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...year-old Anoja Kugenthirasah, an ethnic Tamil from the village of Poovarasakulam, a few kilometers from the de facto border between government and rebel territory in northern Sri Lanka. Around 1:25 p.m. last Tuesday, Kugenthirasah arrived at the front gate of the Sri Lankan army headquarters in the capital Colombo, produced an identity card, and named an officer she said was her husband. Indicating her bump, she told the guards she was due at the army clinic for a check...
...security, this is a problem of global security concerning all nations. Hence an equivalent international commitment is needed, instead of bickering among developing and industrialized nations and gimmicks like carbon trading that do not address the scale of the problem. All nations must act decisively. Peter Priyantha Dias Nugegoda, Sri Lanka...
...chooses to cause earthquakes. But there is a lot we can do to wean humanity from fossil fuels by generating energy using other technologies. Perhaps they are expensive, but we can't wait for the costs to come down. All nations must act decisively. Peter Priyantha Dias Nugegoda, Sri Lanka There have been cycles of global warming and cooling since the world began. But trying to convince people that doom is just around the corner is irresponsible. Time wants us to believe that Bush is the cause of the impending catastrophe, but the fact is, the Clinton Administration never submitted...
...very complex region of the world, and I think lumping it with the rest of Asia just doesn’t give it justice in that sense,” Vasan said.Nonetheless, the group’s constitution still specifically mentions eight different countries—from Sri Lanka to Pakistan—in its area of focus.‘YOU DON’T LOOK CHINESE?’The president of the Black Students Association (BSA), Nneka C. Eze ’07, pointed out that the 300 members of her group span not just several countries?...
...Trade Pessimism for Peace "An Island on the Edge" [Feb. 20] reported that Sri Lanka is drifting back into civil war between the Sinhalese government and the Tamil Tigers after a four-year cease-fire. Your story recounted the amazement of former Johns Hopkins visiting scholar Dayan Jayatilleka as he witnessed soldiers' donating blood for Tamils in the days after the tsunami. He said, "It was a magical moment. Then it was gone." Despite such pessimism, Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict could still be prevented from returning to civil war if everyone would reject the hollow argument that the Sinhalese...