Posts Tagged ‘ alliance ’

Here’s a good article from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Everyone knows that Benjamin Franklin was our first diplomatic envoy in Paris and that he almost single-handedly forged the alliance with France that provided the arms that clinched the American Revolution. Or, well, we thought so, anyway Read more: Joel Richard Paul: How...
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Here’s a new post from Sri Lanka News – ColomboPage.com July 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander and Democratic National Alliance (DNA) parliamentarian retired General Sarath Fonseka today said the government was planning to get former LTTE international wing leader Kumaran Pathmanadan alias KP to contest the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) election....
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Here’s an interesting article from Sri Lanka News – ColomboPage.com Jun 21, Colombo: The chief editor of a Sri Lankan English weekly today (21) produced the original notes of the controversial interview with former Army Commander and Democratic National Alliance parliamentarian retired General Sarath Fonseka. More here: Editor submits notebook on Sri Lanka’s...
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May 23, Colombo: A special visit to the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Vavuniya in Northern Sri Lanka organized by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians had been cancelled by the government. Here is the original post: Delegation of TNA MPs not allowed into Northern IDP camps
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May 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has called on the government to extend the validity of ration cards issued to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in welfare camps in Vavuniya. Continued here: Sri Lanka’s Tamil alliance asks the government to continue food rations for the Northern IDPs
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May 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the single largest Tamil party in the Sri Lankan parliament with 14 members has said that the Rajapaksa government’s constitutional proposals are unacceptable to the Tamils and other minorities, an Indian media report said. See original here: Sri Lanka’s Tamil party oppose proposed constitutional...
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As we all know, this week marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Forty years from now, if I am blessed to still be on this earth, I will rejoice and celebrate the 80th anniversary of Earth Day with gratitude filling my heart. I can see that day in my mind’s eye.
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KABUL: NATO and Afghan forces killed several insurgents, including an armed woman, in a search operation in western Afghanistan, the alliance said.
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Barack Obama and Japan’s new prime minister have pledged to revitalise their nations’ strained security alliance. The American leader and Yukio Hatoyama met in Tokyo as their two countries try to adapt to China’s rising economy, which is set to overtake Japan as the world’s number two.
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