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1998 attack on Sri Dalada Maligawa:
Terror most brutal
The year 1998 was an important landmark for all
Sri Lankans as the nation was preparing to celebrate its Golden
Jubilee of Independence with much grandeur. Kandy, the last kingdom
to fall under the British colonialists was selected as the venue for
the grand event and Prince Charles, the heir to the throne of Great
Britain, was invited as the chief guest of the grand event.
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Obama sets the tone on national security for post-terrorist
nations
US President Barack Obama, who was forced to
take an account of America's extended surveillance network, domestic
and foreign, after US National Security Agency employee Edward
Snowden's release of highly classified documents revealing the
unknown spy regimen last May, delivered a 50-minute assessment on
January 17 in Washington which this network,
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Need to probe atrocities committed on Muslims during terrorism
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) General
Secretary and former Member of Parliament Hasan Ali, explaining his
demand for a Presidential Commission to probe atrocities committed
on the Muslim community during the era of terrorism, said a proper
count of the number of people killed should be taken while the
magnitude of the effects of the LTTE's eviction of Muslims from the
North within 48 hours needs to be assessed.
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