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After winning the war, Sarath Fonseka seems to have lost the battle. The former chief of Sri Lanka's army chose to run against his ex-boss, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in last month's elections and was defeated by nearly 2 million votes - a few complaints of polling irregularities notwithstanding. On Feb. 8, Fonseka was seized by military police for allegedly conspiring to launch a coup, a charge his supporters say is trumped up. The arrest has deepened concerns over the increasing heavy-handedness of Rajapaksa's rule, which has seen allegations of human-rights abuses as well...
Geoffrey Little—a spokesman for the Yale University Library, which chose to cut its collections budget rather than lay off employees last year—said that top administrators had painted a grim outlook during a series of town hall meetings in early December...
Despite these concerns, we are pleased that Dean Hammonds chose to devote a portion of her discretionary budget to the Student Life Fund this semester, and hope she continues to reaffirm this choice in the future...
...blasts that rocked some areas in the north reminded them of the horror of the war that ended just few months ago and scared many voters away. Fear brought voter turnout down to 20 percent in the north. But 70 percent out of those who ventured out to vote chose Fonseka’s cause. That sent the south a strong message that people in the north were thirsty for reconciliation, democracy, and freedom...
Jude Law, as Dr. John Watson, Holmes’s trusty sidekick, gives his most memorable performance since 2004’s “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.” It helps that the writers chose to grant Watson a more active role in the proceedings than he typically takes in the traditional Sherlock Holmes storyline. In fact, there is no “elementary, my dear Watson” moment in this film. Though Holmes is clearly ahead of the intellectual curve, Watson is self-confident and able to hold...