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View Article  SRI Lanka: Undemocratic Piffle

The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority)

PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL

Government Notifications

EXTRAORDINARY

CF 1/64.

THE PUBLIC SECURITY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 40)

REGULATIONS made by the President under Section 5 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40).

MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA, President. Colombo, 29th October, 2007.

Regulations 1. These Regulations may be cited ...   more »

View Article  The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process.

Chapter 11: The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process

Avi Shlaim*

in Louise Fawcett ed.,  International Relations of the Middle East, Oxford,Oxford University Press, 2005, 241-61.

Overview

One of the salient strands in the international relations of the Middle East in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War was the American-sponsored peace process between Israel and the ...   more »
View Article  A Despicable Action by Sri Lanka

A Despicable Action by Sri Lanka

       What a Gory Sight!

Photo

ON OCTOBER 22nd,  at 3:20am, Kamakazi-type Tamil Tiger elite commandos attacked the Anurathapuram Sri Lankan Air Force [SLAF] Base crippling the recon capability of the Sri Lankan forces.  It is reported that a multi-million-dollar spy fleet has been totally devastated by this defensive operation. 

According to military analysts, the Tamil Tigers have ...   more »

View Article  Elementary Racism - by: Washington-Weik

It's Elementary Racism, Dr. Watson

White Fantasies About Raced-Based Intelligence

By NATALIE WASHINGTON-WEIK

The idea of race-based intelligence has historically proved to be an unintelligent notion. Let one just question the premise: what is race and what is intelligence? Neither idea is physical, fixed, nor cross-cultural. Certainly, race and intelligence are real-but only as a social construction. For ...   more »

View Article  PLAUSIBLE DIALOGUE - MAY Oo

Plausible Dialogue in Burma

May Oo

 

Following the pro-democracy demonstrations led by Buddhist monks and the violent crackdowns in August and September by the Burmese junta (SPDC), Burma has made headlines in ways it has never before.

According to the latest news, the world should prepare for some kind of transition in Burma. The international community seems to have ...   more »

View Article  Lies; Damn Lies And Statistics.

LIES; DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS.  By: CON HALLINAN

The great 19th-century Tory Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli once remarked there were three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. It is a dictum the Bush administration has taken to heart when it comes to totaling up the carnage in Iraq: If you don't like the numbers, just change them; ...   more »

View Article  JOHN DONNE on the abomination of torture...

John Donne on the abomination of torture..

From an article in Harper’s on a sermon against torture in 1625 by poet, priest, and courtier, John Donne, via A Guy in the Pew:

“Recently I asked a clerical friend whether, considering the persistence of torture as a moral issue, he had thought of giving a sermon on the subject? He looked very ...   more »

View Article  Nursery Rhymes...

                        Nursery Rhymes and Oft-repeated 'reasons'.

When things are repeated enough times

People still will believe propagated un-truths to be true.

When critical faculties are jettisoned

Drowned amidst the noises of the manipulators

People - find themselves at the receiving end

Simply as "lazy consumers"...

Dozing-off to heroic anthems and emotive slogans

Patronizing reasonings and sky-high egos.

Demanding your very last breath

For ...   more »

View Article  My Last Conversation - John Pilger

My Last Conversation With
Aung San Suu Kyi

 

By John Pilger

As the people of Burma rise up again, we have had a rare sighting of Aung San Suu Kyi. There she stood, at the back gate of her lakeside home in Rangoon, where she is under house arrest. She looked very thin. For years, people would brave ...   more »

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View Article  GLOBAL HYPOCRISY by: Sagar

Global Hypocrisy on Burma

by Satya Sagar
October 01, 2007
 

As the Burmese military brutally cracks down on a popular uprising of its citizens demanding democracy the question on many minds is – so what is the world going to do about it?

From the trend visible so far the answer is simple- nothing at all.

Nothing, that is, ...   more »