MICHAEL ROBERTS. Courtesy Thuppahi’s Blog  The title for this item is inspired by that riveting film from 1998 entitled Saving Private Ryan with Tom Hanks in the lead role.  KEY QUOTATION: It is said that the LTTE was agreeable to USA’s direct involvement, but they were not agreeable to locking the weapons. The USA had also […]

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MICHAEL ROBERTS  Courtesy thuppahi‘s Blog  The title for this item is inspired by that riveting film from 1998 entitled Saving Private Ryan with Tom Hanks in the lead role.  KEY QUOTATION: It is said that the LTTE was agreeable to USA’s direct involvement, but they were not agreeable to locking the weapons. The USA had also […]

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චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම ටී එන් ඒ කාරයින් ජෙනොසයිඩ් යන වචනය අල්ලාගෙන කරණ විකාරය ගැන ශෙනාලි වඩුගේ පෙන්වා දෙන කරුණු කියවූ පසු මා විසින් 2009 මැයි 18 දා අයිලන්ඩ් පත්තරයට ලියූ ලිපියක් (වෙන් ඊස් ජෙනොසයිඩ් නොට් ජෙනොසයිඩ්) සිංහලට පෙරලීමට මට සිතුණි.  මේ ජෙනොසයිඩ් බම්බුව හරියට එළු පැටියා කරේ තියා ගෙන යන මිනිහාට, “මොකද රාල තමුසෙ ඔය කොටළුවෙක්ව […]

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Dr. Tilak Fernando  Until the early 19th century, European countries adopted their own system of diplomatic ranks where comparative positions or titles were subjected to considerable dispute due to the insistence of major nations seeking superiority over minor nations. In an attempt to resolve the problem, the Congress of Vienna of 1815 formally established to […]

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