Ban Ki Moon is moonlighting
No doubt, human rights are high on the
international agenda and a matter not to be treated flippantly. Sri
Lanka’s record must be looked at from the point of combating and
defeating a most dangerous terrorist outfit that concentrated its
attacks primarily on the civilian population-its defeat brought
peace and democracy to the areas which were under its control
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Let us stop blaming the politician
We are five weeks away from an election. An
important election let us not forget. Important, but boring, let me
add. ‘Boring’ because the voting population has been denied the
excitement that accompanies issues, tightness of fight, parties
equally matched by dint of equally colourful candidates etc. Indeed
we have before us one of those elections where the outcome is so
clear that one can quite understand if those who back the favourite
and those who back the obvious loser(s) decide to stay at home.
loser(s) decide to stay at home.
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World Consumer Day:
Consumers a powerful force worldwide
The identified consumer rights by the United
Nations are the right to satisfaction of basic needs, right to
safety, right to be informed, right to choose, right to be heard,
right to redress, right to consumer education and right for a
healthy environment.
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