ltte rebels
Jan 17 2008, Rajat

How much more blood will be shed before the Sinhalese dominated Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) settle for peace? They are at it again, tensions mount and so do the causalities.

In October-November 2007, the...

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