Sri Lanka : the Quest for Peace
Over the past two decades, the plea of successive
Governments of Sri Lanka has been precisely that. Had some sections
of the international community taken pre-emptive action to ensure
that the LTTE did not grow to be the monster it presently is -
directly, through its front organisations, using the hapless Tamil
expatriate populations estimated to be over a million, we might have
been able to avoid the brutal killings and destruction. to a
significant degree.
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Imparting vocational skills: remedy for unemployment
Looking at numbers, nearly 96 per cent of the
school population should be catered to by the vocational and
technical training sector. Ironically, any minister in charge of
this sector could be a potential leader.
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The veterans were from Lake House
Four out of the five veterans who were awarded
Gold Medals at Journalism Awards 2006 were from Lake House. These
are journalists who may have won such accolades for the first time
at an event which exclusively recognises service to journalism and
amidst a gathering of their own kind.
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The good shape of things to come
Mankind has always struggled to learn what
tomorrow holds. Seers and oracles have been consulted. Prophets have
foretold our destiny. And even the entrails of dead animals have
been consulted.
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