A diagnostic scan of the conflict
It is a dubious distinction. With the war raging
in Lebanon and Fidel's sudden ill-health it wasn't easy to grab a
slice of attention from the global media, but Sri Lanka has
succeeded in doing so with its recent and continuing bout of intense
fighting.
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The Rajpal
Abeynayake Column
First came the media, then came the war
Elilan's voice cut for Sirasa could have cured a
person such as Margaret Thatcher of her Alziemer's disease.
Alziemer's disease makes people forget - but, Sirasa did something
last week to wake up memories that may have been trying hard not to
forget.
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Light Refractions
A ray, a day can light up our way
Despite sections of the media seeking to cause
mass religious hysteria over stories of special rays emanating from
images of the Buddha, which some claim to be "Budu Res" or the aura
of light around the enlightened Buddha, there is healthy skepticism
over the matter, thanks in particular to some learned Buddhist monks
who have said that belief in such supernatural phenomena is not in
keeping with the teachings of the Buddha.
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