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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 391

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Judge Weeramantry in World Future Council

Tue, 2007-05-29 13:35 — admin

Judge WeeramantryJudge C.G. Weeramantry participated in the founding meeting of The World Future Council (WFC) – a forum for the protection of the Rights of Future Generations – held in Germany early this month. He was one of the 50 Councilors selected from across the world, representing expertise and experience different fields. In the international area WFC is considered to be the strong new voice addressing issues that threaten the future of the world. Its main aim is to draw on our shared human values to champion the rights of future generations. It argues that humanity is today on a collision course with its own future.

Foreign Terrorist Charitable Fronts in U.S. Left Undetected Due to Limited Scrutiny, Reveals Government Report

Tue, 2007-05-29 13:16 — admin

Daya Gamage – US Bureau Asian Tribune

The failure of the Internal Revenue Service of the U.S. Department of Treasury to identify tax-exempt charitable organizations that may have links to foreign terrorist organizations because the IRS investigators use a limited terrorist watch list to ascertain possible ties between charitable and other non-profit groups and terrorists is a risk that these charities will not be reported to the federal government authorities fighting terrorism. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) does a poor job of identifying charitable tax-exempt groups that may have links to foreign terrorist organizations.

French Police join hands with European Police for more raids on Tigers

Tue, 2007-05-29 04:39 — admin

The findings of the French Police investigating the arrested Tamil Tigers on April Fool’s Day have prompted them to liaise with other members of the European Union to crack down on the wide network of Tamil Tigers violating international and national laws. French Police raided several Tiger offices and shops and arrested 19 Tamil Tiger agents and today there are 14 of them in custody. French Magistrate refused them bail. According to a reliable information, a team of a selected elite French police are now visiting some of the EU capitals and comparing notes and exchanging information based on the highly sensitive and shocking revelations they gleaned from the arrest of leading Tiger agents in France.

Three hours after the LTTE blast killed six and injured 33, casualties are still being rushed in

Tue, 2007-05-29 04:25 — admin

Rath The claymore blast by LTTE killed six and injured 33 people yesterday at Rathmalana, a suburb south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Injured were rushed in to nearby hospitals.Rathmalana lies south of Colombo on the Colombo-Galle highway and has the vital Rathmalana Military Airbase. In addition, some critically injured are being re-transferred to Colombo Intensive Care Units at this moment. The injured have been promptly admitted to the closeby Panadura and Kalubowila National Hospitals, said Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe, the Military Spokesman.One injured admitted to Panadura Hospital has died, he added.

India's ruling coalition consults allies on Presidential election, Arjun Singh, Motilal Vora are among front runners

Tue, 2007-05-29 03:50 — admin

By M Rama Rao - Reporting from New Delhi

Hectic consultations are on between the Congress and its allies on the choice for the President. Congress leadership is also taking advantage of the chief ministers here to attend a conference on power and the 2-day NDC meeting to broad base the discussions. A final name is however expected to be made public in the first week of June. But a decision is likely to be taken in the next one or two days since the Left, which is the outside supporter of the UPA has already spelt its criteria for the selection of the next Rashtrapati Bhavan resident while the BSP, another outside supporter indicated its willingness to go along with the UPA decision.

Japan won't slash aid to Sri Lanka, Yasushi Akashi returning in June with a new mission

Tue, 2007-05-29 03:43 — admin

Japanese Foreign Ministry announced that Japan will not scale down its aid to Sri Lanka. "Japan is not planning to re-consider aid to Sri Lanka" a Foreign Ministry Official said. He added "Tokyo`s peace envoy to Sri Lanka, former UN assistant secretary-general Yasushi Akashi, would return to the island on a new mission by early June" he added. Japan is the single largest donor to Sri Lanka, providing 63 percent of the international aid to the island in 2003.

Significant basis to restart peace talks in Sri Lanka

Tue, 2007-05-29 01:35 — admin

By Edward Theophilus Wanigasekera

It is obvious from the current news dominate in Sri Lanka and international news media that peace talks, which were at halt in Geneva due to dissatisfaction of conditions between Sri Lanka’s government and LTTE, will be possibly recommenced under the initiatives of the UK government. The main reason to halt peace talks was the mistrust between two parties and LTTE abortively attempted to gain unfair advantages through European mediators with a view to regrouping and acquiring sophisticated resources to attack Sri Lankan government forces, Sinhala and Muslim community. The serious failure of LTTE after signing the cease fire agreement was breaking away Karuna and LTTE’s inability to face two fronts, Sri Lanka’s defense force and Karuna’s group, which challenged LTTE and its affairs with Norway officials.

China's new threat to Indian union

Tue, 2007-05-29 01:10 — admin

N.Nandhivarman - General Secretary Dravida Peravai

Speaking in Indian Parliament on 20 th November 1950, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru states " Maps of China for last thirty years have shown a certain portion of that North Eastern Frontier which is now part of India…. Our maps show that McMahon Line is our boundary and that is our boundary map or no map… and we will not allow anybody to come across the boundary " The problem between India and China, which now stakes claim to Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh, started actually not by the tongue slip of Jawaharlal Nehru, but by the fact about the weakness of both side over the maps.

Breaking News 5: Search operations begin as six dead in Colombo suburb claymore blast

Mon, 2007-05-28 21:15 — admin

A combined Police–Army search operation is now on around Rathmalana, a suburb south of Colombo, where an evening claymore blast killed six people and injured more than twenty people today. Rathmalana lies south of Colombo on the Colombo-Galle highway and hosts the vital Rathmalana Military Airbase. The injured included ten STF personnel. All killed are civilians. The claymore blast has taken place at 5:40 pm, just 30 metres away from the Belekkade Junction, Rathmalana, targeting an STF truck. Six vehicles were badly damaged by the blast. Of them four number plates were identified- HM 9910, JM 6472, 251-014, and HT 1524.

Breaking News 4: Five dead and more than 20 injured in Colombo suburb claymore blast, another blast warning issued

Mon, 2007-05-28 20:51 — admin

Five people died and more than 20, including ten STF personnel have been injured in an evening claymore blast at a highway junction in Sri Lanka. The died are civilians and of them three are men and two are women. Unofficial reports placed the dead count higher but confirmation of the higher figure is awaited. The claymore blast has taken place at 5:40 pm in an immediate suburb south of Colombo, called Rathmalana. Rathmalana lies south of Colombo on the Colombo-Galle highway and hosts the vital Rathmalana Military Airbase. Six vehicles were badly damaged by the blast. Of them four number plates were identified- HM 9910, JM 6472, 251-014, and HT 1524.

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