President Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945) is the 6th President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970...
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945) is the 6th President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970. Find Mahinda Rajapaksa news, videos, and pictures here.
On Dec. 26, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake off Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 Asian and African countries. The quake: _ unleashed energy equivalent to 550 million Hiroshima atomic explosions; _ left more than 1.7 million homeless; _ caused damage estimated at $10 billion; _ drew more than $13 billion in international aid. More than 700 groups aided reconstruction in Indonesia's Aceh province, the hardest-hit. ___ INDONESIA _ Deaths: 167,540, more than... Read Full Story
A presidential election in Sri Lanka next month will see two former allies from the country's bitter civil war slugging it out, but their record on corruption, not the battlefield, might swing the final vote. President Mahinda Rajapakse and his former army chief Sarath Fonseka are set to face each other at the ballot box on January 26 in the first national elections since the end of Sri Lanka's 37-year-long ethnic conflict in May. Official campaigning opened on Friday in what promises to be... Read Full Story
Easy AdSense A key figure among the Tamil Diaspora in London told Lanka News Web that TNA parliamentarian, M.K. Sivajilingam has come forward to contest the Presidential election according to a contract given to him by Basil Rajapaksa.
The spokesperson said that Sivajilingam has decided to contest the election following a proposal by Basil when he intervened in a personal legal issue related to the TNA parliamentarian. However, he said the Tamil Diaspora in London would not support... Read Full Story
My husband and I were in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka when the tsunami came. It was quite an experience for both of us. What I remember most is the kindness shown to us by all the local people who shared everything from food to clothing with us. Below are some excerpts from my travel journal outlining our experience: We survived the tidal wave and are doing fine! Briefly with more detail to follow here is our story. We were sleeping in bed and at 9:15 we heard the water outside our door. It... Read Full Story
The Indian government will soon approach the Sri Lankan government to register a formal protest against the discrimination being shown by the Sri Lankan drug authorities towards Indian pharma...
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Sri Lanka's former military chief who led troops to victory over Tamil separatists in May said he fears fugitive rebels will try to assassinate him during his presidential election campaign. Sarath Fonseka, who is trying to unseat President Mahinda Rajapakse in the January 26 elections, told AFP that about 1,000 Tamil Tiger fighters may have survived the end of the decades-long war. Fonseka said that although the Tiger leaders had all been killed, renegade suicide bombers remained a serious... Read Full Story
The Sri Lankan general who led troops to victory over Tamil separatists after decades of war formally announced on Sunday that he would try to unseat the president in January elections. Sarath Fonseka declared he would stand against President Mahinda Rajapakse, who claims credit for the defeat of Tamil Tigers in May that ended the island's bloody ethnic conflict. Fonseka told reporters he would reduce the powers vested in the presidential office and criticised Rajapakse for running the... Read Full Story
The Sri Lankan general who led troops to victory over Tamil separatists after decades of war formally announced on Sunday that he would try to unseat the president in January elections. Sarath Fonseka declared he would stand against President Mahinda Rajapakse, who claims credit for the defeat of Tamil Tigers in May that ended the island's bloody ethnic conflict. Fonseka told reporters he would reduce the powers vested in the presidential position and he criticised how Rajapakse had run the... Read Full Story
Sri Lanka's president and the former army general who is attempting to unseat him in January elections opened their campaigns on Monday with visits to separate Buddhist shrines. President Mahinda Rajapakse and Sarath Fonseka have been at loggerheads over claiming credit for the military's victory against the Tamil Tigers in May, which ended decades of ethnic bloodshed on the island. Rajapakse received blessings at temples in the historic town of Anuradhapura, while Fonseka visited the Temple... Read Full Story
Sri Lanka's ex-military chief has said he plans to run for the presidency in January elections in a bid to unseat his former boss Mahinda Rajapakse. Sarath Fonseka is considered a war hero for having crushed Tamil Tiger rebels who had waged a nearly four-decade armed struggle for an independent homeland. "I have never lost a battle. I can win this one (the presidency) too," the island's only four-star general told a group of lawyers and journalists late Friday. "I am definitely coming... Read Full Story
From Spain's Princess Letizia to Italy's Mara Carfagna, the game of politics is no stranger to beautiful, powerful women. Following is a list of women whose influence is matched only by their sheer hotness.
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