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Indians Mourn Death of Astronaut Kalpana Chawla
Jim Teeple, VOA,
01 Feb 2003, 18:55 UTC.
Indians are expressing shock at the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and the first Indian-born woman to travel in space, 41-year-old astronaut Kalpana Chawla. Senior Indian officials said they were saddened by the loss of the shuttle, and offered condolences to Kalpana Chawla's family.
Speaking just prior to the shuttle Columbia's launch last month, Kalpana Chawla said she was awed by space travel. "Just looking at earth, looking at the stars during the night part of earth; just looking at our planet roll by and the speed at which it goes by and the awe that it inspires; just so many such good thoughts come to your mind when you see all that," she said. "Doing it again is like living a dream, a good dream once again."
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Published: Sat Feb 1 16:06:58 EST 2003
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ASK DR. SWAMY!
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Dr. Subramanian Swamy
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ANSWERS 1-24 NOW AVAILABLE
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The Lanka Academic is delighted to announce its next guest in its
series of Q & A sessions: Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President,
Janata Party, India. We are indeed gratified by his appearence at The
Lanka Academic to answer questions from our readers.
We hope our readers would avail themselves of this opportunity to
educate themselves on the Indian perspective on the on-going peace
process and the other developments in all spheres of politics
with respect to India and Sri Lanka.
Submit your questions for Dr. Swamy and view his answers here. As usual, we will forward your questions to him
in batches and will post the answers as they arrive.
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Seven Hundred fifty cases of child recruitment yet to be resolved- UNICEF
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
SLT 4.30 p.m Saturday 1 February.
Executive Director of UNICEF, Carol Bellamy said today that 750 cases of
child recruitment have been reported to the UNICEF and the cases are yet to
be resolved. LTTE has released 350 children to their families since November
2001. She said that UNICEF was prepared to assist children and reunite them
with their families and to extend other support. Addressing a media
conference at the end of a three day visit to Sri Lanka Bellamy said,
There are no guarantees in life and I cannot assure if the assurance the
LTTE gave us would be met. But, we are hopeful and we could consider it as a
positive sign." Bellamy believed that the LTTE has to involve children as a
part of the peace process. She added, " You cannot have peace unless you
take children in to account. You got to invest in children and we must give
children an opportunity to fully participate in this peace process. Guns
have been silenced for some time in Sri Lanka and it has helped children."
Bellamy announced that LTTE's Thamil Chelvam agreed to meet with the UNICEF
immediately after the 5th round of peace talks in Berlin to set out the
concrete steps to implement LTTE's commitment to ensure no children are
recruited to their armed forces and to release children who have
participated in armed combat. During her 3 days visit to the island Bellamy
held meetings with President Chandrika Kumaratunge, Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremasinghe, Minister of Health and Education in Colombo. She also met
with LTTE's political wing leader Thamil Chelvam and visited Killinochci.
Published: Sat Feb 1 05:36:04 EST 2003
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Sri Lankan PM renews call for opposition cooperation for peace
Nothern Light,
Friday, January 31, 2003 10:49 PM EST .
COLOMBO, Feb 1, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has renewed his call for cooperation of the opposition for the success of the ongoing Norwegian-brokered peace process. "Peace is not only for me. It is for the whole country and therefore, there is a need for the involvement of all as we all are stake holders in this vital process," he was quoted by official Daily News as telling the Parliament on Friday. He urged the opposition not to miss this opportunity. "There will be no other bus waiting for us," he noted.
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Published: Sat Feb 1 01:59:54 EST 2003
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Analysis: Sri Lanka's child soldiers
