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January 19, 2026 · 1:39 pm

Suffocation!! … Trump’s Programme for Gaza, Venezuela & Cuba

An Observer in a Black Sea Resort U.S. President Donald Trump wants countries to pay at least $1 billion to remain on the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ beyond a three-year limit, according to the text of the body’s charter obtained … Continue reading →

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April 15, 2025 · 1:41 am

Importing A Cricket Pitch Wholesale …. to New York

Simon Burnton, in The Guardian Weekly, 14 June 2024 A cricket pitch grown in Adelaide has been shipped 11,000 miles via Florida to a newly built stadium in New York state. Time will tell whether this World Cup [2024], plus … Continue reading →

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January 15, 2024 · 8:20 pm

A Jewish Virtual Library on Sri Lanka

Jewish Virtual Library on Sri Lanka ………….. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/sri-lanka-virtual-jewish-tour  … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi** Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) is an island nation south of India…………Legend and tradition, Islamic and Samaritan in origin, connect Sri Lanka with biblical personalities and … Continue reading →

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June 3, 2024 · 9:25 pm

Eisenhower Park Cricket Stadium: An Overnight ‘Ali Baba’ Creation

Nagraj Gollapudi, in The Cricket Monthly at ESPNcricinfo, 31 May 2024, where the title reads “New York’s beautiful monster: how a cricket venue was created from scratch” In Eisenhower Park on the outskirts of the city, a stadium has come … Continue reading →

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August 27, 2024 · 3:02 am

When Cricket in Ceylon was A Neglected Child

Michael Roberts presenting a Reflective MEMO from Chandra Schaffter in Sri Lanka. Chandra is aged circa 95 and still bowling cutters & swingers.  A: In mid-August this year my exchanges with Merril Gunaratne re his career induced me to send a … Continue reading →

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June 12, 2023 · 8:22 pm

Surviving A Leopard Attack in Hill-Country Sri Lanka

Kamanthi Wickemasinghe in Daily Mirror, 12 June 2023, where the title reads “Hill Country Leopard Ordeals and A Survivor’s Tale” … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dusk had already set in when we reached Bogawantalawa last Friday (June … Continue reading →

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December 26, 2024 · 3:59 pm

A Poignant Tale … “I Am Not Lighting A Candle Today”

Buddhika Dassanayake, …. reflections presented on 26th December 2006 Its been two years since a friend called one morning, as we were studying for exams, to ask why lamp-posts were shaking. Two years since another friend called from Galle Hospital; tired, depressed, fiercely … Continue reading →

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June 20, 2024 · 8:40 pm

Crisis and Doctor Shortages in Sri Lanka’s Health Sector

Saroj Pathirana, in Al-Jazeera, 20 June 2024 where the title reads “Sri Lanka loses 10 percent of its doctors amid exodus after economic crisis” Faced with spiralling inflation and poor pay, Sri Lanka’s doctors have migrated en masse to other … Continue reading →

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February 22, 2023 · 7:20 pm

Modi in America’s Gunsights NOW

F. William Engdahl, in Global Research, 20 February 2023 where the title reads thus: “Washington is Out to topple India’s Modi” One of the most critical economic partners of Russia amid the unprecedented Western economic sanctions from Washington and the … Continue reading →

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March 5, 2026 · 4:24 pm

Finn Smashes & Smothers South Africa via Six-Hitting Spree

Deivarayan Muthu Flying Finn launches NZ into the final with record ton South Africa were knocked out by the pairing of Henry-Ravindra with ball and Allen-Seifert with bat Du Plessis: Finn Allen combines strength and smarts in his batting New … Continue reading →

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