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The Economic Sinking of Island Lanka: The IMF-US Monsters

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose preferred title is “Alternatives to the IMF and the future of the Welfare State: Beyond the blame game between Superpowers” The economic proxy war between the rising and fading Superpowers is escalating and expanding in the “Asian … Continue reading

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The American-IMF Monster Revealed in Dissection of Sarvanandan’s Reading of the World

X … [who, alas, has to protect himself from potential ‘hits’ from American and Aussie agencies] …. NB: the highlighting emphasis is my imposition The Western template for stories on so-called predatory practices by China was crafted some years ago by … Continue reading

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Resisting Racist Oppression: Measures Symbolic & Minute ….. Yet Meaningful

Channa Wickremasekera in Facebook, … [where items disappear into the depths] … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi A close friend recently sent me the link to Louis Theroux’s documentary ‘The Settlers’. He was moved by it, he said. … Continue reading

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The IMF’s Vice-Like Grip on Sri Lanka’s Testicles … Continues

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose chosen title runs thus‘ ‘The IMF’s Remarkable Timing and a President’s Mandate for Debt Justice” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor Thuppahi** At Annual Meetings in Washington in October International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva claimed … Continue reading

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Articles on the Easter Sunday Attacks in 2019 presented within TPS in May 2019

Michael Roberts I have recently presented the list of items placed in this site during April 2019 immediately after the shocking events and now commence  to  present the itmes that appeared in May 2019. I can hardly claim to have … Continue reading

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Sri Lankans Down Kiwis in High-Scoring T20 Match

Madushka Balasuriya  in ESPN … with this title “Perera ton gives Sri Lanka consolation win” New Zealand came close in the 219-run chase, but Sri Lanka did enough to get a consolation win Kusal Perera soaks it in after hitting … Continue reading

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WHO’s Medical Shoulder in Support of Sri Lanka Today

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks …. The WHO  has been in the frontline trenches in the battle against the insidious monster, Mr. COVID, from the outset and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been one of its generals.  So do listen ….

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Kenya: An IMF Lapdog in Serious Strife

A. K. L.  Steinbeck, …. with title and underlining imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi WATCH =  https://x.com/DOmowale/status/1805701195366822364 …& … https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/25/kenya-protests-live-deadly-anti-tax-protests-after-finance-bill-approved ONE = Here, Kenyan protestors wreck Kenya’s parliament, setting fire to the building. About 20 protestors have been killed by … Continue reading

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King Abdullah Speaks Out: A “Two-State Solution” for Palestine Arena

Item in Washington Post, 14 November 2023 King Abdullah of Jordan penned an op ed for the Washington Post yesterday. It can be found at, …. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/14/king-abdullah-jordan-two-state-solution/    Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is king of Jordan.  For more than a … Continue reading

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Eisenhower Park Cricket Stadium: An Overnight ‘Ali Baba’ Creation

Nagraj Gollapudi, in The Cricket Monthly at ESPNcricinfo, 31 May 2024, where the title reads “New York’s beautiful monster: how a cricket venue was created from scratch” In Eisenhower Park on the outskirts of the city, a stadium has come … Continue reading

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