Outback Aussie
The Great Trust is a 38-page document setting out plans to turn Gaza into a grand American Riveria by constructing over the bones and bodies of Palestinians — hotels, casinos, bordellos, condominiums, golf courses, and million-dollar seaside properties. America has no legal basis for taking control of Gaza but they want to do it anyway which is why the US and the West support the genocide in Gaza, ethnic cleansing, and if need be the extermination of all Palestinians in Gaza.
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A Guy named Talagalla, … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi
I am just penning this note after finishing my research for the day, before the thoughts dissipate into the quiet of the evening. The cases I read, the legislation I examined, and the scholarly writings I consulted all converged in my mind, and they brought me back to a lesson I once received from my senior, Mr. D.S. Wijesinghe, President’s Counsel, passed down from his own mentor, Dr. Colvin R. de Silva. The story of how Dr. de Silva engaged with the law has lingered in me for years, and it bears repeating, for stories carry the weight of wisdom in ways instructions never can.
Preliminary Thoughts from Afar from Michael Roberts
& Another pulsating tight finish! …. Good for cricket.
& Sri Lanka delivered 17 WIDES …. Seventeen -with Madushanka (5) and Chameera (4) the worst culprits
& Sikander Raza (a Pakistani Punjabi) once again revealed his cricketing capacities – showing that, at 39 years, Age is not a barrier to continuing excellence
& Pathum Nissanka was solid as usual as opening bat and composed 122 runs at 89.7 s/r …. deservedly securing the Man-of-the-Match award.
Pathum Nissanka
Sikander Raza Continue reading
Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo, 29 August 2025, where the title reads “Madushanka seals thriller with last-over hat-trick”
Raza had valiantly revived Zimbabwe’s chase through the middle overs but he could not take them over the line ……. Sri Lanka 298 for 6 (Nissanka 76, Liyanage 70*, Kamindu 57, Ngarava 2-34) beat Zimbabwe 291 for 8 (Raza 92, Curran 70, Williams 57, Madushanka 4-62, Fernando 3-50) by seven runs
Dilshan Madushanka produced a final over hat trickMessage from Manel Fonseka
Join us to light a candle and say a prayer for the success of the Sumud Flotilla as they set sail to break the siege on Gaza.
Starting on August 31st, 150 ships will set sail with crew from more than 40 counties, in the biggest global effort to break Israel’s 18year siege of Gaza. As famine spreads in Gaza and Israel continues with complete impunity to murder, rape and starve the population of 2 million people living there, the people of the world are banding together to step up where international law has failed.
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First 50-Over ODI in Harare is a Nailbiter
… followed by this Thuppahiyaaa on ball-by-ball script in ESPN ……………… With one MADUSHANKA producing a hat trick in Over no 50 to complement Asitha Fernando’s superb over no 49
PK: “This is the danger of not giving it some serious welly in the 45-49 overs.
Wide yorker, misses and Sri Lanka are home free!
Boundary needed here, and nothing else.
Odinlass : “Hahahaha! My word! This is outrageous!”
Hattrick for Madushanka! Talk about your redemption arcs, a forgettable day is fast becoming one to be etched in stone! This was quick and straight and Ngarava had no choice but to swing at it. Too good for him though, far too good
Two in two! Full outside off, looks for the scoop but it can’t clear short fine who peddles back and holds on smartly! Harare is silenced.
abhi : “Had to jinx him Hayes”
Oh my word, he’s crushed middle stump! Big gaps on the onside and Raza moves across looking to sweep this for four. But this a yorker on the base of middle stump. And quick. Raza has to trudge of desolately
Compilation by Group Captain Kumar Kirinde, SLAF retd … with some illustrationsin the original missing
A historical nation that was divided between two empires in the 19th century that became two independent nations in the 20th century which united as one nation in the 21st century.
Intoduction
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Owing to its geographic location, Yemen has been at the crossroads of many civilisations for over 7,000 years. In 1200 BCE, the Sabaeans formed a thriving commercial kingdom that colonized parts of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea. In 275 CE, it was succeeded by the Himyarite Kingdom, which spanned much of Yemen’s present-day territory and was heavily influenced by Judaism. Christianity arrived in the fourth century AD, followed by the rapid spread of Islam in the seventh century. From its conversion to Islam, Yemen became a center of Islamic learning, and Yemenite troops played a crucial role in early Islamic conquests. During the 19th century, the country was divided between the Ottoman and British empires. After World War I, the part controlled by the Ottoman Turks became the Kingdom of Yemen which in 1962 became the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) following a coup. In 1967, the part controlled by the British, the British Aden Protectorate became the independent People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). In 1990, the two Yemeni states united to form the modern Republic of Yemen. Sana’a is its constitutional capital and largest city.
Avishka Mario Senewiratne in The Island, 24 August 2025, where the title is “A Mirror to the Sea: Revisiting Sri Lanka’s Forgotten Maritime Legacy” …. Review of “Sri Lanka, Serendib & the Silk Road of the Sea” by Dr. Sanjiva Wijesinha …. with the highlighting here being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi
It is not often that a slim volume quietly arrives on the literary shore, only to awaken something dormant and forgotten within the national consciousness. Sri Lanka, Serendib & the Silk Road of the Sea, the latest work by Dr. Sanjiva Wijesinha, is just such a book—a timely voyage through history’s less-traversed sea lanes, executed with scholarly rigour, personal charm, and a deep-rooted love for this resplendent isle.
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The title and the highlights in this presentation have been imposed by the Editor of Thuppahi –who receives The AUSTRALIAN and is aware of its heavy bias. Apoyi-Apoyi, incidentally, is a White man
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