Word: sri
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...reaction to the disintegration of the menacing Soviet monolith may be euphoria, but all too often, as demonstrated by other countries where ethnic rivalries have shattered national integrity, bloodshed soon follows. In Yugoslavia fierce fighting has killed more than 300 people since Croatia declared independence on June 25. In Sri Lanka an eight-year war between Tamil guerrillas and the Sinhalese majority has left 18,000 dead and countless numbers homeless and destitute. Tamil Tigers have also been held responsible for the assassination last May of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who sent in troops in July...
...blood goes back at least a thousand years to a time when a powerful Tamil dynasty in India invaded the island of Sri Lanka and pushed the Sinhalese natives deep into the south. The conflict between Tamils and Sinhalese has ebbed and flowed ever since, but today it rages more violently than ever -- only with artillery and automatic rifles rather than swords and spears. The stakes would have been familiar to Sri Lankans at any point in the past 10 centuries: the minority Tamil population wants independence from the Sinhalese-dominated government in Colombo. They speak a different language...
Umesha Walloopillai, from Colombo, Sri Lanka, has played in Davis Cup matches for his country since age 15. He is the mystery recruit. Fish said he has yet to see him play...
Umesha Walloopillai, from Colombo, Sri Lanka, has played in Davis Cup matches for his country since age 15. He is the mystery recruit. Fish said he has yet to see him play...
...eyebrows were raised by an unusual private meeting MIKHAIL GORBACHEV scheduled during the London economic summit. The Soviet leader took time out from importuning Western leaders for economic help to greet his friend SRI CHINMOY, the New Age Indian guru. As French President Francois Mitterrand watched from the side, Gorbachev accepted a book of praise from the spiritual leader, who is based in Queens, N.Y. Gorbachev, who has been known to sprinkle speeches with terminology about his vision for a "new civilization" that obeys "new laws and logic," first met the guru last year on a state visit to Canada...