Capitalist economy in crisis

Recovery at high cost

The globalized financial market that needs smoothly running credit lines came to a halt when the average American mortgage holder couldn’t afford to pay back his loan. This is how the crisis started to unfold.

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Former cadres start a new life

The young people are taught four courses per year. Carpentry, masonry, electrical work and farming are taught for three months. In the near future, there are plans to introduce a driving course as well, which is said to be very much in demand.

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Delhi stands firm, Brits given a lesson in diplomacy

President Mahinda Rajapaksa
at the ceremonial launch of ‘2009 - Year of English and Information Technology at the Presidential Secretariat on February 13

For those who want to say that the freedom we gained, or were given, in February 1948, was valued little because it came with no bloodshed or mass movement, which is not exactly the case, the defeat of terrorism today has seen enough and more blood being shed in the cause of freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity, which makes this year a true landmark in the history of Sri Lanka.

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The Tamil Nadu dilemma

Very soon the LTTE is going to be defeated:

“I strongly urge Tamil Nadu to persuade the LTTE to give up their demand for separation and to agree for a solution based on the Indian constitution and also to lay down their arms. I wish to remind Tamil Nadu what Mahathma Gandhi said many years before he was assassinated that, “India and Ceylon cannot afford to quarrel each others”.

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