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...Other countries are blighted by dynastic democracy, in which the same families - the Bhutto-Zardaris in Pakistan, say - act as if it is their birthright to lead, and the electorate duly votes them in. Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines have all elected daughters of former leaders to helm their countries, while the man who's set to assume the top post in Malaysia in March is the son of a former Prime Minister. In Japan, the current premier is the grandson and son-in-law of ex-premiers, while his two immediate predecessors were the son and grandson...
...game to take the match 9-3, 9-4, 10-9. With the victory, she improves her record to 4-0 on the season. No. 2 Nirasha Guruge continued her promising freshman campaign, defeating Jennifer Gemmell 9-4, 9-1, 9-3. Guruge, who has experience playing for the Sri Lankan National team, has made the transition to collegiate squash seamlessly, having won all four of her matches 3-0. “Collegiate squash is very different than I imagined. Much more intense.” Guruge said of the experience. “It is exciting...
...meet in Dubai to discuss logistics, or in Katmandu to plan strategies. Training can take place not only in the ungoverned tribal areas of Pakistan, but also in Bangladesh, which also faces a mounting challenge from Islamic extremism. Weapons, distributed by a network of arms dealers that supply Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, Indian separatists groups and even Nepal's Maoists, are in easy reach. Neither the weapons, nor the tactics, of the Mumbai attackers point to any one country, says Rana. "For these kinds of attacks there is no need for training camps. There were no heavy weapons...
...respectively. O’Donnell, Zindman, and Mumanachit thoroughly dominated their opponents, each surrendering just three points over the course of their 3-0 contests. Two highly recruited freshmen also made their collegiate debuts with convincing victories. Starting at No. 2, Nirasha Guruge, a member of the Sri Lankan National Team since 2005, swept her opening match, 9-2, 9-2, 9-4. Likewise, No. 4 Emily Park, who played with Team USA at the National Junior Championships, took her opening match 9-4, 9-6, 9-0. While the Crimson cruised through its opening weekend, the real tests don?...
...minority under siege in the majority Sinhalese state. Upwards of 300,000 people may be displaced by the latest combat, though no journalists can enter the conflict zone to confirm this. Whatever the outcome of this campaign, the work of accounting for both sides' misdeeds and of repatching Sri Lanka's tattered society must begin. There, as elsewhere, peace cannot be won by military bravado alone...