A post-mortem:

Victory march and glancing way forward

The history of the separatist-terrorism spearheaded by the LTTE is more than three decades old. The LTTE turned on its killing machine by assassinating Mr. Alfred Duraiyappah, the Mayor of Jaffna in 1975. From that day up to 18th of May 2009, LTTE’s killing machine worked unabatedly taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of young-old, rich-poor, educated- uneducated, clergy and lay people in this country belonging to all ethnic groups such as Tamils, Muslims and Sinhalese.

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Health Minister asserts:

Swine flu, dengue, IDPs’ health my top priorities

As terrorism was not eliminated over-night, we cannot get rid of dengue in one or two days. It took three decades to fully get rid of terrorism. Likewise it may require three or four months since there is no brisk way of getting rid of dengue fully. It should be done systematically on step by step basis. It takes time to change people’s attitudes and lifestyles.

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Resettlement in the East highly successful:

IDP camps in good condition - UN envoy in Sri Lanka

Calling on the government to expedite moves for a speedy reconciliation with all ethnic communities in Sri Lanka, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Sri Lanka, Amin Awad said that the post-war milieu in the country is very promising and IDPs have a very bright future.

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