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March 8, 2024 · 12:47 pm

Palaly Airport as Site for SLAF Exhibition

Ananth Palakidnar in Daily News, 10 March 2024 … with highlighting emphasis being the work of the Editor Thuppahi The Sri Lanka Air Force has chosen the city of Jaffna to include in its 73rd-anniversary celebration by organising an exhibition … Continue reading →

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June 29, 2025 · 9:37 pm

Milestones: Chandrika at Eighty

Gamini Keerawella in The Island,  29 June 2025  where the title runs thus: “CBK at 80: A Trailblazer’s Legacy in Perspective”   Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga As Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s first female Executive President, turns 80 on June 29, … Continue reading →

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June 20, 2025 · 1:49 am

When An African Major undermined a White Racist

SEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELNfnbU-Kc0 … ‘Karoline Leavitt Tells Traoré “Sit Down, Boy” — His Reply Leaves America Speechless’ Ibrahim Traoré (French pronunciation: [ibʁaim tʁaɔʁe]; born 14 March 1988) is a Burkinabé military officer and politician who has served as the interim President … Continue reading →

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March 9, 2026 · 3:39 pm

Sri Lanka’s Exemplary Action As Moral Guide For Awkward Situations

Sheyana Labrooy, in an article in eLanka entitled “Sri Lanka Steps Forward: A Blueprint for Peace in the Indian Ocean” ‘True global leadership is defined not by displays of power or retaliatory action, but by the strength to rise above conflict and … Continue reading →

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May 25, 2025 · 4:30 pm

Anguish Without Closure … As Sri Lankan Tamils Lament The Missing

Jeevan Ravindran in Al-Jazeera, 24 May 2025…. where the title runs thus: ‘Need answers’: Will Sri Lanka’s Tamils find war closure under Dissanayake?” Tamils commemorating the loved ones they lost, or who were ‘disappeared’, during the civil war that ended 16 … Continue reading →

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May 14, 2024 · 12:19 am

Devastating Israeli Assaults on Rafah

  Observer in a Black Sea Town … writing on 7/8th May 2024 after Israel’s devastating assault began the day before. Israel has just launched its devastating attack on the densely populated city of Rafah promising to use extreme force … Continue reading →

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July 3, 2025 · 12:35 pm

Rugby: British Lions Down Under –Schedule

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Date 28 June – 2 August 2025 …………..Coach … Andy Farrell ….. ……………. Tour captain(s) Maro Itoje

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August 24, 2024 · 5:20 pm

The Siege of Jaffna Fort by the LTTE in 1990

Gamini Goonetilleke, … with a few photographs awaiting insertion later I had volunteered my services to the Sri Lanka Army and it was my turn of duty at the Palali Base Hospital when the Jaffna Fort came under Tiger attack. … Continue reading →

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June 22, 2025 · 2:03 pm

Diego Garcia – Role in Middle Eastern War

Dr. Itay Gal in Jerusalem Post, in Jerusalem Post, June 2025 What is Diego Garcia? The US military base that will be key to operations against Iran ….?  What is there, what aircraft operate from it, and why could it … Continue reading →

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February 17, 2026 · 7:17 pm

Munich Conference Reveals EUROPE in Decline

 Truth is King … in response to Vitana’s Gullible Reading of the World Order Once a focal point for pan-European security, the Munich Security Conference has devolved into a self-flagellating critique, struggling to diagnose its decline, while clinging to a … Continue reading →

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