The Tamil people of the island of Sri Lanka have endured premeditated pogroms, persecution and genocide by successive Sri Lankan governments at the hands of Sinhala nationalists over the past six decades.
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Australian Tamil Community Remembers 18 May Tamil Genocide
- Friday, 17 May 2013 04:49
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Bank takes over Deccan Chronicle press
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:16
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Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (DCHL) suffered another jolt on Wednesday when Kotak Mahindra Bank took possession of the premises of its printing press located at Kondapur on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
Buddha's Birthday celebrated in Hong Kong tomorrow - Basil Fernando
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:32
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The people in Hong Kong will be celebrating what they call Buddha's Birthday tomorrow (May 17). The term 'Buddha's Birthday' is similar to what is referred to in Sri Lanka as Vesak. However, the overall emphasis here is on birth and it is a sober celebration of life.
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US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:59
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A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the land stolen from Indian tribes as a step toward combatting continuing and systemic racial discrimination.
