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Wither India’s Sovereignty: signed, sealed & owned by US?
How much is China more of a threat to India than US, will be a question India must continue to ask, as it rushes to sign agreements with US. Whether India will become ornamental allies like Montenegro & North Macedonia..
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Dear Pompeo… don’t bully a small nation
(Courtesy of The Island) Welcome to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka welcomes you with its warm smiles and hearts, the hallmark of our people. The respect, welcome and hospitality Sri Lanka has shown to all nations for 1000s of years is..
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Pompeo will not have his way in Sri Lanka
(Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia) Officials say President, PM will politely reject his gratuitous advice; tell him government decisions guided by electoral mandates, law and the Constitution Colombo, October 25: The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, who will be here..
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As Chair of MCC & US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo arrives – Demands & Choices for Sri Lanka
Mike Pompeo is arriving amidst a sudden & unexpected covid surge in Sri Lanka and coming from two of the worst covid-hit countries. He is arriving to fulfil objectives of 2 designations. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors..
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Right of Reply: Sri Lanka is lucky to lose MCC
This is a right of reply to an article appearing on Daily FT titled “History repeating – Are we going to lose MCC or not?” by an anonymous international development expert on 22 October 2020. It would be nice for..
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“Will MCC be signed in secret on 28 October”? Sri Lankans are asking!
This question is being asked across numerous public portals and begs the Government to answer & relieve all doubts. Having got itself tagged as a ‘nationalist’ government (on top of all the other nasty words plucked out of the dictionary),..
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If President Sirisena protected Our Land from MCC – President Gotabaya Rajapakse, will also
Maithripala Sirisena was not born with a silver spoon. He was no presidential material but he controversially became President with a thumbs up by 62lakh voters in January 2015 aided even by foreign governments & a coterie of civil society..
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Your Majesty – Declare Eelam in UK
There are some ground realities all of us need to come to terms with. While in Sri Lanka, only the TNA chants ‘Eelam’ & Pro-LTTE slogans, that too closer to some election or event, to give themselves some cheap publicity,..
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MCC LIES: Sri Lanka is not getting $480m signing MCC
There is a major misconception that Sri Lanka in its cash-strapped status should ignore all questionable aspects of the MCC and just sign MCC Compact as MCC is holding a carrot of $480m which they call a gift from US..
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Kamala Harris:Tamil Iyer Brahmin for Sri Lanka Tamil reparation?
(Courtesy of Asian Tribune) The US Democratic Party presidential candidate – former Obama vice president – Joseph Biden’s vice presidential running mate US Senator Kamala Devi Harris is far from an Americanized woman of South India’s Tamil Iyer Brahmin heritage:..





