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Several valuable recommendations are contained in the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’s (LLRC) Report and they are all the more compelling because they have issued from a Presidential Commission. In pursuance of this, we the undersigned call upon the government of Sri Lanka, in consultation with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the leadership of the Muslims, to take steps to implement the recommendations. In this statement we have highlighted certain important recommendations. The government is morally bound to implement the proposals of its own commission or otherwise stand indicted of a lack of sincerity.

The Japanese government is going to make these young women eat food from the nuclear-disaster affected Tohoku and Kanto to support the recovery.

Koodankulam Struggle: A Chronology (Part II)
Compiled by S. P. Udayakumar
Events in the 2nd Half of 2008 [1] August 16-17, 2008 at Koodankulam
Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP)’s National Coordinating Committee (NCC) Meeting The first day meeting began at 10:10 am with a welcome Speech by Dr. S. P. Udayakumar. Mrs. Lalita Ramdas was elected to chair the proceedings. Prof. Achin Vanaik suggested that the meeting should begin with a discussion on the Press Release (…)

Koodankulam Struggle: A Chronology (Part I)
Compiled by S. P. Udayakumar
(From The Hindu, Frontline, The Times of India, India Abroad, The New York Times reports, and other local publications in Tamil Nadu. This is a partial list of some of the events.)
Source: S. P. Udayakumar, The Koodankulam Handbook. Nagercoil, India: Transcend South Asia, 2004 (ISBN: 81-89312-00-6)
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November 20: The Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed (…)

Political chaos in the Maldives, security services across the region fear, could open the way for a resurgent Islamist movement.