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	<title>Rants n Raves &#187; Sri Lanka</title>
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	<description>the Rants n Raves of one just passing through this world...</description>
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		<title>now how did that song go again&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/03/now-how-did-that-song-go-again/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/03/now-how-did-that-song-go-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being the cocky bastard that I am, I am jumping the gun here and will probably have to eat my word if things turn and go the other way. But for now&#8230; let me recollect&#8230; how did that popular song &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/03/now-how-did-that-song-go-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A follow up to Ranidu’s album pre-launch party.</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/03/a-follow-up-to-ranidu%e2%80%99s-album-pre-launch-party/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/03/a-follow-up-to-ranidu%e2%80%99s-album-pre-launch-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to the two clips I had uploaded last week, I got a lot of messages asking me if I had any more. So in response to this I’ve uploaded a few more clips that I took &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/03/a-follow-up-to-ranidu%e2%80%99s-album-pre-launch-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clips from Ranidu&#8217;s 3rd Album pre-launch party in New York</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/02/clips-from-ranidus-3rd-album-pre-launch-party-in-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/02/clips-from-ranidus-3rd-album-pre-launch-party-in-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have some very interesting news for everyone who is reading this at kottu. We had a moment of Sri Lankan pride last night when Ranidu successfully had his pre-launch party for his 3rd album at Sutra Lounge in the &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/02/clips-from-ranidus-3rd-album-pre-launch-party-in-new-york/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The launch of Sri Lanka&#8217;s (well i think it is) first blogging service</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/02/the-launch-of-sri-lankas-well-i-think-it-is-first-blogging-service/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/02/the-launch-of-sri-lankas-well-i-think-it-is-first-blogging-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many things that I’ve been dying to write about lately. The worse part of it is that I cannot even blame a busy couple of weeks at work. Work has not been the reason. I’ve just been &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2007/02/the-launch-of-sri-lankas-well-i-think-it-is-first-blogging-service/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How does lightning pass though you? and Cali was absolutely amazing</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/10/how-does-lightning-pass-though-you-and-cali-was-absolutely-amazing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Sri Lanka is doing fantastically well in cricket. Well done. We kicked some Zimbabwe ass. I guess thats an achievment for us to boast about. N. Korea has indeed tested out it’s A-Bomb over the last weekend. In response &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/10/how-does-lightning-pass-though-you-and-cali-was-absolutely-amazing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prostitution</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/prostitution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The political rambler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The JFP have accused the SLFP of being involved in the world’s oldest population. Prostitution. The SLFP are said to be seething with anger at this accusation. (Really surprised look from the author) In retaliation the Koswatta police raided a &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/prostitution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Sri Lankan Hell &#8211; Joke time.</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/a-sri-lankan-hell-joke-time/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/a-sri-lankan-hell-joke-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a different version of Sri Lankans in Hell &#8211; never yet seen one on Sri Lankans in Heaven&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; A Sri Lankan dies and goes to hell. There he finds that there is a different hell for each country. &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/a-sri-lankan-hell-joke-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aloha white Van’s and Nazism in Sri Lanka.</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/aloha-white-van%e2%80%99s-and-nazism-in-sri-lanka/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/aloha-white-van%e2%80%99s-and-nazism-in-sri-lanka/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://yusuf.asgerally.com/?p=78</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The news is all a buzz of midnight visits from the “White Van” squad. The government’s torture arm modeled after Hitler’s death squad. Reading this article brought on a huge shadow of heaviness on my soul. I really do wonder &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/aloha-white-van%e2%80%99s-and-nazism-in-sri-lanka/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE vs. AL ARMY</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/ltte-vs-al-army/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/ltte-vs-al-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[received via email&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Prime Minister to have tea with LTTE proxies???</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/indian-prime-minister-to-have-tea-with-ltte-proxies/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/indian-prime-minister-to-have-tea-with-ltte-proxies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quoting a comment on the &#8220;asiantribune.com site, &#8220;If India accuses Pakistan of supporting terrorists in Kashmir what moral, political or legal right has India to destabilize Sri Lanka by covertly backing Tamil Tiger terrorists?&#8221; WTF is going on here? We &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/indian-prime-minister-to-have-tea-with-ltte-proxies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Braindrain &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/braindrain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brain drain in Sri Lanka is evident and cannot be disputed. I am part of it. Looking back, most of my batch mates from college as well as high school are scattered across the four corners of the world. &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/braindrain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT CEASEFIRE IS THE LTTE TALKING ABOUT?</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/what-ceasefire/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/what-ceasefire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m reading todays news on yahoo, and this is what I see… “Tamil Tiger leaders have dismissed the government&#8217;s threat to take Sampur. They have also warned the battle could mean the end of a tattered ceasefire the two sides &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/09/what-ceasefire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A funny email I though I&#8217;d share with you all&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/08/jokes-humor-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a funny email today that really ticked my sides, so I&#8217;ve decided to share it with everyone here. Enjoy&#8230; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; START OF EMAIL &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; A little boy wanted Rs.100 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/08/jokes-humor-sri-lanka/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A little on the odd side, don’t you think?</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/08/a-little-on-the-odd-side-don%e2%80%99t-you-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media are all about the Sri Lankan Tamil journalist from Sun FM who was kidnapped for 20 hours during which the whole time he was blindfolded. He was not harmed, nor were there any demands or ransom asked for. &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/08/a-little-on-the-odd-side-don%e2%80%99t-you-think/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Brown &#8211; Da vinci code banned in sri lanka ???</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/05/dan-brown-da-vinci-code-banned-in-sri-lanka/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/05/dan-brown-da-vinci-code-banned-in-sri-lanka/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 15:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The buzz word of conspiracy and secrecy. The lure of the untold. The forbidden, the hidden and the very foundation of a faith questioned. It all unfolds in vivid detail in Dan Brown’s book “Da Vinci Code”, and for those &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/05/dan-brown-da-vinci-code-banned-in-sri-lanka/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Sinhala and Tamil New Year</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/05/the-sinhala-and-tamil-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/05/the-sinhala-and-tamil-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 15:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A time for celebrations and fun, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year is called Sinhala Avurudu despite being celebrated by both Hindus and Buddhists alike. It marks the completion of the solar circuit and has to be astrologically determined. So &#8230; <a href="http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/05/the-sinhala-and-tamil-new-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka &#8211; From Serendipity to a land wrought by war and poverty.</title>
		<link>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/04/sri-lanka-from-serendipity-to-a-land-wrought-by-war-and-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://yusuf.asgerally.com/index.php/2006/04/sri-lanka-from-serendipity-to-a-land-wrought-by-war-and-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yusuf Asgerally</dc:creator>
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