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Sri Lanka: clashes among government and "Tamil Tigers"

Colombo, Sri Lanka - An airplane has been shot down

Still victims (till now 70.000) in the unspoken clash lasting more than 30 years among Sri Lanka government and "Tamil Tigers", a separatist organization fighting for the independence of north-west Sri Lanka. The latest clash took place this morning when Ceylonese armed forces shot down an airplane of "Tamil Tigers", as response to the attack perpetrated by the separatist organization against a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1094048
Rome, Italy, 09/09/2008 16:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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