Tiger terrorists shortening the delivery time
The latest suicide attack by the LTTE in Colombo
would have sent alarm bells ringing, not only in the Sri Lankan
Security establishment, but will also lead to reassessing security
on a global level.
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Why legislation for tobacco control is necessary
A Bill is now in Parliament to formulate
regulations for the tobacco and alcohol industry. This was presented
in Parliament recently by the Constitutional Affairs and National
Integration Minister on behalf of the Healthcare Minister.
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Of Tharoor and collateral damage
Rabindranath Tagore was widely regarded as an
accomplished upper class dilettante in Bengal until the Nobel Prize
transformed him into a national sage. Likewise, it was Dr S
Radhakrishnan's election to a Fellowship at All Souls in Oxford
which facilitated his scholastic deification at home and his
eventual move to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Why has PM confirmed Tharoor as UN candidate?
Governments in New Delhi, whatever their
ideological colouring, tend to jump the gun or procrastinate. In the
Tharoor case the Manmohan administration has done the first. And it
has done so without that collective application of mind expected of
a mature leadership.
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Training in bakery skills for young girls at ACWBC
All Ceylon Womens Buddhist Congress is a restful
place where on a Poya day the hall fills up with women observing 'atasil'
with the sound of bhikkus preaching and chanting pirith. The ACWBC
has been engaged in charitable and social service activities
throughout the five decades of its existence. It is also a haven for
women who, of their own choice or force of circumstances make a home
from home for themselves.
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