CPA sessions in SL: Endorsement by Commonwealth countries

Depicting the peace dividends recorded after the end of three decades of terrorism in 2009, Sri Lanka has gained a key opportunity to host the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conference which will be officially opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre on Tuesday morning.

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CIA torture-death probe abandoned

Gul Rahman died in the early hours of November 20, 2002, after being shackled to a cold concrete wall in a secret CIA prison in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, known as the Salt Pit. He was suspected of links to the terrorist group al-Qaeda. Rahman is the only detainee known to have died in a CIA-run prison.

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A Buddhist appeal for sanity in Tamil Nadu

The open hatred and unrestrained vitriolic outbursts against Sri Lanka by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa are appalling, and, I imagine, a huge embarrassment to the Federal Government of India. Ms. Jayalalithaa’s condoning of the recent attack on Sri Lankan (both Tamil and Sinhala) religious pilgrims (to a Catholic church, no less),

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TN politicians trying to reign supreme, straining bilateral relations - DEW

“I think it is a role played by some extremist elements in Tamil Nadu. The objective was to provoke the Sri Lankan people. I think we should not get provoked but act with restraint. We have to handle this question diplomatically with the central government. We must understand that Tamil Nadu is just one of the 25 states in India.

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