09/12/2010
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BBC, BBC Tamil
The United States says that the latest amendment to Sri Lanka constitution which was passed with a huge majority by the Sri Lanka parliament has undermined the democracy in the island nation.
09/11/2010
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Vancouver Sun
A penchant for triumphalism is never an attractive or useful quality, but unfortunately it appears to be one with which Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa is overly well endowed.
09/08/2010
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednedsay passed a constitutional amendment that grants President Mahinda Rajapaksa even more unchecked power, which had prompted opposition cries of a looming dictatorship.
09/04/2010
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has attracted enough support from lawmakers to secure a two-thirds majority in parliament, enabling him to change the constitution. He has also embarked on ambitious plans to transform the nation's economy following the end of a quarter-century civil war in May 2009.
01/15/2010
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Daily Mirror
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that he would abrogate two agreements, the so called Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) signed between Velupillai Prabhakaran and Ranil Wickremesinhe in Febuary 2002 and the treacherous agreement allegedly signed by R. Sambanthan and General Sarath Fonseka last week on January 27.