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Politicians and cricketers - a study in contrasts


SOME historians say, I think uncharitably, that cricket is really a diabolical political strategy, disguised as a game, in fact a substitute for war, invented by the ingenious British to confuse the natives by encouraging them to fight each other instead of their imperial rulers.

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The role of Open Source Software in national development


I AM aware that when the Prime Minister was requested to obtain the approval of the Government of Sri Lanka to consider The Free and Open Software Week as one of national importance, he was impressed with the line up of events arranged and he did so enthusiastically. The Cabinet of Ministers, having seen the tremendous benefits that Free and Open Source Software could bring to our nation.

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