Koreas ‘exchange fire’ across disputed border
Military sources in South Korea say the country has exchanged fire with North Korea across a disputed maritime border.
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UN rights resolution politically tainted: Iran
Iran has slammed the adoption of the recent UN human rights resolution against the country as an “unconstructive, politically motivated and double-standard” move that “undermines international human rights mechanisms.”
Mind your own business’, North Korea says of UN demand for justice
Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles GENEVA — Reuters “Mind your own business,” North Korea’s ambassador told the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, moments before it voted to demand justice for Nazi-style atrocities in his country.
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, MR. CAMERON
Editorial Though obviously not unexpected, the results of the Southern and Western Provincial Council elections are a considered slap on the face of the Camerons and the Michelle Sissons and spokespersons for the State Department, who say that the recent UN Human Rights Council Resolution against Sri Lanka was meant for the people of this Read More
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවේ කළුතර අපේක්ෂකයින්
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවට කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් වැඩි මනාප ලබා තේරී පත් වූ අපේක්ෂක අපේක්ෂිකාවන්
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවේ ගම්පහ අපේක්ෂකයින්
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවට ගම්පහ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් වැඩි මනාප ලබා තේරී පත් වූ අපේක්ෂක අපේක්ෂිකාවන්
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවේ කොළඹ අපේක්ෂකයින්
බස්නාහිර පළාත් සභාවට කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් වැඩි මනාප ලබා තේරී පත් වූ අපේක්ෂක අපේක්ෂිකාවන්
Abstention louder than any vote
Suhasini Haidar With India’s abstention vote, it would seem that South Block is wresting back control of its decision-making authority from that domestic sphere that has ridden roughshod over several foreign policy decisions Sometimes, the loudest sound can emanate from the sidelines. At the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva last week, India’s abstention vote Read More
‘Inam’ film to be withdrawn from theatres
Special Correspondent Distributors of the Santhosh Sivan-film, ‘Inam’, which is centred on the conflict between the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE, have said the film will be withdrawn from theatres, starting Monday (31). In a statement, N. Lingusamy, who distributed the film on behalf of Tiruppathi Brothers, said there had been a lot of Read More
Sri Lankan Tamil organisations regret India’s abstention
Meera Srinivasan Several organisations of Sri Lankan Tamils living outside the country have expressed disappointment over India’s abstention at the U.N. Human Rights Council, where a U.S.-backed resolution was adopted on March 27.