Canada Suspends Voluntary Commonwealth Funds
April 14, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that Canada will suspend its voluntary contribution to the Commonwealth Secretariat and reallocate the funds for the next two years.
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Two Chinese arrested in Pooneryn
Two Chinese were arrested at Pooneryn in Vavuniya on charges of having overstayed their visas and police said that during their stay in the country they had been involved in selling imitation jewellery claiming they were made out of gold.
Self-immolator shows recovery signs
A Tamil man who doused himself with petrol and set himself alight after being refused settlement in Australia is showing signs of recovery.
‘MH 370 call exposing 9/11 cover-up?’
Did Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370’s co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid make a cell phone call after the plane altered course and “disappeared?” The Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times reports that Abdul Hamid “made a desperate call from his mobile phone as the plane was flying low near Penang, the morning it went missing.” The brief connection Read More
Russia sanctions imperil global energy security
After a series of headline-grabbing statements about the possibility of “switching” European consumers over to American gas, the US media hastened to announce the launch of Obama’s oil and gas offensive against Russia.
Tiger vs Tiger: Tenth Anniversary of Revolt Led By Eastern LTTE Leader “Col” Karuna
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Ten years have passed since the once dreaded Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) experienced an internal politico-military revolt spearheaded by its erstwhile Eastern regional commander Vinayagamoorthy Muralidharan alias “Col” Karuna. The revolt lasting six weeks from March 3rd to April 11th 2004 was ruthlessly suppressed through military means by the mainstream LTTE Read More
Flight MH370: who will get custody of black boxes?
Lindsay Murdoch Malaysian authorities are uncertain what to do with the black boxes from Flight 370 if they are located and brought to the surface from the Indian Ocean north-west of Perth.
U.S. in prime position to see full lunar eclipse Tuesday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Night owls and early risers in North America will be able to watch a rare celestial show on Tuesday as Earth’s shadow falls across the moon, shifting its color from bright orange to blood red to brown, depending on local weather conditions.
Police Chief in Malaysia
Police Chief N.K.Illangakoon left for Malaysia to attend the Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference which will be held there from April 14 to 17. Senior DIG Gamini Nawaratne has been appointed as the acting IGP in the absence of Mr. Illangakoon.
Interpol help sought to arrest overseas LTTE leaders
The Sri Lanka Police Department has sought the assistance of Interpol to arrest Perinbanayagam Sivaparan alias Nediyavan and Segarampillai Vinayagamoorthy alias Vinayagam, both who are virtually handling almost all LTTE overseas network, Police said.