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• On Lasantha Wickremetunge, media freedom and human rights in Sri Lanka: Interview with Dilrukshi Handunnetti

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  “Governments usually don’t take notice of silent majorities” says well known investigative and environmental journalism Dilrukshi Handunnetti in this video interview with Groundviews . To commemorate Human Rights Day 2009 (falling on 10 December) Groundviews interviewed a number of leading activists in Sri ...
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• The Presidential Election: A Diabolical Deception!

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  This up-coming presidential election would be comical, if not for the fact that it is deceptively diabolical. The contention between incumbent president Mahinda Rajapakse and retired General Sarath Fonseka and the arguments being drawn up by both sides are simply degenerate. They expose the depths to which  this ...
  19 hours ago

• Space Anomaly

  
  In the Dark — Authority: 467
  After yesterday’s marathon , I’m not planning today to post another lengthy item about the STFC prioritisation exercise which is now public. However, a number of people have asked me about an apparent anomaly in the rankings and, despite the hostile reception I received on the e-astronomer when I posted a ...
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• Don’t mix up war crimes investigations with political issues in Sri Lanka

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, in an interview published on 13 December, asserted that he had information that persons coming forward to surrender with white flags raised were shot dead, in cold blood, by the army, pursuant to a premeditated decision by government leaders. This is the then army commander ...
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• Sri Lanka presidential rivals hand in nominations (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AFP - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and his main rival in elections next month, former army general Sarath Fonseka, handed in their poll nomination papers on Thursday.
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• Image of the week

  
  Christchurch City Libraries Blog — Authority: 472
  A Christmas parade passes along Colombo Street, Christchurch. Circa 1930 Like what you see? Complete this form to order an image. If you have any further information on any of the images, or if you would like to donate images to our collection please contact us . Want to see more? You can browse our ...
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• Is post-war Sri Lanka at grave risk of a “Fat Tail” failure?

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  Eurasia Group , a leading global political risk research and consulting firm earlier this year listed ten countries that may fall risk to “Fat Tail” .  To those of you not familiar with the word, Fat Tail is described as “ A highly volatile political development. Risks include the fall of regimes, military ...
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• Sarath Fonseka – A potential De Gaulle or Chavez?

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  Sarath Fonseka’s dramatic exposure of Gotabhaya Rajapkse’s role at the final stages of the war marks a new turn in the presidential election. From now on the extremist layers among the Sinhala majority will decisively rally round the Mahinda-regime while those layers that do not approve the war’s barbaric ...
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• Flowers for Sir Arthur Clarke on his 92nd birth anniversary…

  
  Moving Images, Moving People! — Authority: 125
  “Whether you like flowers or not, they will eventually grow on you!” Sir Arthur Clarke used to say this when my daughter Dhara and I presented him flowers every year on his birthday, 16 December. Dhara has grown up carrying flowers to Uncle Arthur all her life.Had Sir Arthur been alive, he would have been [...]
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• Tamil politics in Sri Lanka: Time to stop being suicidal

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  “ For their part, Tamil leaders have not yet made anticipated conciliatory gestures that might ease government concerns and foster a genuine dialogue” - Sri Lanka: Re-charting US Strategy after the War, US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Dec 7, 2009 It was Prof Robert Pape who put it on the record: ...
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• Youth activists on human rights in Sri Lanka

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  To commemorate Human Rights Day 2009 (falling on 10 December) Groundviews interviewed a number of leading activists in Sri Lanka to find out their perspectives on current challenges facing human rights in post-war Sri Lanka. In general, activists featured were asked to comment on the Sri Lankan State’s protection ...
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• Photo du Jour - Winter Vegetables

  
  Chez Loulou — Authority: 421
  Carrots, squash, leeks, turnips, broccoli, cabbage, pumpkins, black radishes, Swiss chard, spinach - just a sample of the tempting winter vegetables at the market. I cant resist them. Moroccan Carrot Salad Pumpkin Soup Garbure Leek and Swiss Chard Tart Pork Colombo Lamb Stew
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• The Travelling Circus on video: Looking at war and IDPs through theatre

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  Obligingly recorded by Young Asia Television at the request of Groundviews , we are pleased to present a full-length video recording of The Travelling Circus , a play produced by Mind Adventures and directed by Tracy Holsinger, recently staged in Colombo. An in-depth review of the production is published on ...
  1 week ago

• Miamism Fridays – Fog over Miami

  
  Miamism — Authority: 420
  This photo by Miami_jj on Flickr totally blows my mind – it’s like a scene from a dream.  Here you have Brickell Avenue South of Downtown Miami with recognizable Brickell Condos like Arquitectonica’s The Palace, Villa Regina and Atlantis or Ugo Colombo’s Santa Maria and Bristol Tower….it’s as if the ...
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• The Battle of the ‘Commons’ and (De) militarizing the Sri Lankan Society – Part 2

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  Continued from The Battle of the ‘Commons’ and (De) militarizing the Sri Lankan Society – Part 1 Militarization is a product and integral part of the neoliberal economy.  The contribution of well meaning liberal constitutionalists and peace activists to demilitarization is limited because they ignore (even ...
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• The rights of the disabled in Sri Lanka: Marginal or mainstream?

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  As part of our video series for human rights day 2009 (falling on 10 December), Groundviews interviewed Sunethra Bandaranaike, Chairperson of the Sunera Foundation . With the interrogation of human rights in Sri Lanka often solely focussing on violations of political rights, Groundviews sought to focus attention ...
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• The Battle of the ‘Commons’ and (De) militarizing the Sri Lankan Society – Part 1

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin “Common candidate” Gen. Fonseka and “common man” Mahinda Rajapaksha must both face, in the upcoming Presidential elections, the problems caused by Sri Lanka’s long ...
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• THE RAJAPAKSE REGIME AND THE FOURTH ESTATE

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  Authors note : This is the first of two articles. The second is in draft form and is tentatively entitled ‘The Rajapakse Regime: Plus Points, Minus Points ’. It may appear first in print form, but that remains to be seen. The Rajapakse regime has been in power since April 2004 and has received a bad press in ...
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• A brief response to Dr G.L. Pieris

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  I refer to Dr G.L Peiris’s interview extracts published by the Sunday Island on 6th December . He says “Any legislative measure to abolish the executive presidency must satisfy two conditions – it must be supported by a two-third majority in parliament and endorsed by the people at a referendum”. This ...
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• SRI LANKA MAY WANT – AN ECONOMIC VISION 2030

  
  groundviews — Authority: 497
  The risks and rewards of a Development Plan for Sri Lanka Sri Lanka today is in the category of a poor country status, listed in the “Institutional Investor,” September 2009 Country Credit Survey. It ranks No. 122 among 178 nations, behind Vanuatu and just ahead of Kiribati. This is no fault of its strategic ...
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