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Contrasting pictures and the story written by a freelance journalist.02 Jul 2009

Let the readers be the judges. A Two - Day Trip to the I.D.P. Camps in Vavuniya and Chettikulam by Kath Noble We are constantly told that restrictions on access to IDP camps prove that awful things are happening. If the situation were under control, this hypothesis goes, the Government would allow people to go and see ...

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