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2013: 2013 Nov 29 14:29 Australia's Lawyers blast Abbott, Sri Lanka 2013 Nov 29 14:05 Jaffna Tamil daily wins Press Freedom Award 2011: 2011 Nov 29 20:21 Colombo plans to annex Tamil border villages in... 2011 Nov 29 12:07 Record turnout as Canada Heroes Day event asser... 2010: 2010 Nov 29 22:36 Icy reception for Rajapaksa at Heathrow 2010 Nov 29 17:57 SL High Court to decide on using Fonseka video ... 2010 Nov 29 17:36 SL parliament adopts 2nd reading of 2011 Budget 2010 Nov 29 17:16 Rajapaksa leaves for London 2010 Nov 29 13:13 TNA to abstain from voting on 2nd reading of Sr... 2010 Nov 29 10:44 Colombo covers up bank robbery by Sinhala gang ... 2009: 2009 Nov 29 17:26 2576 Vanni IDPs still held in Pulmoaddai camp 2009 Nov 29 17:24 Operation against underworld criminals stopped ... 2009 Nov 29 17:21 North, East assigned 31 seats in new parliament 2009 Nov 29 13:01 Book Review: The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka 2009 Nov 29 12:42 Fonseka to contest presidential election on swa... 2009 Nov 29 04:55 Government supporters attack JVP activists 2008: 2008 Nov 29 18:22 3 Tamils arrested in Kandy 2008 Nov 29 18:20 Body with gunshot injuries found in Mannaar 2008 Nov 29 15:41 Tamil civilian shot dead in Batticaloa district 2008 Nov 29 09:31 Police curfew clamped down in Batticaloa district 2008 Nov 29 08:59 SLAF bombs refugee camp in 'secure zone' in Van... 2007: 2007 Nov 29 19:09 TRO diligently complied with U.S. laws- President 2007 Nov 29 15:03 U.S. condemns attacks in Colombo, Ki'linochchi ... 2007 Nov 29 15:01 Canada condemns attacks on civilians, escalatio... 2007 Nov 29 14:06 32 Tamil civilians arrested in Uddappu, Moneragala 2007 Nov 29 11:43 "Avoid civilian casualties," EU tells warring p... 2007 Nov 29 11:31 Gunmen shoot dead two Sinhala traders in Battic... 2007 Nov 29 05:08 FMM deplores SLAF bombing of VoT 2007 Nov 29 03:24 Sri Lanka borrows heavily from Iran, UK, and ADB 2007 Nov 29 01:15 SLAF bombs Jeyanthinagar civilian settlements 2006: 2006 Nov 29 18:28 Sri Lanka Army bulldozes Heroes' Cemetery in Tr... 2006 Nov 29 18:17 SLA relocates Jaffna Central Bus Terminal 2006 Nov 29 16:36 India rejects Rajapakse's call for joint naval ... 2006 Nov 29 11:55 British Tamils appeal to Blair over humanitaria... 2006 Nov 29 10:12 Armed men shoot dead Tamil civilian in Trincomalee 2006 Nov 29 08:00 81 lorries with supplies reach Vaharai 2006 Nov 29 04:37 Sri Lanka rejects Vaharai safe haven proposal 2006 Nov 29 04:28 US presses GoSL, LTTE on CFA 2006 Nov 29 03:58 US Judge strikes down provisions of terror act 2006 Nov 29 01:25 SLA strengthens security measures in Jaffna 2006 Nov 29 00:15 Iceland Foreign Ministry official meets Thamilc... 2005: 2005 Nov 29 18:13 Clinton visits tsunami destroyed Kinniya 2005 Nov 29 15:40 Recovery efforts should not exacerbate existing... 2005 Nov 29 13:20 Clinton meets TRO Executive Director 2005 Nov 29 11:47 ITRO responds to allegations by SL Highcommissi... 2005 Nov 29 11:43 Clinton meets SL President 2004: 2004 Nov 29 16:59 Tamil Media Alliance holds award ceremony 2004 Nov 29 15:34 SLN, SLA chiefs arrive in Trincomalee 2004 Nov 29 11:59 Australia pledges aid to development projects i... 2004 Nov 29 08:37 Sinhala mob attempts to destroy Eelam cut-out d... 2004 Nov 29 06:42 Trincomalee town under 18-hour curfew 2004 Nov 29 01:20 Court delays Mirusuvil massacre inquiry 2004 Nov 29 00:19 Tank expansion threatens estate homes 2003: 2003 Nov 29 23:21 "Prepare to face election instead of losing ide... 2003 Nov 29 21:05 'Sangaree issue' to be decided Sunday 2003 Nov 29 17:05 “Not all Sinhalese are racists "- Wickremasinghe 2003 Nov 29 16:40 SL Police beefs up security in Trincomalee dist... 2003 Nov 29 16:35 LTTE delegation departs to South Africa 2003 Nov 29 16:33 SLA soldiers assault Tamil civilians in Vadamar... 2003 Nov 29 13:10 Kinniya division under dusk to dawn curfew 2003 Nov 29 10:48 UNP rejects President's proposals 2003 Nov 29 09:54 Three Muslims killed in Kinniya 2002: 2002 Nov 29 19:18 PTA accused freed after seven years in prison 2002 Nov 29 10:52 Veteran Tamil activist Gunanayagam passes away ... 2002 Nov 29 07:43 Minister, journalists meet Nedunthivu residents 2001: 2001 Nov 29 14:02 Jaffna students burn Tamil minister’s effigy 2001 Nov 29 08:32 General shut in NE against EPDP atrocity 2001 Nov 29 07:43 Villagers attack EPDP camps 2001 Nov 29 04:46 Grenade attack on Jaffna Univ. hostel 2001 Nov 29 00:13 No more police transfer, says IGP 2001 Nov 29 00:13 Hartal call after EPDP assault kills 2 2001 Nov 29 00:12 SLA shells Mutur villages 1999: 1999 Nov 29 05:04 Colombo UNP office damaged 1999 Nov 29 04:50 TULF MP urges Government to accept talk offer 1999 Nov 29 04:49 Jaffna Catholics appeal to UN, Pope 1998: 1998 Nov 29 22:02 LTTE attack injures five policemen 1998 Nov 29 20:56 Prayers for the hungry in Vanni 1998 Nov 29 20:53 Armed men rob village shops 1998 Nov 29 20:49 Police fire injures Muslim youth 1998 Nov 29 10:06 Tigers, SLA clash in Jaffna 1998 Nov 29 08:33 SLA patrol ambushed 1998 Nov 29 06:19 Tortured, raped detainee set free 1997:
1997 Nov 29 23:59 Jaffna emergency aid blocked 1997 Nov 29 23:59 Araipattai STF camp attacked 1997 Nov 29 23:59 Riot police smashed prison protest 1997 Nov 29 23:59 GA intervenes to lift road blockade 1997 Nov 29 23:59 SLA cordoned off Neervely ![]()
The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual is so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is the history that teaches us hope.
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Know the Etymology: 332 Place Name of the Day: (332 of 500 revised) Koyilā-maṉai/ Kōyilā-maṉai ![]() The temple house; or the house of the temple servants ![]() [27.11.23] Heroes Day: “With its greed for land, Sinhalam has entered a militaristic path of destruction. It has sought to build the support of the world to confront us. It is living in a dreamland of military victory. [...] It is true Tamil Eelam is a small nation on the globe. However it is a nation with great potential. It is a nation with a characteristic individuality. It has a distinctive language, cultural heritage and history. Sinhalam seeks with its military might to destroy all these. It seeks to destroy Tamil sovereignty and replace it with Sinhala sovereignty. [...] Let us all make a firm and determined resolution to follow fully the path of our Heroes, who, in pursuit of our aspiration for justice and freedom, sacrificed themselves and have become a part of the history of our land and our people.” - LTTE Leader V Pirapaharan [Heroes Day, 27 November 2008] Related Story >> ![]() [05.03.18] FIU of CBSL emerges as networked Intel outfit against Tamils in homeland, Diaspora: The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based ‘Sri Lankan’ Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a ‘counter-insurgency’ role. Related Story >> ![]() [15.02.18] Wives of enforced disappeared exposed to nightmare on Valentine's Day: At a stage event organised by the so-called Families of Disappeared (FoD) operated by Colombo based NGO and diplomatic community, Tamil women from the East were exposed to the traumatic experience of narrating their love stories with their husbands. Related Story >> ![]() [20.01.18] STF, SL departments harass resettled Tamils in Madu: The guards and officials of various SL departments as well as the notorious commandos of the StF are repeatedly harassing the 300 resettled and poverty-stricken Eezham Tamils of Ira'ndaam-kaddai (2nd Mile Post), which is located between Madu Shrine and Sinhala militarised Madu Road Junction in Mannaar district. Related Story >> ![]() [15.01.18] Sinhala Buddhicisation stepped up in Trincomalee North: SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo is exerting pressure on Tamil Divisional Secretary not to interfere in the affairs of extreme Sinhala Buddhist monks, who are engaged in cultural genocide in Kumpu'rup-piddi in Trincomalee North. Related Story >> ![]() [01.01.18] Colombo demonstrates ‘foremost place’ to Buddhism at Champoor: The SL Archaeology Department, extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks, Sinhala governor and his wife are all jointly working for Sinhala Buddhicisation of Champoor, where SL Navy, groomed by the U.S. Pacific Command under the notion of 'military-to-military' engagement, is having its training base for the marines of genocidal Sri Lanka. Related Story >> ![]() [25.12.17] SL Army wages Sinhala-Buddhicisaton of Baron's Cap in Batticaloa Northwest: With the collaboration of ministries of Fisheries and Tourism, 232 Brigade of the Army of occupying Sri Lanka is Sinhalicising the Kudumpi-malai area of Batticaloa district. Related Story >> ![]() [17.12.17] Enduring psychological disaster of families of enforced disappeared conveyed through film: The story writer and director of the award winning short-film, Uru (Trance), 49-year-old Gnanadas Kasinathar, narrates the depth of psychological disaster as witnessed by him on the ground. The film, shot in Batticaloa, is inspired by the stories of long enduring sufferings of the enforced disappeared families. Related Story >> ![]() [13.11.17] Factoring political solution more important than addressing human rights: Not only did the Sri Lankan regime won the war against the Tamil liberation force, it might even win the propaganda war if the problems of Tamils in the island are exclusively focused on human rights to the neglect of the fundamental question of a long lasting political solution, commented Deputy Chief Minister of Penang state in Malaysia, Professor P. Ramasamy, told TamilNet on Monday. Related Story >> ![]() [08.10.17] SL constitutional discourse seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’ policy of genocidal Sri Lanka: The World Bank, the IMF and the WTO are behind the agenda that seeks to permanently lock Eezham Tamils into a Colombo-centric single-unit of genocidal Sri Lanka. The interim report on the constitutional discourse should be seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’, launched by the Agent State in Colombo in September 2017. Related Story >> ![]() [20.09.17] Sathasivam papers on Sumerian-Tamil connections see the light of day: Four pioneering research papers on the Dravidian connections between ancient Sumerian and Tamil, written between 1964 and 1987 by Eezham Tamil scholar, the late Prof A Sathasivam, gain new significance today because of the current advancements in coupling linguistics with DNA studies. Related Story >> ![]() [04.07.17] Understanding ‘Quisling politics’ and facing it with ‘Navaratnam School of Thought’: Eezham Tamils should grasp the synthesis of the Colombo-centric Quisling politics, which is being brought into them by the global powers and regain their strength to address it through the school of thought embraced by enlightened leaders of Eezham Tamils in the past. Related Story >> ![]() [08.06.17] Netherlands-funded CEPA project wages political ‘counter-insurgency’ on Tamils: Colombo-based NGO outfit, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), is tasked to recruit gullible and opportunistic sections of the diaspora expanding Rajapaksa-time ‘KP-Diaspora’ programme. The programme is funded by the foreign ministries of the USA, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Related Story >> ![]() [20.02.16] The Tamil Genocide by Sri LankaThe second edition with over 150 new pages traces the ongoing engagement in the Sri Lankan conflict of Professor Francis A. Boyle, an eminent American expert in international law, from the conflict’s last years to the present pursuit of UN recognition of the Tamil genocide and call for reparations. It is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law. The book is available from Clarity Press, Amazon in soft cover or in Kindle version. ![]() [11.11.15] South Africa to Singapore: global Tamils grasping geopolitics to act: The South African conference held in Durban has come out with many demands that are dear to the heart of Tamils, such as demilitarisation, stopping Sinhala colonisation, repeal of the 6th Amendment to facilitate free negotiation etc. But the slip was still showing when the conference avoided the term genocide. What was more ironical that betrayed the deception was the slogan of the conference organizers that called the country they want to salvage as ‘Sri Lanka’, boldly written in Tamil. Related Story >> ![]() [04.11.15] Tamil leadership need not shy away or react to unfair challenge coming from Sumanthiran: Eezham Tamil polity seeking pardon from Tamil-speaking Muslims should be unassuming, but it should come in an enlightening way to the edification of the Colombo-centric agenda or the powers-guided agenda, pursued in the past as well as in the present. Otherwise, it may only amount to conferring impunity to the State in Colombo and its abettors. Related Story >> ![]() [06.05.15] Retired land commissioner of Eastern Province on Structural Genocide against Eezham Tamils: The systematic seizure of traditional lands belonging to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East have been widespread under the guise of archaeological, forest and wild-life conservations and subsequently carried out through the acts of demarcating these lands under the purview of the state apparatuses such as the Archaeological Department, Forest Department and the Wild-life Conservation Department, says retired Land Commissioner of the Eastern Province Karthirgamathamby Kurunathan, in an in-depth video interview to TamilNet. Related Story >> ![]() [05.05.15] TNPF rejects ‘domestic investigations’ upheld by USA: The fact that the United States and the US Secretary of State John Kerry would consider the post January 08th 2015 situation in Sri Lanka, with the new government favourable, is understandable. But, for him to suggest that there is a favourable condition for the Tamils, is stretching too far, said Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, responding to a question from TamilNet. Related Story >> |
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