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Page 1 of 52 | | 03 07 2008
| | The international community is shocked at the cruel attacks on the media and media men in Sri Lanka. Naked violence unleashed on journalists are indicative of not only threats against the media but also against democracy.
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| | Jayantha Wickramaratna, who has assumed duties as the 31st Inspector General of Police of the country, has said that it is the duty of the police to protect the sovereignty of the country without giving room to extremist acts of violence.
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| | 03 07 2008
| | Namal Perera, a senior journalist and Mahendra Ratnaweera, political officer of the British High Commission were attacked recently. This is not the first time that media personnel are attacked. It cannot be said it is the last too. Whoever has done this attack on Namal and Ratnaweera must be condemned. Such attacks on the media are unacceptable.
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| | 02 07 2008
| | Sri Lanka has become a country, where violence is unleashed in the name of democracy. There has been designed violence unleashed on the fourth estate to silence the press. This time, a respected journalist Nimal Perera, who is considered as an impartial writer, has been targeted. Mahinda Ratna, an employee of the British High Commission who has been accompanying him, too, has been attacked. He is also respected as an independent journalist.
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| | 02 07 2008
| | Media men serve the people keeping in mind the welfare of the people and the country. Unfortunately, they have to face many challenges in the discharge of their duties. International community has expressed concern over the threats faced by the journalists in Sri Lanka. It is a disgrace to the country.
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| | 01 07 2008
| | History repeats itself! In late 1980's President Premadasa had to host the SARCC conference in Sri Lanka, while the LTTE was fighting a war with the Indian troops - peacekeeping force - in the north-east. President Premadasa maintained that the SARCC conference could not be hosted in Sri Lanka, while there was a presence of foreign troops in the island.
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| | 01 07 2008
| | In the face of the price hikes, people undergo an economic crisis. The basic problem for the economic crisis is that people cannot cope up with their expenses within their earnings.
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| | 01 07 2008
| | Our country has had no meaningful or constructive programme for development or progress. It has no definite goal. There is a peculiar political culture that lacks a long term vision and that provides salary increase and favours for supporters. That is the curse of the country.
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| | 30 06 2008
| | The South has found new strategies from time to time to unleash a cruel war on the Tamils. In the 90's, Chandrika, who came to power on a mandate to bring peace through negotiations, unleashed a war on the Tamil homeland after having come to power consequent to an influence of Sinhala Buddhist extremism.
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