Japan’s election results »
Aug 31, 6:43 AM EDT
Here are the standings in Japan’s lower house of parliament after Sunday’s elections, as compiled by the media. Official results have not been released. The number of seats held before the election are in parentheses.
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN: 308 (112)
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LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY: 119 (300)
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NEW KOMEITO PARTY: 21 (31)
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JAPANESE COMMUNIST PARTY: 9 [...]
Sri Lankan journalist given 20 years in prison »
AP
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A Sri Lankan reporter singled out by President Barack Obama as an example of persecuted journalists around the globe was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on charges of violating the country’s harsh anti-terror law.
J.S. Tissainayagam’s articles in the now-defunct Northeastern Monthly magazine in 2006 and 2007 criticized the conduct [...]
The gravy train »
The gravy train
UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya, becoming increasingly visible in the face of a presidential election expected early next year, has in a statement we have published today accused the administration of attempting to “destroy the professional diplomatic corps of this country.’’ We have time and again adverted to some of the issues he [...]
Statement by the United National Party Deputy Leader »
Statement by the United National Party
Serious deterioration in the foreign ministry affairs and the treatment meted out to officials of the ministry prompted us once again to call for urgent and radical reforms in its policies.
It is with dismay we note the blatant attempts made by this administration to destroy the professional diplomatic corps of [...]
JAPAN OPPOSITION WINS »
Opposition wins:In landslide, DPJ wins over 300 seats
Sweet smell of victory: Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama and DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada (right) place a red flower on a candidate’s name to mark another set secured for the opposition party in the general election 2009. SATOKO KAWASAKI PHOTO
LDP crushed; Hatoyama set to [...]
UN rights expert calls for probe into “Execution” video »
New York, Aug 28 - A United Nations human rights expert today called for the immediate establishment of an independent inquiry into the authenticity of a video which purportedly depicts the extrajudicial execution of two naked and helpless men by the Sri Lankan military and the presumed prior executions of others.
Philip Alston, the UN Special [...]
Mystery girl helped to travel to UK wihout passport ? »
by Shamindra Ferdinando
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollgma has summoned British High Commissioner Peter Hayes to the foreign ministry after a British diplomat based in Colombo was caught helping a Sri Lankan passport holder (name withheld) to leave for the UK without a valid visa.
Bogollagama has sought an explanation from Dr.. Hayes last Friday (August 28) while [...]
Kotelawela bows out of Ceylinco - Seylan Developments board »
Mr. Lalith Kotelawala is not offering himself for re-election to the Board of Directors of Ceylinco Seylan Developments PLC, the owners of the up-market commercial/residential building on Galle Road, Kollupitiya where Seylan Bank’s Millennium Branch is located.
The recently issued annual report of the company stated that “Deshamanya Dr. J.L.B. Kotelawala being over 70 years of [...]
Lankans on the edge of victory »
Second Test at the SSC grounds
By Aubrey Kuruppu
Sri Lanka ended day four of the second test at the SSC on the brink of a test and series win. The Kiwis require 312 more runs to win with but four wickets remaining and only torrential rain and hail-stones can stop the home team’s victory march. Herath [...]
Political shift likely as Japanese head to polls »
updated 6:57 p.m. EDT, Sat August 29, 2009
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) — Voters in Japan will turn out for parliamentary elections Sunday in what poll after poll shows will be a historic shift in political power to oust the ruling party.
The Liberal Democratic Party has been in nearly continuous control of Japan’s parliament for [...]
