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...Many Tamil youth living around the world became committed to raising awareness of Sri Lanka's plight in the West after they visited their parents' country between 2002 and 2008, a period of truce between troops and the Tigers, and saw how their families were living there. Vasuki Guna, a 20-year-old university student in Australia, says she can't forget images of children running through a landmine-cleared field or an infant cousin screaming at the sound of a firecracker, confusing it with a grenade. "You come back and can't get the images out of your mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War's End Hasn't Stilled the World's Young Tamil Voices | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...their father's death and their mother's quick remarriage to a tyrannical bishop Guve's huge brown eyes watch everything silently, building a mask to ward off the collapse of his world. Through Alexander we watch the movements of the rest of his family, particularly his grandmother (Guna Waugrea), who embodies the wisdom and vision of a true matriarch. An aging actress, she controls her family and tries to face her own mortality and loss of physical strength...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Tapestries of the Spirit | 7/6/1983 | See Source »

...Guna and Butter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MERRIAM WANTS OUR "BUTTER" SPREAD THICKER AND FARTHER | 12/12/1940 | See Source »

...newspaper Hellingin Sonemat reparied rumors that the 3,500-fon Soviet eraiser Kirov had been sunk by Flunish coastal guna during the fierce battle...

Author: By United Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 12/2/1939 | See Source »

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