by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
“Sacrum Romanum Imperium” (Holy Roman Empire) was a misnomer according to some historians. Even at it’s zenith the so-called Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman. It was not even an empire.
Likewise the United National Party in Sri Lanka too has neither been United nor truly national in recent times. Given the internal turmoil and external unpopularity some feel it may soon cease to be even a party.
[Ranil Wickremesinghe-AP pic]
by D.B.S. Jeyaraj
At least 27 civilians were killed and 126 injured as fighting continued between the armed forces of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in areas of Karaithuraipatru AGA division in the Northern district of Mullaitheevu.
Dr. V. Shanmugarajah, displaced medical officer from Mullaitheevu hospital who is currently attached to the makeshift hospital in Mullivaaikkaal told the BBC “Thamilosai” that there were twenty-seven bodies lying at the premises by the evening of Friday May 1st.
[UN Satellite images indicate shelling in no-fire zone]
