‘Year to fight Terrorism’

The stage is now set for the historic fifteenth SAARC Summit in Colombo. A tight security blanket is thrown around the city to ensure the safety of all eight leaders representing the respective nations. The security of all leaders is of paramount importance to the host country.

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Realising SAARC’s true potential

The 15th SAARC Summit is taking on the proportions of an MGM production. Let us all hope that President Rajapaksa and his advisors undertake a reality check and use this opportunity for him to go down in history as the SAARC Chairman who transformed the organisation from a pious talk shop that does not comply with conventions and agreements

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SAARC - ‘poor’ countries get together, but

How poor are we, really?

The further you go into the past the lesser your chances of meeting the word poverty. This may come as a surprise to you, but that’s because you and I have been taught to look at the past as a dark, gloomy, dismal and altogether a primitive era compared to the state of enlightenment we are living in now.

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