24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
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Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
(May 12, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem addressing a joint press conference in Colombo today said both parties would get onto streets to protest against gross malpractices that took place at the Eastern Provincial polls. Independent monitors reported dozens of incidents of vote tampering and said a faction of former rebels allied with the government...
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
May 11, Colombo: The main opposition UNP and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress today rejected yesterday's election results saying the poll was marred by violence.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
May 11, Colombo: The ruling party United People's Freedom Alliance (UFPA) won Batticaloa securing 6 seats against the 4 by the main opposition United National Party (UNP) and 1 by the Tamizh Democratic National Alliance (TDNA).
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... politicians who were actively campaigning in the east. Member of the Parliament of the opposition UNP to Nivithigala electorate Thalatha Athukorala speaking to the Sri Lanka Guardian said: “there is no hope of free and fair election tomorrow”. She said. “Pillaiyan and his cadres run amok in Batticaloa. We think the Government has handed over its powers to his group to control the situation and...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brushbots are little bot-like paint brushes that make art on their own... Brush Bots are tiny machines that work in tandem with the user in creating generative art. Released on top of a piece of paper, the BrushBots zoom, careen, and spin around the interior of a simple wooden frame in wild and unpredictable patterns. The user then drops ink, paint, or liquid water colors onto the blank page, providing...
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
“Let the UNP-SLMC cry foul until the next elections when they can begin a new round of their pastime. It has to be mentioned that this time the UNP was so sure of losing, being on a losing spree, began crying foul the day the nominations were given. If one goes by the last Presidential elections the UPFA had no chance of winning the Provincial Council elections. Ranil Wickremesinghe polled very heavily...
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... without any of the hysteria that is driving the opposition, the NGOs, the diplomats and pro-UNP media round the bend. To their astonishment, the Asian Election monitors commended the electoral process and praised the voters who participated in it. But this was not music to the ears of the anti-national Jeremiahs. Unable to take the loss, this motley mob, following the Wickremesinghe-Hakeem bandwagon,...
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
- With Wickremesinghe, of course, there is only one certainty when it comes to elections: the only result that he will accept without moaning and grumbling is the one that will declare him the winner. But since that is not visible anywhere on the radar screen the loss of the east should raise fundamental questions within the rank and file of the UNPers about their future. Do they, in short, have a...
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
(May 14, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Tissa Attanayake , Gen. Secretary of the UNP speaking to the media today (14 May)said , this Govt. has no capacity to do anything legal and honest ,whether it is administration, development or in the conduct of elections. It thrives only on murder, mayhem, corruption and malpractices. The Eastern Provincial Council elections bore all those hallmarks, he added....
Vinyl Pulse (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Singaporean Simon Kang is readying his first designer toy... B09. This bovine with "a passion for graphics and cars" is based on his BlackOink design firm's mascot. B09 is a one-man operation, Simon's doing everything - design, sculpting, casting, sanding, painting, etc. What you see here is the unpainted version...
American Spectator (Free subscription) | yesterday
... absolutely counterproductive. Of his leading role in the "Gang of 14," which saved the Democrats' unprecedented option of filibustering President Bush's nominees, Graham clearly thought his gesture of goodwill would win him some chits with Democrats. Think again. Right now his home circuit, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, suffers from the most serious official "judicial emergency" in the country,...
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
May 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National party (UNP) today said the Eastern Provincial Council poll was marred by violence and it would launch a mass campaign until the government restore democracy.
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... to his stars. When his uncle JR Jayawardene, quite unwillingly handed over the leadership of UNP to Premadasa, Ranil was not considered even for the leadership battle. Gamini Dissanayake started a bitter campaign to secure the leadership of the UNP. That struggle almost broke UNP in to two. However the grand old party managed to hide the dust under the carpet to elect Premadasa as the leader. Premadasa...
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won the Provincial council election in the Eastern Province 2008, by securing 20 seats against 15 by the main opposition the United National Party (UNP). The Jantha Vimukthi Peramua (JVP) and Tamils' Democratic National Alliance (TDNA) won one seat each. In Batticaloa district UPFA secured the power winning 6 seats. The UNP won 4 seats and TDNA one...
