‘LTTE will have no option but to negotiate’

With the loss of the East, and after 9/11, the LTTE will have to reconcile itself to the present situation, says Minister Sarath Amunugama. He was speaking to senior journalists at The Hindu in Chennai.

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Satyagraha - the abused spiritual weapon

If you have a penchant for reading, grab a local or regional newspaper from South Asia and you hardly miss this news: a folk switching to fasting mode to fight for his rights - lost, abused or existence of which he was unaware, until he had a brainwave or a lawyer did a wink at him.

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Remembering President Premadasa

84th Birth Anniversary falls today:

During the days of President Premadasa this was the Gam Udawa time. It was a time of hard work and worry but also a time of excitement and fulfilment. With each Gam Udawa we had a huge target to be met - building houses, bridges and roads, ensuring water and electricity supply, taking care of other infrastructure facilities.

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