Re-establish Civil Defence Force, to manage the bomb threat
THE attempt on the life of the Commander of the
Army on April 25 by an LTTE suicide cadre, has sent shock waves
throughout the country, particularly the City of Colombo. The most
alarming aspect is that the suicide bomber was able to penetrate the
high security cordon of the army Headquarters.
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Double Standards
I had to keep in touch only through television
and the internet with all the drama of last week, since I was away
in Cambodia, at a conference on Public Accountability and Official
Development Assistance. It was organised by the Council of Asian
Liberals and Democrats, the executive committee of which unanimously
passed a resolution requesting the Tigers to return to negotiations.
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Federal structure - is it worth adopting?
WHEN I was in Colombo last month, the air was so
thick with tension that I could taste it. Concerned over the
increasing killings by the LTTE, people were conjecturing how soon
their country would be overwhelmed by the same old undeclared war.
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