Britain claiming to be vibrant democracy:

Vague excuses to silence President - GL

“Is threatening the life of a community in a British city, to prevent the expression of a point of view, acceptable in a functioning and vibrant democracy,” External Affairs Minister Prof GL Peiris asked the media in London on December 2.

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The Morning Inspection

I am the tagger, the tagged and tag and so are you

Julian Assange, dubbed as the prophet of the coming age of involuntary transparency, was not a known-name until very recently. Few had heard of Assange or the whistle-blowing outfit Wikileaks a year ago.

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Pandit W D Amaradeva’s birthday tomorrow :

Maestro in Sinhala music

Why we love Pandit Amaradeva:

Amaradeva is the creator of modern Sinhala Music. His biography is its history. He set out to discover the genuine idiom of Sinhala music, the highest development of which to date is the art song.

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