The plight of the Gypsy community

It is encouraging that yet another Presidential initiative, by which President Rajapaksa has given instructions to grant electoral rights to the minority Gypsy community, while planning to settle them in the Vakarai area, has been taken. In this regard it is reported that this initiative has been welcomed by the Gypsy community and representatives of the Gypsy community have agreed to settle in Tamil dominated Vakarai.

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Civilians suffer again as LTTE tries to infiltrate Forces FDLs

West experiences Tiger brutality as infighting spreads to Oslo:

Tiger brutality: It is an obvious fact the LTTE is preparing for a major offensive in the Wanni. As explained by this column last week, the Tiger leaders are now forcibly using the civilian population entrapped in Wanni for their covert operations deploying them for road picket duties and to construct bunkers. The Tiger outfit is using all available chances to strengthen themselves taking the cover of civilians.

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World faces new threats of water scarcity

The world is on the verge of "a new and more serious era of water scarcity" than ever before, is the ominous warning coming out of an international water conference, writes Thalif Deen.

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