උතුරු - දකුණු කොරියා ගැටුමකට?

උතුරු කොරියාව විසින් එහි සිටින දකුණු කොරියාවේ සංචාරකයන් හට පවසා ඇත්තේ එම රටවල් දෙක අතර ඇතිවිය හැකි යුධමය වාතාවරණය හේතුවෙන් වාහම එම රටෙන් ඉවත් වන ලෙසයි. උතුරු කොරියාව විසින් කරණ ලද න්‍යෂ්ඨික ආයුධ අත්හදා බැලීමකදින්  අනතුරුව ඔවුන්ට ආර්ථික සම්බාධක  පැනවීම හේතුවෙන් මෙම තත්වය ඇතිවීමට හේතුවී තිබේ

7 of the world's most beautiful libraries

Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Alexandria, Egypt

Bishan Public Library, Singapore

Central Library: Seattle, Washington, United States

Geisel Library, University of California: San Diego, United States

TU Delft Library: The Netherlands

Trinity College Library: Dublin, Ireland

Stuttgart City Library Stuttgart Germany

President Obama pranks America in April Fool’s Day joke

President Obama apparently likes to joke on April 1, 2013. The Commander-in-Chief has a good sense of humor and displays it on the Official White House YouTube channel Monday. The latest briefing from the White House on Monday has everyone looking at the kid president as the youngster tells the world to dance.
During the one day of the year where it is fun to joke, the arrival of the youngster on the podium is surprising and so is the noises he makes after delivering a very interesting speech. Done in good humor, it’s pretty obvious that the harmless prank will keep everyone watching closely next time the President arrives to the briefing room.
As some are wondering if this funny video is coming from the White House, the video posting definitely is on the official channel and as the live stream shows the President and First Lady hosting the live Easter egg hunt at the White House, it appears that a youngster has taken over the daily briefing of the President

North Korea to restart nuclear reactor in weapons bid

North Korea  said on Tuesday it would revive a mothballed nuclear reactor able to produce bomb-grade plutonium but stressed it was seeking a deterrent capacity and did not repeat recent threats to attack South Korea and the United States.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the crisis over North Korea had gone too far and he appealed for dialogue and negotiation to resolve the situation.
"Nuclear threats are not a game. Aggressive rhetoric and military posturing only result in counter-actions, and fuel fear and instability," Ban, a South Korean, told a news conference during a visit to Andorra.
The crisis flared after Pyongyang was hit with U.S. sanctions for conducting a third nuclear test in February and the United States and South Korea staged military drills that North Korea viewed as "hostile".
Pyongyang then threatened a nuclear strike on the United States, missile strikes on its Pacific bases and war with South Korea, prompting Washington to bolster forces in the region.
The state-owned KCNA news agency announced on Tuesday that North Korea would relaunch all nuclear facilities for both electricity and military uses.
One of the most isolated and unpredictable states in the world, North Korea carried out its third nuclear test since 2006 but is seen as some years away from producing a deliverable nuclear weapon, although it claims to have a deterrent.
A speech by the North's young leader, Kim Jong-un, given on Sunday but published in full by KCNA on Tuesday, appeared to dampen any prospect of a direct confrontation with the United States by emphasizing that nuclear weapons would ensure the country's safety as a deterrent.

Ex-president Musharraf returns

Former President Pervez Musharraf
 returned to Pakistan on Sunday after
 more than four years in exile, seeking
 a possible political comeback in defiance
 of judicial probes and death threats from 

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, center, surrounded by guards, upon his arrival to Karachi airport, Pakistan, Sunday, March 24, 2013. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ended more than four years in self-exile Sunday with a flight to his homeland, seeking a possible political comeback in defiance of judicial probes and death threats from Taliban militants.

Taliban militants.
The journey from Dubai to the southern port
 city of Karachi was intended as the first
step in his goal of rebuilding his image
 after years on the political margins.
 But the former military strongman was met by no more than a couple thousand people at the airport, who 
threw rose petals and waved flags emblazoned 
with his image — a small turnout by the standards
 of Pakistani politics and a testament to how much
 his support in the country has fallen since he was
 pushed from power in 2008.

''ජනමත විචාරණයකට යන්න !! '' ආණ්ඩුවට ජගත් බලපෑම්

ජනමත විචාරණයක් පැවැත්වීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයට බල කිරීමට අන්තර්ජාතික  ප්‍රජාව සූදානම් වේ. අමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ මූලිකත්වයෙන් කැනඩාව සහ ඔස්ටි්‍රයාව  ඇතුළු රටවල් කිහිපයක් මේ සඳහා කටයුතු කරන බවත් එය එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය හරහා සිදු කිරීම ඔවුන්ගේ සැලැසුම වී ඇති බවත්  විදේශ සේවයේ ඉහළම නිලධාරියකුට පැවැසීය. එක් එක් ජාතීන්ට වෙන් වූ වෙනම කලාප පිහිටුවීම සඳහා ජනතාවගේ ඇති කැමැත්ත මේ ජනමත විචාරණය මඟින් විමසා බැලීමට අපේක්‍ෂිත බවද එම නිලධාරියා වැඩිදුරටත් සඳහන් කෙළේය. මීට අදාළ අන්තර්ජාල  පණිවුඩයක්ද මේ දිනවල තානාපති අංශ අතර හුවමාරු වේ. තමිල්නාඩුවේ විපක්‍ෂ නායක එම්. කරුණානිධි ද මේ වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට බලපෑම් කරමින් සිටින්නේ  උතුරේ වෙනම පාලනයක් සඳහා ජනමත විචාරණයක් පවත්වන ලෙසයි. මීට පෙර උතුරු සුඩානය සහ දකුණු සුඩානය  වෙන් කරන ලද්දේ මෙවැනිම සැලැස්මක්  මඟින් බවද අදාළ නිලධාරියා වැඩිදුරටත් අවධාරණය කෙළේය.

25 countries vote with USA

At the UNHRC summit sessions election held yesterday against the 12 American proposals brought against Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka were beaten by a majority of  12 votes. Altogether 25 countries voted 13 for the American proposals while 12 voted against, while 8 countries abstained from voting..
The countries  who voted for the proposals were The United States, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, India, Benin, Costarika, Ivery,Libiya, Siriya Leon,korea, Chilly,Peru, Austria, Chech Republic .Esthonia,Monenegro,Poland,Argentina,Brazil,Rumania,Gothamala,aand Moldowa Republic.
The countries who voted for Sri Lanka against the American proposals were Venuzuela, Congo, Pakistan, Ecuador, Indonesia, Uganda, United Arabic Republic,Qatar, Moriteniya, Philippines and Thailand.
China and Russian were not entitled for voting. But they stood firm against the stand of Sri Lanka.
Our representative at the UNHRC summit Mahinda Samarasinghe that this year this happened to Sri Lanka. But next year some country would get accused and proposals would be made against them too.