Innocently disabled:
Are Human Rights Bodies blind?
Several international bodies on human rights all
the while speak of human rights violations in this country. Do they
ever speak about LTTE atrocities which have rendered thousands of
innocent civilians disabled? They speak about excesses. Don't they
understand that excesses do happen at times of war in any country
when terror is unleashed on the people? Any responsible Government
is entrusted with the responsibility of safeguarding the people and
its territory.
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Faster economic growth a priority for Government
There is a trend towards increasing inflationary
trends. Today we see there is a trend of escalation of prices of
essential food items, international oil prices and changing consumer
patterns in emerging economies. These have affected almost all the
countries in the world. Therefore, it is beyond our control.
Further, other factors like the drought in Australia led to an
increase in prices of dairy products. Therefore the only alternative
is to increase productivity in every sector.
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Kerala - similarities and differences
Dr. Sarachchandra has also made a significant
comment. He said, whatever may have been the relations between the
peoples of these two countries in the past, one significant thing is
that of all the states in India today the one that comes closest to
our cultural habits is Kerala. The past relations between the two
countries were, in any case, not too bad either. In our relentless
struggles with the Chola kings, Chera, which was how Kerala was
known then, often took our side.
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Raul Castro: The Cuban Revolution continues
One thing that can certainly be said about Fidel
Castro is that he is an incredibly hard act to follow in political
terms. He managed after all to survive the attempts of 10
consecutive US administrations to undermine his Communist revolution
- not to mention the now legendary countless attempts against his
life allegedly orchestrated by the CIA.
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