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Vignettes in Assessment of Angela Merkel, A Scientist become World Leader Par Excellence
Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Staff Writer, in an article presented on 28 May 2019 entitled “German chancellor, Harvard’s Commencement speaker, explain her rise to longtime prominence” “Merkel advises graduates: Break the walls that hem you in”
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Arjuna Ranatunga’s Wide-ranging Review of the World Cup Win in March 1996
Arjuna Ranatunga, in The Island, 7 March 2021, where the title runs thus: “Our fans were our biggest strength,” ….. with the highlights being the intervention of The Editor, Thuppahi During one of my visits to South Africa, I came across … Continue reading →
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FRONTLINE — Focus on Sri Lanka’s Woes
COVER STORY: Sri Lanka: The siege within …..Print edition : May 06, 2022……. [noting that the Editor was not able tomatch PHOTO and its subheading in some places] .R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN People, cutting across communities, are paying the price for the rulers’ … Continue reading →
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The JVP Movement Revisited
Mick Moore, reproducing an article he has sent — one placed in POLITY on the 20th September 2021…. http://ssalanka.org/insurrectionary-jvp-sri-lankan-state-mick-moore/. His prefered title is “The Insurrectionary JVP and the Sri Lankan State” …. The highlighting in the essay below are the … Continue reading →
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The CHINA Bogey in Western Circles
Clive Williams, in The Australian, 9 July 2021, where the title reads “Chinese Military Threat is Overstated” Despite its technology-poaching history, China is now capable of autonomously designing and producing advanced military items, and much more cheaply than its Western … Continue reading →
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Pablo Neruda in British Ceylon: Literary and Sexual Flowerings in Wellawatte and Beyond
Jamie James, initially presented in Literary Hub, 3 June 2019, with this title “Pablo Neruda’s Life as a Struggling Poet in Sri Lanka: A Young Poet’s Adventures in the Foreign Service” At 22, Pablo Neruda was an international literary … Continue reading →
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Hocus-Pocus: Scrutinizing China’s Alleged Debt-Trap Diplomacy
Jevans Nyabiage, in South China Morning Post, 21 February 2021, with this title ‘Debt-trap diplomacy’ a myth: no evidence China pushes poor nations to seize their assets, says academic There is no evidence China aims to deliberately push poor countries … Continue reading →
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VE Day, 8 May 1945 …. as Nazi Germany Surrenders: In Pictures
The King and Queen of Britain with Winston Churchill in between and Princess Elizabeth nd Princess Margaret on the flanks Churchill waves to the crowds below
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Gilbert Clyde Roberts: An Appreciation
Colonel PD Ramanayake Gilbert Clyde Roberts son of the late Mr. T. W. Roberts C. C. S. and brother of Mr. T. F. C. Roberts, District Judge, was born in Barbados[1] where he had his early education. He came to … Continue reading →
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Confrontation. Covid-Quarantine. Ordeal.
Michael Roberts Preamble: I flew to Sydney in Australia on Sri Lankan Airlines UL 606 leaving Katunayake at 17.00 o’clock on Wednesday 16th September. The airport was depressingly empty. Only about 35 passengers were on the flight –undoubtedly due to … Continue reading →
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