"Southern consensus": a necessary preamble

Consensus building is all this. Mahinda Rajapakse can achieve it all by displaying the utmost commitment to the fundamental principles of democracy, respect to the will of the people, transparency and accountability. All it requires is courage. All it requires is unwavering faith in the ability and sentiments of those who voted him to power.

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The day the waves shook Lanka

Tsunami waves rising higher and higher rolled in battering parts of Sri Lanka's coastline devouring everything under the sun leaving death and destruction in their wake. Around 40,000 human beings lost their lives - properties destroyed - children were left orphaned and families scattered.

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