Sri Lanka in Turmoil: Implications of Intensified Conflict : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, November 14, 1995 |
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... injured by Sinhalese nationalists . Also in 1958 , Prime Minister Bandaranaike was assassinated by , of all people , a Buddhist monk who felt that Bandaranaike was not moving fast enough to implement his Sinhalese Buddhist platform ...
... injured by Sinhalese nationalists . Also in 1958 , Prime Minister Bandaranaike was assassinated by , of all people , a Buddhist monk who felt that Bandaranaike was not moving fast enough to implement his Sinhalese Buddhist platform ...
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... injured , and over 100,000 had fled to India . For many Tamils , this was the major turning point . It was a pogrom of such intensity that many former moderate Tamils suddenly became convinced that only a totally separate Tamil state ...
... injured , and over 100,000 had fled to India . For many Tamils , this was the major turning point . It was a pogrom of such intensity that many former moderate Tamils suddenly became convinced that only a totally separate Tamil state ...
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... injured in this attack . Not only Buddhist but Muslim places of worship have also been desecrated . In 1990 LTTE terrorists opened fire on Muslims praying in two mosques at Kattankudy , killing 103 and wounding 70 . Almost all of these ...
... injured in this attack . Not only Buddhist but Muslim places of worship have also been desecrated . In 1990 LTTE terrorists opened fire on Muslims praying in two mosques at Kattankudy , killing 103 and wounding 70 . Almost all of these ...
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... injured . Bombs have also been placed in hotels , resulting in many deaths and injuries . Planting of bombs in crowded buses and trains , laying land - mines on busy roads , abducting and killing villagers and settlers in remote areas ...
... injured . Bombs have also been placed in hotels , resulting in many deaths and injuries . Planting of bombs in crowded buses and trains , laying land - mines on busy roads , abducting and killing villagers and settlers in remote areas ...
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... injured 85 others . This included pilgrims who were inside the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi premises . Armed terrorists shot dead 18 Sinhalese in the forest reserve . 13 Sinhalese settlers shot dead by armed terrorists . Armed terrorists shot ...
... injured 85 others . This included pilgrims who were inside the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi premises . Armed terrorists shot dead 18 Sinhalese in the forest reserve . 13 Sinhalese settlers shot dead by armed terrorists . Armed terrorists shot ...
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