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July 8, 2026 · 6:51 pm

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima …. Wikipedia

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima …. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōjima no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle … Continue reading →

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July 9, 2026 · 8:28 pm

Switzerland’s Neutrality During World War Two

 Compiled by Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF [retd] The land locked country that maintained ‘nuetrality’ inspite of being  surrounded by the Axis powers and Axis annexed / occupied territotries during the war Switzerland during WWII (1) Introduction During the war, … Continue reading →

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August 12, 2024 · 2:11 am

The Transformations in Colombo Over the Last 150 Years

Nihal Perera, whose chapter 16 is entitled  “From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city”  ABSTRACT : This chapter maps out the trajectory of the production, reproduction, and transformation of Colombo through colonial, post-colonial, neoliberal, and kleptocratic periods. Created as part … Continue reading →

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April 29, 2024 · 10:38 am

A Sri Lankan Lady Bishop for Wellington, NZ

This item was sent to TPS with this title: “Wellington celebrates Bishop Ana” ….. Note: “Ana” sould be voiced as “Aaana” The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul thronged with well-wishers on Saturday 13 April as 600+ people turned out to … Continue reading →

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December 13, 2023 · 6:07 pm

Early Writing: The Evidence from Sri Lanka

Darshanie Ratnawalli, here reproducing an article presented in the Colombo Telegraph and The Island in June 2016, where the title runs  “Sri Lanka’s role in South Asia’s earliest writing controversy” A few years ago someone came up with the campaign … Continue reading →

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August 26, 2023 · 5:21 pm

Leopards in Sri Lanka: Good Prospects

WWCT in Daily Mirror, 22 August 2023 … with this title “The Leopard – An Ideal Conservation Umbrella Lankan Leopards. A Symbol of Hope”  The Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) – IUCN Status: Vulnerable. Estimated range loss (2016): 63% … Continue reading →

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September 12, 2026 · 3:13 pm

Mohamed Atta: The 9/11 Mastermind

Mohamed Atta …. in WIKIPEDIA    Atta in May 2001 Atta entering airport to board plane on final suicide mission Atta in Hamburg as student

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November 16, 2024 · 1:01 am

Susan Bayly’s Review of Michael Roberts’ Book on The Rise of  the Karava in Ceylon

Susan Bayly: “Review: The History of Caste in South Asia,” reviewing  Caste Conflict and Elite Formation: The Rise of a Karāva Elite in Sri Lanka,1500-1931 by Michael Roberts (CUP 1983) …. in Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3 (1983), pp. … Continue reading →

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December 16, 2023 · 10:20 pm

The Past Embedded within Conflicts of the Present in Sri Lanka

Thilini Meegaswatta, … whose title is “Temporality of History: A Reading of the Contemporaneity of the Past in Post-war Sri Lanka” … an article presented in Proceedings of the Open University Research Sessions in 2020   This short article is a … Continue reading →

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March 27, 2024 · 4:28 pm

Islamic Jihadists Assault on Moscow Concert Hall

Andrew Roth and Pjotr Sauer,in The Guardian 25 March 2024, where the title reads thus: “Four suspects in Moscow concert hall terror attack appear in court Footage of gunmen reinforces Islamic State’s claim to have masterminded worst terror attack on Russia in two … Continue reading →

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