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...worked against the Tigers, other countries wracked by insurgencies - from Pakistan to Sudan to Algeria - may be tempted to follow suit. But Rajapaksa's triumph has come at a high cost in civilian lives and a sharp decline in democratic values - and he is no closer to resolving the ethnic resentments that underpinned the insurgency for decades. Perhaps Sri Lanka's success should come with a warning label for political leaders and military commanders elsewhere: Do not try this at home. (See pictures of the territory once ruled by the Tamil Tigers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Defeat Insurgencies: Sri Lanka's Bad Example | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...targeted because of his decision to send in Indian peacekeeping troops to Sri Lanka in 1987 while he was Prime Minister. The Tiger leader became a wanted man in India, and the tide of public opinion in India turned decisively against the LTTE. India has a large population of ethnic Tamils, and many of them had been sympathetic to the cause of oppressed Tamils in Sri Lanka. In 2002, when pressed by journalists on his involvement in the killing, Prabhakaran refused to comment. "It is a tragic incident that happened 10 years ago," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prabhakaran: The Life and Death of a Tiger | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

Read about Burma's ethnic minorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: Why Foreigners Can Make Things Worse for Burma | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...make the connection between faculty and understanding the student population and how best to serve students.” Herschbach also said that her time as Master of Currier House was “probably the most satisfying to me,” noting Currier’s ethnic diversity at the time, which the College has only now been able to match. Rinere joined Harvard in February 2006 as head of the College’s newly-created Advising Programs Office. Under Rinere’s leadership as the first associate dean of advising programs, the office revamped...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Administrators To Leave Posts | 5/15/2009 | See Source »

Read about Burma's ethnic minorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aung San Suu Kyi | 5/15/2009 | See Source »

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