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President asked global support to defeat LTTE, the most brutal terror By Walter Jayawardhana Calling it the plain truth President Mahinda Rajapaksa said if Sri Lanka failed in her war against the LTTE the world will fail in its fight against terrorism and democracy will be victim addressing the Oxford University Student Union. “The LTTE is the most brutal terror outfit the world has ever seen and defeating them requires global support. What Sri Lanka is doing..is fighting the terror outfit single handed to ensure that democracy and respect for human life prevail in the world,” the President said .  Sri Lanka election called 'mandate' to defeat rebel Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka's government has triumphed in the first provincial elections to be held in the east of the island in two decades. Saturday's elections were held in a region that until last year was partly controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), more commonly known as the Tamil Tigers. The vote is a key plank in the government's campaign against the rebels: to introduce limited devolution of power to the island while crushing the Tigers with military force (CSM/Yahoo News) 17 Tigers dead Clashes between the Tamil Tiger rebels and Sri Lankan military have left 17 rebels and a policeman dead in the country's embattled north. In sporadic clashes, Sri Lankan troops killed 10 Tamil Tigers in Vavuniya district and seven others in Welioya and Jaffna on Monday, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. (Press TV) Indo-Lanka ties strong and candid: Foreign Minister India and Sri Lanka enjoy a "very candid and strong" relationship, the Foreign Minister of the island nation said, asserting that a maritime defence arrangement between the two countries to prevent arms smuggling by Tamil Tigers was "working well". Relations between New Delhi and Colombo are at a "very high point" both politically and economically, Rohitha Bogollagama said complementing the Indian leadership for responding to his country's needs. (OutlookIndia) Provincial elections could trigger widespread redevelopment After provincial elections in Sri Lanka’s Eastern region concluded on 10 May, some economic recovery and increased assistance from the humanitarian community is likely, according to UN and other officials. Much of the Eastern Province, which includes Batticaloa, Ampara and Trincomalee districts, was devastated by fighting in 2006-2007 between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced and homes and livelihoods destroyed. (IRIN) 'I am the CM' says Hisbullah The Muslim leader of the ruling party who won the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC) says he should be appointed as the new Chief Minister (CM). MLAM Hisbullah told BBC Sandeshaya that the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) will appoint him as the new CM within the next few days. (BBC Sinhala) Congress calls for ban on pro-LTTE outfits Congress, a key ally of Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, on Monday demanded a ban on pro-LTTE organisations in the state and asked the state government to deal with "scourge of terrorism with iron hand." "Terrorism of any kind, whether it be from Sri Lanka or within the state (Maoists) or communal, should be dealt with an iron hand," senior Congress leader D Sudarshanam told the state assembly while participating in the debate on the demand for grants to the Home Department held by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. (The Hindu) Lanka has become mor pragmatic now regarding terrorists By Walter Jayawardhana
He was addressing a ceremony at the Birmingham Budddhist Maha Vihara presided over by Dr. Vitharandeniye Kassapa O.B.E. to celebrate the Vesak organized by a multi-ethnic communities of the area. The liberal democratic member of Parliament John Hemmings also graced the occasion. Sri Lanka opposition challenge govt poll win Sri Lanka's opposition vowed Monday to mount a legal challenge against a key local election win by an alliance of the hawkish ruling party and defectors from the Tamil Tiger rebels. The opposition said President Mahinda Rajapakse and his allies -- including controversial ex-Tamil rebels -- used "terror" tactics to bully voters and intimidate rivals. (AFP) Sri Lanka's ruling party wins province election Sri Lanka state television says the ruling party has won a disputed election in the country's Eastern Province. Results announced Sunday show the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance coalition winning 20 seats on the 37-member provincial council, while the United National Party captured 15 seats. (Tucson Citizen) Foreign Minister says Eastern election is a great success By Walter Jayawardhana It is a great success of the government’s policy when it holds an election with a voter turn out of sixty percent in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka when one considers the province was ruled by a a Fascist dictatorship only six months ago said Rohitha Bogollagama , Minister of Foreign Affairs in Birmingham England on Saturday. Addressing a gathering at Jethavana Viharaya in Birmingham the visiting Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka said, “ the government’s policy is to introduce true representations of the people of the Eastern Province by devolving the powers to the province under a unitary system of government protecting the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence after defeating terrorism prevailing in the area.” Eastern people have endorsed government policy-President By Walter Jayawardhana By participating in the Eastern Provincial Council elections the people of that area have clearly indicated that they endorse the government’s policy of “restoring democracy and normalcy” in an area of terrorism they were enslaved said President Mahinda Rajapaksa issuing a statement on the just concluded Eastern Provincial Council elections. The President also said that they have given a clear mandate “for peace through the defeat of terrorism, the strengthening of democracy and the development of the country.” Polling ends with rigging allegations Election Department says according to reports received at the close of the poll, the estimated voter turnout was approximately 65% ,55%,60% in Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomalee respectively. There have been widespread reports of irregularities during provincial elections in eastern Sri Lanka that are seen as crucial to the government's strategy for defeating Tamil Tiger rebels.(BBC sinhala) If ill I prefer General Hospital rather than a private one says President By Walter Jayawardhana If he ever falls ill he would prefer to be admitted for treatment to a government hospital where the majority of country’s common people go rather than to a private hospital said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. “I have told my family that I would rather be cared in a government hospital than in a private one if I fell ill,” the Sri Lanka President said to the applause of more than 3000 nurses who assembled at the Temple Trees premises to celebrate the International Nurses Day organized by the Government Nurses Trade Union. Tiger rebels sink merchant vessel: rebels Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger rebels Saturday sank a merchant vessel while it was moored at the island's east coastal town of Trincomalee, hours before the government held elections in the area. The guerrillas said their Sea Tigers underwater naval commandos launched a pre-dawn attack while it was loaded with explosives to be transported for troops operating in the island's north (AFP/Yahoo News) Eleven killed in Sri Lanka bomb ahead of key local polls Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb killing 11 people and wounding 29 in Sri Lanka's east late Friday, a day ahead of a crucial local poll in the area, the military said. The blast took place inside the crowded "New City Café" in Ampara town, 350 kilometers (220 miles) from Colombo, the defence ministry said, blaming the attack on separatist rebels. (AFP) TMVP Released child soldiers and not carrying guns in public says UN body By Walter Jayawardhana The United nations office for the Cordination of Humanitarian Affairs in a statement issued from Batticaloa , a day before the elections said the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) the political party which is transforming itself from an armed group to a party contesting elections released 39 child soldiers to a government led rehabilitation program and restricted its armed recruits to interior forests in the Eastern Province and they no longer travel public carrying guns in view of the elections. The UN body also reported that Pillayan, the TMVP leader has pledged publicly that would not allow any child recruitment to the group. Eleven killed in Sri Lanka bomb ahead of key local polls Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb killing 11 people and wounding 29 in Sri Lanka's east late Friday, a day ahead of a crucial local poll in the area, the military said. The blast took place inside the crowded "New City Café" in Ampara town, 350 kilometers (220 miles) from Colombo, the defence ministry said, blaming the attack on separatist rebels. (AFP) While denying it Canada's WTM sent millions to LTTE says Star By Walter Jayawardhana The popular web newspaper Asian Tribune reported that the opposition United National Party has imported election goons from Colombo to join hands with LTTE intelligence operatives remaining in the province to create elections violence and blame it on the Tamil Makkal Vidusalai Pulikal (TMVP). “‘Asian Tribune’ learnt that UNP parliamentarians as well as provincial Council Members have arrived in the East together with 30 to 40 of goons each from the south to attack the TMVP and Muslim youths supporting the UPFA and create disturbances in the East on the eve of the elections and on the polling day”, the website reported. . UNP imports election goons from Colombo, says TMVP By Walter Jayawardhana The popular web newspaper Asian Tribune reported that the opposition United National Party has imported election goons from Colombo to join hands with LTTE intelligence operatives remaining in the province to create elections violence and blame it on the Tamil Makkal Vidusalai Pulikal (TMVP). “‘Asian Tribune’ learnt that UNP parliamentarians as well as provincial Council Members have arrived in the East together with 30 to 40 of goons each from the south to attack the TMVP and Muslim youths supporting the UPFA and create disturbances in the East on the eve of the elections and on the polling day”, the website reported. . Security tight as Sri Lanka's east coast holds key polls A heavy security blanket was thrown over eastern Sri Lanka ahead of Saturday's local polls, seen as a key test for the hawkish government as it escalates the war against Tamil rebels. President Mahinda Rajapakse is hoping the east's first provincial council elections in 20 years will deliver a show of public support despite concerns about the human and economic costs of the latest round of fighting. (AFP/Yahoo News) Karuna sent from a jail to immigration detention By Rangajeewa Rajakaruna
It is customary for the British authorities to request the Sri Lanka High Commission in London to issue temporary travel documents for him to be deported to Sri Lanka. Those travel documents are different from a passports and a limited to a piece of paper carrying the photograph of the traveller. Sri Lanka High Commission sources in London said so far they have not received a request for the issuance of such a document from the British Home Office. Five men remanded in the LTTE case in London By Walter Jayawardhana The four men including Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) de-facto leader in London, A.C.Shanthan who were charged for funding and procurement for terrorism in Sri Lanka were produced in the City of Westminster Magistrates’ court and were remanded in custody until 23rd of May. A fifth man is also charged in the same case, but the Scotland Yard refused to give his name. Court rejects postponement of eastern poll Sri Lanka's Appeal Court on Thursday rejected a plea by a Tamil political party to issue an interim order postponing Saturday's election for the Eastern Provincial Council. Court officials said the request made by the People's Liberation of Tamil Eelam had been refused. (China View) Sri Lanka military says it captured small territory Sri Lankan soldiers seized a small patch of territory from Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday after a fierce battle that killed 10 insurgents and a soldier, the military said. Troops took control of a 2-square-kilometer (1.2-square-mile) area in northern Mannar district, the military said in a statement. (Int.Herald Tribune) Businessmen in UK line up to help build houses for soldiers By Walter Jayawardhana
The UK based businessmen showed their solidarity with Sri Lanka’s fighting men when Api Wenuwen Api United Kingdom project was ceremonially launched at the Sri Lanka High Commission in Hyde Park Gardens in London. Men charged over 'Tigers' support Four men have been charged with conspiring to support the banned Tamil Tigers terrorist organisation, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The men - arrested in London, Wales and Swindon - are accused of possessing laptops, antennas and high-powered magnets for terrorist purposes. (BBC) Were Canadian electoral lists used to fund raise for LTTE asks Globe and Mail By Walter Jayawardhana Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper said in its latest issue that how Canada’s Elections Deparment voters lists that are meant only for federal candidates and ministers for elections ended up with LTTE front organization the World Tamil Movement is a mystery. When the Canadian Mounted Police raided the Tamil offices two years ago they found “the most disturbing” evidence and the Mounted Police is trying to prove the Canadian non profit organization was fund raising for a terrorist group who have been known to use child soldiers and suicide bombers in their bid for a separate state in Sri Lanka, the newspaper said. Heavy fighting claims 66 lives At least 64 Tamil Tiger rebels and two Sri Lankan soldiers have been killed in the latest battles in the island's north, according to the defence ministry on Thursday. It said the two days of fighting on Tuesday and Wednesday occurred in the Vavuniya, Mannar and Weli Oya areas, from where government forces are trying to push into the guerrillas' northern mini-state. (AFP) Sri Lanka tests anti-rebel drive at polls Sri Lanka's tense east votes in local elections on Saturday in what is seen as a key test of the government's strategy to go all-out for a military victory against Tamil Tiger rebels. Nearly one million people are eligible to elect 35 officials in the multi-ethnic districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara -- areas that included sizeable rebel pockets prior to a major offensive in July last year. (Tehran Times) Committee to promote Gandhian ideals in Sri Lanka With an aim to promote mahatma Gandhi's concept of non-violence in Sri Lanka, a 19-member committee, comprising representatives of various religious groups, has been formed in the war-ravaged country. Ela Gandhi, grand-daughter of mahatma Gandhi, today said that �the committee will promote non-violence, the only means through which the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka can be brought to an end. (Newindpress) Sri Lanka commander arrives in city Sri Lankan Army Commander Lt General Fonseka along with an eight-member delegation, visited the city on Wednesday on the second leg of his official visit to Pakistan. The commander visited the Corps Headquarter, where he met Corps Commander Lt General Shafaatullah Shah. Fonseka remained with Shah and exchanged views on matters of professional interest.(Daily Times) Consul General Jaliya Wickramasuriya given rousing farewell in LA By Philip Fernando in LA
This man, plucked from the business world in Atlanta Georgia by the Sri Lankan President showed how a government office should be run”. We have no doubt his congenial winning ways would earn him success as our new ambassador in Washington, he added. LTTE forced Canadian Tamils to sign pre-payment forms Canadian police have seized documents showing Tamil Tigers leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran soliciting money from Tamils here for his armed struggle in Sri Lanka. The documents, seized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in raids on the offices of the World Tamil Movement in Toronto and Montreal, show a 2002 letter by Prabhakaran, asking Tamils in Canada to send him 15 of the ``100 crore'' rupees he needs for his armed struggle.(IANS) Sri Lanka's Parliament sessions suspended for a month Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has suspended Parliament sessions for a month, an official said on Wednesday. A move criticised by the opposition as an attempt to disrupt ongoing investigation into corruption allegations.(The Hindu) Sri Lanka balances ties with US and Iran In the run-up to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s state visit to Sri Lanka last month, the Mahinda Rajapaksa government found itself in a cleft stick. The US had expressed concern over growing ties between Sri Lanka and Iran, particularly because of a report on a secret military dimension.(Newindpress) Polls for northern PC 'very soon' Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa pledged to hold elections for the northern Provincial Council (PC) in the near future. Addressing an election rally in Oluvil, Ampara, the president said the security forces are moving forward to capture the north from the Tamil Tigers.(BBC Sinhala) 17 Tamil Tigers killed At least seventeen Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed and ten more wounded in fierce fighting across Sri Lanka's restive north. War planes gave air support to ground troops as they traded fire with Tamil Tiger rebels in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.(Presstv) London LTTE leader re-arrested in a dawn raid By Walter Jayawardhana Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, alias A.C.Shanthan (51) the de-facto leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the United Kingdom has been re-arrested in connection with terrorist funding and procurement activities. Wiltshire Police sources said, “The 51 year old man was arrested by the anti-terrorist units of the metropolitan Police together with Wiltshire Police at Swindon in the Wiltshire Constabulary, today at 6 a.m. at a pre-dawn raid.” Two intellectuals on the choice of Eastern Province voters By Walter Jayawardhana Two leading intellectuals of the country Professor Mrs. Malini Endagama and author Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera said if the pro-government forces did not win the Eastern Provincial Council elections there is a potential danger of the province being once again subjugated by terrorist leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. Speaking to the Independent Television Network the two intellectuals said there is a danger of the opposition forces once again reaching agreements with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Velupillai Prabhakaran if they happen to win. Sri Lanka's top court says Tamil evictions illegal Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Monday barred security forces from evicting ethnic Tamils without a court order, officials said, following a mass expulsion last year that drew global condemnation Chief Justice Sarath Silva ordered a halt to the evictions, saying they must be conducted through the proper legal channels, court officials said.(APF) Record number of maids recruited from Sri Lanka The recruitment of Sri Lankan domestic workers in the UAE recorded an all time high this year. "About 886 individual recruitment agreements were attested by the consulate in February and the figure further went up to 998 in March this year.(Gulf News) >
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