APRC proposals - A pragmatic way forward
THE consensus which emerged among the political
party leaders on this occasion was the recognition that this was a
historic step in Sri Lanka’s 60 years of independence and that for
the first time an initiative had been agreed through a process of
democratic consultation to devolve power to the North and the East.
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The need for an Asian Investment Bank
Setting up an Asian Investment Bank will reduce
“aid” from affluent countries. In 1789, ironically at the beginning
of the French revolution and a year before he passed away, Benjamin
Franklin (1706-90) remarked that: “In this world nothing can be said
to be certain, except death and taxes.”
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The story of ‘Gen.’ Mahinda Rajapaksa and ‘Col.’ Gamini Fonseka
Editor-in-Chief, of the mass circulation Indian
Express Shehkar Gupta says President Mahinda Rajapaksa looks a
soldier though Rajapaksa had never served the Army. Shehkar made
such an observation while conducting NDTV’s 24x7’s Walk the Talk, a
few days ago. President Rajapaksa shot back in lighter vein
saying-”I acted as a soldier”.
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