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Sri Lanka’s ethnic identities
When dealing with longstanding grievances between ethnic communities locked in war, it can be difficult to disentangle a historical understanding of issues of identity and polarization. There is always the easy temptation to create the “eternal battle” between rival identities that always fought. I don’t have the knowledge of Sri Lankan politics or history to…
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The Death of the Tamil Tigers
The Sri Lankan government’s endgame shelling of areas controlled by the Tamil Tigers has reached its conclusion — a massive defeat for the secessionist movement and the death of its leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran. The Associated Press reported the details of Prabhakaran’s death: Senior [Sri Lankan] military officials said Prabhakaran was surrounded early Monday with the…