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Barak Obama Googled Sri Lanka’s conflict a year ago 03-11-2008
“The problem of the 20th century, was the problem of the colour line,” said Senator Barak Obama, answering a question on race, posed by Eric Schmidt of Google, when Obama went to Google headquarters at Mount View main campus to unveil his programme on technology.
“Now, if you expand that….the problem of the 21st century is the problem of the “other”….. “People who are not like us,” explained Barak Obama when he was invited in November 2007 as a candidate for Democratic presidential nominations, to a packed house of Googlers in T-shirts.
He then went on to explain, “In latest terms, if you go to Sri Lanka, what’s been fueling a vicious civil war there, even though every one looks like exactly the same…..same in Northern Ireland….”
“So….part of what I believe I bring to this office is some body who tries to see the world with a variety of different races. My mother was white. My father was African. I grew up in Hawaii. I have a sister who is part Indonesian. She’s married to a Chinese Canadian…. We are able to see the world through other people’s eyes. And that’s what I think, I can provide….,” said Senator Obama in his discussion that was called a ‘fire side’ chat with Eric Schmidt, after his half hour plus speech that covered almost every topic.
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Wed, 07-01-2009 12:00:00
Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare,Douglas Devananda, has made arrangements to carry out a full scale survey on the Persons with Vision Impaired in the Western Province, a press release from the Ministry said.
The survey will be conducted by the Planning Division of the Ministry of Social Services and Social Welfare.
This survey is to be conducted concerning totally and partially blind, in 40 Divisional Secretariat Divisions in Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara di...
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Wed, 07-01-2009 12:00:00
The United National Party (UNP) today handed in a motion to the Secretary General of Parliament for the appointment of a Select Committee to look into and report on the failure of the Central Bank of Sri Lanak and the Monetary Board to supervise and regulate financial institutions and act against them.
The motion as handed in by UNP Kurunegela district MP Dayasiri Jayasekera and was signed by several others UNP MPs.
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Wed, 07-01-2009 12:00:00
The fall of Kilinochchi represents an important point in the 25-year war that has divided Sri Lanka. We hope that this event will help hasten an end to the conflict, said a press release issued by the United States Embassy in Colombo yesterday (Jan 5).
"The United States does not advocate that the Government of Sri Lanka negotiate with the LTTE, a group designated by the United States since 1997 as a Foreign Terrorist Organization," the release further said. However, "The U.S. beli...
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Wed, 07-01-2009 12:00:00
Sri Lanka Air Force MI-24 helicopter gunships have raided LTTE gathering place observed in Mullaittivu front this morning, 7 January.
Air Force spokesperson, Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara, speaking to defence.lk said that the air raid was launched at 11.30AM observed LTET gathering place in 4Km south of Mullaittivu.
The air attack was launched to assist the ground troops of 59 Division.
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