The World - News from Jan. 1, 1985
Separatist Tamil guerrillas in Sri Lanka blew up a railway bridge near the northern city of Jaffna, the government reported. A government statement said the sabotage of the bridge will seriously affect the transportation of food and fuel to the Jaffna Peninsula, where most of the island nation’s Tamils live and where the guerrillas have been most active.
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