Huge Rally Backs Effort to End Ethnic Conflict
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Tens of thousands of people converged on the streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, in support of the government’s efforts to end the nation’s 19-year-old conflict.
“It’s only if we stand together that we can put a permanent end to the bloodshed,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been fighting for an independent homeland for Sri Lanka’s 3.2 million minority Tamils, arguing that they suffer discrimination at the hands of the Sinhalese majority.
The conflict has killed more than 64,000 people, but a cease-fire was signed in February.
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