Reflections on a patriot and legend of our times

Dr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa is a ‘born leader’ as he has exercised effective leadership as Secretary of Defence and Urban Development. ‘Some achieve greatness’ denotes, above all, those whose greatness is self-made. But all great leaders must be regarded as achievers, whatever their advantages of birth and training.

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Opinion:

‘Yes We Scan’ - US and UK in spying scandals

It was a good take off from 'Yes We Can' from Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008, by the headline in a German publication to mark Barack Obama's visit to Germany. The complete text was 'Yes We Scan' with an image of Obama with earphones on, listening into the sub-text that read:

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National Security Concerns - 2:

Terrorism, extremism and communalism- a threat to a country

In discussing terrorism, it is first of all important to appreciate the sheer scale of the problem that the Government of Sri Lanka was confronted with as a result of the LTTE over the past three decades. Since the 1970s, the LTTE grew from a small organisation of armed individuals to a large,

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