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Links and news Archive
June - July 2003



New harbor - turning point of life for Fuvah Mulah island in Maldives Haveeru 31 July 2003

Computers translating even better
From Uzbek to Klingon, the Machine Cracks the Code
New York Times 31 July 2003

Lachey feels lucky playing in foreign leagues
Haveeru 29 July 2003
'if players could play competitive games overseas, they could make a difference, a dramatic change.'

Al Jazeera's English website launch soon
Gulf News 30 June 2003


indian fashionindian model katrina kaif
On a rampage - The Indian fashion catwalk
The Week 3 August 2003

Paradise island in Maldives gets wireless web
BBC News 31 July 2003

18-year-old fined for downloading porn in historic Internet ruling in Maldives
Haveeru 31 July 2003

Sex education makes parents 'cringe'
Talking about the birds (and bees)
Daily News 30 July 2003
'Pre marital sex is becoming increasingly common and sexual experimentation during teenage years has simply become part of the learning experience.'

Fisheries thriving in North-East Sri Lanka after 20 years
Sunday Observer 27 July 2003

A tribute to Neelan Thiruchelvam: 'Do not glorify death... celebrate life'
Daily News 28 July 2003

The future of education in Sri Lanka - Days of Chalk and Talk are over
The Island 28 July 2003

Independence Day celebration events held at artificial beach in Malé
Haveeru 27 July 2003

Gaining Maldive independence difficult, sustaining it the hard part
Haveeru 27 July 2003

Dr. Muqtedar Khan Debates Dr. Daniel Pipes on Islam and Democracy
originally posted PBS Wide Angle 14-21 July 2003
'This debate includes topics such as Islam and modernity, women, democracy, and Shariah.'

Bride shortage fails to stop female foeticides in India
Sunday Observer 27 July 2003

Protecting nature in Sri Lanka - the arty way
The Sunday Leader 27 July 2003

Married to despair - Abandoned wives lead hopeless lives in Kerala village
The Week 27 July 2003


Price of a tuna tone rises to US$700 in world market Haveeru 21 July 2003

Children's literature plentiful but no books for youths at Maldives Book Fair
Haveeru 24 July 2003

All faiths welcome at Buddhist/Hindu/Islamic pilgrimmage centre in Sri Lanka
Pada Yatra to the Jungle God's sylvan shrine - a tradition revived
Daily News 25 July 2003

Turtle breeding project to be conducted in Gaadhoo island, Maldives
Haveeru 24 July 2003

Saving Sri Lanka dugongs from extinction – the 'mermaids' of Jaffna
Daily News 26 July 2003

Media freedom and sensationalism – reporting child sex abuse cases in Sri Lanka
Daily News 25 July 2003


Meghalaya - Where women call the cards
Sunday Observer 20 July 2003
'I asked her how she found the time to make so many intricately carved items while being a mother of three pre-school children. She shrugged and replied, "My husband looks after the children. So no problem. He also helps me to make some of these artifacts after he has finished doing the housework and put the children to sleep".'

IOMAC effort on Indian Ocean submarine fans - US sponsors workshop to plan drilling
Daily News 22 July 2003

Colombo drug addicts favour 'Chasing the dragon'
Sunday Observer 20 July 2003


Election jitters provoke arrest of journalist in Maldives
'Haleem is believed to have refused to reveal the identity of his informants and, sources allege, he was then threatened with arrest for spreading libel to incite the people against the government'...[more]


The problem of violence against women in Sri Lanka Daily News 19 July 2003

Furore over illegal kickbacks at Sri Lanka stock brokers meeting
Daily Mirror 18 July 2003

New Gan airport set to boost tourism, commerce in Addu, neighboring atolls
Haveeru 18 July 2003

Decriminalising politics for a better Sri Lanka
Daily News 16 July 2003
'No longer should politicians be invited as chief guests at various functions such as weddings, school prize-givings and sports meets. Politicians should not be upheld as role models for young children. The people should avoid politicians as though they carried a plague and instead invite more humble but worthy people to grace these functions.'

Leading Sri Lanka coconut products company in Customs net
Daily News 17 July 2003

Effective teaching of English - some observations
Daily News 15 July 2003

Major project to train teachers to teach in the English medium - Minister
Daily News 17 July 2003

Decision to re-introduce history into school curriculum praiseworthy
Daily News 15 July 2003

Pathetic state of Sinhala fiction writing
Sunday Times 13 July 2003

Home truths about violence against women
Sunday Observer 13 July 2003

Spiritually Incorrect - Religion and Satire - Buddhism with Alan Clements
Radio National (Australia) 20 July 2003
'probably the highest teaching today is for the Pope to denounce Catholicism, for the Dalai Lama to give up Tibetan Buddhism, and for all of us in the world to begin to celebrate the fundamental music called freedom: human rights, and those freedoms and human rights, and otherwise see that there may be universal principles that transcend their own theology and let us seek those higher stars, rather than staying confined in the dogma, in the narrowness, in the myopia of my special Taliban.'


Asia Watch : Indo-Pakistani ties and SAARC growth prospects Daily News 15 July 2003


El-Azhar Maldive student says genealogy is Pagan maldivesroyalfamily.com

Introducing REDIN connections
maldivesroyalfamily.com

Closing the net on investors – more Sri Lankan fishy business
The Sunday Leader 6 July 2003

Child sex abuse in Maldives – the enemy within
Haveeru 5 July 2003

2001 Colombo airport attack by LTTE – new details
Nothing can save us from the national shame, my heart is weeping
LankaWeb July 2003

Coconut producers work on joint research project
The Sunday Times 6 July 2003

Reef
The Sunday Observer 6 July 2003

The Moor weavers of Marudamunai: Changing with the times
The Sunday Observer 6 July 2003

The role of Western sexual fantasies in Christian evangelism among Moslems
Arabian night sweats
The Boston Phœnix

Islamic metaphysical literature in Tamil - some historical links
Daily News (Sri Lanka) 4 July 2003

Jaffna's crippled fisheries industry strapped for cash
TamilNet 26 June 2003


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