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...ceasefire and peace would fall apart if this covert war against us continues." S.P. THAMILSELVAN, political leader of the Sri Lankan rebel group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.), alleging that government paramilitary groups have attacked the L.T.T.E. during peace negotiations...
Elsewhere, relief workers have found themselves caught up in civil wars that have been raging for years. In Sri Lanka, there were hopes for some kind of peace, however temporary, between government forces and the Tamil Tiger rebels who have waged a 21-year war for independence in the northern part of the country. Scores of displaced Tamil families taking refuge in a school in Kudathanai had gratefully accepted food and water brought by government soldiers. But when soldiers arrived with a specially cooked New Year's meal, refugees refused it on orders from a rebel. That night part...
Mridula S. Raman ’06, co-president of the South Asian Association, was still waiting to hear from relatives from Tamil Nadu until Dec. 31, the Indian state hit hardest by the tsunami. In India, over 8,000 have been reported missing...
Naresh Ramarajan ’04, also from Tamil Nadul, is currently traveling around Indonesia as a Rockefeller fellow. “My best friend’s parents literally ran from the waves in [the Indian coastal town of] Cuddalore and bought their way into the first bus out of town for an enormous sum,” Ramarajan wrote in an e-mail from Indonesia. He added that his family and friends were all safe...
Patrick Toomey ’03, who was working with People’s Watch-Tamil Nadu, a human rights organization, had planned to meet with his girlfriend, Emma B. Wright ’03, at the coastal town of Mahabalipuram...