President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged the international community to understand the reality and the motive of the Government’s humanitarian operations to liberate the North, in cognisance of the ‘Eastern Renaissance’ enjoyed by the Eastern polity now.
The widely circulated Observer magazine distributed with the Observer newspaper in a four page in-depth article said by targeting innocent civilians the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are fast losing whatever sympathies they had earlier.
Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, is hoping his team rediscovers the winning touch in the Asia Cup after three poor series since the 2007 World Cup.