The Future of Humanity
Dr Anthonis was a great and good doctor, a healer
and surgery was his specialty. Elected a Fellow of the Royal College
of Surgeons, England qualifying through rigorous examination
procedure at a very young age which itself was a record achievement
he was the consultant surgeon of the General Hospital, Colombo when
the country’s history was being re-written in the late 50’s. The
death of a Prime Minister, gunned down by an assassin and it was Dr
Anthonis who led the team of surgeons who almost saved the Prime
Minister’s life but for that dark hour in 1959 of country’s
fortunes,
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Norway attack victim saved own son before dying
A full list of the dead and missing has
not been made public. A team of nearly 40 Police officers is working
to identify all the bodies found so far. However, in his tearful
address in the national cathedral on Sunday, Prime Minister Jens
Stoltenberg mentioned the names of several victims known to have
been shot dead while at the Labour Party (AUF) youth camp,
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Avoiding extremes – lessons of last Saturday’s election
The government will see the results of the
election in the North as reasonably satisfactory and an indication
of how best to move forward. It should also recognize that for
Jaffna, infrastructural development alone is not enough, and unless
greater attention is paid to human resources development and
mechanisms to channel the energies of a sophisticated population
into productive independent employment, the opportunities presented
by enhanced opportunities and connectivity will be wasted,
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