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The Donald’s SCHEME to resolve Gaza’s Future

HOT-HOT  News Item sent to the Thuppahiya  by Nandasiri Jasentuliyana in USA      

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Police Plans –To Cope with Potential Conflict Beyond the Cricket Field at the Pakistan-UIndia Cricket Match

“Attending India Vs Pakistan game : Notice from Sri Lanka Police” ….. 15 February 2026 at 9:25 AM A comprehensive security plan has been formulated for the 2026 T-20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan. All essential arrangements concerning … Continue reading

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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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Whistle-Stop Cricket in Colombo as Inspirational Force

R Whitehead …. as rwhitehead61 … ……………….. https://wisdenblog.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/notes-from-a-small-island/ ………………….. with the title of this item and the underlining being impositions by the editor Thuppahi -who has also insertd the pistorial embellishments Nicholas Brookes on the matches that played a pivotal … Continue reading

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Trump on Warpath and in Europe

HOT NEWS: A TELEGRAPH Editorial The secret to a longer life may lie in gardening as opposed to more exercise, according to Harvard scientists who believe they have found the formula to extend your longevity. Laura Donnelly, our Health Editor, … Continue reading

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Sachs on USA’s Hegemonic Imperialism

An Email NOTE from Ajit Varuna-Candappa sent to his Royal College classmates, mid-February 2024 https://youtu.be/ZUbBU0OqCgE?si=H084GxLxuFKm6EQp Dear Tony & all my classmates at Royal of the 57 Group. We have known each other for 59 years since we entered Royal at … Continue reading

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Remembering Rajani Thiranagama and Her Message

Jihan Hameed in FACEBOOK, June 2025 …. with highlighting added by The editor, Thuppahi We Must Never Forget Women Like Rajani Thiranagama. The cost of national betrayal is written in the blood of the brave. In a nation drowning under … Continue reading

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Devastating Floods Hit Sri Lanka Severely ….

Aubrey Joachim … in an article entitled “Sri Lanka’s second tsunami moment. This time it came from the skies.” .. Almost 21 years after the devastation of the 2004 Asian tsunami that wreaked havoc across much of Asia, most of … Continue reading

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Cold War Proxies in Conflict: Ceylon & Palestine

Darini Rajasingham Senanayake,** at IDN-InDepthNews,… 24 July 2025, …. being Part II of an extended article with this title “From Ceylon to Palestine: Ethnic Conflict and Its Role in Cold War Proxy Dynamics” …. This is the second of a … Continue reading

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The Blame Game generated by Cyclone Ditwah

Michael Roberts  Moving from west to east across the Indian Ocean, the cyclone Ditwah has wrought unprecedented damage in Sri Lanka and many other countries. The damage has been via sweeping floods as well as landslides. Thus far, 374 deaths … Continue reading

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