Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Saturday, January 01, 2005
"The germ of destruction of our nation is in the power of the judiciary, an irresponsible body — working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief over the field of jurisdication, until all shall render powerless the checks of one branch over the other and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated." --Thomas Jefferson (1821)
PLEASE DON'T GIVE AID TO SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT BUT TO NGO.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layou...
Tamil Hindus working on tea plantations in Thambathamne and Thangamamy
Estates were stopped when they tried to bring rice, vegetables and tea
past a military checkpoint yesterday, and had to reclaim their goods
when the army tried to divert them to a Buddhist temple, according to
Sivam.
A team trying to deliver aid shipments to the hard-hit Ampara district
was blocked at an army checkpoint, despite promises by top local
government officials that clearance would be granted, said Sivam.
Three Tamil relief trucks heading to Kallar, southeast of Batticaloa,
were stopped at the Chettipalayam checkpoint by elite soldiers from the
Special Task Force who forcibly unloaded the relief supplies and took
over distribution, according to Kurukulasingam Thevarajah, Batticaloa
office director.
Another shipment was delayed at nearby Pillaiyarada checkpoint,
Thevarajah added.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layou...
Tamil Hindus working on tea plantations in Thambathamne and Thangamamy
Estates were stopped when they tried to bring rice, vegetables and tea
past a military checkpoint yesterday, and had to reclaim their goods
when the army tried to divert them to a Buddhist temple, according to
Sivam.
A team trying to deliver aid shipments to the hard-hit Ampara district
was blocked at an army checkpoint, despite promises by top local
government officials that clearance would be granted, said Sivam.
Three Tamil relief trucks heading to Kallar, southeast of Batticaloa,
were stopped at the Chettipalayam checkpoint by elite soldiers from the
Special Task Force who forcibly unloaded the relief supplies and took
over distribution, according to Kurukulasingam Thevarajah, Batticaloa
office director.
Another shipment was delayed at nearby Pillaiyarada checkpoint,
Thevarajah added.
