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April 21, 2019 · 9:42 am

Anti-Christian Zealotry in Sri Lanka- Dangerous Signs

Ruki Fernando, in Sunday Observer, 21 April 2019, where the title is “Christians and Religious Freedoms under Fire” ** From February 3 to April 14 this year, across Sri Lanka, there has been some sort of disruption against a Christian … Continue reading →

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September 3, 2020 · 2:34 pm

Dunkirk Different! Migrants penetrate England by Small Boat

Sophia Sleigh & April Roach in Evening Standrard 10 August 2020, where the title is RAF plane patrols English Channel after nearly 700 migrants cross” An RAF plane was drafted in to carry out surveillance missions over the Channel today … Continue reading →

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February 2, 2021 · 11:01 am

Suri Ratnapala enters Debate on the Control of FB and Other Such ‘Engines’

Suri Ratnapala, in The Australian, 2 February 2021, where the title reads thus “Proof of life on social media to screen out evils” …. with highlighting emphahsis imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi The suspension of Donald Trump’s accounts by Twitter … Continue reading →

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March 18, 2020 · 6:57 pm

Beating the Corona Bug: All Your Own Work

How you can self-check about the Corona infection: Taiwanese experts suggest doing a simple check that we can do on our own every morning: *  Take a deep breath and hold your breath for more than 10 seconds. If you … Continue reading →

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May 3, 2021 · 11:45 am

Biden and USA stray into Untenable Territory

Jean-Pierre Page, in New Cold War, 27 April 2021, where the ttile runs thus: “The Longer War and Sleepy Joe in Wonderland,” The Biden Administration appears to be implementing most of the recommendations in the Atlantic Council’s  Longer Telegram: Toward a new American China strategy, an important strategic document about US policy towards … Continue reading →

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August 10, 2021 · 1:18 pm

Crossing Boundaries: The Indo-Portuguese Religious and Cultural Encounter

Chandra R. de Silva, aka “CR”, being the Inaugural Tessa Bartholomeusz Memorial Lecture, Department of Religion, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, delivered on March 4, 2002 Let me begin by thanking the Department of Religion and Florida State University for inviting … Continue reading →

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March 23, 2020 · 4:54 am

Miniature Drone Weaponry: A Fearsome Future?

This video display on Artificial Intelligence within Drones has to be seen to be …. PISSING FRIGHTENED. I sent it to a few grounded pals …. Note their reactions …… David Blacker, Ex-SL Army infantryman: “I think so.”

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June 18, 2021 · 9:09 pm

China: Lessons for Australia from George Yeo

George Yeo in Global Times, 16 June 2021, where the title is “China is a democracy by Lincoln’s definition: former Singaporean FM” Editor’s Note: As tensions between China and the West continue to heat up, the Communist Party of China … Continue reading →

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May 22, 2020 · 5:33 pm

Pragmatic Actions against the Covid 19

The Head of the Infectious Disease Clinic. University of Maryland, USA speaks out THUS 1-We’ll live with C19 for months… Let’s not deny or panic. Let’s not make our lives useless. Let’s learn to be happy and live with this … Continue reading →

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October 2, 2022 · 12:47 pm

Religion within Tamil Militancy and the LTTE

  Iselin Frydenlund, presenting her article in Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion, May 2018, …. one entitled “Tamil Militancy in Sri Lanka and the Role of Religion” …. https://sangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tamil-Militancy-in-Sri-Lanka-and-the-Role-of-Religion.pdf  … OR … https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Tamil-Militancy-in-Sri-Lanka-and-the-Role-of-Frydenlund/4cbf5235611dd3407dfa3a2962e6ea635ac50674 … with highlights and pictures being impositions by the … Continue reading →

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