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US Trade Agreements Will Help SL Exporters
President Barack Obama signs the “United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act,” in the Oval Office, Oct. 21, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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WASHINGTON — US authorities deported 397,000 undocumented immigrants, of which 210,000 had criminal records in the fiscal year just concluded, the top immigration enforcer told lawmakers Wednesday, Oct 11.
John Morton, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), offered the figure at a congressional hearing, which would outpace the records of 390,000 illegals and 195,000 with criminal records in the prior fiscal year. “The numbers are quite strong,” he told the House Judiciary Committee. "Lawfare" - LTTE Rump's Terror by Tort
Atty Ali Beydoun
The guns have fallen silent but the LTTE diaspora has taken the fight to the American court system.
And there’s a term for it: lawfare. Coined in 2001 by an American attorney, ‘lawfare’ is defined as ‘the use of law as a weapon of war’ and is generally defined as the “strategy of using or misusing law as a substitute for traditional military means to achieve military objectives.” The civil cases filed recently in the US against President Rajapaksa and Sri Lanka’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Major Gen Shavendra Silva, demonstrate how an emboldened LTTE rump is using legalized terror to continue its separatist agenda. Read More 'Gamperaliya' to be screened at SF's South Asian Film Fest
The ninth annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival has released its schedule, which runs Nov. 9-13 at the Roxie Theatre. The offerings are particularly diverse this year, with art-house classics, documentaries, independent films, and of course the latest Bollywoods flicks - 18 programs in all from over six countries, with a special focus on Sri Lanka, which has seen a surge in independent filmmaking through French co-productions. The highlights from Sri Lanka include: James Lester Peries' groundbreaking classic "Gamperaliya" (1964), which explores class conflict through a love story between a teacher and an aristocrat's daughter; and Sanjeewa Pushpakumara's "Flying Fish" (2011) about the country's brutal 26-year civil war, which critics say points to a new aesthetic in Sri Lankan cinema.
In the documentary category, the festival is highlighting "Big in Bollywood" (2011), which charts Hollywood actor Omi Vaidya's instant stardom through his role in the Bollywood blockbuster "3 Idiots"; and Marin County filmmaker Dave Driver's "Way of Life" (2009), about a young man from small-town America who finds a valuable piece of art in the garbage, sells it at auction and builds a hospital in one of the most remote areas of India. Source: San Francisco Chronicle |