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 Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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| December HR Release |
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Five Tamil students killed by SL Special Forces in TrincomaleeFive high school students, all under the age of 20, were shot through their ears and killed on Monday.The students, from Trincomalee Sri Koneswara Hindu College and St. Joseph’s College, were as usual spending an evening at the popular family seaside location, near the seaside junction of Koneswara Road and Dockyard Road. Some of the students’ parents were also with them. As they were standing with friends and family, a grenade was lobbed from an auto that drove past them. Witnesses said after the grenade attack on the students, the auto drove toward the Trincomalee Fort, where a Sri Lankan Army (SLA) camp is situated.
A statement from Yoharajah Poongulalan, a witness, revealed that after the grenade attack, Sri Lankan military’s Special Forces arrived in two minutes and arrested several students who were at the seaside at 6:15 pm.
Poongulalan further stated that at 8:15 pm the Sri Lankan military Special Forces forced the students to lie on the ground and began shooting them through their ears. As five of the students were being shot and killed, the four other students, tried to escape by running. As they ran, the Sri Lankan military’s Special Forces fired at them and the escaping students incurred injuries on their arms and legs. The four students who escaped, including Poongulalan, were witnesses in the whole incident. SLMM visited the scene for further investigation and have confirmed the killings. The students who were killed are: Sajenthiran was going to begin university this year. Sarvanantha was a first-year student of the Engineering faculty of Moratuwa University. The students who were seriously wounded and admitted to Trincomalee General Hospital are: Kokularaja is to begin university this year. The names of other two who escaped the killing were not available. 03 January 2006
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