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January 20, 2025 · 12:08 am

Machu Picchu: A Historic Inca Site Beyond Imagination

Troy Bramston, in The WEEKEND Australian, 18-19 2025, where the chosen title is “Unlocking the mysteries of Machu Picchu in Peru” A view of Machu Picchu in Peru, which stands 2,430 m above sea-level, created by the Inca Empire. Picture: … Continue reading →

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January 14, 2024 · 12:02 am

Palestine & Yemen …. The Alignment of States Today

An Informed Internationalist International positions on Israeli Genocide Allegations:  ……… ……………….. https://time.com/6553912/israel-south-africa-icj-genocide/ ….. & …………………………….. https://theintercept.com/2024/01/11/south-africa-israel-genocide-charges/ Countries Denying  Genocide Allegations:   ……………. United States of America   … plus …. United Kingdom

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May 27, 2023 · 1:29 am

Is the Tide Turning in Favour of Russia in the Ukrainian War?

An Observer in A Black Sea Resort Town 1. Russia has started deploying nuclear weapons to Belarus to counter the build up of weapons and forces in central and Western Europe targetting Russia.  A pro-Russian cartoon of the failed Ukrainian terrorist … Continue reading →

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April 5, 2026 · 6:19 pm

Assessing Darini’s US Conspiracy Theories ….

A Lankan Reefcomber …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dr Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake’s theory of deep undercurrents linking events  in Sri Lanka in 2019  and the present Middle-Eastern battles is an interesting read. [VISIT   …………………………  https://thuppahis.com/2026/04/05/usas-deep-demonic-reach-embraces-sri-lanka/#more-98002  ] The author … Continue reading →

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February 11, 2026 · 9:37 pm

Unique ODI Match: Tied Twice !! … Second Super-Over Required ….

Sidharth Monga  ….. “Heartbreak for Gurbaz and Afghanistan as South Africa win after double Super Over”  Regulation time ended at 187-187; then we had 17-17 after the first Super Over; South Africa finally won the game after winning the second … Continue reading →

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July 8, 2025 · 8:01 pm

THE GUARDIAN in UK seeks reader-support

“From Minute Hands can an Ongoig  ‘Edifice’ be built”– Thupphiyaaa AN APPEAL ON EMAIL from THE GUARDIAN    

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January 4, 2026 · 5:00 pm

Chandrika & Asiff Hussein Back the Present Sri Lankan Government

ALWAYS SUPPORT A GOVERNMENT THAT DOES GOOD! Yes, even Madame Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga knows that in her heart. Having lost her beloved father to nationalist extremism, she very well knows the dangers of the very forces he unleashed to the … Continue reading →

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June 26, 2025 · 8:49 pm

Mahen’s Life Journey: Leaving the Raging Conflicts in Sri Lanka

Fazli Sameer In the sun-drenched southern skies of old Ceylon, beneath the coconut palms and temple bells, a young man named Mahen stood at the edge of a decision that would alter his life forever. It was 1969, and at … Continue reading →

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October 22, 2024 · 1:37 pm

The Epitome of “EVIL” … Today’s Soulmates with Hitler

Brian Victoria In an increasingly secular world, calling someone or something “evil” will seem to many as an anachronistic label, conjuring up as it does a reddish figure featuring a fiendish face and horns, pitchfork in hand, with wings and … Continue reading →

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April 3, 2024 · 10:24 pm

Islamic Hands? Controversy over Moscow Bomb Attack

Michael Roberts The information and interpretations present in this Thuppahi website by “A Observer in a Black Sea Resort” (see refs at end) have been challenged by several Academic friends of mine located in the West (A and B quoted … Continue reading →

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