The World - News from July 9, 1985
Peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil separatists “got off to a good start” in the remote mountain kingdom of Bhutan, the Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi reported. The talks are an attempt to resolve the 10-year-old ethnic conflict between the Tamils, a mostly Hindu minority concentrated on the northern third of the island nation, and the majority Sinhalese Buddhist population that dominates the south.
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