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Someone tell this man that there are 660,000 refugees (displaced persons) in Sri Lanka. Some displaced by the Tsunami, and not all Tamil. Tell him that in a nation where lawless states remained in the control of a terror group, the slaying of journalist could be carried out by any party, and not just the government.


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