- Melbourne: Vets mowed down at Anzac parade
Two members of the Ceylon Ex-service Association taking part in Melbourne's Anzac Day parade are in a critical condition after being hit by their own truck.Police confirmed that a truck had hit several pedestrians near the National... セイロン例サービス協会メルボルンのアンザックデイパレードに参加して2つのメンバーが危険な状態で自分のtruck.Policeにはねられて利用してそのトラックは国立の近くにいくつかの歩行者を襲ったことを確認した...
- Sri Lanka, no Indian Ocean paradise | Robert Mahoney
The country is trying to lure back tourists after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers, but its poor human rights record hasn't improvedBritons are again flocking to Sri Lanka. Tourist arrivals surged 47% last month from a year earlier and sun-seekers from the UK form the largest single group. That's an astounding turnaround for a country that for more than a quarter of a century had been a case study in ethnic warfare, terrorism and brutal repression.This week the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, buoyed by recent wins in presidential and parliamentary elections, marks the first anniversary of its military victory over the separatist Tamil Tigers.In the past few months Sri Lanka has been trying to burnish its image as an Indian Ocean paradise. And with some success. In January, the influential travel section of The New York Times slapped a picture of Colombo's colonial-era Galle Face hotel on its front page and put Sri Lanka at the top of its 31 Places To Go in 2010 list.And a western tourist sipping palm wine on a white sand beach or Ceylon tea in a plantation hill station might agree. The weather's balmy, the people smile, and the price is oh-so right.What visitors might not notice is that broad swaths of the mainly Tamil north and east of the country are still effectively closed military zones, and tens of thousands of Tamil civilians displaced by last year's army onslaught are still held in camps. Visitors would have a hard time finding independent reporting on these stories in the Sri Lankan media. But not to worry. So would Sri Lankans.Peace may be bringing a dividend for tourism and other business, but not for free speech. The Tamil press has long been intimidated and is extremely wary of being the first to break news critical of the government or the militar 国はタミールタイガースの敗北後、観光客を呼び戻す誘導するが、としているの劣悪な人権記録は再びスリランカに群がっているimprovedBritonsを持っていません
- From the archive: Mrs Gandhi India's Premier
Originally published on 20 January 1966NEW DELHI, JANUARY 19Mrs Indira Gandhi, aged 48, the daughter of the late Mr Nehru, became India's new Prime Minister today in succession to Mr Shastri.She was elected leader of the ruling Congress Party by a massive majority, defeating the ascetic and conservative Morarji Desai, a former Finance Minister, who was at one time thought of as Mr Nehru's logical successor.This was Mr Desai's second defeat in the battle for succession. Twenty months ago he was vanquished by Mr Shastri.As Prime Minister of 480 million Indians, Mrs Gandhi becomes the world's most powerful woman, although she must concede to Ceylon's Mrs Bandaranaike the distinction of being the first woman Prime Minister in history.Mrs Gandhi pledged herself to serve the Congress Party and the country, and declared her adherence to the path shown by Gandhi, Nehru, and Shastri. A detailed policy statement will be issued by her only next week, after her cabinet is sworn in at the end of the mourning for Mr Shastri.But she said today that she would try to consolidate the peace with Pakistan for the sake of which Mr Shastri laid down his life, and she added that India's defences would be strengthened simultaneously. Mrs Gandhi is more radical than her father, and certainly more radical that Mr Shastri. It is doubtful if there will be any sharp switch in India's foreign and economic policies, although some shift of emphasis should not be ruled out.A woman's castleFor Indira Gandhi to be elected Prime Minister of India is as easy as it would be difficult for Barbara Castle to be elected Prime Minister of Britain. In India nothing stands in the way of women going to the very top. Indeed there can be no antifeminism when some of the most powerful gods are goddesses, wo 当初1月20日1966NEWニューデリー1月19Mrsインディラガンジー、48歳で公開され、故氏はネルーの娘、インドの新首相は今日の連続で氏Shastri.Sheになった与党の指導者が圧倒的多数で、議会民主党選出されたとして氏はネルーの論理successor.This承継のための戦いで氏はサイの2番目の敗北だった禁欲的で保守的Morarji Desai氏は、元財務大臣は、一人の時間だった破ると思った
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