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German-Lanka partnership:
Focusing on post-war development
German Tech, as it is commonly known, has become
a brand name for sustainable and successful development cooperation
in Sri Lanka. Many thousand highly skilled technicians or drivers
have graduated since 1959. Today, each one of them is a living proof
of how successful the typically German combination of theoretical
and practical training has developed in Sri Lanka.
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On making the ‘First XI’ and relevant political lessons
Perhaps it is the fact that Sri Lanka is not
playing any international cricket right now and has a fairly lean
schedule ahead that makes me dwell on cricket these days, forgive
me. I was remembering an article written by my school friend and now
architect, Sumangala Jayatillake for a Royal-Thomian Souvenir a
quarter of a century ago. He was relating a dream about playing in
the Roy-Tho and coming up with a fantastic performance. He ended the
piece, if I remember right, with a quote: ‘Everyone is a hero in his
dreams’. He followed it up with another post script: ‘I knocked out
Mohammed Ali in another dream!’
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Take note of the US actions against terrorists
The United States of America is fighting a very
unconventional war against radical Islamic terrorists. They will
never compromise their national security. They will do whatever it
takes to destroy these malefic people who are hell bent on harming
American interests around the world.
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