The Canadian connection: Sri Lanka moves to crush Tamil rebels at home and abroad

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Canada is home to an estimated 125,000 Sri Lankan Tamils, and Chandrika Kumaratunga's Sri Lankan government claims that the Tamil Tiger guerrillas receive financial assistance from Tamils in Canada. Canadian immigration authorities arrested Tamil Manickavasagam Suresh on terrorism charges in Oct 1995.

Canada, Investigations, Sri Lanka, Kumaratunga, Chandrika, Military policy, Canadian foreign relations, Tamils, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sri Lankan foreign relations, Tamils in Canada

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India's passage: a nation opening to the world faces weighty challenges on its 50th birthday

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India will celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence on Aug 15, 1997. Six years of economic liberalization have brought a booming economy and an upwardly mobile middle-class. However, the annual per-capita income is only $1,910 and almost 50% of the population is still illiterate.

Economic aspects, Economic development, Popular culture, Middle classes, Middle class

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Horror in Kashmir: rebels in India behead a Norwegian tourist

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The Kashmir Islamic rebel group Al-Faran killed Ostro in Aug 1995, and left a note by his body threatening to murder the other four Western hikers being held by the group. Other Islamic resistance groups in Kashmir distanced themselves from Al-Faran's actions.

Crimes against, Crime, Islamic fundamentalism, Terrorism, Kashmir (Region), Ostro, Hans Christian

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