How Northern Ireland clinched its peace deal

A spirit of compromise must pervade Lanka's negotiations. There must also be a stable ceasefire and respect for diversity. Each others viewpoints needed to be understood. Even with regard to an appropriate constitutional structure in Sri Lanka, nothing is impossible, if the will to succeed exists. Equally, the "right people" were needed for the job.

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First anniversary of Mahinda Chinthana:

National consensus and 'Home grown solution' for peace initiative

It is time for us to look back and take a stock of achievements, and the progress of Mahinda Chinthana, for the last one year, as Mahinda Chinthana is a consolidation of thousands and thousands of words and visions of the main cross section of the society, with whom the president has had a close rapport with.

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On My Watch

Ghouls hold wake before funeral

PROTESTING against the rapidly growing culture of violence in society, marked by killings and abductions; made worse by poor policing and failure to apprehend the guilty, is a necessary aspect of a functioning democracy, even though worn at the seams.

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