Politics of hatred and vengeance

The former Army Commander giving his first press conference gave two reasons for his resignation from military service. One was the refusal of the government to raise the Army strength by another 100,000 personnel.

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The Morning Inspection

Whose poster-boy are you?

Even in the worst of times there’s one relief that human beings can count on. Humour. There was humour during the terrible days of the UNP-JVP bheeshanaya, throughout the 30-year war to rid the country of the terrorist menace and even in the dark days following the tsunami.

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On My watch

The boomerang of treachery

Philip Alston has struck again. It is not surprising after the effort he made to discredit the findings of experts, both local and abroad, who showed that the Channel 4 video clip of the alleged summary killings of Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan troops was a fake.

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