07 FebWhats going on in SL?

The Hindu – Rajapaksa to announce dissolution of Parliament

AFP – Sri Lanka under fire after extends emergency rule

Express Buzz – Lanka not to allow even UN to probe war crimes

Lanka Business Online – HSBC to open in Sri Lanka former war zone: central bank

Peoples Daily – Sri Lankan leftist party to go to court on presidential poll

Late Night Live – Sri Lanka: A one family state?

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A conversation about the extraordinary political influence exerted in Sri Lanka by the newly re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family. With the long civil war over, optimists hope Rajapaksa will use his formidable mandate to heal ethnic divisions and rebuild a shattered economy.

The president is a hero to many Sinhalese for overseeing the final, brutal vanquishing of an equally brutal military opponent, and many Tamils are fearful that Sinhalese euphoria will permeate the post-war phase, at their expense.

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