குறிச்சொல்: Politics
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Indo – Sri Lanka Agreement
This for the record To establish peace and normalcy in Sri Lanka. The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka His Excellency Mr. J.R. Jayawardene, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, His Excellency Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, having met at Colombo on 29 July 1987: Attaching utmost importance to nurturing, intensifying…
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Unlocking the secrets of a secret execution
From The Hindu (February 11, 2013) NITYA RAMAKRISHNAN We should worry when a constitutional republic is insecure about letting a man in chains say his final goodbyes Afzal Guru was hanged in the early hours of February 9. The date of execution was fixed only the previous day, but the authorities chose no quicker means…
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SRI LANKA: Uneven development in former war zone
The Sri Lankan village of Atumagaskoda is only 6km from the town of Vavuniya – the financial and business hub in the north since the end of the country’s long civil war – but in development terms it is years away. Photo from file Village roads here were cleared of jungle shrub and made suitable…