By Farzana Shah-Asian Tribune Correspondent in Pakistan
At least 47 people were killed and dozens wounded when a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle exploded himself on a field during a volleyball tournament Friday in northwest Pakistan.
When Pakistan came into being, Hindu leaders regarded creation of Pakistan as a tragic mistake that could still be corrected. They indicated on many occasions that partition is merely a temporary division. Break up of Pakistan and its absorption into Indian Union had become the national goal of Indian Congress.
Normal life in capital city Kathmandu and other parts of the country was crippled on Friday due to nationwide general strike called by an alliance of several ethnic groups.
No extra effort on the election campaign is needed from the United Peoples Freedom Alliance candidate President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the UNP has already involved in a serious effort to defeat the opposition candidate, retired General Sarath Fonseka, said the former UNP stalwart S.B. Dissanayake.
Marumalarchi DMK leader Vaiko on Friday condemned the deportation of Jaffna district member of Parliament Sivajilingam upon his landing at the Chennai airport on Dec 26 last to prevent him from attending a pro-Eelam Tamils conference organised by Tamil Nationalist Movement leader P Nedumaran.
Rev.Fr. Nicholas Cl Lukxman Neththasinghe, (54), Vice Superior, Don Bosco Salasian Vice Province of Sri Lanka succumbed to his injuries on 30th December caused by a fatal car accident at Seeduwa and his funeral takes place today (2nd January) at 4.00 pm at Dankotuwa Don Bosco Grounds.
As a part of the state conducted funeral with full honors, President, Prime Minister, ministers and parliamentarians paid their last respect today, to the demised leader Minister P. Chandrasekeran at the Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary complex.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would work towards building on a people centred foreign policy in the year 2010 while continuing to work towards consolidating on the follow up to counter terrorism measures with foreign governments.
The sensational news that is in circulation in the Colombo political circle is about the two leading members of the TNA towing with the idea of holding portfolios in the future Sarath Foneska led administration- in case he won the presidential election, has made many eyebrows raised.
It has been brought to light that the MidFirst bank in Oklahoma is involved in sponsoring Gen (retired) Sarath Fonseka’s daughter Apsara Fonseka & son- in- law Danuna Tillakeratne for the Green Card.
The New Year will create a permanent void in the lives of some Indians—estimated to be at least 100,000. Not because of the loss of a near or dear one. The emptiness will come from the silence of a small instrument, a satellite receiver that caught signals of the World Space satellite radio station broadcasts—music of a wide range of varieties and some news programmes.
Ashu Girhotra, brother of teenage tennis player Ruchika has lodged a third complaint against former Haryana Director General of Police S S P Rathore, charging him with driving his sister to suicide in 1993, three years after sexually assaulting her when she was 14.
Transparency International’s report on Sri Lanka has come up for severe criticism, for the partiality it has displayed in its latest report on Sri Lanka.
The embassy staff together with their families and well wishers took part in an overnight pirith chanting ceremony on New Year’s Eve and invoked blessings on all for the New Year 2010.
Afghan border security personnel shot dead three Pakistani nationals for illegally crossing into their soil from the Pakistani border town of Zhob, Balochistan.
On the New Year day's message Gen.(Rtd.) Fonseka says, "...On this auspicious day, I would like to promise all citizens of Sri Lanka that if one family rule and corruption is defeated in the forthcoming election it will be with rejoicing hearts and as a united nation that will see the year through..."
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