleague Sir Fred Hoyle together developed a theory known as "panspermia," the idea that life is all over the universe and that asteroids and comets help to carry it around. Wickramasinghe has been working for much of his life to prove the theory, and he believes that with this research he has.</div>
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"We conclude ... that the identification of fossilised diatoms [as shown in the image below] in the Polonnaruwa meteorite is firmly established and unimpeachable. Since this meteorite is considered to be an extinct cometary fragment, the idea of microbial life carried within comets and the theory of cometary panspermia is thus vindicated," he wrote in a research paper on the diatoms.</blockquote>
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But not everyone is convinced. Astronomer Phil Plait, who you may have seen <a href="http://blastr.com/2012/06/astronomer-uncovers-the-g.php" style="color: #42145f; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: initial;">around here</a>before, believes Wickramasinghe is just seeing what he wants to see in the meteorite.</div>
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"Wickramasinghe is a fervent proponent of [panspermia]. Like, <em>really</em> fervent. So much so that he attributes <em>everything</em> to life in space," Plait wrote. "He's claimed living cells found in the stratosphere come from space. (There is no evidence at all they do, and it's far more likely they are terrestrial). ... Wickramasinghe jumps on everything, with little or no evidence, and says it's from outer space, so I think there's a case to be made for a bias on his part."</blockquote>
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Critics also point out that the rock could be from Earth, and allege Wickramasinghe isn't giving this possibility enough credence. But as far as he's concerned, Wickramasinghe and his team have discovered ironclad evidence of alien life.</div>
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"Over a few years, after a great deal of model-fitting, we came to the conclusion that material similar to biomaterial fitted all the available data in astronomy ... We considered the possibility that biology (microbiology) had a universal character, and no observations in astronomy or new information from biology has provided contrary evidence," he said.</blockquote>
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So what do you think? Is Wickramasinghe right, or do you want a second opinion?</div>
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(Via <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/extraterresterial-life-exists-chandra-wickramasinghe_n_2500008.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news" style="color: #42145f; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: initial;">Huffington Post</a>)</div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Rizana Nafeek</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> (4 February 1988 – 9 January 2013) was a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> woman who was executed by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Decapitation">beheading</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: initial;" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> for a homicide, which Nafeek argued was unintentional. Nafeek said that an initial confession was made under duress and without linguistic assistance.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> Sri Lanka unsuccessfully sought clemency for Nafeek.</span><br />
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Nafeek was born on 4 February 1988.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-3" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-4" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bandara_5-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-bandara-5" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-6" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup> She grew up in a poor Muslim family in the eastern province of Sri Lanka. Her education was terminated in her early teenage years due to poverty.</div>
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Nafeek was only 17 years old when she arrived to work in Saudi Arabia on 4 May 2005. Her passport was forged to mark the birth year as 1982, because minors were not allowed to be recruited in Sri Lanka for work abroad. She began work as a domestic helper in Dawadamissa, some 400 kilometers from Riyadh. On 22 May 2005, her employer's infant child died while in Nafeek's care. Nafeek said that she believed the baby had choked on a bottle by accident during feeding.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-7" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-8" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-9" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-10" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a></sup> The baby's parents and Saudi police insisted that Nafeek was guilty of murder.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-11" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[11]</a></sup></div>
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Nafeek was imprisoned and sentenced to death on 16 June 2007. The President of Sri Lanka twice personally requested a pardon for Nafeek from the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Saudi_Arabia" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="King of Saudi Arabia">King of Saudi Arabia</a>. Human rights activists held many demonstrations calling for her release.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-12" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a></sup> In October 2010, according to a senior official of Sri Lanka's External Affairs Ministry, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Charles, Prince of Wales">Charles, Prince of Wales</a>, appealed to the Saudi King, seeking clemency for Nafeek.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-13" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a></sup> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>-based<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Human_Rights_Commission" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Asian Human Rights Commission">Asian Human Rights Commission</a> appealed for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> to intervene and plead for clemency for Nafeek on Her Majesty's diamond jubilee.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-14" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a></sup></div>
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Nafeek was executed by beheading on 9 January 2013, despite an appeal from the government of Sri Lanka.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_15-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-autogenerated1-15" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-16" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-17" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[17]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-dmirror_18-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-dmirror-18" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[18]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-19" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[19]</a></sup></div>
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The Sri Lankan Parliament observed a moment of silence soon after it received the news of the execution.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-20" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[20]</a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Party" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, the main opposition party of Sri Lanka, held a special media briefing hours after the execution. In that media briefing the opposition MP <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjan_Ramanayake" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial;" title="Ranjan Ramanayake">Ranjan Ramanayake</a> described the Saudi government as "dictators" and emphasized that the Saudi government never executes citizens of rich European or North American countries but only the citizens from poor Asian and African countries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_15-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-autogenerated1-15" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a></sup></div>
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The case of Rizana Nafeek has come under intense scrutiny worldwide as international law prohibits the death penalty for crimes committed before the age of 18.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_15-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Rizana_Nafeek#cite_note-autogenerated1-15" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a></sup></div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(CNN)</strong> -- A young Sri Lankan woman has been beheaded with a sword in a small, dusty town in Saudi Arabia, thousands of miles from the lush jungles and idyllic beaches of the country where she grew up.</div>
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Rizana Nafeek arrived in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and spent her first few weeks in Saudi Arabia working as a housemaid to earn money to support her relatives back home who had been displaced by the massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean the year before.</div>
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She then spent the next seven years in Saudi jails as she was accused, charged, convicted and sentenced to death in the killing of her employers' 4-month-old son. Authorities executed her Wednesday in Dawadmi, about 200 kilometers west of the Saudi capital, Riyadh.</div>
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Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-7394471270726192942013-01-12T05:07:00.002-08:002013-01-12T05:07:44.194-08:00Lankawe Kunu Kanda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">රටේ කුණු එකතු කිරීමේ රාජකාරියට අව් වැසි බලපෑමක් නැත. දවස් 365 හේම කුණු එකතු කිරීම නගර සභාවේ අනිවාර්ය රාජකාරියක් ද වේ. ලංකාවේ වෙනත් නගර සභාවලට කෙසේ වෙතත් කොළඹ නගර සභාවට මෙය ඉතා භාරදූර කර්තව්යයකි. මන්ද, කොළඹ නගරයේ දිනකට එකතු වන කුණු ප්රමාණය විශාල බැවිනි. එහෙයින්ම දිනපතා කොළඹ අවට කුණු එකතු කිරීම සඳහා කොළඹ නගර සභාව විසින් පෞද්ගලික අංශය ද සම්බන්ධ කර ගනිමින් එම වගකීමෙන් 70% ක කොටසක් පෞද්ගලික අංශයට පවරා ඇත.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: large;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: large;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">පෞද්ගලික සමාගම් දෙකක් ඇතුළුව කුණු ලොරි 97 ක්, කුණු ට්රැක්ටර් 21 සහ සේවක සේවිකාවන් 1600 ක් පමණ කොළඹ නගර සභාව දිනපතා කුණු එකතු කිරීමේ රාජකාරියට යොදවා ඇත. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">කොළඹ නගර සභාව කුණු එකතු කිරීමේ යොදවා ඇති බොහෝ වාහන මීට වසර විස්සකට පෙරදී කොළඹ නගර සභාවට ජෙයිකා ආයතනය විසින් 'පිනට දුන්' වාහනය. දැන් ඒ ලොරි රථ මෙන්ම ට්රැක්ටර් රථ ද කුණුවලටම ක්ෂය වී ගොස් රෝගී තත්ත්වයට පත්ව ඇත. එමෙන්ම කොළඹ නගර සභාවේ පවිත්ර සේවයෙන් විශ්රාම යන සේවක සේවිකාවන් වෙනුවට නැවත ස්ථිරවම සේවක සේවිකාවන් බඳවාගැනීමක් සිදු කර නැත. බඳවාගෙන සිටින සේවක සේවිකාවන් ද තවමත් සිටින්නේ කොන්ත්රාත් පදනම මතය. මෙවැනි හේතු නිසා කොළඹ නගර සභාවේ සමස්ත ඝන අපද්රව්ය අංශයම දැඩි අර්බුදකාරී තත්ත්වයට පත් වෙමින් තිබේ. අර්බුද ගැන කතා කළොත් නිමක් නැත. දැන් අපි නගර සභාවේ කුණු එකතු කරන මිනිසුන්ගේ ජීවිත ගැන කතා කරමු.</span></div>
Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-80287623762843798642011-12-17T22:50:00.000-08:002011-12-17T22:50:19.750-08:00Report of LLRC committee - If War did not end?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sri Lankan war against the world's most dangerous terrorist outfit LTTE was ended at a high cost.<br />
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Some dirty fractions in the local and international community were so upset on closing up their lucrative earnings. But Sri Lanka did not bow down to dirty fractions. We were genuine and have done the best. We can correct if there is any wrong thing happened.<br />
Lesson learnt and reconciliation committee was appointed on this regards and the relevant report has been published. You can direct download and read that <a href="http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca201112/FINAL%20LLRC%20REPORT.pdf" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Still We have a lot of things to do. But some people needed war for their survival. For instance,<br />
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01.LTTE fund raisers who are living luxurious lives at the cost of war, civilian casualties, ethnic unrest, underdevelopment and many in Sri Lanka. They earned lot of funds from Tamil diaspora. Some millions of dollars a day was a real business for them.<br />
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02. LTTE donors in developed (economically) with war refugee visas<br />
03. INGOs and NGOs who fueled war for their longer luxurious stays (plus some media people)<br />
04. politicians both Sinhala Tamil muslims and some Indian political jokers (plus high level Indian/Singaporean/Norway/EU/Aus/Canada politicians) In the region, mostly for votes and others for long term business and world power gains<br />
05. Dirty hearted fools<br />
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Ended war had huge benefits invaluable<br />
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01. Freedom of life threat (we always thought there would be a bomb blast at any minute where ever we were)<br />
02. War destroyed 30 years of Sri Lanka's economy and all others. If war did not end at any cost, the destruction will be immense and we can't measure it. We are in many sciences, about twenty years back from the world.<br />
03. Sri Lanka is recognized again as a safe place in the world. Thereby a better tourist destination, no embargoes, no surcharges and many more.<br />
04. Within one year, we were leveled at middle income country from low income country<br />
05. Investors are flowing in. There will be many things than most popular "Ceylon Tea, Ceylon Cinnamon etc" in the world market soon</div>Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-65545907618349504212011-12-06T06:53:00.001-08:002011-12-06T07:49:19.690-08:00Wimal & Green Peace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You partially know Wimal - Wimal Weerawanse (for whom I fetched much water at the election)<br />
GreenPeace is an INGO who fight for environmental friendly world (as they are claimed to be).<br />
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First I will tell you a hidden truth on GreenPeace. GP's main enemy is Monsanto - a giant company engaging in many biotechnological innovations. They are the pioneers of genetic engineering for commercial purposes. GP is fighting with a huge voice against Monsanto. But we heard that the INGO, GP's main donor is Monsanto. SO Monsanto is funding the those who are shouting against them. The secret is; GreenPeace is famous for real environment friendly force on the earth. They are pioneers to identify the risks for the environment. They pioneer to shout against that and make awareness on the issue on public. So public believe that GP is going to save the world. Therefore, people help GP to do intensive works to the sake of the world. After heavy shoutings, GP stops the propaganda. Public think that the problem is over with the diminishing voice against it.<br />
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Wimal shouted against UN report and activities biased to terrorists. All others recognized Wimal's action as the main force against anti-Sri Lankan activities of the terrorists via UN. Wimal stopped his death fasting after three days of high publicity. But the propaganda was just continuing better than ever. I don't say that Wimal has been bribed by LTTE.<br />
Recently, we heard similar things from him. Voice against drug dealers, corrupt people at higher level of politics or government administration, mis-development activities, and etc. But the menaces are still in prorogation within the government.<br />
So I feel that he is helping the corruption and dirty works of the government as what does by GreenPeace for Monsanto.<br />
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/></div>Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-89139577366414177542011-11-22T19:13:00.001-08:002011-11-22T20:03:59.571-08:00Gota's Speech at “Galle dialogue”-maritime symposium<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Text of Defence and Urban Development secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s address at the inaugural session of the “Galle dialogue”-maritime symposium at the Light house Hotel in Galle on November 14th 2011<br />
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<br />Minister of External Affairs, Excellencies, Secretary to the President, Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs, Secretary to the Ministry of Ports and Highways, Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Chief of Defence Staff, Commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Distinguished delegates and invitees Ladies and Gentlemen.<br />
I consider it a pleasure and a privilege to address you at the opening session of the “Galle Dialogue” Maritime Conference organised by the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka.<br /><br />The Galle Dialogue was initiated in 2010 to facilitate increased cooperation between the nations interested in the security of the Indian Ocean region. During the first Galle Dialogue, the participants held fruitful discussions on the topic “Charting the Course for Sustainable Maritime Cooperation”. Building on that theme, this year’s Conference deliberates on “Challenges and Strategic Cooperation for Indian Ocean Maritime Concerns”.<br /><br />The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world, and borders over thirty nations. It is a resource rich ocean, with enormous reserves of oil, natural gas, minerals and a wealth of biological resources. It is estimated that approximately 60,000 ships cross the Indian Ocean each year, including nearly half of the world’s containerised cargo. Only twenty per cent of the cargo transported through the Indian Ocean is traded within the region; the remaining eighty per cent is extra regional.<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />The energy security of many nations also depends on the Indian Ocean, as the fuel requirements of many industrialising nations is met through the energy resources transported through it. For all these reasons and more, the Indian Ocean’s importance in the global context is very great. At the same time, it must be noted that the stability and maritime security of Indian Ocean is vulnerable to external threat.<br /><br />Perhaps the most eye-catching of these threats is the piracy originating from Somalia, which has steadily become more dangerous during the last decade. Starting as a fairly localised activity in the Gulf of Aden, this piracy has grown to become a threat to ships plying routes far beyond the Somali coast. This is amply illustrated in the fact that more than thirty Somali pirates were apprehended in Maldivian waters not long ago. <br />The Sri Lanka Navy too arrested some Somalis who were suspected of looking to engage in piracy and had drifted towards Sri Lanka. It is clear that the activities of the pirates are spreading at a rapid pace. Thousands of people have been affected by their attacks over the last several years. The total economic cost of piracy, when considering the costs of insurance, naval support, re-routing of ocean traffic and all other steps taken to protect vessels from this threat, has been estimated at close to 10 billion US Dollars per annum.<br /><br />Existing international maritime laws and practices have proven ineffective in combatting the activities of the Somali pirates. Because merchant vessels were traditionally forbidden to carry weapons, the protective measures adopted by them were often too weak to withstand the escalating sophistication of the pirates. In response to this situation, some countries such as the United States have adjusted their maritime laws to enable private security personnel to travel on board merchant vessels. Sri Lanka, too, provides such security services.<br />A few countries have even expressed an interest in sending personnel from their national militaries on board merchant vessels to provide protection for those ships, and have requested Sri Lanka’s assistance during transit.<br /><br />While the steps taken by ship owners have been seen to be largely ineffective, interventions made by individual nations in providing greater protection for merchant vessels have not been uniform. It is our belief that the lasting solution to threats of this nature cannot be undertaken by individual nations in isolation, but only through greater international cooperation.<br />The multilateral efforts undertaken through International Task Forces to contain Somali piracy are laudable in this context. However, it is not enough. The risk posed by the Somali pirates is only one example of the threats facing maritime security. There are others. The best solution to all of them is greater cooperation between the maritime powers.<br />The lack of a coordinated international effort to uphold maritime security not only affects oceangoing vessels, but also the national security of coastal nations. <br /><br />The Sri Lankan experience in combatting the terrorist organisation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, better known as the LTTE, is instructive in this regard. During the period of the conflict in Sri Lanka, the LTTE smuggled in a formidable arsenal of weapons through its procurement and delivery network. At its peak, the LTTE had an arsenal that included mortar, artillery, anti-aircraft guns, surface to air missiles, armoured vehicles and even light aircraft.<br />None of these items were made in Sri Lanka. They were manufactured in various parts of the world, illegally procured through the LTTE’s many front organisations and operatives, and smuggled to Sri Lanka through the sea.<br /> Using over twenty large vessels and a considerable number of trawlers registered under different flags, the LTTE shipped this equipment to Sri Lanka through international waters. Its large vessels lay anchored in international waters more than a thousand nautical miles away from Sri Lanka. Smaller vessels were dispatched to smuggle the items they carried to the coast. During the Humanitarian Operation to defeat LTTE terrorism, which took place between 2006 and 2009, the Sri Lanka Navy went into deep seas on five occasions to destroy eight of these floating warehouses.<br /><br />The most disturbing implication of the Sri Lankan experience is that the brand of arms smuggling undertaken by the LTTE can be replicated by any terrorist organisation anywhere in the world. Far-reaching measures are needed at the highest level to address this threat in a coordinated fashion. All coastal nations are vulnerable to threats from the sea, and terrorists will exploit the weak points in our defences to their advantage. To combat this threat, it is vital that the maritime powers cooperate by sharing intelligence, and enhance maritime domain awareness through joint and coordinated patrols as well as exercises to enhance interoperability. Providing assistance to improve the resources and capabilities of less advanced naval powers will also enhance overall maritime security.<br /><br />Another threat facing nations through the sea is the trafficking of persons. After the military defeat of the LTTE in Sri Lanka, the remaining vessels that operated in that group’s international supply network began engaging in this illegal enterprise. Charging many thousands of dollars per illegal immigrant, these vessels transported hundreds of people through international waters to western countries such as Canada and Australia. This human trafficking operation carried out by the rump of the LTTE is especially dangerous as it allows trained terrorists to enter other nations in the guise of refugees. Seeking asylum under false pretences, these terrorists not only intermingle with economic migrants and try to escape justice, but they often involve themselves in criminal activities in the countries that accept them and pose a threat to domestic security.<br />Human trafficking benefits from a legal framework that does not have proper mechanisms to deal with such vessels in international waters. However, nations can work together to minimise this threat effectively. In this regard, I am pleased to note that Sri Lanka has worked closely with the Australian government in the recent past to minimise the incidents of human trafficking originating from Sri Lanka.<br />Through enhancing coastal surveillance, augmenting patrols and putting in place an effective intelligence network between the two countries, this problem has been curtailed to a satisfactory level. However, we know that there are still Sri Lankans, joining together with other nationals, who travel illegally to Australia through third countries particularly in the South East Asian region. More needs to be done regarding this problem, especially through better coordination among the relevant countries.<br /><br />Drug trafficking is another issue that can affect any nation. Apart from the immediate harms caused through drug smuggling, this racket provides a lucrative source of income for terrorists, insurgents and large criminal networks. Drug cartels maintain a symbiotic relationship with such groups. The LTTE, for example, generated enormous sums of money through their illegal drugs network that operated in Europe, South Asia and South East Asia.<br />The drug infested Golden Crescent was a lucrative source for the LTTE, just as it is for other criminal networks. These networks smuggle drugs using the same modus operandi used by arms smugglers, using fishing boats and specially modified craft to conceal the cargo. The Sri Lanka Navy has come across many fishing boats transporting drugs across borders. Drugs are also sometimes smuggled in the midst of legal containerised cargo that is processed through the ports. Combating this problem requires greater information sharing, better screening practices and better coordination among nations.<br /><br />Apart from these threats to nations, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing poses a risk to oceanic resources. Fishing is an important livelihood to many who live in coastal regions. Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing threatens this livelihood. It is estimated that the total economic cost of pirate fishing runs into billions of dollars per annum. The environmental impact of such practices is also devastating.<br />Many species of fish have already been over exploited, and the sustainability of fish stocks is increasingly at risk through overfishing. Use of destructive fishing gear and methods also has severe consequences. Monitoring the problem of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing, is difficult. Acting against it is even more so. This is yet another area in which a concerted regional effort is necessary to mitigate the problem.<br /><br />Another area of great concern is the marine pollution caused by various methods, including the dumping of industrial and other waste into the sea from shore. The discharge of waste from oceangoing vessels is also a serious problem. Monitoring marine pollution is a difficult undertaking, but even more disturbingly, it is an issue that is not often even addressed by coastal nations. More attention needs to be paid to tackling these common issues, which have a harmful long-term impact on the marine environment.<br /><br />Given the nature of the common security and environmental threats facing the oceans, it is clear that individual nations acting in isolation will not be able to effect comprehensive or long lasting solutions. In the present era, the increasing sophistication of criminal networks and non-state actors makes it difficult for individual nations to withstand the threats posed by them if they stand alone.<br />That is why Sri Lanka, as one of the smaller naval powers in the Indian Ocean, hopes to see greater cooperation within the region. In particular, the major powers in the region should work together with all affected nations to ensure that the seas are free of hindrance. At the start of this address, I elaborated on the vast importance of the Indian Ocean not only for the regional nations, but also for the world economy. It is in everybody’s interest to work together to ensure its safety and stability.<br />In this context, it is also important to realise that most of the maritime security problems we presently face could have been mitigated at an earlier stage if sufficient cooperation had existed between the naval powers. The piracy originating from Somalia had the space to grow from a small, localised problem into a major maritime threat largely as a result of international inaction. Much the same can be said about the sophisticated criminal networks that engage in drug trafficking.<br /><br />It is imperative that the international community acts with sufficient speed to address future threats before they develop into severe problems. In particular, coastal nations have an important responsibility in ensuring maritime security, and we must not shirk our duty.<br />As the largest naval power in South Asia, India plays a major role in upholding the maritime security of this region. Sri Lanka too has a part to play, as it enjoys a very strategically significant geographic position in the Indian Ocean. <br />Many major international shipping lanes pass the south of Sri Lanka, only a few nautical miles away from the newly developed Hambantota Port. With sufficient cooperation from the major naval powers in the region, Sri Lanka can play an active and significant role in upholding the safety of these critical sea lines of communication.<br /><br />Towards this end, Sri Lanka has recently revamped and expanded its Coast Guard Department whilst further strengthening its vastly experienced Navy. If, with the assistance of friendly nations, Sri Lanka can obtain naval assets capable of operating in deep seas, our overall capabilities will be greatly increased. Considering also the warm relationships this country enjoys with the major naval powers in the region, I am certain that Sri Lanka will be able to play a greater role in upholding the maritime safety of the entire Indian Ocean region.<br />This will be to the benefit not only of the regional nations, but to the world.<br /><br />In concluding, I would like to thank all the delegates for their invaluable presence at this Conference, and express my utmost confidence that the Galle Dialogue will serve its purpose in facilitating and enhancing Strategic Cooperation in the Indian Ocean region.<br />Thank you</div>Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-13932775305637348892011-11-15T00:02:00.001-08:002011-11-15T00:03:13.136-08:00Libyan Exploitation began....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="color: black;">Libyan oil investment</b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some of the world's leading oil companies have a large presence in Libya. The list includes Spain's </span><b>Repsol</b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><b> Italy's</b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b>Eni </b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ADR (NYSE: <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/e" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="ENI S.p.A.">E</a>), </span><b>Total </b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(NYSE: <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/cop" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="ConocoPhillips">COP</a>), </span><b>Marathon </b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Of these companies, the largest foreign investor in Libya's oil industry is Eni, which has resumed some of its oil and gas production activities in the country. It stands to gain greatly from a renaissance in Libya's oil industry.</span></div>
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Investors reading the news headlines lately may wonder if there is an investment angle on Libya. There is...and it involves black gold, oil, and an oil company poised to profit from Libya's rebirth.</div>
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<b style="color: black;">Libyan oil</b></div>
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With the death of Libyan dictator, Moammar Gaddafi, markets are euphoric about the future of Libya in general and its oil industry in particular.</div>
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But not so fast...full resumption of Libyan oil production could be years away. For example, production in Iraq did not return to pre-war levels until 2008. However, when Libya's oil industry does get back on its feet, it may offer an incredible opportunity for investors to profit.</div>
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<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A quick primer on the Libyan oil industry seems appropriate here since some investors may wonder why Libya is important at all. After all, the country was only the </span>12th larg<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">est global oil exporter , producing about 1.6 million barrels of oil before the conflict began. Global oil output is roughly 87 million barrels a day.</span></div>
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However, Libyan oil is some of the most desirable light “sweet” (low sulfur) crude on the planet. Its lost output, as measured by the number of barrels, has been made up for by Saudi Arabia. But the Saudi's crude oil is classified as “medium” crude and is of lower quality when it comes to refining oil into refined products.</div>
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You can't just substitute one barrel of Saudi oil for one barrel of Libyan oil. For example, it takes three barrels of Saudi oil to make as much as diesel fuel as Libyan oil.</div>
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So Libyan oil is definitely important to the world oil market.</div>
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<b style="color: black;">State of the industry</b></div>
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Right now, Libya is pumping approximately a quarter of its pre-war level at just under 400,000 barrels a day. The International Energy Agency says it will be pumping oil at a rate of 700,000 barrels a day, about one half of the pre-war level.</div>
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Most of the 400,000 barrles is coming from a handful of oil fields in the eastern part of the country controlled by the state oil company Arabian Gulf Oil Company. These fields were under control of the rebels during the war. Thus, damage and looting to the equipment, pipelines and export terminals was relatively minimal.</div>
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The real challenge lies ahead in the oil fields located in other parts of the country.</div>
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In the central part of the country, at the Zelten and Waha fields, the wells and pipelines seem to be in decent shape. But the export terminals – Es Sider and Marsa el Brega – have been badly damaged. Little is known yet about the condition of the oil fields in the remote Murzuq desert area well south of Tripoli. This area saw heavy fighting between rebel forces and those loyal to Gaddafi.</div>
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<b style="color: black;">The industry's future</b></div>
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But once the oil industry gets back on its feet in Libya, it presents a real investment opportunity.</div>
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For years, Libya has produced below its potential. That is due largely to lack of investment into the industry as Gaddafi diverted funds for other uses. International sanctions against the country also hurt.</div>
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Those in the industry firmly believe Libya could produce much more oil in the next two decades if the right policies are pursued, possibly doubling pre-war output.</div>
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Their belief is based on both fact – Libya has Africa's largest oil reserves, and history. In 1969, the year Gaddafi gained power, Libya produced nearly as much oil as Saudi Arabia – 3.1 million barrels vs 3.3 million barrels. .</div>
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There is another potential prize too, hidden in Libya. That prize is natural gas, which was completely ignored by the Gaddafi regime.</div>
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Libya may have just as much natural gas as does neighboring Algeria. That country exported more than 2 trillion cubic feet of liquified natural gas in 2010, while Libya only exported 349 billion cubic feet of gas. The potential there is obvious.</div>
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<b style="color: black;">Libyan oil investment</b></div>
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<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some of the world's leading oil companies have a large presence in Libya. The list includes Spain's </span><b style="color: black;">Repsol</b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><b style="color: black;"> Italy's</b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><b style="color: black;">Eni </b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ADR (NYSE: <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/e" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #024999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="ENI S.p.A.">E</a>), </span><b style="color: black;">Total </b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(NYSE: <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/oxy" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #024999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Occidental Petroleum Corporation">OXY</a>),</span><b style="color: black;">ConocoPhillips </b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(NYSE: <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/cop" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #024999; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="ConocoPhillips">COP</a>), </span><b style="color: black;">Marathon </b><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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Of these companies, the largest foreign investor in Libya's oil industry is Eni, which has resumed some of its oil and gas production activities in the country. It stands to gain greatly from a renaissance in Libya's oil industry.</div>
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Eni's stock is also attractive from a valuation standpoint, despite a recent rebound from the falls it endured thanks to troubles in the eurozone and specifically Italy. Italy is one the nations under threat in Europe from its large debt burden. Many investors are worried that Italy is in the “danger zone” as its 10-year bonds approach a 6.5% yield.</div>
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Investors should purchase the shares on any pullback due to concerns over Italy. Eni pays over a 6% dividend currently so investors are being paid to wait. </div>
</div>Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-35926714599109501302011-11-13T06:43:00.001-08:002011-11-13T06:49:07.232-08:00Global Assessment of the LTTE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Global Assessment of the LTTE</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Sri Lanka Governments assessment of the LTTE is widely shared within the intelligence, law enforcement and criminal justice communities across the world. Even as Sri Lanka appears to be gaining the upper hand in its battle against the LTTE on the ground, there are many who continue to fear that the international tentacles and reach of the group does not augur well.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in its 10 January 2007 special report has described the LTTE as "among the most dangerous and deadly extremists in the world".</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- Dr. Magnus Ranstorp, Chief Scientist at the Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defence College has described the LTTE as "probably the most sophisticated terrorist organization in the world".</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- Dr. Gerard Chaliand, Former Director, European Center for the Study of Conflicts reminds us that "no peace seems possible with V. Prabhakaran as we have seen from the peace process of 2002-2005 which was but a tactical truce".</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- Most recently, The US Pacific Joint Command (PACOM) Admiral Timothy Keating while commending Sri Lankan military for its recent successes against the LTTE, has told New York correspondents on 6 November 2008, "We are hopeful that the LTTE would be a decreasingly important factor of much less reach than they are and have been in the past".</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- Proscription and its limitations</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The response of the international community to the threat posed by LTTE terrorists was dismal. It would be fair to say that it was only following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, that appropriate note was taken of the risk posed by this group outside Sri Lanka. While India banned the LTTE in May 1992 following the assassination, it was not until the mid-1990s and a spate of international terrorist incidents, and particularly the LTTEs attack on the Central Bank in January 1996, that the world began to respond to the LTTE phenomenon.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">•India proscribed the LTTE on 14 May 1992 following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">•Soon after the Indian proscription, Malaysia banned the activity of the LTTE in the country.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">•The US listed the LTTE as a FTO on 8 Oct. 1997</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">•UK, where the headquarters of the LTTE was housed at the time, proscribed the LTTE on 28 Feb 2001</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">•UNSC listed the LTTE in UNSC Resolution 1612 (2005) for Child Conscription</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">•Canada proscribed the LTTE on 8 April 2006.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">•The 27 member European Union proscribed the LTTE on 29 May 2006</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">•In Australia where LTTE assets are effectively frozen in accordance with the listing of the LTTE under UN arrangements, proscribing the LTTE under domestic law is "currently under consideration by the Attorney General" according to a statement made by the Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on 13 October 2008.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Conclusion</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The network of the LTTE and its front organizations transcends the national borders both within the European Union, as well as outside. We have seen sufficient evidence in the prosecutions such as those carried out in the US, Canada and Australia, that the operations of front organizations are an integral part of the LTTE. Taking concerted action against all entities who act for, or on behalf of, or at the behest of terrorist organizations, is an obligation all our countries have voluntarily undertaken under the numerous UN conventions on terrorism, which we have singed and ratified. Doing so has also cast on us, the obligation to implement these provisions equally, to all terrorist entities across the globe.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Sri Lanka calls upon the European Union and other European countries to honour its pledges in this regard with respect to the LTTE and its numerous front organizations operating in their respective countries. It is indeed, time to act.</span></div>Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-85573702070557946442011-11-11T03:13:00.001-08:002011-11-11T03:19:49.038-08:00Quadaffi WEST their media and us - an email<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;">සත්යය සැමවිටම වැලලී සිටීම තරම් අභාග්යයක් අද අප ලෝකයේ කිසිම තැනකින් සොයා ගත නොහැක. සත්යය මතුවන දින අප සියල්ලම වල පල්ලේය. සත්යය සඳහා සටන් කරන්නවුන් ද්රෝහියෝය,</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;">සත්යය සොයාගෙන අන්ධකාරයෙන් එලියට යන්නවුන් පවා දෙන්නන්ය, කියමින් මුර ගාන බටහිර මුදලින් යැපෙමින් භාෂා ගණනාවකින් ලෝකය හමුවේ අප මවු බිම හෑල්ලුවට පත් කරන වෙබ් අඩවි එමටය.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඔවුන්ට නිදහස් අධ්යාපනයක් තිබුණි</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නිදහස් සොඛෟ සේවාවක් තිබුණි</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඔවුන්ට රජයේ වියදමින් පිටරටවල දී අධ්යාපනය ලැබිය හැකි විය. විවාහ වන විට සැලකිය යුතු මුදලක් ඔවුන්ට ලැබුණි</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; (</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">රජය ඩොලර් </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">50000</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> ක් පරිත්යාග කරයි) එබැවින් අප්රිකාවේ වෙනත් රටවල වැඩි අවධානයට ලිබියාව ලක්විය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">දැන් නැටෝ සංවිධානයේ මානවවාදී මැදිහත්වීම නිසා එම රට සැබවින් ම ගල්යුගයට ම දක්කා ඇත. ඔවුන්ට</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඉදිරියේ දී එම ආකාරයේ ජීවන මට්ටමක් නො ලැබී යයි. නව පරිවාස ආණ්ඩුව යටතේ ස්ත්රියට තිබුණු නිදහස නො ලැබී යාවි. ජාතික ධනය බටහිරට ඇදී යාවි. ලිබියාවේ තිබුණු ජීවන මට්ටම</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අවපාතයට මූණදී සිටින අමෙරිකාවේ සහ බ්රිතාන්යයේ ජීවන මට්ටමට වඩා තරමක් ඉහළ එකක් විය.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><br />
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මෙවන් ලිපියක් ලියන්නට මා කිසි සේත් ම සිතා නො සිටියත්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">,</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ලෝකයේ සියලු ප්රධාන ප්රවත් සේවා අමු මුසා පතුරවමින් සිටිනු දැක මෙ වැන්නක් නො ලියා සිටීම වැරැද්දකැයි හැඟුණු බැවින් ලියන්නට තීරණය කළෙමි. වෙසෙසින් ම මගේ ආධ්යාත්මික ගමන් සගයා පවා මේ සිද්ධියේ දී මා ඒකාධිපතියෙකුගේ පැත්ත ගනිතියි කියා සිටියේය. බටහිර ප්රචාරක මාධ්යය මුසාවට එතරම් ම දක්ෂය.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මේ වන විට</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නැටෝ හමුදාව සහ නැටෝ කැරලි කරුවන් විසින් ලිබියාව </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මුදාගෙන</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අවසානය!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">දැනට මාස ගණනකට පෙර නැටෝව එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සහයෝගයෙන් බෝම්බ දමන්නට පටන්ගත් අතර මේ වන විට</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">සිවිල් ජනයා</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">බේරාගැනීම පිණිස ලිබියාව පුරා </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">40,000 </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">කට අධික වාරයක් බෝම්බ හෙළා ඇත. මේ බෝම්බ අතර </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">depleted uranium </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">හෙවත් </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">silent killer </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නමින් හඳුන්වන රසියනිකය ද ඇතුළත් බව පසුගියදා හෙළිවිය. එය එතරම් පුදුම වන්නට දෙයක් නොවේ</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">පළමු ගල්ෆ් යුද්ධයේදී අමෙරිකාව එම දුබලකළ යුරේනියම් සහිත ආයුධ භාවිතා කළේය. ඒවා</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">භාවිතා කළ සොල්දාදුවෝ තමන් පාවිච්චි කරන ආයුධයේ විනාකාරී බව නොදත්හ</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">පසුව ඔවුන්ට පිළිකා වළඳුණි. මෙම පුවත ප්රංශ රූපවාහිනියේ වරක් හෝ දෙවරක් කතාකළ අතර</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">පසුව හදිසියේ ම අදිසි අතකින් එය වැසී ගියේය.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">1969</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> ලිබියා පාලනය කුමන්ත්රණයකින් බාරගත් කර්නල් ගඩාෆි පසුගිය දා </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මානව හිමිකම් රැකෙන</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ආකාරයෙන් මරා දමන ලදි.(මෙ වැන්නක් අපේ රටේ සිදුවූවා නම් බ්රිතාන්ය මහත්වරුන් කෙසේ ක්රියාකරතිදැයි සිතාගත හැකිය!)</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නව යටත්විජිතවාදය යන්න දැන් නැවත ඍජු</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">යටත්විජිතවාදය</span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">බවට සම්පූර්ණයෙන් ම පරිවර්තනය වී අවසානය. අපේ රටේ මාක්ස්වාදීන්ට සහ පශ්චාත්නූතනවාදීන්ට ඉතිහාසය </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නැවත කියවන්නට</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">සිදුවේ!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">බටහිර පුවත් සේවා සමස්තය ම මා තුළ ජුගුප්සාවක් උපදවයි! විකිලීක්ස් මගින් හෙළිවූයේ අල් ජසීරා සේවයේ ප්රධානියා සීඅයිඒ සමග සම්බන්ධ බවය. (එම හෙළිවීමෙන් පසු හේ ඉල්ලා අස්විය!) සීතල යුද්ධ සමයේ තිබුණාටත් වඩා අද ලෝකයේ ම ජනයා </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BBC, CNN, Aljazeera </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඇතුළු බටහිර පුවත් සේවා මගින් අවාසනාවන්ත ආකාරයෙන් රවටනු ලැබේ. මේවා තුළ සේවය කරන්නන් තරම් මුසා පතුරුවන වෙනත් පිරිස් නැතැයි කීම කිසිසේත්</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ම අතිශයෝක්තියක් නොවේ.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">උදාහරණ කීපයක් ගනිමු: රුමේනියාවේ කුමන්ත්රණය සිදුවන වෙලාවේ ප්රංශය ඇතුළු සියලු බටහිර රටවල පුවත් සේවා චවුචෙස්කු ජනාධිපති විසින් </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">60,000</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> ක් සිවිල් වැසියන් මරාදමා ඇතැයි ප්රචාරය කළේය.</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">තිමිසොආරා</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නගරයේ වාහන අනතුරකින් මියගොස් සිටි</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">කීප දෙනෙකුගේ මිනී ගොඩගෙන (සීත දේශගුණය තුළ මිනී නරක් නොවේ) මිනිසුන් පිරිසක් විසින් අඬ අඬා ඒවා රූපවාහිනී කැමරාවට යොමුකරන ලදි.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> (</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මෙම අමු මුසාව කොතරම් කාවැදී ඇද්ද යත් පාඔලෝ කොඑල්ලෝගේ අළුත්ම නවකතාවේ පවා තිමිසොආරා ඝාතනය ගැන සඳහන්වේ!) රුමේනියාවේ චවුචෙස්කු මරා දමා වසරකට පසුව ප්රංශයේ </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Le monde diplomatique (Le monde</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නොවේ!)පුවත්පත මගින්</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">පමණක්</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">රුමේනියාවේ සියලු සිදුවීම් වලින් මියගිය ගණන</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">60-70 </span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ක් පමණක්</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">බව හෙළිකරන ලදි.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">යුගෝස්ලාවියාව වැනසීම සඳහා ද ඒ ආකාරයෙන් මුසා ගොතන ලදි. සමහර පෙදෙස්වල සර්බියන්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">හමුදාවෙන් දූෂණය වූ ගැහැනුන් ගණන එම පෙදෙසේ කාන්තා ජනගහනය ඉක්මවා යන අවස්ථා ද විය. වරක් ක්රොඒසියාවේ සියලු ජනවර්ග එක්වී සාම පාගමනක් යමින් සිටිය දී එක්වරම</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මුහුණු වසාගත් පිරිසක් පැමිණ ඊට වෙඩි තැබූහ. ඒ සැණින් ම සර්බියන් වරුන්ට චෝදනා කරන්නට බටහිර සියලු රූපවාහිනී සේවා එකට එක්විය. කලකට පසුව හෙළිවූයේ එය සාමයට එරෙහි බටහිර කුමන්ත්රණයක් බවයි. වරක් ජනයා ගැවසි සුපර්-මාර්කට් එකකට මිසයිලයක් එල්ලවිය. ඒ සැණින් ම ප්රංශයේ </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">TF1</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> සේවය එය ආයේ සර්බියෙන් පැත්තෙන් නො වන බව හෙළි කළ අතර</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඊට පසු පැයේ පටන් එය සර්බියන් වරුන්ගේ සාම විරෝධී</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ක්රියාවක් බවට දිගට ම ප්රචාරණය කරන ලදි.(එල්ටීටිය සාම ගිවිසුම් කැඩීම</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අසරණයන් ඝාතනය කිරීම</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ගිවිසුම පවතිද්දී ම දහස්වර එය උල්ලංඝනය කිරීම ආදිය ද බටහිර පුවත් සේවා විසින් සැඟවූ බව ප්රකට කරුණකි) රුතුකුරුසය සහ වෙනත් </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">NGO </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">යුගෝස්ලාවියාවේ සුළුජාතීන්ට ආයුධ සැපයූ බව ඉතා ප්රකට කරුණකි. වරක් ක්රොඒසියාවේ උපන් සර්බියන් කලාකාරිනියක් මට මෙසේ කීවාය: </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">සර්බියන් සහ සිංහල යන දෙජාතියට</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ම අත්වී තිබෙන්නේ එක ම ඉරණමක්!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අවසානයේ කොසෝවාවේ මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් රකින්නට බෙල්ග්රේඩ් නගරයේ කාර් කර්මාන්ත ශාලා ඇතුළු කර්මාන්ත ශාලාවලට නැටෝව විසින් බෝම්බ දමන ලදි. මගී දුම්රියකට</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">බෝම්බ දමා සියගණනක් මරා දමන ලදි. ඒවා බොහොම සරලව </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Collateral damages </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නමින් හඳුන්වා අමතක කරන ලදි. කොසොවා ජනාධිපති බවට පත්වූ</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"></span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">කුරිරු ත්රස්තවාදියා විසින් යටත් වූ සර්බියන් සොල්දාදුවන් </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">300</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">දෙනෙකු මරා</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඔවුන්ගේ වකුගඩු විකිණූ බව හෙළිවූ අතර</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඊට එරෙහිව හේග් (ළමා!) උසාවියේ නඩු පැවරීමට වෑයමක් තිබුණත්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">,</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">යුරෝ කොමිටිය ඊට එරෙහි වූ බව මෑත දී එකල යුරෝපා කොමිටියේ ඉතාලි ජාතික නඩු අධ්යක්ෂ වරිය හෙළිකළාය. (සලකන්න</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ලංකාවේ එක වකුගඩුවක් හෝ එසේ විකුණුවා නම්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">,</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මානව හිමිකම් රැකීම පිණිස අපේ රට ආක්රමණය කරන්නට පවා ඉඩ තිබුණි!) පළමු ගල්ෆ් යුද්ධයේ දී යටත් වූ ඉරාක සොල්දාදුවන්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">9000-10000</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> අතර ගණනක්</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඇමරිකන් හමුදා මගින් කාන්තාරයේ පණපිටින් ම බුල්ඩෝසර් කර වළලා දැමූ බව ප්රකට කරුණකි.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ඔහු යටතේ රජයෙන් අධ්යාපනය සහ සෞඛ්යය නොමිලයේ සැපයුණු අතර</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ඉගෙනීමට දක්ෂ ඔනෑම කෙනෙකුට රජයෙන් ශිෂ්යත්වයක් ලබා පිටරට යා</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">හැකි විය. ඔහුට පිටරටේ දී නිවසකට සහ</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">මෝටර්රියකට අයිතිවාසිකම</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"></span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ලැබුණි.</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ලිබියාවේ වෛද්ය සේවය බටහිර මට්ටමේ ම විය</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">එහෙත් අමෙරිකාවේ මෙන් ලෙඩාගේ පොකැට්ටුවේ ඇති මුදල බලා ප්රතිකාර කරන ක්රමයක් නො වීය. </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">%20</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> අඩුව තිබූ සහක්ෂරතාව </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">%90</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> දක්වා ඉහළ ගිය අතර</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">සංක්රමණික එඬේර ජනයා ඉගෙනීම කෙරෙහි එපමණ අවධානයක් වැය නො කරන බැවින් සියයට සියයක් ම එය නැංවිය නොහැකි විය. </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">2007-2008</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> පාසැල් වර්ෂයේ දී සරසවි අධ්යාපනයට ඇතුළු වූ කාන්තා ගණන පිරිමි ගණන ඉක්මවීය.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">හිරේ දැමීමේ සංඛ්යාව අනුව රටවල්වල් අතරින් ලිබියාවට ලැබුණේ</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">61</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> වන ස්ථානයයි.( </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">61th on the International Incarceration Index) </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">එහෙත් එම රටේ මානව අයිතීන් රකින්නට යන ඇමරිකාව එම ලැයිස්තුවේ පළමු වැනියාය! .(</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">USA is the 1st on the International Incarceration Index) </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">සැබවින් ම එක්සත් ජාතීන් විසින් ලිබියාව ඇගයීමේ විශේෂ වැඩසටහනක් එම ආක්රමණයට කලින් සංවිධානය කර තිබූ අතර</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">පහරදීම පටන්ගැනීමත් සමග එය හමස් පෙට්ටියට දමන ලදි.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ලිබියාව අප්රිකා මහාද්වීපයේ ඉහළ ම ඒක පුද්ගල ආදායම ඇති රට වන අතර</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ජනගහනයෙන් </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">%5</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> කටත් අඩු ප්රමාණයක් දුප්පත් වශයෙන් වර්ග කෙරුණත්</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">දුප්පත්කමේ මට්ටමට පහළින් සිටින ප්රමාණය ඕලන්දයේ එම ප්රමාණයට වඩා අඩුය. ආයු අපේක්ෂා කාලය වසර </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">75</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> ක් වන අතර</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">එය අප්රිකාවේ ඉහළ ම මට්ටම වෙයි</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">;</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">එසේ ම එය ලෝකයේ සාමාන්ය මට්ටමට </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">%10</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> කට වැඩි වෙයි. ගිය වසරේ පටන් සියලු වැසියාට ම ඩොලර් </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">500 </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">බැගින් රජය විසින් තෙල් ලාභය ඔවුන්ගේ ගිනුම්වල තැන්පත් කරන්නට පටන් ගැනුණි. (මුළු ජනගහනය දශ ලක්ෂ </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">6 </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">කුත් පන්ලක්ෂයකි)</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ලිබියාවේ පොලී ක්රමයක් නැති අතර බැංකුව රජයට අයත්ය. එයින් පොලී රහිත ණය ලබාගත හැකිය. මෙය බටහිර ධනය සූරාගන්නා බැංකු ක්රමයට හාත්පසින් ම වෙනස් ය. විදුලිය</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ජලය නොමිලේ දෙන අතර</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">පැට්රල් ලාබම රට ලිබියාවයි.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">මේ සියල්ලට ම වැඩි වැදගත් දෙය නම් ගඩාෆි ආගමික අන්තවාදියෙකු නො වීමයි. (ඒ වධකයෝ අල්ලාහ්හු අක්බර් කියමින් දස වද දෙමින් ගඩාෆි මරා දැමූහ!) අපේ වැල්ලවත්තේ ඤාණාභිවංස නායක හාමුදුරුවෝ ලිබියාවට වඩිද්දී රාහුල මාහිමියන්ගේ </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">What the Buddha taught </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">පිටපතක් ද රැගෙන ගියහ. එය ගඩාෆිට පිළිගන්වා ඒ පිළිබඳ විස්තර කී පසු</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">එම මොහොතේ ම ඔහු එය අරාබි බසට පෙරලන්නට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. බොහෝ අරාබි</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">රටවල සිදු නො වන අයුරින් සරසවියේ දී ගැහැනු පිරිමි දෙ පිරිස ම ලිබියාවේ දී එකට අධ්යාපනය ලැබූහ. (අද </span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">නිදහස් ලිබියාවේ</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">තත්වය වෙනස් වෙමින් පවතී!) එපමණක් නොව ලිබියාවේ ඒකවිවාහය (</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">monogamy) </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">දිරිමත් කරනු ලැබීය. අද එම තත්වය හාත්පසින් ම වෙනස් වෙමින් මුස්ලිම් ෂරියා නීතිය නීතිගත කරන්නට සැරසෙන ආකාරය දැකිය හැකිය.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">කැරලි කාරයන්</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">බිහි කරනු ලැබූ</span></b><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> (</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">එංගලන්තයේ රහස් සංවිධානය වසර ගණනක පටන් තෙල් ගවේෂක නිලධාරින්</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ඉංජිනේරුවන් ලෙස ඔත්තු කාරයන් එහි යැවීය!)</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: maroon; font-size: 18pt;">බෙන්ගසි නම් පෙදෙසේ ගඩාෆි විසින් ලෝකයේ ලොකු ම වාරි ඇල තනන ලද්දේ එම කාන්තාරයට දිය ගෙනයාම පිණිසයි. නැටෝ මානවවාදී බෝම්බවලින් එම ඇල ද වැනසී ඇතැයි කියති.</span></b><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> (</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">බෙන්ගාසි වාසී වැඩි පිරිස අපේ කොළඹ වැසියනට සමානය!)</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #54466f; font-size: 18pt;">ගඩාෆි තුන්වන ලෝකයේ හිතවතෙකි. විදේශ සංචිත හිඟවී ලංකාව ඉතා අසීරු තත්වයකට මුහුණදී සිටිය දී මුදලින් උපකාර කළේය</span></b><span style="color: #54466f; font-size: 18pt;">.</span><span style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #0000bf; font-size: 18pt;">ඉදිරියටත් උපකාර කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු විය. බොහෝ ලාංකිකයනට එරටේ රැකියා ලැබුණි.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අප්රිකානු ජනයා අඳුරේ තබන තරමට බටහිරට වාසි සහගතය. ගඩාෆි අප්රිකානු මහාද්වීපයට සන්නිවේදන චන්ද්රිකාවක් මිලදී ගැනීමට </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">IMF </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">වෙතින් ණයක් ඉල්ලීය. (මීට කෙලින් ම අදාල නූනත් මෙම කරුණ කෙරෙහි ද ඔබගේ අවධානය යොමුවිය යුතුය: </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">IMF </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ප්රධානියා ලබන වසරේ ප්රංශ ජනපති වරණයේ ජයග්රාහකයා වන්නට වැඩිම ජනප්රියත්වයකින් සිටියේය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">හේ තුන්වන</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ලෝකයට හිවත් කෙනෙකු වූ අතර</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ප්රංශය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අමෙරිකා එ.ජ</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ජර්මනිය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">එංගලන්තය ඇතුළු රටවල් ශ්රී ලංකාවට ණය දෙන්නට එපා කියද්දී ඔහු එම ණය අනුමත කළේය. ඔහුගේ ප්රතිපත්ති අ.එ.ජ යට අවාසි සහගතයැයි එරට ප්රධානියෙක් ප්රසිද්ධියේ ප්රකාශ කළේය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඔය අතර ඔහුට ස්ත්රී</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">දූෂණ චෝදනාව එල්ලවිය! අමෙරිකාවේ සිදුවූ එම ගනයේ පළමුවන සිද්ධියැයි සිතෙන පරිදි ඊට ප්රසිද්ධිය ලබාදී ගුවන් යානයට ම ගොස් ඔහු අත්අඩංගුවට ගන්නා ලදි. කුමන්ත්රණය සාර්ථක විය. ඔහුගේ ප්රතිරූපය විනාශ කරන ලදි</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අනතුරුව</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඔහු සියලු ම චෝදනාවලින් නිදහස් විය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නිදහස්වීම පිළිබඳ ව එතරම් ප්රචාරයක් ලැබුණේ නැත.)එහෙත් වසර ගණනාවක් එම ණය දීම පැහැර හරිනු ලැබිණි.</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"></span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">එහෙයින් ඔහු වැඩි</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">මුදල ලිබියාවෙන් දී</span></b><b><span style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">, </span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">සෙසු අප්රිකන් රටවලින් ද මුදල් ලබාගෙන චන්ද්රිකාවක් මිලදී ගත්තේය. එමගින් වසරකට බටහිරට ඇදීයන ඩොලර් දශලක්ෂ ගණනාවක් අප්රිකාවේ ප්රයෝජනයට යෙදිය හැකි විය.</span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: red; font-size: 18pt;">ගඩාෆි වැනසීමේ ආසන්න කුමන්ත්රණය එතැනින් ආරම්භ විය.</span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">ඊළඟට හෙතෙම දුප්පත් අප්රිකාව සමග බැංකුවක් ආරම්භ කිරීමට සැලසුම් කළේය. ඒ තෙල් වෙනුවට රත්තරන් හුවමාරුව උදෙසාය! ඒ</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;"></span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">වනවිට එංගලන්තයේ රත්තරං සංචිතය ලිබියාවේ සංචිතයට වඩා වැඩිවූයේ අඩකින් පමණි! හිරු නොබසින අධිරාජ්යයට හීන්දාඩිය දමන්නට විය! </span></b><b><span style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">‘</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">එන පොට</span></b><b><span style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">‘ </span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="color: #82393c; font-size: 18pt;">හොඳ නැති බැවින් ගඩාෆි විනාශ කිරීමේ මෙහෙයුම වහාම ඇරඹුණි.</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">රුසියාවේ පුටින් ජනපති වී සිටියා නම් මෙම තත්වය තරමක් හෝ වෙනස් වන්නට ඉඩ තිබුණි. එරට ජනපති මෙදෙදේව් යම් පමණකට බටහිරට ගැතිව හෝ බටහිරට රැවටී හෝ සිටියේය. බෝම්බ දැමීම ආරම්භයේ දී ම පුටින් එය</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">කුරුස</span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">යුද්ධයකැයි කීවේ ඔහු බටහිර ශිෂ්ටාචාරය හොඳින් හඳුනාගෙන සිටි බැවිණි. (තුන්වන ලෝකයේ වාසනාවකට ඔහු නැවත රුසියාවේ ජනපති වන බව කියැවේ)</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නැටෝවට ලිබියාවට පහරදීමට කිසිම සාධාරණ හෙතුවක් නො වූ අතර</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඔවුහු පිරිසක් සංවිධානය කළහ. බටහිරට ගැති ඛටාර් වැනි රාජ්ය මීට කෙලින් ම මැදිහත් විය. (අද ඔක් </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">27</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> දා ඛටාර් රජය සිය හමුදාව ලිබියාවේ කැරැල්ලට සහභාගී වූ බව ප්රකාශයට පත්කළේය) ඔවුන් ප්රකාශ කළේ බෙන්ගසි නුවර අසරණ සිවිල් වැසියන්ට ගඩාෆි බෝම්බ දමන බවයි! එහෙත් රුසියානු මිලිටරි චන්ද්රිකාවේ සටහන්වූ දත්ත අනුව</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">රුසියන් හමුදාව කීවේ ගුවනින් බෝම්බ දැමීමක් කිසිම ආකාරයක සිදු නොවූ බවයි. (වරක් බැටළු පැටියෙක් ඇලකින් වතුර බොමින් සිටියේය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">එතැනට පැමිණි වෘකයෙක්: උඹ වතුර බොර කරනව</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මං බොන්නෙ කොහොමද! කීය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">එවිට බැටළු පැටවා රාලහාමි </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මම බිව්වෙ ඔබ තුමා ඉන්නවාට පහළින්නෙ!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">කීය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">තෝ ගිය අවුරුද්දෙ මං වතුර බොනකොට බොරකළා! </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අනේ රාලහාමි මම ගිය අවුරුද්දෙ ඉපදිලාවත් නෑනෙ!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">බැටළු පැටවා කීය. එවිට වෘකයා: </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">තොගෙ කඩ වැඩියි</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මං තෝ කනව!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">කියමින් එම අසරණ පැටියා මරා කෑවේය.)ගඩාෆි කැරැල්ල සාකච්ඡාවෙන් විසඳන්නට කල්පනා කළ බැවින් දැඩි මර්දනයක් එක්වර ම දියත් නො කළේය. එය ප්රයෝජනයට ගත් බටහිර වඩා</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඉක්මන් විය.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඒ දිනවල ම බහරේන්හි ද කරැල්ලක් ඇතිවිය. එක මිනිසෙක් පොලීසිය වෙත හිනාවෙමින් යමක් කියන්නට ගියේය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අඩි පහක පමණ දුරක දී ඔහුට වෙඩි තබන ලදි. එරටේ සිය ගණනක් පිරිස මරා දමනු ලැබූහ. තත්වය තවත් උග්ර වෙද්දී අමෙරිකාව සෞදි අරාබියට උපදෙස් දී හමුදාව යවා එම සැබෑ කැරැල්ල කුරිරු අන්දමින් මර්දනය කරන ලදි. ඒ එතුමන්ලාගේ ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයයි!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නැටෝව ලිබියාව මත ඉවක් බවක් නැතිව බෝම්බ වැපිරුවේය. සරසවි</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">පාසැල්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">රෝහල්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ගුවන්තොටුපළවල්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නිවාස ආදි සියල්ලට ම බෝම්බ හෙළිය. (ඉරාකයේ සියලු පාලම් පළමු ගල්ෆ් යුද්ධයේ දී ම වැනසූ ආකාරය අපේ මතකයට එයි</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">දියුණුව </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">‘</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">සුදු අපට</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">‘ </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">පමණක් අයිති දෙයකැයි ඔවුන් සිතනවා වියහැකිය!)</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නැටෝව බෝම්බ දමන අතර ලිබියාවේ අලනුවර දශ ලක්ෂ ගණන් ජනයා ඊට එරෙහිව පෙලපාලි ගියහ. දශ ලක්ෂ හය හමාරක ජනගහනයෙන්</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">17 </span></b><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ලක්ෂයක්</span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අගෝස්තු මාසයේ ගඩාෆි සමග පෙලපාලියේ ගියහ! මෙහිදී ගඩාෆි අල් ජසීරා රූපවාහිනියට ආරාධනා කළේය</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඔවුහු ආහ</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">රූප ගතකළහ</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඒත් එය ප්රචාරය නො වීය. </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BBC, CNN, Aljazeera </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">එක දිගට බොරු ප්රචාරය කළ අතර එම යෝධ පෙළපාලි ගැන වචනයක් හෝ නොකියන්නට වගබලා ගත්හ. ට්රිපොලි නගරයේ</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ජනගහනයෙන් </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">%95</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> ක් පෙළපාලිවලට සම්බන්ධ වූ අතර</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නේටෝ-කැරලි කරුවන්ට එහි කිසිම ජන බලයක් නැත. නගරය අල්ලාගත් බව ප්රකාශ කළ දා රෑ බෙංගාසිවලින් නැවකින් පිරිස ගෙන්වා චතුරශ්රයට රැස්කර එය රූගත කර ප්රචාරය කෙරුණි. </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BBC </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඉංදියාවේ පිරිසක් පෙන්වමින් ඒ ලිබියන් ජනතාව බව කී අතර</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">එම බොරුව එදාම අතේ පත්තු විය! ඊස්රායලය ලෙබනනයට ගොස් පලස්තීනයන්ට පහර දී සිය ගණන් මැරූ විට </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BBC </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">සිංහල සේවයෙන් ද එම අසරණ</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">පලස්තීන ජනයා</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"></span><b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ත්රස්තවාදීන්</span></b><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ලෙස හඳුන්වනු ඇසුණි! එම පලස්තීන අසරණයන්ට ආධාර ඉල්ලා මුදල්ගෙවා දැන්වීමක් පළකිරීම පවා </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BBC </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">විසින් ප්රතික්ෂේප කරන ලදි.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ලිබියාවේ ළමයින් සිය ගණනිනුත් වැඩිහිටියන් </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">20000</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> කට වැඩියෙනුත් (මෙම ගණන ඊට බෙහෙවින් වැඩිවිය හැකි බව ප්රංශ රූපවාහිනිය ම කීය) මරා දැමීමට එරෙහිව ප්රංශ නීතිඥයෝ ප්රංශයේ ජනපතිට එරෙහිව නඩු පැවරූහ. සමහර ප්රංශ රූපවාහිනී සේවා ළමා නිවාසයක </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">30</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> ක් පමණ දරුවන් මරා දැමීම පිළිබඳ ව වාර්තා චිත්රපට ද නිපද වූහ.(</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BBC </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නොවේ!)</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නේටෝ කැරලිකරුවන්ට ලිබියාවේ ජන බලයක් නැත. සිය රට බෝම්බයෙන් වනසන්නට මග පෑදූ කැරලිකාරයන්ට එම ජනතාව කැමතිවෙතියි සිතනවා නම් ඒ සිහින දකින්නන් පමණකි. එම විනාශ වූ දේවල් ගොඩනැගීම ගැන කිසිදු කතාවක් නැතිව තෙල්ටික පමණක් ඔවුහු නිදහසේ බෙදා ගනිති. එම නිසා ම නේටෝවට දිගට ම එරටේ රැඳී සිටින්නට සිදුවෙයි. ජනතාව මුස්ලිම් අන්තවාදය තුළ හිරවෙමින් සිටිති. තවත් ඉරාකයක්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානයක් දැනට ම බිහිවී අවසානය!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මා දන්නා තරමින්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">මෙම තොරතුරු සොයාබලා ලංකාවේ කිසිම සිංහල පුවත්පතක්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ජනතාව</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><a href="http://lankacnews.com/sinhala/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cnn.jpg" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">දැනුවත් නො කළේය! එය කණගාටුවට කාරණයකි. අමෙරිකාවේ හිටපු සෙනෙට් සභික වරියක් ලිබියාවට ගොස් සැබෑ තත්වය ජනතාවට කිවුවත් කිසිම රූපවාහිනී සේවාවක් එම පුවත් ප්රචාරය නො</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">කළේය.</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"></span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">එතුමිය සමග ගිය පිරිසේ එක් කෙනෙක් අමෙරිකාවේ කිසිම වෛද්ය පහසුකමක් ලබාගත නොහැකි කෝටි පහමාරක් සිටින අතර</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">,</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ලිබියාවේ සියලු දෙනාට ම වෛද්ය පහසුකම් නොමිලයේ ලැබෙන ආකාරය පැහැදිලි කළේය.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">තවත් එක් කරුණක් ගැන ඔබේ අවධානය යොමුකිරීමට කැමැත්තෙමි: ජවිපෙ අන්තර්ජාල පුවත් පත වන </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Lanka Truth</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">පැහැදිලි ලෙස ම නැටෝ බෝම්බ දැමීම අනුමත කළේය! මෙය නම් සැබවින් ම පුදුම සහගතය. සෝමවංශ අමරසිංහ මහතා එකල ලිබියානු තානාපති කාර්යාලය සමග සබඳතා පැවැත්වූ බව මගේ මතකයේ තිබේ</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">; </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නමුත්</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ගඩාෆි මහින්ද ජනපතිගේ රජයට ආධාරකළ නිසා හෝ ජවිපෙ ඇමරිකන් බහට කන්දෙන නිසා හෝ මෙම අසාධාරණ</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">අධිරාජ්යවාදී ඍජු ආක්රමණයේ දී නැටෝවේ ක්රියාකලාපය ඉතා සැහැල්ලුවෙන් අනුමත කළේය. </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Lamkaenews, Lanka News Web </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">වැනි ඒවා ඍජුව ම ප්රධාන පෙළේ ජාත්යන්තර ඔත්තු සංවිධාන මත යැපෙන බැවින් ඔවුන්ගේ ස්ථාවරය පහසුවෙන් වටහාගත හැකිය. එහෙත් ජවිපෙ එසේ කිරීම ප්රශ්නයක් නොවේද</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">?</span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ජවිපයේ මෙම නැටෝ පාක්ෂික</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, </span><span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">ඇමරිකන් ගැති ආකල්පය දුටු විජේවීර මහතාගේ ඇටකටු අප්රකට සොහොනේ සිට නළියන්නට ඇත!</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span lang="SI-LK" style="font-size: 18pt;">නැටෝව නො වන්නට ඊනියා කැරලි කාරයන්ට කිසිසේත් ම දිනන්නට නො හැකිය. මෙය සැබවින් ම එරට ජනයා හඳුන්වන්නේ නැටෝ කැරැල්ල යනුවෙනි. ගෝත්රික වෛරය ද මෙහිදී නිදහසේ යොදා ගැනුණි. විශේෂයෙන් ම කලු ලිබියානුවන් බහුල ලෙස මෙම නේටෝ කැරලිකරුවන් විසින් මරා දමනු ලැබූහ.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<br /></div>Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-52462678140103283312011-11-08T04:20:00.000-08:002011-11-08T04:20:10.949-08:00Fishing in the Turbulent water - An Aus view<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>DESPITE what Tony Abbott would have us believe, the striking thing about the build-up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth was not division between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. It was the way they worked together.</strong></div>
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The two rivals put differences aside to try to ensure that CHOGM is a success. And they will consider it a success if the Commonwealth leaders leave Australia with smiles on their faces.</div>
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That's what it's all about. Keeping all of the 53 delegations happy.</div>
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Because, folks - behind the talk about strengthening the Commonwealth's commitment to democracy and human rights - the Gillard Government is approaching the summit as a $60 million PR exercise.</div>
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And the ultimate aim of that exercise is to help Australia win a place on the United Nations Security Council in 2013. It's all part of drumming up the required 128 UN votes.</div>
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As well as wooing Commonwealth members, the strategy is to use this CHOGM to impress non-Commonwealth countries with Australia's ability to represent the concerns of small and developing nations.</div>
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<br />In fact, the bid for a Security Council seat is the main reason Australia put up its hand to host the summit in the first place. It was not our turn.Catch senior Foreign Affairs Department officials in a candid mood and they'll admit that the winning of votes takes precedence over the rest of it - including proposals for a Commonwealth Charter and the appointment of a Commissioner for Democracy, the Rule of Law and Human Rights.</div>
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The 2011 CHOGM was supposed to be held in Colombo, but when the Commonwealth leaders met in Trinidad two years ago they agreed that the aftermath of the Sri Lanka civil war made this untenable.</div>
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Mr Rudd, then prime minister, saw the chance to build support for Australia's Security Council bid, and stepped into the breach. Sri Lanka is now scheduled to do the honours next time.</div>
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As it turned out, Mr Rudd's initiative plays into the hands of the woman who toppled him from the prime ministership.</div>
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Ms Gillard needed a circuit-breaker, and CHOGM provides it. Hosting such a major international event gives her some respite from the domestic issues that have damaged her and her Government so badly.</div>
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Her trip to France next week for a crucial G20 meeting on the international economic crisis, followed by an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting with world leaders in Hawaii and an East Asia Summit in Indonesia, will also get her out of the domestic political firing line for a while.</div>
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Best of all, from Ms Gillard's point of view, the impending visit by US President Barack Obama - including a presidential address to Parliament and a major defence announcement he's expected to make in Darwin - will also help to divert attention from the carbon tax, asylum seekers and the poker machine controversy.</div>
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CHOGM, in other words, is the start of a month dominated by international matters that should enable Ms Gillard to resist any leadership destabilisation for the rest of the year.</div>
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Just the same, the task of chairing the meeting will not be easy, given that she and Mr Rudd are determined to avoid any blow-up that might damage Australia's Security Council prospects.</div>
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Ms Gillard has been briefed on the need, as chair, to steer away from possible areas of tension because division would not be in Australia's interest.</div>
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In line with this approach, Australia is taking a much softer position than Britain and Canada on contentious issues. Canada, for example, is threatening to boycott the next CHOGM if it is held in Sri Lanka. Australia has been warning against a showdown on that issue, despite Sri Lanka's unenviable human rights record.</div>
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Mr Rudd and President Mahinda Rajapaksa have been working together to try to manage the way human rights and other concerns about Sri Lanka are dealt with in Perth.</div>
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Another thorny issue is the Charter, recommended by an Eminent Persons Group on Commonwealth reform as a statement of values by which member countries can be judged.</div>
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Fearing it would become a kind of Commonwealth constitution, binding on them, some member countries are decidedly wary.</div>
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So, even before the summit began yesterday, Australia was already discussing a possible fallback position with Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma.</div>
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The recommendation for a commissioner who would investigate and recommend action on serious violations of democracy, rule of law and human rights within the Commonwealth has aroused even greater opposition.</div>
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Sri Lanka and India are among countries saying they won't have a bar of the idea. Again, Australia has been developing a Plan B. Don't be surprised if the "commissioner" becomes a mere "adviser", or the whole thing is shunted off to a sub-committee for further consideration.</div>
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Britain is among the Commonwealth countries Ms Gillard and Mr Rudd want to lock in for the Security Council vote. They had the support of Gordon Brown, but the new Conservative PM David Cameron had not committed himself in advance of CHOGM.</div>
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African members already on side, like Zambia and Ghana, are being asked during CHOGM to lobby for votes on Australia's behalf from other African nations that are not part of the Commonwealth.</div>
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And favours are being swapped. Australia's support for the Dominican Republic's election to the UN Economic and Social Council, for example, in return for its vote in the Security Council ballot.</div>
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Laurie Oakes is political editor for the Nine Network. His column appears every Saturday in the<em>Herald Sun.</em></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">AFTER days of shelling during which untold numbers of diehard loyalists and unfortunate civilians were traumatised, maimed and killed, the despised dictator was cornered like an exhausted fox at the end of the hunt. How he took the bullet that killed him was disputed—in crossfire, the confusion of battle, or in what amounted to an execution. But so what? It was kinder than the lingering, agonising death he deserved and he was better dead than alive. Whoever pulled the trigger should be counted a hero, not investigated as a war-criminal. This was a time for rejoicing: a war over at last, and one of the great villains of the past half-century rendered incapable of causing further cruelty.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The death of <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/13687889" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #08526d; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Velupillai Prabhakaran</a> in May 2009 marked the definitive victory of the Sri Lankan army in a war that had dragged on for 26 years and entailed the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians. He ran his fief of “liberated” Sri Lanka with an iron fist, systematically wiping out his ethnic-Tamil opponents, as he commandeered a monopoly on Tamil resentment at rule by a Sri Lankan government dominated by ethnic Sinhalese. Prabhakaran’s Tamil Tigers were pioneers of suicide-bombing, and notorious for the cyanide pills they wore as an alternative to capture and torture. He waged terror overseas, notably in India, where his agents assassinated a former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, in 1991. And Tamil expatriates around the world were bullied and frightened into providing him with finance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yet the end of the war in Sri Lanka was marked by little of the celebratory tone that has marked some of the reporting of the death of Muammar Qaddafi this month. A few days before the Sri Lankan army’s final victory, President Barack Obama had called on it to stop using heavy weaponry in civilian areas. And when victory came, there was almost immediate condemnation of the tactics the Sri Lankan army had used in the final months of the war; calls for war-crimes inquiries predated the last battle, and persist to this day. Over Libya, there was no such call for restraint in the battle for Sirte, and on Qaddafi’s death, Mr Obama was quick to hail “the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya”.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The assassination in Pakistan in May of Osama bin Laden, without the Pakistani government’s knowledge, let alone permission, and the Western-backed onslaught on Sirte which culminated in the death of Qaddafi leave an impression of double standards. Both men did great evil. Both deserved to face justice. But the way the American administration has, in one case, arranged their killing, and in both, reacted to their deaths, suggests that their crime was not to kill huge numbers of people. Rather, it was to kill—over Lockerbie, in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania—huge numbers of Americans. Of course, a different standard applies when you take on the superpower. But this superpower and its allies seek to assert their standards and values as universal.</span></div>
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</div>Dilip Fernandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13403836585965339686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229828892379831769.post-4242513486151839312011-10-30T08:03:00.000-07:002011-10-30T08:03:25.060-07:00Aus Tamils (terrorists) wanted Mahinda to be arrested<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>TAMIL protesters have demanded that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa - in Perth for the Commonwealth leaders' meeting - be arrested and charged with war crimes. (abstracts from a Aus news paper)</strong></div>
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Around 60 members of Perth's Tamil community took centre stage at a rally of hundreds of diverse protesters before they all marched to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), opened by the Queen today.</div>
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Tamil speaker Yogan Tharma said Mr Rajapaksa had been given a "red carpet welcome" to CHOGM, but he was a war criminal who should be arrested. </div>
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"His place is not in the parliament, it's behind the barb wire," he shouted to the crowd. </div>
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"Please Australia, put him into jail, don't send him back home."</div>
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Mr Tharma, standing in front of a grisly banner showing dead and mutilated Tamil children, said he had lost 79 family members in the Sri Lankan civil war.</div>
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A Tamil woman, who only wanted to be known as Ajanthy, said the Commonwealth "does have teeth" which had been used to suspend four member nations - Nigeria, Fiji, Pakistan and Zimbabwe.</div>
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"The crimes committed in Sri Lanka are far more serious and much larger in scale than those attributed to the four members who faced suspension," she said.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Ajanthy said genocide had taken place against Tamils in Sri Lanka, with nearly 500,000 killed and one million displaced out of the country. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: blue; color: lime;">(I- publisher- wonder whether Preseident has imported some Tamils from India and killed in somewhere and displaced in Colombo)</span></b></div>
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"We need Australians to support suspension of Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth, we need to stop the genocide of Tamils and support the independents of Tamils," she said.</div>
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Earlier this week, Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland moved to quash a court case brought by a Melbourne man against President Rajapaksa. </div>
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(This false propaganda is republished to edify the general public that as usual the some Tamil expatriates are misleading the world with false figures to make their eyes open wider - foreign nationals are simply misled with these figures - Sri Lankans should not be mute in these dirty acts of terrorists - )</div>
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<strong>THE controversial host of the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Sri Lanka, has ramped up its campaign to convince the world it is an appropriate choice.</strong></div>
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Sri Lanka's human rights record was under scrutiny at this week's CHOGM in Perth.</div>
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard repeatedly expressed concerns about persistent allegations of widespread abuses in the closing stages of Sri Lanka's civil war against the Tamil Tigers in 2009.</div>
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But leaders failed to press Sri Lanka on those concerns during the summit itself, with the exception of a failed attempt by the Canadian delegation to spark more discussion on the issue.</div>
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has gone so far as to threaten to boycott the 2013 summit unless Sri Lanka addresses the concerns properly.</div>
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After the close of the Perth summit on Sunday, Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris appeared before the media to spruik his country's summit and combat the human rights allegations.</div>
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"This is all propaganda against the government of Sri Lanka," he said.</div>
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"There is really strong propaganda in this country (Australia) and several other countries.</div>
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"But the reality of the situation is this: Sri Lanka in all fairness has to be given credit for its legitimate accomplishments."</div>
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Professor Peiris said Sri Lanka had already begun preparing for the CHOGM and there was no push on within the Commonwealth to change locations.</div>
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"As far as we are concerned it is final, it is irrevocable," he said.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">One day evening, all of a sudden, Wenura’s mother suffered with a chest pain. It was unbearable! </span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">At the moment his father was far away to treat a person. Wenura was thunderstruck with to do except screaming for help. He cried and screamed a lot for help. Few villagers came after a few minutes to look at the matter. They decided to carry Wenura’s mother to Anamaduwa Hospital. It was about 20 kilometers and they could resort to a cart to get to the hospital. Wenura was still weeping and walking behind the cart. He felt that the thorny routes were too cruel to make the long journey more difficult. When they arrived at the hospital after few hours harsh journey, there was no any doctor there. The only doctor had left the hospital after long hour works. The nurses admitted the patient, Wenura’s mother, and gave her some pain killer tablets. On the following day, the doctor examined the patient and prescribed transfer to the Negombo base hospital for treatments. Mother’s chest pain got worse. She suffered a lot. The child Wenura was so afraid and was weeping. He explained his father what happened.</span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">and small Wenura did not move from the mother’s bed. Wenura’s father was able to get the assistance from a remote relative near to Negombo.</span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Everything was getting better. Mother’s health condition turned good. Wenura used to school in Negombo. Mother and father always encouraged Wenura to study hard. However, every suffering was printed in his heart and was nightmarish to him.</span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Fortunately, Wenura had passed the exam and he was enrolled to a leading central college in Madampe. From there he grew better and better. He used to write letters to his beloved teacher at his village school and his friends there. He explained his new life, successes, difficulties, how much he missed them, and the difference of the surrounding from the village. He remembered the suffering of the villagers. He wanted to save his beloved ones. But what he could do for it. Who were responsible? It was Unjust!</span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">With all those feelings, Wenura continued studying and scored best at GCE O/L in District level. He was admitted to the Royal College Colombo. He sooner attracted many teachers and friends to praise him. His determination and dedication proved he was a real promising student. During his stay in Colombo, Wenura recognized the huge differences between country side and urban area. All the opportunities were gathered in urban area while nothing was available to poor people in villages. Nobody cares poor people. They were just suffering and only suffering. Wenura always talked about these matters with his new friends. He explained his experiences in his village and how those unmerited people suffered due to underdevelopment. </span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Oh! How fortunate it was! Wenura was able to score highest as the island’s 1st in A/L Science stream. It was a new record in the Royal College. It pledged him a prosperous future. Wenura’s mother and father were at the extreme of happy. <a name='more'></a></span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wenura was awarded by the President of Sri Lanka for his excellent achievement and personally wished him a good luck.</span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">{{That era in the Sri Lanka was ruled by the devils or the dirty politicians for money they were ready to sell even their mothers. Since the case was like that, poor people were subject to be burdened by each and every rich. The government’s policy was to sell all the properties owned by the public to the foreigners. Privatization was the only Mantra for them. Some educated people and some young students in higher studies had long understood and rejected the undesirable economic policies. For that they engaged in protests campaigns and other various ways to express their excessive repugnance over the worsening of the country’s situation. The governing party was paid a dumb ear to their voices and unleashed unethical unlawful and inhuman violence on the alternative ideas. Many educated people left the country in search of political asylum. Some were killed. Certain leftist political; parties had been brutally suppressed and that created a huge unease to erupt. Some fractions of university students were among them. A wild law had entangled the whole country. }}</span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Educated social students were always keen on public affairs. They had a better understanding on what our country needed and what not. The Interuniversity Student Federation (IUSF) was the only significant students group that coordinated the students in almost all the universities. The convener of the IUSF then was Thrima Vithana, a highly talented and motivated medical student at the Medical Faculty of University of Colombo. He had been the best performer (Batch top) for a few times in the faculty. However the need of the hour of the country requested a highly motivated & knowledgeable leader for the country’s student Diaspora to lead them to save the country’s future for her future generations. Thrima was the one who could satisfy that demand.</span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The immediate requirement was to protect the Free Education system. The government had established a private medical faculty at Ragama. Students had been dedicating themselves to prevent that. Each and every leader of the IUSF was killed by the government’s brutal killers but Thrima did not reject accept the leadership. He leaded the university students.</span></h5>
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<span style="color: blue; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thrima was a senior room mate for Wenura and he had a specific faith and love to Thrima brother especially Thrima’s opinions and hopes deeply printed in his heart. He believed that Thrima like people can save the down trodden village people. Wenura was childish compared to Thrima. He some times was unable to think of such a personality. If Thrima forget all those things and studied a bit more, he could have been the best specialist doctor for the country. And Thrima’s family and few generation could be made rich if he worried of them. But Thrima worried not for him but for the poors of whole country.</span></h5>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">Published:</strong> Oct 24, 2011 00:06 <strong style="font-weight: bold;">Updated:</strong> Oct 24, 2011 00:06</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">ANKARA: A strong earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing hundreds of people. The country's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck at 1041 GMT and was five km deep. Mustafa Erdik, the observatory's general manager, told a news conference that up to 1,000 people could have been killed by the temblor.</strong></div>
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Tens of thousands of residents fled into the streets running, screaming and trying to reach relatives on cell phones. As the full extent of the damage became clear, desperate survivors dug into the rubble with their bare hands, trying to rescue the trapped and the injured.</div>
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"My wife and child are inside! My 4-month-old baby is inside!" CNN-Turk television showed one young man sobbing outside a collapsed building in Van, the provincial capital.</div>
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At least 85 bodies were recovered from debris by late evening.</div>
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The hardest hit was Ercis, a city of 75,000 close to the Iranian border, which lies on the Ercis Fault in one of Turkey's most earthquake-prone zones. Van, some 90 km to the south, also suffered substantial damage.</div>
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As many as 80 buildings collapsed in Ercis, including a dormitory, and 10 buildings collapsed in Van, the Turkish Red Crescent said. Some highways also caved in, CNN-Turk television reported.</div>
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"There are so many dead. Several buildings have collapsed. There is too much destruction," Ercis mayor Zulfikar Arapoglu told NTV television. "We need urgent aid. We need medics."</div>
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Hospital staff in Ercis treated injured people in the garden as the buildings were badly damaged, and the dead were left outside, one nurse told CNN Turk.</div>
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State television said inmates have escaped from a prison in the quake-hit region.</div>
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Ankara has declined aid offered by the Jewish state. "I am under the impression the Turks do not want our help," Barak told Channel 2 News.</div>
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"Right now (their answer) is negative but if they see they need more aid and don't have it, or if they rethink it, we have made the offer and remain prepared (to help)," he said.</div>
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As some European leaders demonstrate a celebratory mood over the violent death of Colonel Gaddafi, they are no less terrorists themselves, claims international consultant and author Adrian Salbuchi.</div>
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Salbuchi said Gaddafi’s death was undoubtedly a message for the whole world, as it is not just about Libya.</div>
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At the moment Western powers are hailing a democratic future for Libya. When Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003 the US also thought it was all over – but it had only just begun. And according to Salbuchi, it is going to be the same, or even worse, for Libya.</div>
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He added the US, France, Britain and NATO should be held accountable for the sectarian violence, should it take place in Libya.</div>
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“In any country, Libya included, there is always about a half of the population that is against the ongoing government. Should we also be invading Greece because of the way they are handling their own internal divisions?” he posited.</div>
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A rebel-assisted victory in Libya will not mark the end of NATO's interest in the country, Salbuchi emphasized.</div>
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NATO and the US in particular are interested in a long-term intervention in the North African country. They would have designs on involvement in Libya’s domestic affairs for decades, believes Mazin Qumsiyeh, a professor from Bethlehem University.</div>
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This is hypocritical from the part of the US, as they earlier had Gaddafi as their ally. Colonel was known as the CIA collaborator, added Qumsiyeh.</div>
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A new explicit amateur video released by AP clearly shows that Colonel Gaddafi was caught alive rather than dead.</div>
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The video portrays Gaddafi soon after his arrest in Sirte. The colonel is encircled by the soldiers of the National Transitional Council who are shouting in Arabic, "God is great."</div>
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Gaddafi is definitely too weak to walk on his own and his chest and face are covered in blood. Still, the colonel takes some steps and then falls on the ground. The soldiers try to get Gaddafi up and put him in the car. Some of them are clearly grabbing Gaddafi’s hair.</div>
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Previously, the media had released pictures showing Gaddafi already dead with a bullet hole in his left temple. Al Jazeera’s video could thus indicate that the colonel was killed by some of the NTC soldiers.</div>
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As reported earlier, fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds sustained during his capture after NTC forces took his hometown and stronghold of Sirte. It came shortly after Gaddafi's vehicles which were trying to escape the town were hit by a NATO air strike, forcing Gaddafi and several bodyguards to take refuge in the drain.</div>
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French defense chief said French jet fired on Gaddafi convoy, AP reported. </div>
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British MP Jeremy Corbyn said that as Gaddafi was captured alive, he should have been treated as prisoner of war, interrogated and put on trial.</div>
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“<em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; quotes: “, ”;">It looks that there was an element of mob rule in this, and he was indeed killed in the back of the truck</em>,” he said referring to the video footage of Gaddafi's capture.</div>
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Civilian cost of NATO victory in Libya. Libya, Sirte (AFP Photo / Philippe Desmazes)</div>
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The death of Gaddafi has finally concluded his eight- month stand-off with NATO. But as the alliance and the new Libyan government celebrate the war’s end, the untold numbers killed in the intervention cast a dark shadow over their victory.</div>
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As Libyans poured out onto the streets of Tripoli and Benghazi to celebrate the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the cost of the war will weigh heavily on their nation for some time to come.</div>
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While there are no exact figures on casualties, speaking back in September, the health minister in the new Libyan government estimated that at least 30,000 people had been killed and 50,000 wounded during the first six months of war.</div>
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Apart from those deaths brought about by combat between Gaddafi loyalists and rebel forces, NATO, which had been authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 1973 to use any means necessary to protect civilians, has faced heavy criticism for its often deadly airstrikes.</div>
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One such instance occurred in Tripoli on June 19 when a NATO missile missed its target, killing at least nine civilians as a result. NATO admitted its culpability in the deaths.</div>
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By the end of the month, three separate NATO airstrikes around the country would ultimately claim another 34 civilian lives.</div>
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However, the largest single incident came on August 9, when the government reported that 85 people had been killed in a NATO airstrike on Majar, a village some 90 miles east of Tripoli.</div>
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Speaking after the attack, the alliance’s commander in Libya, Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, told Agence France-Presse (AFP), <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; quotes: “, ”;">"I can assure you that there (were not) 85 civilians present, but I cannot assure you that there were none at all."</em></div>
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However, Bouchard’s ambiguity does not appear to be a mistake. Speaking with McClatchy news service, NATO spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said, <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; quotes: “, ”;">“NATO does not have any troops on the ground in Libya and consequently no reliable method to verify the civilian casualty allegations.”</em></div>
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But while NATO can claim to deny everything it can’t confirm, the inability or unwillingness to count civilian deaths cuts both ways.</div>
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In a telephone call to Reuters on September 19, Moussa Ibrahim, a spokesman for the deposed Libyan leader, claimed that "in the last 17 days, more than 2,000 residents of the city of Sirte were killed in NATO air strikes."</div>
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However true his assertion might be, with hospitals, commanders on both sides of the conflict and local officials forming the basis for most of the casualty reports, the world might never get a clear picture of what exactly happened in the eight-month civil war that ended with the killing of Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday.</div>
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Perhaps more critically, a nation which had a remarkably high standard of living prior to the conflict now faces a potentially massive humanitarian crisis. Speaking with RT earlier this week, former MI5 agent Annie Machon claimed NATO’s intervention has plunged Libya back into the Stone Age.</div>
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<em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; quotes: “, ”;">“They’ve had free education, free health, they could study abroad. When they got married they got a certain amount of money. So they were rather the envy of many other citizens of African countries. Now, of course, since NATO’s humanitarian intervention the infrastructure of their country has been bombed back to the Stone Age. They will not have the same quality of life. Women probably will not have the same degree of emancipation under any new transitional government. The national wealth is probably going to be siphoned off by Western corporations. Perhaps the standard of living in Libya might have been slightly higher than it perhaps is now in America and the UK with the recession,” </em>she said.</div>
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As the Libyan people now attempt to rebuild their country, it remains to be seen if NATO forces, which supposedly began military operations to defend civilians at all costs, will be as willing to help prevent any further loss of life now that the Gaddafi regime has finally come to an end.</div>
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