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Awesome and Fearful: The Orca ‘Whales’
Though called “whales” ORCAs are a dolphin species — https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/o/orca/
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CJR Le Mesurier: A British Civil Servant who challenged the Imperial Order
Michael Powell: article published in 2007 and entitled “Fragile Identities: The Colonial Consequences of CJR Le Mesurier in Ceylon” ABSTRACT of Article: In the many layered life of CJR Le Mesurier in Ceylon are themes that repeat and recur throughout … Continue reading →
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Eduard Hempel Flourishes in Galle and Lanka
SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda, in Sunday Island, 26 July where the title is “ A Seeker after Many Truths, The Lives of Eduard Hempel” The canoe nudged its way through the deep brown water. It was thick and heavy, like treacle and … Continue reading →
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The Yellow Peril! Coronavirus sparks an Aged Refrain
Palitha Kohona, in Indepthnews, March 2020, with this title “CORVID 19 – The Insatiable Urge to Bash China Surfaces Again! The writer is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and former Foreign Secretary. … Continue reading →
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Monkeys in Their Sri Lankan Kingdom
‘Monkey Kingdom’ is coming to SBS on Saturday 1 June at 7:35pm. (SBS) VIDEO AUDIO It’s a shameless celebration of loving monkeys! By Dan Barrett 31 MAY 2019 – 10:29 AM UPDATED YESTERDAY 10:30 AM ‘Monkey Kingdom’ is the best … Continue reading →
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Gotabaya in Legal Gunsights: One, Two, Three …
ONE = Sanjana Hattotuwa: “The Candidate,” in Island, April 2019, “The lie is revealed. There was no summons served. The photo depicts a lookalike of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The FBI is engaged in an effort to ascertain who produced this false … Continue reading →
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Confronting Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Q & A in 2018 – Swedish Journalist Mikaelsson
Johan Mikaelsson, in Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, 5 November 2018, where the title is “Impunity Island: Sri Lanka’s “predator emeritus” on rebound,” Many local journalists feel discomfort when they hear the name Gotabaya Rajapaksa[1]. He is seen as … Continue reading →
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Our Wonderful World: The Mammals of Ceylon Brought to Life
Burton K Lim in © 2015 American Society of Mammalogists, http://www.mammalogy.org …… …. reviewing A. Yapa, A. and G. Ratnavira 2013. The Mammals of Sri Lanka. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, Department of Zoology, University of Colombo, Colombo 3, … Continue reading →
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When Nature Swallows Settlement: Ross Island in the Indian Ocean
Neelima Vallangi, 18 March 2018, “http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180308-a-ghost-island-in-the-middle-of-the-indian-ocean … where the original title is “A Ghost Island in the Middle of the Indian Ocean” Situated in the Bay of Bengal, India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an isolated group of 572 tropical islands, … Continue reading →
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Predator-Proof Fence to create Huge Wild Life Sanctuary
Paige Taylor in The Australian, 13 June 2017, where the title is “Predator-proof ploy foils feral-fed catastrophe” Work has begun northwest of Alice Springs on the world’s largest predator-proof animal enclosure. It has come to this for our endangered species. The … Continue reading →
