Sri Lanka - a role model in combating terror
Sri Lanka earned high praise from the chair at
the retreat of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) for its positive
contributions on the fight against terrorism. Thai Foreign Minister
Kasit Piromya who chaired the concluding session last Thursday at
the 16th ARF Conference in Phuket, Thailand extended high praise to
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama for his remarks that Sri
Lanka’s fight against terror is a lesson for others facing the
similar condition. The following is the statement by the Minister at
16th ASEAN Regional Forum, Phuket, Thailand on July 23.
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Defining cyber terrorism
Cyber-terrorism is a controversial term. Some
authors choose a very narrow definition, relating to deployments, by
known terrorist organizations, of disruption attacks against
information systems for the primary purpose of creating alarm and
panic.
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Planting sandalwood in religious premises:
A ‘scented’ gesture towards a green world
Wood is a renewable and sustainable energy
resource which is considered environmentally friendly. Unlike fossil
fuel, carbon dioxide released by burning wood is recycled by
regenerating forests and does not permanently remain in the
atmosphere.
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Child soldiers - The Government's response
In a recent issue of The Economist - one of the
world's most reputed and respected journals, focussed on child
soldiers in one of its articles, and quoted James Elder, a spokesman
for UNICEF in Sri Lanka saying that the Sri Lankan Government is
making a genuine attempt to help child soldiers learn how to be
civilians. The same article estimated that, from 2003 to the end of
2008, more than 6,000 instances of child recruitment by the LTTE had
occurred in the North and East.
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