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Desert Wanderer  … with  highlighting imposed by The  Editor, Thuppahi

SEE https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/08/ceasefire-deal-iran-us-israel-war-trump/ 

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Anantha Narayanan, whose title runs thus: “Murali, Hadlee, Warne, McGrath – who’s the best Test bowler of all time?” ***

Ranking the best Test bowlers of all time using a comprehensive set of parameters

This article, and the previous one, are, inarguably, the most important of my articles ever. In this article, I have done comprehensive analyses of all the measures involved in the complex area of Test bowling and derived a list of the best Test bowlers of all time. This is a really tough ask since what I do has to be fair across 150 years, around six generations, and constantly shifting paradigms of Test cricket. I have spent over six months working on this complex analyses and am quite confident that I have got it correct. Maybe not 100%, but upwards of 90-95%. The Top Test batters article, published last month, was in a similar vein.

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SENT by Joe Paiva of Adelaide, 12 April 2026 — BILL CLINTON’s Down to Earth Analysis

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?Ttab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzQgLPLJJnQLnXmbjkLrVSbKcPFC?projector=1

Desert Wanderer

By threatening to block the Bab al-Mandab Strait, Yemeni forces have successfully pressured Gulf nations into staying out of the wider war against Iran. This tactical leverage likely explains why these nations did not respond militarily to recent Iranian attacks on U.S. regional bases. Sana’a has also offered a conditional truce to Saudi Arabia, promising not to target its ports if the Kingdom stays out of any U.S.-Israeli military alliance.

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Cameleer

Take in what John Mearsheimer has to say NOW about the Middle-Eastern Warfronts and Political situations:

Probably the best analysis you can find today regarding what just happened in West Asia is this one by John Mearsheimer. It offers a perspective that Western media never reports.

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ITEM in THe ISLAND, March 2026, entitled  “Lanka discovers largest groundwater source”

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) on Friday said the largest groundwater source discovered in Sri Lanka so far had been identified during tube-well drilling near the Pitabeddara Police Station.

According to the NWSDB, the tube well was drilled following geological studies of rock layers and the identification of underground water through fractures in rock strata using specialised technical instruments.

The Board said steps would be taken to distribute water from the newly discovered source to residents facing shortages in Pitabeddara, Morawaka and surrounding areas.

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    “Through the Covers” by Channa Gunasekara

Verite Research, deploying this title “Gammanpila’s book launch on Easter Attacks: A story that did not sell”

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Insights, analysis and must reads from CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and the Global Public Square team, compiled by Global Briefing editor Chris Good ….. under the title “Countdown to War Crimes?”

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” President Donald Trump posted to social media this morning. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” This followed Trump’s Easter Sunday message: “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!”

Not for the first time, Trump has given Iran a 48-hour deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on electricity-generating power plants and bridges. That deadline expires at 8 p.m. ET tonight.

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