COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has formally backed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s move to free his ailing former army chief Sarath Fonseka, a spokesman said, a proposal seen as a bid to quell criticism of the government and its human rights record.

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Onlanka News - By Walter Jayawardhana

One of India’s famous comic book artists Bharath Murthy recently told the Hindu newspaper that he first got converted himself to be a Buddhist and now writing and drawing a comic book, “The Vanished Path” a travelogue related to the Life of Buddha and the historic sites connected with his life.

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Onlanka News - By Walter Jayawardhana

1500 years old ruins of a Buddhist temple  have been discovered in China’s largest desert, offering valuable insight for historians studying Buddhism’s spread from India to China, Xinhua news agency reported.

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President MahindaRajapaksa has promised to free jailed former army chief SarathFonseka unconditionally and at the earliest opportunity, the ex-general’s wife said on Thursday, AFP reported.

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Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana

Dr. Mahinda Balasuriya, Sri Lanka’s former police chief will be teaching counter terrorism and how Sri Lanka defeated the 30 year terror reign of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at his alma mater in Vadodara ( formerly Baroda) in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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Dr. Telli C Rajaratnam

Diplomats do a very important job for their countries. Almost every country in existence has  diplomats who are sent out to various countries for the purposes of negotiating and mediating relations between the two governments.

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Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana

The packed audience at the Ravindra Bharathi National Theatre in Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andra Pradesh, pledged to strive for everything that would make the dream  of a casteless society a reality on the occasion of a release of a compact disk entitled, “Buddham Saranam”

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Jailed former Army Commander of Sri Lanka Sarath Fonseka, who led the Eelam war IV against the Tamil Tigers and helped win it, is set to be released shortly.

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American Sri Lankan Foundation (ASLF) recently launched ‘LANKA POST’ newspaper in New York City, USA. The inaugural ceremony was held at the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York, USA, on 28th April 2012 with the presence of Ambassador Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona and Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador Major General Shavendra Silva. The first copy of the first issue of ‘LANKA POST’ newspaper was bestowed to Rev. Kurunegodada Piyathissa, chief monk of New York Buddhist Temple, by the LANKA POST editorial team. The distribution ceremony of the newspaper was held at the Sri Lankan New Year festival organized by the Sri Lankan Association of New York in Staten Island on 29th April 2012.

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A program called ‘Kreedawata Arunella’ (Dawn for sports) has been launched by the Matara district Parliamentarian, and the former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Sanath Jayasuriya to help under privileged schools to improve sports talents of school children in the Matara district.

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Onlanka News - By Walter Jayawardhana

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s secretary Lalith Weeratunga alleged India had a big hand in the mid-eighties in the planning and executing terrorist strikes in Sri Lanka while India, Britain and France made intense pressure on the President to stop the war when Sri Lanka was on the verge of defeating the Tamil Tigers.

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The book launching ceremony of ‘Gota’s War an introspective collection of events that led to the crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka documented by veteran journalist C.A. Chandraperuma was held this evening (14th May) at the Grand Ballroom of the Waters Edge in Battaramulla.

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