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	Ranil Wickremesinghe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the Presidency of Ranasinghe Premadasa, Wickremesinghe was appointed as the Minister of Industry and Leader of the House under which he initiated the Industrial reforms and established the Biyagama Special Economic Zone.
		Wickremesinghe's chances of victory had been considered good, but he lost the race to Rajapakse with a margin of 180,786 votes, the percentage difference being approximately the same as between George W. Bush and John Kerry in the U.S. presidential election, 2004.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe's defeat has been attributed by the UNP to a boycott called by the LTTE in the North and East of the island, preventing about 500,000 votes from being cast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe (1935 words)

	Lankalovers.com - NEWS SITE
		Ranil Wickramasinghe, the Leader of the United National Party and the United National Front was sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on 9th December 2001 after having won the Parliamentary General Elections.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe is the son of Esmond Wickremesinghe and Nalini Wickremesinghe.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe is married to Maithree Wickramasinghe, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of English, University of Kelaniya.
	www.lankalovers.com /whattheysay/p_prime.shtml (692 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ranil Wickremesinghe
		Thus Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks to make out that even though the package’ may now be passed into law with the support of the UNP, the UNP hopes to repeal it with the help of the PA no sooner it comes to power again if it does not result in the restoration of peace.
		She also accused Wickremesinghe and the UNP of obstructing the passage of her proposed constitutional reform which she said was the ideal remedy for the political maladies afflicting the country.
		On the contrary, what Ranil Wickremesinghe had said is that not withstanding UNP reservations on the draft reforms and the need to include the commissions in a new constitution, his party was prepared to support the government's reforms since that was the only solution available to Kumaratunga.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ranil-Wickremesinghe (594 words)

	Ranil Wickremesinghe - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Ranil Wickremasinghe (born 24 March1949) is a Sri Lankan politician.
		In December 2004 Ranil Wickremasinghe was chosen by the United National Party as its presidential candidate for Presidential election due in late 2005.
		In the presidential election, held on 17 November2005, Wickremesinghe was defeated by Mahinda Rajapaksa.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Ranil_Wickremasinghe (1768 words)

	Political (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		UNP leader and Presidential Candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe's present call to SLFP to cooperate with him after his assuming office as the next President only reminds one, of the story of a jackal seeking to protect a fowl run, states a media release by the SLFP Presidential Election Campaign Coordinator Mangala Samaraweera.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe was in the vanguard in the Naxalite Campaign against Vijaya Kumaratunga in 1982.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe, after coming in to power in 2001 destroyed the dwellings of 4000 SLFP supporters and victimised over 25,000 employees who were SLFP supporters and it is the same Ranil who now speaks of protection to SLFP supporters, stated Samaraweera's media release.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/10/27/pol02.htm (269 words)

	LankaWeb News
		Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is already fighting a losing battle for the Sri Lankan Presidency has launched a seditious campaign to split Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) vote bank.
		Wickremesinghe said he had reached consensus with Kumaratunga to arrive at a negotiated settlement but Rajapakse's alignment with extremist and nationalist forces in order to win the election had endangered the consensus.
		However, Ranil has a difficult situation to convince the public that he is a better President as he failed miserably to give the people a better condition of living during his tenure of Office as the Prime Minister.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items05/260905-1.html (547 words)

	RANIL FOR DISCUSSIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ranil Wickremesinghe said that negotiations with the LTTE can take place while the government is carrying out military operations.
		Wickremesinghe is of the view that the third party should act in the capacity of a facilitator and not as a mediator.
		Wickremesinghe in no uncertain terms that there should be no negotiations with the LTTE and the only solution to the problem is to defeat the LTTE militarily.
	www.infolanka.com /org/kalaya/new052.htm (260 words)

	TIME Magazine: Asian Heroes - Ranil Wickremesinghe
		Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was born for politics.
		And when Wickremesinghe was first elected to Parliament at the age of 28, the country's then Prime Minister was his uncle.
		More importantly, Wickremesinghe declared aloud what none of his predecessors dared admit to: that the whole 20-year mess—civil war, the Tigers, the murderous genius of their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran—could be simply explained by the fact that Sri Lanka's politicians had wrecked the country.
	www.time.com /time/asia/2003/heroes/ranil_wickremesinghe.html (429 words)

	TamilGuardian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Wickremesinghe’s tenure as Premier from December 2001 to April 2004 was beset by bitter wrangling with Mrs.
		Wickremesinghe had written to President Kumaratunga last month, soon after publishing his election manifesto, seeking a meeting with the President to discuss his proposals for the resolution of the ethnic question, the statement said.
		Wickremesinghe that her cabinet has made a unanimous decision to present the budget on the 8th of November,” the Presidential statement said.
	www.tamilguardian.com /beta/news_details.asp?newsid=301 (621 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Wickremesinghe said in the interview on "Swarnavahini" that his party will also work out a solution to the ethnic problem and put it to the people for a referendum, before bringing the proposals to be implemented through Parliament.
		It is interesting that Ranil Wickremesinghe now says that his party will work out a solution to the ethnic problem and put it to the people for a referendum, before bringing the proposals to be implemented through Parliament.
		Part of the political tragedy of this alliance is that Ranil Wickremesinghe himself is caught in the deadly vice of the LTTE from which he apparently cannot extricate himself at this stage or in the future.
	origin.sundayobserver.lk /2001/12/02/fea01.html (2667 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Because of the inaction of Ranil Wickremesinghe and his colleagues, the communal riots were allowed to spread causing the massacre of Tamils and the destruction of their property.
		Wickremesinghe was no exception for he held responsible ministries in the government that forced the Tamil parliamentarians out of the legislature and persecuted both the Sinhala and the Tamil political rivals.
		However, if Wickremesinghe's concern for peace is bona-fide, he should have consulted political parties in the South and in the North and sought the blessing of the Executive President before signing the CFA with the LTTE.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2005/11/06/fea26.html (1432 words)

	Politics - 29th April 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Wickremesinghe may well have had his strategic or astrological reasons for putting issues on hold but with the passage of time, the MPs were increasingly getting frustrated leading to them attributing motives for his inaction ranging from having a deal with the government to being scared of President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
		Wickremesinghe however said he did not have the letter and told Jayasuriya, whoever got the letter first should destroy it since it was damaging to the party.
		Understandably Wickremesinghe was not happy with this overall situation and started also inviting the Reformists for individual discussions to ascertain their problems and on meeting Karunanayake, he was specifically told the only problem he had was the slow approach to defeating the government.
	www.lanka.net /sundayleader/2001/Apr/29/politics.html (15611 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> Spotlight -> Lanka peace process -> Ranil back in Lanka; vows to reopen Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Colombo: Amid continuing power struggle, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe returned home today (Nov 7) pledging to reopen Parliament and reviving the peace process as his bitter political rival President Chandrika Kumaratunga withdrew the controversial state of emergency she had imposed two days ago.
		During his absence Kumaratunga, who is critical of Wickremesinghe's peace process with Tamil rebels, on November 5 sacked Defence, Media and Interior Ministers, prorogued the Parliament for a fortnight.
		Hours before Wickremesinghe's return to a tumultuous welcome by his supporters, the President withdrew the state of emergency.
	news.indiainfo.com /spotlight/lanka-peace/07ranil.html (219 words)

	Politics - January 30th 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		By his letter to the President, Ranil Wickremesinghe has proved himself to be one who, together with the High Command’ of the UNP finds the disintegration of the country to be a lesser evil than the disintegration of that party.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe refused to provide that majority on the grounds that the proposed constitutional changes would not usher in peace.
		Thus, although Wickremesinghe's gambit is all very well, the test of his mettle will be in his ability to make it a truly popular issue, rather than a merely academic one engendering heated debate only in the homes of Colombo 7's elite and among political wannabees.
	www.lanka.net /sundayleader/2000/Jan/30/politics.html (9610 words)

	Daily Mirror Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday met Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgessen at the London Hilton for talks which were widely expected to lead to the fixing of a date for direct negotiations with the LTTE.
		Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the European Parliament yesterday his government was looking at extensive devolution of power as in India and Britain as a solution to the country's ethnic conflict.
		Wickremesinghe told the European Parliament that though the LTTE wanted the setting up of the interim administration to be given priority at the direct talks in Thailand late next month his government would also ask that all core issues be taken up at the top.
	www.dailymirror.lk /2002/05/29/frontpage/pm.html (657 words)

	LankaWeb News
		Wickremesinghe to join the rest of the world in praising the decision of the European Union to ban the LTTE across Europe.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe entered into this ceasefire agreement at a time when the LTTE was weakened by the army’s long-range attacks.
		In the UNP manifesto Ranil Wickremesinghe is proposing to reduce the legitimate army of Sri Lanka.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items05/251005-1.html (1360 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> Lanka peace process -> Ranil to resume talks with Tigers after elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Colombo: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (Mar 24, 2004) said he wants to resume peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels within a month if his party was returned to power at next week's elections.
		Wickremesinghe said he hoped to revive the negotiations, which remain on hold since April last year and accused his rival, President Chandrika Kumaratunga of sabotaging his peace drive.
		Wickremesinghe, who also marked his 55th birthday today, said he was confident of winning the April two election.
	news.indiainfo.com /spotlight/lanka-peace/2503lanka.html (241 words)

	Epochtimes English Edition-
		Buddhist and Hindu monks were at the airport to bless Wickremesinghe, who was mobbed by journalists as he arrived at the international airport near Colombo.
		Wickremesinghe, 54, also made a brief statement first in Sinhalese and then in English for the jostling television crews and photographers.
		Wickremesinghe vowed to reopen parliament and revive the peace process which he said had been jeopardised by the presidential actions in the past three days.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/3-11-7/13703.html (462 words)

	Morality of the International Community - By H L D Mahindapala
		Ranil’s actions and his statements are based on the assumption that “the international community” is solely on his side.
		Ranil told TIME (April 17, 2002) that he knew that Prabhakaran was smuggling arms because the American Ambassador, Ashley Wills, had told him so., Informed presumably by his own intelligence reports, Ashley Wills tells Prabhakaran that it is time he stopped restocking his pile of lethal firearms.
		Ranil thinks the southern electorate is for him because he won the local government election by hiding his secret pact with the LTTE.
	www.spur.asn.au /Morality_of_the_international_community.htm (1475 words)

	Daily Mirror Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Wickremesinghe to take up this subject only has been widely commended by the private sector, which also believes in addition to policy setting he should monitor effective implementation and all ministers working as a team and held accountable to deliver results.
		Wickremesinghe has ensured that all key people are given important tasks, irrespective of whether it is at cabinet ornon-cabinet level.
		Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe only taking up the portfolio of Policy Development and Implementation is a good thing so that he can be engaged in policy setting and oversea implementation.
	www.dailymirror.lk /archives/dmr141201/business.html (2029 words)

	LankaWeb News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The LTTE chief negotiator Balasingham said it was the intervention of President Chandrika Kumaratunga of Sri Lanka that prompted Wickremesinghe’s government to renege on the de-proscription and the interim administration.
		This is a clear indication that Ranil’s administration is reneging on its original position with regard to the proposal under the influence of Kumaratunga and Kadirgamar thereby impending the peace effort." He said the pre-conditions have created an impasse in the peace process.
		Balasingham also accused Ranil Wickremesinghe of shifting his position to establish an interim administration for the Northern and Eastern provinces facilitating the LTTE to a position adopted by Chandrika and of declaring that it should be considered after finding a permanent solution to the ethnic conflict.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items02/060602-1.html (549 words)

	Kadirgamars killing will make Sri Lanka peace fragile: Ranil Wickremesinghe : South Asia News Onlypunjab.com- ...
		Wickremesinghe said despite the killing of Kadirgamar, the Chandrika Kumaratunga government has said that it wanted to carry forward the peace process and his United National Party would support the government on the issue.
		Wickremesinghe said both the government and the LTTE should evolve a solution to the vexed Tamil issue based on a federal structure in a united Sri Lanka.
		Wickremesinghe warned President Chandrika Kumaratunge that the assassination of Kadirgamar should not be exploited as a ploy to postpone the Presidential elections during the year end.
	onlypunjab.com /fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-5-newsID-28115.html (800 words)

	LankaWeb News
		Both newspapers almost repeatedly every week was warning Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that she would dissolve the parliament after one year under her Presidential powers ending the government of Ranil Wickremesinghe.
		But Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe did not seem to have heeded the advise since it was quite obvious that his government did not have the parliamentary power to muster the two thirds majority to pass an impeachment against the executive President of the country.
		But ironically, it is the Ranil Wickremesinghe government that wanted to go to the elections now if the cohabitation between them and the President did not work any longer and some of its allies leave them and join President Kumaratunga.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items02/090802-1.html (432 words)

	Sangam.org - Ilankai Tamil Sangam, USA, Inc. - The Sri Lankan Scene Peace Talks on Hold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She said her sole aim is to arrive at a consensus on several matters of national importance with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for the betterment of the country.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe told the UNP Working Committee on Friday that it is difficult to work with Chandrika Kumaratunga.
		Political analysts say Ranil Wickremesinghe’s call for an election on Saturday at the 49th National Convention of the United National Party, was intended to promote this revolt.
	www.sangam.org /articles/view?id=132 (1704 words)

	Go2Lanka: One step gateway to Sri Lanka. Latest News, update throughout the day
		Ranil Wickremesinghe did not mention what job the controversial Colombo ambassador of Norway and former head of the NGO Redd Barna in Sri Lanka prior to that is going to take up in Norway after the very powerful position he held in Colombo.
		But Wickremesinghe praised him as a person who was having “unrivalled experience of the ground realities in Sri Lanka.” The opposition groups also accused him as a person directly linked to the separatist activities of the LTTE during his time as the chief of the Redd Barna in Sri Lanka.
		Ranil Wickremesinghe argued in his reply to the President that this was the first time the LTTE radio broadcasts are going to operate under a government license.
	www.go2lanka.com /stories/040103a.html (416 words)

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