Sri Lanka catching up or down makes no difference. You feel that this Indian team is going to lead cricket ratings, rankings, placings, standings what ever you want to call it.
Britain made clear its discontent over Sri Lanka's treatment of Tamil refugees last night by abstaining from a vote at the International Monetary Fund to give $2.4bn (?1.46 bn) to the country.
The abstention, the first by the UK since 2004, signals the degree of unease in London over the handling of the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka following the government's recent victory in its civil war against the Tamil Tigers. The US, Germany and France also abstained.
Hundreds of thousands of Tamils fled the north-east of the country earlier this year when the government launched an offensive against the Tamil Tigers that ended with the final capture of the group's last hideout and the killing of its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in May. Some 280,000 people, almost exclusively Tamils, are still being held in detention camps by the government despite condemnation from humanitarian and aid groups.
Stephen Timms, the financial secretary to the Treasury, said in a letter to MPs last night that Britain "remain[s] concerned with the humanitarian situation in the internally displaced people's camps.
"We support the UN's recent call for the government of Sri Lanka to develop a comprehensive resettlement strategy for IDPs, to allow them to return home as soon as possible."
Timms also called on Sri Lanka to honour its commitment to allow all the Tamil refugees to return to the north within 180 days.
The British abstention was more symbolic than practical in that the IMF loan
Re: What is India's Stand on this issue???
by TamilPro on Jul 25, 2009 11:55 AM
"To this end, the government has formulated an ambitious programme aimed at restoring fiscal and external viability and addressing the significant reconstruction needs of the conflict-affected areas."
The British position remains sceptical of that view. Timms said that in London's view the likelihood of a Sri Lankan default had diminished in recent weeks.
The condition inside the detention camps is hard to gauge precisely because of the lack of access for journalists, humanitarian workers or monitors. There have been reports of rampant disease in some of the larger concentrations of Tamils, with water-borne illnesses such as diarrhoea claiming a further terrible toll.
The last remaining outside agency with access to the area in which the fighting occurred, the International Committee of the Red Cross, has itself come under pressure in recent days from the Sri Lankan government to quit the north-east on the grounds that the war is now over.
Re: What is India's Stand on this issue???
by TamilPro on Jul 25, 2009 11:55 AM
The British abstention was more symbolic than practical in that the IMF loan will go ahead in any case. It was approved by the IMF executive board in Washington last night, with $322 million to be made available to the Sri Lanka immediately and the rest flowing subject to quarterly reviews by the fund.
Sri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, appealed for IMF help in February arguing that it faced a financial crunch brought about by the combination of declining exports and foreign disinvestments in government bonds.
Britain and the US pressed for that request to be put on hold during the Sri Lankan army offensive which led to a heavy toll in civilian lives.
On Tuesday the head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said the time had come to put concerns about the loan to one side. He said: "The end of the conflict provides Sri Lanka with a unique opportunity to undertake economic reform and reconstruction, which would be key to laying the basis for higher economic growth in the years ahead.
Re: What is India's Stand on this issue???
by TamilPro on Jul 25, 2009 11:59 AM
Any one knew what stand India took on this issue...i could not find it on the web...mostly i think these fella's would be the first to vote to grant the loan...
Re: Re: Re: What is India's Stand on this issue???
by Vishwanathan Anand on Jul 25, 2009 01:15 PM
lanka patriot u seem to be a PAK-PATRIOT..... sitting in POK and spreading venom in Indian chat rooms.... I must ask u how does it feel when ur poor, lawless, uncultured & beegger country is helped by Americans to make u guys have food 2 times a day. U must be a proud Paki, I am sure
Re: Re: Re: What is India's Stand on this issue???
by speaktome on Jul 25, 2009 01:26 PM
its very unfortunate that such a topic is brought into an article that speaks abt sports. since its started, i would like to ask my pro lankan-tamil friends, would they give a seperate district to kannadigas or goltis(andhra)people in tn, since the max population is from that community or place??? fight for equal right, not for a separate country or state. May be i'm wrong in understanding the lankan tamils feelings, but atleast, people from cuddalore, i can gaurantee 90% never show any interest in these lankan wars etc. I hav lot of frnds from tn and my wife is from cuddalore dist, but they are never pro or against lankan tamilians. so, i request fellow boarders not to separate TN, we all are from one country & TN is part of it. so, don't spread hatred here.
Lanka patriot sir, please note that whatever the money you received from india, has the tamilians pension & tax funds in it. so, pls do not seperate us taking our own money.
Re: Re: Re: Re: What is India's Stand on this issue???
by Indian on Jul 25, 2009 05:04 PM
I don't hate Tamils....they as much as Indian as I am....They have their own culture and I respect them as Human Being...I have been to Tamil Nadu many times n let me tell these guys r very innocent and soft hearted and thats why they r used in a wrong manner by politicians like VAIKO etc
there should be world cup for test cricket also. then it will also become popular like twenty 20. even if it takes 3 or 4 months to complete there should be a world cup. just like ranji trophy format the world cup for tests format should be modified.
Re: Re: world cup for test cricket
by deewaker pandey on Jul 25, 2009 01:42 PM
agreed now a days, most exciting is test btween india n australia. ppl r more concern abt test match in comparision to ODI n T20 when it comes to india and australia. infact test match looks good when there is competition between good bowling n batting. thts the reason test among WI bladesh, NZ etc dnt create excitement.
Re: world cup for test cricket
by deewaker pandey on Jul 25, 2009 11:57 AM
it cn b interesting idea. bt format of test match mst nt b changed. it is best in current format. if ppl dnt like 5 day match then they wll nt like 3-4 days match either.
Re: Very less
by Anil on Jul 25, 2009 11:13 AM
if other countries are also started playing cricket then what will be the position of India, Pakistan, Srilank and Bangladesh.
Re: Re: Re: Very less
by Hindustani on Jul 25, 2009 11:22 AM
Lanka Patriot, U Moron, U islanders shud be gratefull to India for helping u in ur fight against LTTE. Had it been not for Indians and China, by now LTTE wud have been ruling Sri-lanka
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by Indian on Jul 25, 2009 11:26 AM
Im totally with u Hindustani, the 2 millions Hindu he is talking about must have been ruling these 20millions so called Sri Lankans...
Re: Re: Re: Very less
by Indian on Jul 25, 2009 11:23 AM
Mr. Lanka Patriot, I have a great respect for Sri Lanka but im very disappointed with your comments about Hindus and India, You guys should think whom r u talking with, we always supported SriLanka against LTTE n even lost our Beloved Former PM Mr. Rajeev Gandhi and many of our army soldiers when our soldiers visited Srilanka, Shame on u boy u better don't mess with us....we just need a small nuke to wipe out ur country, so mind ur own business and get lost
Re: Re: Re: Re: Very less
by BRUNO MONTEIRO on Jul 25, 2009 01:13 PM
Do u know why Rajeev Gandhi sent army against LTTE.. not only to kill LTTE, but take control of Sri Lanka.. but western powers and china did not let it happen..not only that.. the Sri Lankan govt. too did not support us at that time.. cause without the support of lanka army we cannot win against LTTE.. see US in Afganistan, Iraq..
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by Indian on Jul 25, 2009 05:01 PM
I don't hate Tamils....they as much as Indian as I am....They have their own culture and I respect them as Human Being...I have been to Tamil Nadu many times n let me tell these guys r very innocent and soft hearted and thats why they r used in a wrong manner by politicians like VAIKO etc, Also their is nothing in Sri Lanks which we want to capture so better not talk abt it
