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13th Amendment, a threat to Sri Lanka and India
On July 29, 2013 the 25th year of the signing of
the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord will be marked. What did it achieve and
what it did not is as important as deciding where do we in Sri Lanka
want to take the Accord and the 13th Amendment, both imported and
forced upon Sri Lanka. Moreover,
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Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America
Daniel Ellsberg the original US whistleblower of
Pentagon papers fame, writes about the whistleblower in the US
surveillance scandal that is unfolding now -- Edward Snowden.
Earlier in a TV interview said he would have done the same thing if
he was doing Snowden’s job -- and gone to jail for it:
‘Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance
to roll back what is tantamount to an 'executive coup' against the
US constitution’
In my estimation, there has not been in American
history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA
material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years
ago. Snowden's whistleblowing gives us the possibility to roll back
a key part of what has amounted to an "executive coup" against the
US constitution.
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National Independence Day of Philippines:
Up from domination, another Asian narrative
The 115th Anniversary of the National
Independence Day of Philippines was celebrated at the Consulate of
the Philippines at 41, Sir Ernest De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 7 in Sri
Lanka by the hoisting of the National Flag of Philippines at 7.30 am
on June 12, 2013 by the Honorary Consul General William John
Terrence Perera attended by the Filipino community in Sri Lanka,
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