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Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena last week said that the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to pay Rs. 10 million in compensation to the family of late SLPP MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala who was killed in a mob attack during the protests earlier this year.Premier Gunawardena said that the limit for compensating a murdered government official was […]
SJB MP Eran Wickremaratne told parliament lon Thursday that the argument that the executive presidency was needed to face any terrorist threats was untenable.Speaking in the debate on 22nd Constitutional amendment, Wickremaratne said: “Certain people argue that terrorism cannot be combated without an executive presidency. I do not know who put forward such a weak […]
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A specter is haunting Russia - the specter of dissent. Anti-draft protests have broken out in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other Russian cities, large and small. Thousands of young men are fleeing the country. And more than 2,000 Russians have been arrested after protesting against President Vladimir Putin's attempt to mobilize 300,000 reservists to fight his war against Ukraine.
Jan Willem van Hofwege // Shutterstock Passing the U.S. citizenship test is a vital step toward becoming an American citizen. To pass the civics portion of the test, an applicant must correctly answer six of up to 10 oral U.S. history and government-r...