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• Tamil National Alliance Facing Acute Political Crisis May Break Up Soon May 18, 2013
  By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The Tamil National Alliance(TNA)regarded as the premier political formation of the Tamils of Sri Lanka has been very much in the news lately due to what could be termed as an internal crisis. The TNA that has in recent times been contesting elections under the house symbol of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu […]
• Militarization of Civilian Institutions and Taking Over Private Property for “Security Purposes”is Matter of Great Concern May 18, 2013
  By Gamini Weerakoon The conventional belief was that the military at best should be confined to barracks or be on battlefields but after the much celebrated victory over terrorism the forces have not been demobilized as is usual in other countries or found civilian jobs but appear to move into civilian projects under the Ministry […]
• Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Says Indian Foreign Minister in Telephone Call to GL Peiris did NOT Raise Issue of Land Acquisition for Army in North May 18, 2013
  By Shamindra Ferdinando Having consulted External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday afternoon, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa told The Sunday Island that contrary to media reports, acquiring land by the government for the expansion of Palaly-Kankesanthurai security zone hadn’t been raised by Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid when he […]