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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 687

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Dirty Sethu’s appeal against conviction postponed to November 19.

Fri, 2007-10-19 04:32 — admin

Harrow Crown Court today postponed to 19 November, the appeal filed by Nadarajah Sethurupan and Anushriskumar Thamotherampillai against their guilty sentence, delivered by the Harrow Magistrate court on 31 May 2007. Furthermore our sources informed that Anusrikumar Thamotherampillai (Rajan) one of the two parties to the appeal was not seen in the court yesterday and his absence fuelled rumors of his disinterest in the appeal. In the meantime sources told that Thirugnanasunthar alias Sunthar who presently worked earlier in now defunct in pro-Tiger radio ETBC was seen in the court with one of the parties to a case.

Ranil Wickremesinghe’s bluff backfires: Courts order him to show cause

Fri, 2007-10-19 04:00 — admin

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Leader of the Opposition and the UNP, is in hot waters again. Two of his major political moves have backfired. First he launched a vigorous political campaign, unprecedented for the leading pro-business UNP, to block the foreign banks funding infrastructure developments projects of the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL). He wrote letters to the HSBC stating that he would not pay back funding loaned by it to GOSL. He shocked the business community by holding a demonstration in front of the HSBC to threaten the HSBC – a radical political act normally confined to anti-business JVP Marxists. Wickremesinghe even threatened to cancel the license of the bank.

Malaysian courts investigating how foreign banks funded Tamil Tigers and other terrorists

Fri, 2007-10-19 03:47 — admin

By Cchelsea. L.Y. NG

A High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has issued six orders compelling four local banks and a foreign one here to produce documents showing how they have been used by international terrorists to pay for military equipment bought abroad, according to a report in The Star. According to papers supporting the application, the payments made through these banks were suspected to be for funding international terrorism activities, including the Sri Lanka-based Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) guerillas.

U.S. Teams with IOM and Sri Lankan Government to Help Combat Human Trafficking

Fri, 2007-10-19 03:21 — admin

A new program to combat human trafficking funded by the United States and implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will help law enforcement officials identify instances of trafficking in persons and increase the rate of prosecution of those responsible for the practice in Sri Lanka. Building on IOM’s earlier initiatives to curb human trafficking here, the $500,000 program, co-funded by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will train 500 law enforcement and government officials on human trafficking, improve methods of data collection and dissemination to track trafficking cases, and enhance coordination among government and nongovernmental organizations.

The first ever ‘Sri Lanka Poultry Show’

Fri, 2007-10-19 01:31 — admin

By Quintus Perera – Asian Tribune

The first ever Poultry Show – Sri Lanka Poultry Show 2007 will be held on 22nd and 23rd October at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Conventional Centre (SLECC) Colombo under the auspicious of the World Poultry Science Association, Sri Lanka Branch (WPSA) and the Ministry of Livestock Development. This international Poultry Show and Conference is expected to attract a large number of both Sri Lankan and foreign exhibitors with more that 100 stall allotted. It would create an opportunity for worldwide manufacturers and service providers in the poultry industry to come up novel, innovative and latest technology, products and services.

Dialog Telekom to use BroadHop's Service Management solution for WLAN Services

Fri, 2007-10-19 01:29 — admin

Sunil C. Perera in Colombo

BroadHop, an award-winning global supplier of subscriber service management solutions for IP triple-play networks, has announced that Dialog Telekom, has selected BroadHop's Service Management Engine (SME) for use in its upcoming public wireless local area network (PWLAN) deployment. The BroadHop SME provides out-of-the-box quality of service (QoS) management, service provisioning, subscriber management, user self-provisioning, customer care, billing, payments, and reporting for providers that deliver multiple services over carrier-class mobile, wireless, and wireline networks.

The Tiger’s Way of Taking Cover

Fri, 2007-10-19 00:52 — admin

In the aftermath of the sea clash which took place in the Pesalai seas today (18) around 4.30 a.m, naval units conducting a search operation in the area recovered a boat fitted with two Out Board Motor(OBM) engines and inside laid four (04) dead bodies. They also rescued three persons who were floating. Later the bodies as well as the injured were taken to the Mannar hospital for treatment. It is important to analyze how a group of persons got caught in the middle of this incident as those who hate to see tigers losing their hold in the Wanni would prefer to blame the Navy for killing civilians. It is indeed too early to tell whether those who caught in between the fire are tiger sympathizers or innocent civilians

All set for the FCCISL Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

Fri, 2007-10-19 00:47 — admin

Quintus Perera - Asian Tribune

The Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year Awards has been conducted for the 12th year running and is a uniquely national honour and recognizing the valuable contribution by the entrepreneurs of the country, said Nawaz Rajabdeen, President, Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) at the Press Conference following the signing of the MOU with Suntel Ltd to be the Strategic sponsor of this Awards ceremony. This is the third consecutive occasion Suntel has been the strategic sponsor for this Prestigious Awards Ceremony.

Sea Tigers Chased Away in Pesalai Seas

Thu, 2007-10-18 11:31 — admin

Naval personnel manning the radar at Pasalai detected few tiger boats launching from Vedithalathivu area around 4.30 a.m. today (18) and heading towards the North of Pesalai .When closed up for investigation by the Inshore Patrol Craft of the Navy, these tiger boats mingling with other boats in the area opened fire at the naval units. When the naval units retaliated, tiger boats fled the area. Subsequently the naval units launched a search operation to track the fleeing sea tiger boats in the Pesalai sea area. During the search operation, the Navy has recovered a Fiber Glass Dinghy with four (04) unidentified bodies and another three injured persons. These injured persons were taken to the Pesalai hospital by the Navy.

'Dirty Sethu’s appeal against his conviction today

Thu, 2007-10-18 05:38 — admin

The appeal made by Nadarajah Sethurupan and Anushriskumar Thamotherampillai against the guilty sentence delivered by the Harrow Magistrate court on 31 May 2007, is to be taken up today at the Harrow Crown Court.In June 08, 2006, Nadarajah Sethurupan, Anushriskumar, Thamotherampillai and Kandiah Uthayakumar were involved in a violent campaign at the Tamil Broadcasting Corporation, a London based Tamil language satellite radio station, located at Rayners Lane, Harrow, Middlesex.

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