Sri Lanka

The Greek crisis, the attack on Italy's debt, the risks to the euro, inflationary proposals for the dollar, and the yuan deliberately undercut are shaking countries and governments throughout the world. Everything seems to be calculated according to a plan: to build a universal economic government "of a tyrannical type". The analysis of a political economist (First of two parts).

Pope Benedict XVI expresses wonder for all the "agents" of the new evangelisation: "humble, generous workers" men and women, lay consecrated persons, individuals and families. The Gospel transforms the world "like a river irrigating an immense field ”.

In the district of Batticaloa, Drama and Theatre and workshop, three 'street plays' : development programme run by World Vision, a Christian organisation . The participants, 50 school pupils, victims of ethnic conflict.

An exhibit and seminar (24-27 September) will showcase ancient artefacts, goods, images, sculptures and studies about the glory days of the northern peninsula. Indian scholars will present papers. The exhibit is open to foreigners.

In its outlook update report, the Asian Development Bank warns that unfavourable demographic structures can cut growth by 1 per cent a year. In China, the proportion of elderly to working age people could quadruple between now and mid-century. Inflation, with its usual trail of social unrest and violence, looms on the horizon.

The attacks in New York have upset the political and military balance in Sri Lanka. The Islamisation of the costumes, even among the rich and moderate Muslims, is the second consequence. The opinion of a Sri Lankan professor of Political Science at the University of Philadelphia.

The Sri Lankan government has rented the most beautiful and pristine natural areas for the next 99 years to build hotels, resorts, golf courses, facilities for seaplanes and aero-taxis. Mobilization of Catholics, religious and civil society against the expropriation of lands.

Falls in all stock markets following heavy losses in Europe yesterday. 50% likelihood that next year will see a recession in the U.S.. Fresh concerns over sovereign debt in Europe.

The goal is to earn US$ 2.75 billion in foreign exchange and attract 2.5 million tourists by 2016. Improving domestic air travel is one of the key components of the plan.

In a commemorative march, she asks for an impartial and a fair inquiry into the murder of the young working-class Catholic Roshen Chanaka. Christian-Buddhist ceremony in his honor prevented for "political pressure". The boy died on May 30 last year in clashes between police and workers, in protest over pensions. Bishops' Conference appeal to the government.

Searches without warrants and detention of potential suspects without charges. On 25 August the President Mahinda Rajapaksa had declared the end to the state of emergency. In a month, in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council will discuss the war crimes allegedly committed by the army in the late stages of the ethnic conflict.

The appeal launched for the World Day of the disappeared. The women are asking the government to investigate a case without looking at ethnicity or religion. With 12 thousand missing persons, Sri Lanka is the second country with the highest number of disappearances in the world.