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Poll fever grips Tamil Nadu
[ The Hindu ] [ 15:26 GMT, Sep. 11, 2005 ]
Election fever has gripped political parties in Tamil Nadu which is scheduled to go to Assembly polls in May next year. The parties, mainly ruling AIADMK and Opposition DMK, have started their election work in right earnest with top leaders interacting with party cadres and setting up booth committees. However, both parties are keeping their fingers crossed as popular Tamil film actor Vijaykant, is making his entry into politics in the assembly polls. He has already announced that his party, to be floated on September 14 at a conference at Madurai, would not have any truck with other parties and would contest the polls on its own. MDMK chief Vaiko, is now on a state-wide tour, collecting funds for the party to face polls. He had said his party would go to the polls in alliance with the DMK and that there was no question of joining the AIADMK whose government had imprisoned him under POTA.
No recognition to Karuna - SLMM
[ Sunday Observer ] [ 15:38 GMT, Sep. 11, 2005 ]
Ceasefire monitors yesterday insisted on their right to meet the renegade Karuna faction, but said such meetings did not confer recognition of the LTTE's breakaway group, nor do they justify the activities of the group. "I say in clear terms that we reserve the right to meet anyone, whose activities have an impact on the practical implementation of the CFA," Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission Chief Hagrup Haukland told the Sunday Observer. "Such meetings are crucial for the implementation of the CFA. But it does not mean that we recognize them or activities of these individuals," he said. Haukland said ceasefire monitors had met some members of the Karuna cadres a few weeks back in Welikanda "to know what they are doing there".
LTTE official journal launched on Internet
[ TamilNet ] [ 22:20 GMT, Sep. 11, 2005 ]
Viduthalaipulikal" - the LTTE journal has been made available on the Internet as from Sunday. A complete set of the Tamil journal dating back from 1984 is now accessible on the Internet for readers, according to LTTE sources in Kilinochchi. The latest issue of the July-August discusses extensively the current political situation in the island, the emergency laws, the "bewildered state" of the Kumaratunga government, upstaging of Mahinda Rajapakse on the southern political arena, resurgence of the spirit of the Tamil nationalism in the Vavuniya Proclamation and the predicament of the paramilitary forces, among the rest. The availability of "Viduthalaipulikal" on the Internet provides an insight into the official stand of the LTTE on various topics affecting the Tamil nation and the island of Sri Lanka, the sources added.
US pauses to recall 9/11 attacks
[ BBC ] [ 22:30 GMT, Sep. 11, 2005 ]
A memorial service to mark the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US has been held at the former site of New York's World Trade Center. The names of the 2,749 victims of the Twin Towers attack were read out by their brothers and sisters. The ceremony paused for a minute's silence at 0846 (1246 GMT) when the first plane hit the north tower. In New Orleans, New York police helping with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina held their own ceremony. After a memorial service held in the disaster zone, the officers - all volunteers - will return to patrolling the French Quarter and other districts of New Orleans.
[ The Hindu ] [ 15:26 GMT, Sep. 11, 2005 ]
Election fever has gripped political parties in Tamil Nadu which is scheduled to go to Assembly polls in May next year. The parties, mainly ruling AIADMK and Opposition DMK, have started their election work in right earnest with top leaders interacting with party cadres and setting up booth committees. However, both parties are keeping their fingers crossed as popular Tamil film actor Vijaykant, is making his entry into politics in the assembly polls. He has already announced that his party, to be floated on September 14 at a conference at Madurai, would not have any truck with other parties and would contest the polls on its own. MDMK chief Vaiko, is now on a state-wide tour, collecting funds for the party to face polls. He had said his party would go to the polls in alliance with the DMK and that there was no question of joining the AIADMK whose government had imprisoned him under POTA.
No recognition to Karuna - SLMM
[ Sunday Observer ] [ 15:38 GMT, Sep. 11, 2005 ]
Ceasefire monitors yesterday insisted on their right to meet the renegade Karuna faction, but said such meetings did not confer recognition of the LTTE's breakaway group, nor do they justify the activities of the group. "I say in clear terms that we reserve the right to meet anyone, whose activities have an impact on the practical implementation of the CFA," Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission Chief Hagrup Haukland told the Sunday Observer. "Such meetings are crucial for the implementation of the CFA. But it does not mean that we recognize them or activities of these individuals," he said. Haukland said ceasefire monitors had met some members of the Karuna cadres a few weeks back in Welikanda "to know what they are doing there".
LTTE official journal launched on Internet
[ TamilNet ] [ 22:20 GMT, Sep. 11, 2005 ]
Viduthalaipulikal" - the LTTE journal has been made available on the Internet as from Sunday. A complete set of the Tamil journal dating back from 1984 is now accessible on the Internet for readers, according to LTTE sources in Kilinochchi. The latest issue of the July-August discusses extensively the current political situation in the island, the emergency laws, the "bewildered state" of the Kumaratunga government, upstaging of Mahinda Rajapakse on the southern political arena, resurgence of the spirit of the Tamil nationalism in the Vavuniya Proclamation and the predicament of the paramilitary forces, among the rest. The availability of "Viduthalaipulikal" on the Internet provides an insight into the official stand of the LTTE on various topics affecting the Tamil nation and the island of Sri Lanka, the sources added.
US pauses to recall 9/11 attacks
[ BBC ] [ 22:30 GMT, Sep. 11, 2005 ]
A memorial service to mark the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US has been held at the former site of New York's World Trade Center. The names of the 2,749 victims of the Twin Towers attack were read out by their brothers and sisters. The ceremony paused for a minute's silence at 0846 (1246 GMT) when the first plane hit the north tower. In New Orleans, New York police helping with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina held their own ceremony. After a memorial service held in the disaster zone, the officers - all volunteers - will return to patrolling the French Quarter and other districts of New Orleans.