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Sri Lanka military helps 35,000 civilians flee

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Bharatha Mallawarachi The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A thick line comprising thousands of Sri Lankan civilians — with only a handful of backpacks for belongings among them — streamed out of the last sliver of land held by rebels on Monday, April 20. Video footage provided by the air force showed […]

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: APTN, COLOMBO, Keheliya Rambukwella, New York, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Robert Wood, Sri Lankan, State Department, Tamil Tigers, Television News, Udaya Nanayakkara, Velupillai Prabhakaran

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