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Kim Phuc recovers her poise from the scars of war …. as a Vietnamese Canadian
In this iconic June 8th 1972 photo, children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, run down Route 1 near Trang Bang, Vietnam after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places as South Vietnamese forces from the 25th Division … Continue reading →
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Dramatic mid-sea transfer ends freedom run
Amanda Hodge, on the SLNS Samudura courtesy of The Australian, 30 July 2012 28 failed ‘boat people’ are transferred from a French Tanker to a Lankna naval ship in mid-sea after their boat floundered – Pic courtesy of Amanda Hodge … Continue reading →
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Betting Shops and Racy Characters within Galle Fort
From Daily News, 3 January 2013 Juliet Coombe took a gamble on entering the forts inner sanctum, the Galle Fort betting shops in the heart of popular pedlars street. From early morning to late afternoon, men scurry in and out … Continue reading →
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: Elmore Perera castigates Parliament and the Regime
Elmore Perera 01. The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka purportedly consists of representatives elected by the Sovereign people of Sri Lanka. This Parliament is currently debating (on 10th and 11th January 2013), what is undoubtedly the … Continue reading →
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No Worries Machan! We have WIMAL on our side!
Namini Wijedasa, on “The Sri Lankan Hero” … in a Sandesa to GOD Dear God, These are terrible times. They say someone at the Central Bank mucked up the economy. There is a balance of payments crisis. Investment hasn’t taken … Continue reading →
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A Foreign Tour Agent’s Balmy View of Sri Lanka
Keith Austin ** A little more than three years ago, Sri Lanka was a basket case, and had been for more than a quarter of a century, as civil war ravaged the country. Sri Lankan-born novelist Michael Ondaatje, in his … Continue reading →
