Jeremy Page, South Asia Correspondent , UK Times
"...The Rajapaksa brothers control more than 70 per cent of the Sri Lanka budget, according to local economists. “Put it this way: it’s getting pretty hard to say no to the President,” one Western diplomat said. ..."
The British head of Sri Lankan Airlines faces dismissal after the national carrier refused to bump passengers off a flight from London to make way for the President of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Government, which owns 51 per cent of the airline, said yesterday that it was cancelling a work permit for Peter Hill, who has been the carrier’s chief executive, based in Colombo, for eight years. It cited the airline’s refusal to clear 35 seats for Mahinda Rajapaksa and his entourage on a flight from London via the Maldives to Colombo on December 13.

While delivering the Chancellor's Human Rights Lecture at University of Melbourne, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy,Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict argued the need of "Responsibility to Protect " and said "As I speak to you, I remember this young Palestinian boy. His father was killed, he had lived a lifetime in a refugee camp, he had to go through a wall to go to school, his head was filled with diverse conflicting emotions, and yet he was playful. And at the end of our conversation he sidled up to me with a grin and said, “Madam, why does the UN talk so much and do so little?” I hope the international community’s implementation of concepts like the Responsibility to Protect in a fair and responsible manner will enable me to return to Palestine and face that young man again.

A Melbourne man has been sentenced to 27 years' jail for the murder of his parents-in-law.
Sarath Laksham Hettiarachchi killed Sammy and Iranganie Perera at his Hallam home, south-east of Melbourne, on March 7 last year by stabbing them to death.He must serve a minimum of 22 years.Handing down the sentence, Supreme Court Justice Betty King said Hettiarachchi, 47, had conducted the killings in a "savage and agitated manner" and shown no remorse.The court heard Hettiarachchi's wife Badrakanthi watched helplessly as her husband stabbed her father, who was nursing his four-month-old granddaughter and then went on to attack her mother.

Stg: Ajith, Nayanthara, Pirabu, Rahman and others
Screening details:
Friday  14th Dec 2007 at 8:00pm
Saturday 15th Dec 2007 at 8:00pm
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Tharisanam Tamil TV, number one Tamil Television Channel amoung Tamil diaspora around the globe today announced, "..due to hundres of requests from tamil community around the world, Tharisanam TV will be, Free to Air till 28th Nov 2007 Mid Night." For more details viewers are asked to contcat, (Australia/New Zealand) , (Europe) or Website http://www.tharisanam.tv/.

பிரிகேடியர் சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன் அவர்கள் உட்பட அவரோடு விரச்சாவைத்தழுவிய மாவீரர்களுக்கு அவுஸ்திரேலிய மெல்பேர்னில் வணக்கநிகழ்வு

பிரிகேடியர் சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன் உள்ளிட்ட 6 மாவீரர்களுக்கும் மற்றும் அனுராதபுரத்தில் வீரச் சாவைத்தழுவிய 21 மாவீரர்களுக்கும் அஞ்சலி செலுத்துமுகமாகவும் அத்துடன் ஸ்ரீலங்கா அரசினால்  அம் மாவீரர்களின் வித்துடல்களை மிகவும் கீழ்த்தரமான முறையில் கேவலப்படுத்திய செயலை கண்டிக்கும் முகமாகவும் நேற்று செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை மாலை மெல்பேர்ண் ஸ்கோர்ஸ்பீ சென். ஜூட் ஆலய மண்டபத்தில் வீர வணக்க நிகழ்வு நடைபெற்றது.

Melbourne Tamils to pay homage to slain Tamil Peace Negotiator S P Tamil Selvan 06th Nov 2007

The Socialist Party has just received information that the Prime Minister John Howard will be in Fitzroy, Melbourne on Wednesday as part of his election campaign.We have thus organised an emergency rally to protest against his presence.The details of the protest are: Meet at 11.45am Wednesday October 17th at St Mary’s House of Welcome 165 Brunswick St. Fitzroy. The Socialist Party has just received information that the Prime Minister John Howard will be in Fitzroy, Melbourne on Wednesday as part of his election campaign.We have thus organised an emergency rally to protest against his presence.The details of the protest are: Meet at 11.45am Wednesday October 17th at St Mary’s House of Welcome 165 Brunswick St. Fitzroy.

Australia - Tamil Competition 2007 Winners & Photos - By Australian Society of Graduate Tamils

Lt Col Thileepan 20th Year Rememberance Day in Melbourne

PROTAM a grass root level Australian Tamil Organisation lead by prominent Tamil Community leaders and professionals,urges all concerned Australian Tamils to provide moral and financial support to Aruran Vinayagamoorthy, Sivarajah Yathavan and Arumugam Rajeevan who are charged with so called Terror Charges. Defence Lawers for Tamil Community Workers Aruran, Yathavan and Rajeevan, Robert Stary and Associates,  in a letter addressed to Tamil Community, confirmed that it is completely lawful and legitimate to financially support the legal process which has international significance. Australian authorities are relying on ‘intelligence’ and assurances provided by Sri Lankan agencies. In fact, in the first bail hearing, the prosecution argued that it will rely on evidence provided by the Sri Lankan Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Army and Police chiefs. The Sri Lankan foreign ministry is on record saying that they have been actively “encouraging” Australian authorities.