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Northern Ireland escalates efforts on second day of Mourne Mountains blaze By (0) The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service declared Saturday the fire in the Mourne Mountains a "major incident." Photo courtesy of Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service/Twitter April 24 (UPI) -- Officials escalated their efforts Saturday to put out a major fire in Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service directed "significant resources" for firefighters working in "extreme conditions" to battle a major gorse fire in Slieve Donard area of the Mourne Mountains abov...

The great Greek historian, Thucydides, set out a principle he thought dictated relations between strong and weak nations during his time. He said, “The strong do what they will and the weak what they must.”  The question is whether this dictum still holds true even for nations such as Sri Lanka.    Today, our country is caught in a geopolitical struggle between the United States and China for dominance in the Asia-Pacific region.  Many of our leaders insist that, Sri Lanka should be “neutral” and/or “non-aligned” in this situation.  However, the question is whether a weak nat...