The World - News from Aug. 13, 1985
Sri Lanka rejected the main demands of Tamil separatists in their second round of peace talks, which began after a weekend of violence in the island nation south of India, in which 26 people were killed. In the talks, which are being held in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan under Indian sponsorship, the Tamil minority is seeking special status within the nation, dominated by the majority Sinhalese.
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