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stanley cup inda Rajapaksa on Friday heaped praise on the military saying that it had not only defeated a terrorist organisation without violating human rights but was now actively taking part in rebuilding post-war Sri Lanka. HT Image Rajapaksa was speaking at the victory parade to mark the second anniversary of the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in May, 2009. Fighter aircraft and helicopter gunships flew above as thousands of military personnel marched to military tunes on the city s oceanfront amid light rain. Rajapaksa said the military didn t go to war bearing hatred for any community and in fact saved thousands held as hostage by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. I will recall what I said in the past that our troops went to the battlefront carrying a gun in one hand, the Human Rights Charter in the other, food for the innocent displaced on their shoulders, and love of their children in their hearts, Rajapaksa said. 鈥e are proud of the humanitarian nature of our operation against the enemy, he said later in the speech. An UN expert panel report made public in April said thousands of Tamil civilians were killed during the last months of the Lankan war 鈥?a majority in deliberate shelling b
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stanley cup regrets and would carry out his brazen protest again, even if it cost him his life. HT Image Muntadhar al-Zeidi told Swiss television station Leman Bleu that, after being mistreated in Iraqi custody for two days following his outburst last December 14, a judge asked him whether he regretted the gesture. I told the judge only one thing: if the hands of the clock could you back I would do the same act even if it cost my life, al-Zeidi said, speaking through a translator. Al-Zeidi, a TV reporter, became a hero for many in and outside Iraq angered by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq when, at a press conference in Baghdad, he hurled his shoes at Bush, shouting this is your farewell kiss, you dog! and this is from the widows, the orphans and those w
stanley cup ho were killed in Iraq. Bush s term in office expired the following month. I knew I was doing something that would put my life in danger, and I was sure of that, but I wasn t afraid, he told Leman Bleu during the live interview. Al-Zeidi was wrestled to the ground by security guards. He claims he was tortured during his nine months in prison. After his release last month he obtained a tourist visa for Switzerland with the help of a Geneva lawyer. He arrived in the country on Tuesday to seek medical treatment and to promote a new human rights group for Iraqi civilians. I wanted to create this foundation to help my p
