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Crisis dampens Lanka's economic hopes
gulf-daily-news.com,
2 February 2004 .
Sri Lanka was aiming to be Asia's new economic tiger after sealing a truce with Tamil rebels, but a deepening political crisis is pushing the country into economic trouble as the flow of foreign aid slows down, economists warn.The island's private sector united last week to urge the president and the prime minister, who are from rival parties, to end their power struggle, revive a peace process with Tamil Tiger rebels and get the economy back on track.The Joint Business Forum comprising key figures from industry and trade said the political rivalry which came to head when President Chandrika Kumaratunga sacked three ministers on November 4 was undermining economic growth.
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Published: Mon Feb 2 02:36:21 EST 2004
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The BBC Perceived As an Ally of the LTTE
aljazeerah.info,
Feb2 ,2004 .
John Pilger in his column in the New Statesman (8th December.2003) ‘’The
John Pilger in his column in the New Statesman (8th December.2003) ‘’The BBC and Iraq: Myth and Reality’’ leaves no doubt in the mind of the reader that the BBC is continuing the policy of the first Director general John Reith ‘recorded in his diaries ‘’ that impartiality was a principle to be suspended whenever the established order and its consensus were threatened.’’ It is indeed ironic that in the1920 s at the beginning of this broadcasting initiative Reid had a vision of an independent impartial broadcasting service unlike the system existing in the USSR at the time controlled by the state and that in the
John Pilger in his column in the New Statesman (8th December.2003) ‘’The BBC and Iraq: Myth and Reality’’ leaves no doubt in the mind of the reader that the BBC is continuing the policy of the first Director general John Reith ‘recorded in his diaries ‘’ that impartiality was a principle to be suspended whenever the established order and its consensus were threatened.’’ It is indeed ironic that in the1920 s at the beginning of this broadcasting initiative Reid had a vision of an independent impartial broadcasting service unlike the system existing in the USSR at the time controlled by the state and that in the USA driven and protected by the commercial world.
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Published: Mon Feb 2 17:13:05 EST 2004
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Sri Lankan PM denies breakdown of consensus talks, XINHUA
Associated Press,
Mon February 2, 2004 12:01 EST .
- - The news of the committee resuming its work has thawed speculation that Kumaratunga may dissolve parliament and opt for a snap parliamentary election. Her Sri Lanka - Freedom Party entered a political alliance with the main leftist party the JVP or People's Liberation Front last month. The former rebel group has brought pressure on Kumaratunga to call fresh elections four years ahead of schedule by dissolving the Parliament. The new political alliance called United People's Freedom Alliance has been broadened with four more political parties joining in on Monday. Copyright 2004 XINHUA all rights reserved as distributed by WorldSources, Inc.
Published: Mon Feb 2 13:06:13 EST 2004
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