‘From dethroning English to planning for a Trilingual Society’
Language and Social Process in Sri Lanka 1956 -
2011:
The first change in the socio-linguistic
landscape was in relation to English, in response to which the
President launched a Presidential Initiative on English as a Life
Skill in 2009.
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Quiet Belgian poetry buff made master of the euro
A quiet devout Belgian with a love of Japanese
poetry is the somewhat unlikely new master about to crack the whip
at nations sharing the single currency, to keep the euro in line.
Herman Van Rompuy, 63, currently European Union President and a
former Belgian premier, was handed the added job of ‘president of
the euro summit’ by 27 EU heads of state and government at a Sunday
summit aimed at resolving the euro crisis.
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How Tiger rump expands on what McDonagh’s researcher claimed
The Sri Lanka Guardian has now jumped into the
fray with an article on the meeting held in the House of Commons on
October 12th to screen ‘Lies Agreed Upon’, the rebuttal of the
latest Channel 4 film on Sri Lanka. This was an unexpected bonus,
because it makes even more obvious the networking between those
opposed to the Sri Lankan government and Tamils who do not suppose
the rump Tiger terrorists.
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