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Washington’s Arm-Twisting via Trade exposed by Daya Gamage
Daya Gamage, in Asian Tribune, 14 June 2019, where the title is “”GSP as a ‘bait’, Pompeo in Sri Lanka to push the (SOFA) military deal” Washington – quite obviously to fulfil one of its foreign policy objectives in the … Continue reading →
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Fresh Insights on the 4/21 Salafi Bombings in Sri Lanka
Samanth Subramanium, in New York Times, 2 July 2020, where the title reads “Two Wealthy Muslim Brothers became suicide Bombers, but Why?” There’s a video of the exact moment Inshaf Ibrahim decided to abandon his life as a rich young man and … Continue reading →
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A Patriotic Muslim Sri Lankan … now permanently disabled – shot by the Zahran Hashim Cell
BBC News Item, 31 May 2019, entitled “The man who might have stopped Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings” When bombs planted in churches and hotels killed more than 200 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, few had realised that … Continue reading →
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Terrorism in Sri Lanka: Some Threads in Social Media …. with Analytic Reflections
Sanjana Hattotuwa, in Sunday Island, 28 April 2019, where the title is “It doesn’t make sense” -Naren Hattotuwa – Easter Sunday.” … with highlighting emphasis being the work of The Editor, Thuppahi A Scene from Christchurch … and Sri Lanka … Continue reading →
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Vale: Carlo Fonseka’s Manifold Gifts Inscribed in Memory
ONE: Ishara Jayawardena: “Carlo Fonseka: Unparalleled,” Daily News, 4 September 2019 Professor Carlo Fonseka ushered in an episode rare in its own right. He always stood for what he thought was just. Not merely a physician cum academic, Fonseka established … Continue reading →
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East Asian Leaders challenge Trump and demand Open Markets
News Item by Agence France-Press in THE NATION of Singapore,12 November 2018, entitled “Call for open markets as world leaders gather in Singapore” Singapore’s prime minister made an impassioned plea Monday for open markets and warned “political pressures” were driving … Continue reading →
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Okkama Boru or Hocus Pocus in Sri Lanka — say Rajeewa and Gus
ONE: Rajeewa Jayaweera in Lanka: “Blackmail,” in Sunday Island, 9 June 2019 The death fast by a relatively insignificant nationalist Buddhist monk turned politician Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero MP, of the Jathika Hela Urumaya and UNP National List MP ended … Continue reading →
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A Sob Story? Hodge in Batticaloa batting for the Nadeshalingam Family
Amanda Hodge in The Weekend Australian, 7/8th September 2019, where the title is “Mum’s fears for asylum son tainted by time with Tamil Tigers” On the scuffed green walls of Nadeshalingam Murugappan’s family home in eastern Sri Lanka, a maxim … Continue reading →
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Fervent Feminism and Victimology in Indefensible Rage …. and A Cartoonist ‘set on fire’
The strident reactions of a number of women, as well as men, including Billie Jean King and JK Rawling, in defense of Serena Williams and in criticism of Umpire Carlos Ramos (whose history has been exemplary), displays a form of … Continue reading →
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Satha and De Saram: Batsmen Par Excellence who went to Jail
Nicholas Brookes, in CRICKET MONTHLY, 6 May 2019, where the title is “The story of De Saram and Satha: batting geniuses who went to jail” Two of Sri Lanka’s greatest batsmen had memorable lives, but they have been nearly forgotten … Continue reading →
