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லண்டன் ரெலிகிராப் பதிவு ஒன்று பேசுகிறது.

Behind the muzzled: voices from a troubed Sri Lanka

I want to return to Sri Lanka today where, while the world focuses on the fallout from Mumbai, SL government forces are reportedly closing in on the key rebel strongholds of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu.

I say 'reportedly' as all information that comes out of the Sri Lanka conflict is inherently untrustworthy since it is provided only by the combatant, both of whom have a long track record of telling lies in the name of propaganda.

In the north, displaced Tamil civilian populations - perhaps more than 250,000 now, but it's hard to know since the international aid agencies were forced to pull out - are bearing the brunt of the fallout from the fighting.

However the effects of this dirty war are not confined to the battle zone. The attempts to crush the Tamil Tigers militarily and bring them to the negotiating table on their knees is taking a terrible toll on Sri Lankan society as a whole.

It now seems that, in the name of 'national interest' and 'war spirit' Sri Lanka's government has effectively crushed all opposition, even from those who would ordinarily be considered patriots of the Sinhala cause.

full text at
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/peter_foster/blog/2008/12/03/behind_the_muzzled_voices_from_a_troubed_sri_lanka

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Exiles wielding power from the UK

People fleeing conflict and persecution in Sri Lanka, Turkey and Somalia have found refuge in Britain since the 1980s. In the first of a series of articles, the BBC's Samanthi Dissanayake examines the power these diasporas are exerting on their homelands.

full text at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7742638.stm

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