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How the Jihadi Terror could aid USA’s Power Plays in the Indian Ocean
Lasanda Kurukulasuriya, in Island, 6 May 2019, where the title is “IS terror in Sri Lanka: Govt dissimulates, as West consolidates” “Even as the US fights Islamic terrorism, it is accused at other times of using IS as an asset. … Continue reading →
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Lord Naseby knocks out Taylor Dibbert in Stoush over Eelam War IV
ONE = Taylor Dibbert: “On Lord Naseby’s Sri Lanka whitewash,” Daily Financial Times, 21 February 2019 Sri Lanka’s civil war ended tragically in May 2009. Ten years on, the wounds of war remain unhealed. That has significant implications for the … Continue reading →
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A Landmark in Ceylon’s Cricket Test History: Beating India in January 1965
Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, in ESPNcricinfo in 2013 — 14 August 2013 to be precise — with this heading “When the Lankans won a ‘Test’ in India” Sri Lanka’s rise in Test cricket is one of the finest underdog stories in the … Continue reading →
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Imperialist Intrusions? USA has Logistics Hub Facilities in Sri Lanka
Lasanda Kurukulasuriya, in Dateline, 4 February 2019, where the title is “Duplicity and doublespeak on US military logistics hub in Sri Lanka.” While Sri Lankans were distracted by a power struggle between the president and prime minister in December, the world’s … Continue reading →
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Dangerous Signs and Disturbing Precedents
Island Editorial,where the title is “Nightmares and flashbacks What is unfolding on the political front reminds us of the J. R. Jayewardene era when trade union struggles, including the 1980 general strike, were brutally crushed and the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord … Continue reading →
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Amunugama’s Chameleon Faces and Phrases
Sarath De Alwis, in Daily FT, 13 November 2018, where the chosen title is “Untruth is the crisis” …. with highlighting being the hand of The Editor, Thuppahi Political language, said George Orwell, is designed to make lies sound truthful, … Continue reading →
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Fervent Feminism and Victimology in Indefensible Rage …. and A Cartoonist ‘set on fire’
The strident reactions of a number of women, as well as men, including Billie Jean King and JK Rawling, in defense of Serena Williams and in criticism of Umpire Carlos Ramos (whose history has been exemplary), displays a form of … Continue reading →
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Illegal! Sirisena’s Coup Indefensible insists Welikala
Asanga Welikala, in Groundviews, 1 November 2018, where the title reads “Nailing Canards: Why President Sirisena’s Actions Remain Illegal, Unconstitutional, And Illegitimate”” There have been intense public debates over the meaning and interpretation of the Constitution, and especially the far-reaching … Continue reading →
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A Guardian Hitler: Gotabhaya! Really!
Sasanka Perera. in Island, 25 June 2018, where the title is “Pining for Hitler” Ven. Endaruwe Upali, Deputy Chief Priest of the Asgiriya Chapter in the Buddhist ecclesiastical order, is in the news. But it is not for his knowledge … Continue reading →
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The Zahran Hashim Network and Other Factors behind the 21/4 Carnage in Sri Lanka
Anbarasan Ethirajan, BBC news, 11 May 2019 — with this title “Sri Lanka attacks: The family networks behind the bombings” For many Sri Lankans, it was a horrific shock to learn that local Muslims could have been behind the suicide … Continue reading →
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