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	Mahinda Rajapaksa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Percy Mahendra 'Mahinda' Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945) is the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and a Sri Lankan politician.
		Rajapaksa was born to Sinhalese Buddhist parents in Weeraketiya in the southern rural District of Hambantota.
		Rajapaksa was chosen in front of Anura Bandaranaike, brother of Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, as the Presidential Candidate of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party for the Presidential Election held on November 17, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa (1003 words)

	President of Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rajapaksa was Minister for Labour and for Fisheries in President Kumaratunga's Cabinet from 1994 to 2001.
		For the November 2005 Presidential election Mahinda Rajapaksa was chosen as the Presidential Candidate of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party for the election held on 17 November 2005, when his candidature was approved by 25 political parties and people’s movements.
		Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the fifth Executive President of the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on the 19th of November 2005, after being elected President with a majority that endorsed his manifesto in a closely contested and peaceful election.
	www.presidentsl.org /data/about.htm (676 words)

	LankaWeb News
		Mahinda Rajapaksa, a lawyer who practiced mostly at Tangalle courts in the deep south of the country won the recent general elections obtaining the most number of preferential votes in Hambantota electoral district receiving 107, 603 votes.
		Mahinda Rajapaksa, was first elected to Sri Lanka’s parliament from the seat of Beliatta, in 1970, becoming the youngest member of parliament ever elected at the age of 24.
		Mahinda proved to be a remarkably successful Minister of Labour, despite suffering a major setback in being unable to bring his brainchild, the Worker’s Charter, into law.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items04/060404-1.html (1151 words)

	Politics of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections were held on April 04 and the new Parliament convened on April 23 and elected Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister.
		Mahinda Rajapaksa was nominated the SLFP candidate and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe UNP candidate.
		The Election was held on November 17, 2005, and Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected the fifth Executive President of Sri Lanka with a 50.29% of valid votes, compared to Ranil Wickremesinghe's 48.43%.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Sri_Lanka (2039 words)

	Prime Minister of Sri Lanka - About Mahinda Rajapaksa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mahinda Rajapaksa became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in April 2004.
		Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed to the post of the opposition Leader in March 2002.
		It has been written of Mahinda Rajapaksa, “If there walks on this earth today a man whose heart beats as one with the workers of the world, that man is this man.” Mahinda is a leader with his finger firmly on the pulse of the people.
	www.primeminister.gov.lk /about.htm (920 words)

	Mahinda ends Bandaranaike era in SLFP: South Asia : Hindustan Times.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thus, President Rajapaksa became the President of the SLFP, replacing Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, a scion of the Bandaranaike family and the President of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005.
		Justifying the change, Rajapaksa said that it was impossible from him to function politically, if the office of the Sri Lankan President and the Presidency of the SLFP were not combined in one person.
		Rajapaksa mentioned the hurt that the amendment could have caused to people like Ratnasiri Wickramanayake and said that the change was not against them but was in the interest of the best interests of the party.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/7598_1732195,000500020002.htm (749 words)

	::: Welcome to MahindaRajapaksa.com :::
		Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa sent a condolence message to Palestine Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia on the death of Palestine President Yasser Arafat.
		Mahinda Rajapaksa calls on the Hon Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on July 19, 2004.
		Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa declares opens the ‘e-Society 2004’ National IT Conference in Colombo on 10th of August 2004 in Colombo.
	www.mahindarajapaksa.com /press/index.php (624 words)

	Interview with Comrade Wimal Weerawansa, the Propaganda Secretary of the JVP
		He is a much sought after speaker at public rallies in support of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s candidacy, due to his ability to keep an audience spellbound with his impeccable Sinhala oratory.
		Therefore, PM Mahinda Rajapaksa or any of the parties and people’s organizations that support him, have no interest in driving this nation, that is already facing a war due to ethnicity, into another clash based on religion.
		There is a body of opinion that a major burden that Mahinda Rajapaksa has to carry today and what could be an obstacle to his victory, is his alliance with the JVP and JHU, which they consider as being Sinhala communalists or nationalists.
	www.jvpsrilanka.com /interview/interview_with_wimal_nov_bt.htm (5848 words)

	Long trek from Weeraketiya to President’s House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		President Rajapaksa’s uncle (D.M.) and father (D.A.) are known to have championed the cause of the Ruhuna peasants.
		The late D.A. Rajapaksa was a political ally and close associate of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and joined him in the historical crossover from the UNP in 1951 to form the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
		Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 13th Prime Minister on April 6th, 2004, which he held with distinction till November 21, 2005.
	www.lankaeverything.com /vinews/politics/20060306162525.php (1455 words)

	Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rajapaksa noted that Puttalam District symbolized Sri Lanka's ethnic and religious harmony since the Muslim majority (50 percent) lived in friendship and brotherhood with the Sinhala (30 percent) and the Tamil communities (20 percent).
		Prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksha participating at a religious ceramony held in Kandasami Kovil at Mawadipuram in Jaffna.
		Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse in his Deepavali Message wishes all Sri Lankans a bright life free from the gloomy clouds of injustice, inequity and rancour on the occasion of celebrating Deepavali today.
	www.mahindarajapaksa.net (331 words)

	The Lanka Academic, the official newspaper of LAcNet
		Mahinda Rajapaksa (56) is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
		At the end it is not they but the people who decide who their President will be: And as for candidates,it is the party that finally decides, and competition for leadership within a party is always a sign of health and not of sickness.
		Dear Mahinda, Sri Lankans have lost faith in all politicians be it red blue or green.What would you do as the leader of the opposition to restore the citizens faith in the politicians and by it the democratic traditions of the country.
	www.lacnet.org /the_academic/chat/QA_Mahinda.shtml (4606 words)

	In The Media - President says truce holds, warns LTTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		President Mahinda Rajapaksa has declared that the ceasefire is still in place and his Government respected it but warned Tiger guerrillas his patience should not be misconstrued as weakness.
		President Rajapaksa said the people have given him a solemn mandate to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka.
		President Rajapaksa’s remarks came as defence and security authorities examined tougher measures to strengthen security countrywide in the wake of LTTE attacks.
	www.peaceinsrilanka.org /InsideNews/news.asp?newsID=5718 (386 words)

	indi.ca » War and Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mahinda proved to be a remarkably successful Minister of Labour, despite suffering a major setback in being unable to bring his brainchild, the Worker’s Charter, into law… He also created the Vocational Training Authority to recognize the rising need of unemployed youth.
		This is the assumption in the manifesto of Mahinda the Seventh.
		Mahinda tried to handle the situation but CBK took everything under control as soon as she landed here.(the entire operation room was shifted from PM’s office and located in president’s office).
	indi.ca /2005/11/war-and-peace (11383 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Mahinda
		Rajapaksa, Mahinda RAJAPAKSA, MAHINDA [Rajapaksa, Mahinda] see Rajapakse, Mahinda.
		Rajapakse, Mahinda RAJAPAKSE, MAHINDA [Rajapakse, Mahinda], 1945-, Sri Lankan political leader.
		Devoted to conservation: scientists in Sri Lanka have drawn inspiration from history and teamed up with Buddhist monks in an attempt to spread environmental awareness and to put into practice a progressive form of forest management.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Mahinda (279 words)

	BBCSinhala.com
		Rajapaksa petitioned to the Supreme Court to halt the probe
		The Chief Justice made these observations when a petition by Mahinda Rajapaksa against the probe by the CID was taken into consideration.
		Rajapaksa told the parliament that the cabinet was aware of the existence of the private fund.
	www.bbc.co.uk /sinhala/news/story/2006/01/060130_helping_hambantota.shtml (345 words)

	A narrow victory
		Mahinda Rajapakse wins the hard-fought presidential election in Sri Lanka mainly owing to a polarised electorate and a boycott by Tamil voters in the northeastern electoral districts.
		The country, he said, was polarised into "those who voted for me, for Mahinda, and those who could not vote".
		While he spoke in Sinhala, a Tamil interpreter was at the other end of the dais rendering a sentence-by-sentence translation of the President's speech into Sri Lanka's other national language.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2225/stories/20051216000406000.htm (1379 words)

	My Thoughts
		This being the evolving scenario, President Rajapaksa is being pushed by the LTTE out of his “on my conditions only” scheme, to agree for Oslo talks with a much firmer hold than what they would have had with Wickramasinghe winning.
		Thank God Mahinda Rajapaksa was voted as President by the very intelligent Sinhala Buddhist voters, as advised by the JVP and the JHU Buddhist monks.
		Mahinda Rajapaksa the President would come back victorious, having tamed the world’s most ruthless terrorist within a united Sri Lanka, a savage but meritorious challenge no other leader could never accomplish all these decades.
	kusalperera.blogspot.com (6078 words)

	Go2Lanka: One Step Gateway to Sri Lanka. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In two letters addressed to them Rajapaksa said that he was demanding an emergency debate in the parliament to discuss the urgent security concerns of the country arising out of the temporary withdrawal of the terrorist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from the peace negotiations it was holding with the government.
		Leader of Sri Lanka’s official opposition in the parliament, Mahinda Rajapaksa said in a statement the LTTE was withdrawing temporary from the peace discussions only to bring tremendous pressure on the government to accept some of their demands, which were otherwise difficult for them to make anybody to accept.
		Rajapaksa said, this was a direct result of the way the government was conducting business with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam so far, and it was time up for the government to conduct the way the opposition and the President was proposing to have business with the terrorist group, to avoid such tricky situations.
	www.go2lanka.com /stories/230403.html (602 words)

	Threat to Mahinda is from Chandrika : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The deals, she told Rajapaksa from her camp in New York, had compromised the basic principles of the SLFP on the ethnic issue.
		He has blamed Rajapaksa's opportunistic alliance with the JVP and JHU for scuttling the emergence of a national consensus on these core issues and thwarting the progress of the country.
		However, Rajapaksa is finding it difficult to convince the Tamils and other minorities that he will not dance to the tune of the Sinhala nationalist JVP and JHU.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/7752_1494658,004100180006.htm (1728 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mahinda is on the way to the victory by this time, Sri Lanka Presidential Election 2005 Polls ended peacefully.
		Mahinda Chinthana suggest a society that is different to what we are living in.
		Mahinda was able to build a National Consensus for his principals.
	www.mahinda4srilanka.org /uniportal/web/index.asp?mi=79&xp=2473&xi=3235&xl=3&o=1&t=0 (975 words)

	Bahrain Tribune Daily Newspaper, Bahrain
		In a desperate attempt to win the elections (likely between November 16 and 21), Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has signed agreements with the right wing-chauvinist religious party led by Buddhist monks and the Sinhalese Marxist People’s Liberation Front (JVP), conceding to their demands in return of support.
		The two main candidates — Rajapaksa and his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe — are waiting for the elections commissioner to formally invite nominations and announce the poll date before publishing their manifestos which are in turn keenly awaited by investors.
		Rajapaksa is closely linked to labour unions and against privatising key state enterprises.
	www.bahraintribune.com /ArticleDetail.asp?CategoryId=4&ArticleId=82363 (537 words)

	Sri Lanka - Permanent Mission to the United Nations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the scene and the victims of the claymore attack of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam {LTTE) clearly targeting the innocent civilians travelling on a SLTB bus in the morning hours.
		President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in keeping with the pledge made upon assumption of office to accord priority to the promotion and protection of human rights in the country, today announced the appointment of new members of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
		President Rajapaksa has pledged to enact a human rights Charter and has created a new Ministry for Human Rights with a mandate to undertake the task of the promotion and protection of human rights in keeping with Sri Lanka's national and international obligations.
	un.cti.depaul.edu /cgi-bin/spider.py?_request=0&country=Sri_Lanka (2574 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Sri Lanka: Summary of the Cabinet decisions - 08 Jun 2006
		Chama;l Rajapaksa to appoint officers of the Consumer Affairs Authority to implement the Regulation of Fertilizer Act.
		The Cabinet has granted approval to a Memorandum submitted by H.E. the President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the provision of full pension benefits to the service personnel who have been medically boarded out due to disability caused as a result of operational duties, terrorist activities or law enforcement duties.
		The Cabinet has granted approval to a Memorandum submitted by H.E. the President Mahinda Rajapaksa to increase the duty rate from 2.5 percent to 6 percent on import of wheat grain and to exempt duty on import of construction machinery.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6QLHUV?OpenDocument (1100 words)

	News Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		President Mahinda Rajapaksa has issue directions to the Heads of the Armed Forces and Police Force to enable the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sri Lanka to exercise and perform its duties and functions by ensuring the fundamental rights of persons arrested or detained are respected.
		President Rajapaksa instructed government officials to ensure that the daily activities of the civilians in the North and East are not hampered and essential items to North and East move without restrictions.
		President Mahinda Rajapaksa told Ambassador Richard A Boucher, US for South and Central Asia that he was committed to a negotiated solution to the ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka, and would call on the All Party Conference that meets tomorrow (June 2) to work out suitable proposals for devolution of power to achieve this end.
	www.priu.gov.lk /news_update/newsupdate.html (3397 words)

	INDOlink - Analysis - Its “no war, no peace” in Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One is the “Throne Speech” made by new Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, outlining the policy statement of his government at the opening session of Parliament on 25 November 2005.
		Rajapaksa in his speech says that he would strive for safeguarding Sri Lanka's sovereignty, territorial integrity, unitary nature of the state and the people's national identity, in a pluralistic system for the maximum devolution of power within an undivided sovereign democratic republic.
		Analyzing the speeches of Mahinda Rajapaksa and V Prabhakaran suggest that both the leaders face an irreconcilable dilemma that could not be resolved.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=120905063103 (1299 words)

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