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 Sri Lankan artists address anti-Tamil riotsAnoma Rajakaruna has warm memories of her childhood in the diverse suburb of Panadura, where she went to the market and the pharmacy with her mother and chatted with neighbors in a mixture of English, Sinhalese and Tamil.
Tamil rebels: Peace talks 'impossible'
Sri Lankan rebels said Monday that a new round of peace talks on ending the country's 25-year-old civil war is impossible as long as the government presses ahead with a military offensive.
Setting sail on the journey of a lifetime
One day when he was 8 years old, Newport News native Jesse Smith pointed to a map over his family's kitchen table and, like many dreamers, announced that he would one day step foot on all of the world's continents.  Sri Lanka protesters stop trains to halt evictionsAngry protesters halted trains and clashed with policemen in Sri Lanka's capital Friday as authorities began demolishing their homes, saying they were unauthorized constructions that encroached on government lands.  War is only job available in Sri Lankan villageIyathigewewa is a classic company town. But the youth don't head off to work in the local mine or factory - they go to war.
Man gets 2 1/2 year sentence in terror scheme
A retired Indonesian Marine Corps general was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to funnel weapons to a Sri Lankan terrorist organization.
Supreme Court justice a victim in data breach
A Supreme Court justice's birthday and social security number were exposed on the Internet after a McLean, Va., investment firm employee used an online-file sharing network at his office.
Rights group reports abuses in S. Arabia
Domestic workers in Saudi Arabia often suffer abuse that in some cases amounts to slavery, as well as sexual violence and lashings for spurious allegations of theft or witchcraft, a human rights group said Tuesday.
Minn. college uses Facebook for recruitment abroad
When Ludmi Herath launched her efforts to recruit students to Minnesota State University using a Facebook site, it became clear immediately that it would work well as a recruiting tool.  Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi visits Camp DavidPresident Bush gave a leader from an oil-rich Persian Gulf ally a plum reward on Thursday: a stay at the Camp David presidential retreat. |
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