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February 6, 2009

Sri Lanka's End Game Brings New Woes

by Sudha Ramachandran, Asia Times, China - From the inception of the civil war 25 years ago, both the LTTE and the government offered the beleaguered Tamil civilians the promise of liberating them from the repression of the other. Yet neither has shown the slightest concern for the safety or welfare of the Tamils.

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