THE just concluded Summit of the Americas is nothing but a show of the empire’s fleeting leadership in a region that the empire considers as its backyard. Joe Biden, the
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FOR the past two years, the United States has been actively trying to rally the Arab world around Israel to solve the ‘Palestinian issue’ in American terms and to force
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THE 50th day anniversary of the Aragalaya took place in a generally calm manner. There were special events organised on Saturday including a march from Independence Square to the Galle