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“A peace-building front-liner’s work often goes unnoticed” -Pushpi Weerakoon
Pushpi Weerakoon, a specialist in Peacebuilding, Transitional Justice, Migration Management, Development, and Diplomacy, ...
34 years later: Last journalist to interview Rajiv Gandhi recalls night that shook the world
Sriperumbudur. May 21, 1991. At 10.21 pm. A moment that in my mind is still frozen in time.More than thirty-four years after ...
The Island2m
“You will be my APPCCHCHI for the rest of my life”
An appreciation So said my son-in-law Captain Suraj Weerasekera on the day that his father died, three years ago, when I ...
The Island22h
Promoting tourism for economic, social, and cultural benefits — Curtailing threats: Realistic approaches
Authors: Damien Fernando, Hemantha Madagammana, Gratian Peiris, Mervyn Silva, and Chula Goonasekera On behalf of the LEADS ...
World’s 50 best beaches named – here’s where to find the two in England that made the cut
THE top 50 beaches around the world have been revealed and two in England made the list. Big 7 Travel has ranked the top ...
MBTA's Eng blames old cable, deferred maintenance for issue that left Blue Line train stuck in tunnel
An old and neglected piece of equipment caused the issue that led to a Blue Line train being stopped in a tunnel, MBTA ...
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Hundreds of commuters evacuated after Blue Line train becomes stranded in tunnel
Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a Blue Line train that became stuck in a tunnel between Aquarium and Maverick stations in<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
Nearly 500 passengers evacuated from MBTA train following downed wire in Blue Line tunnel
It took firefighters approx. 1 hr to evacuate 500 people from a ⁦ @MBTA ⁩ Blue Line train that was disabled under the harbor ...