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 S"J LANSA: REFUGEE CRISIS GRWWING      
 Internbtionbl relief agencies in Ste   
  bnVb atiQtrying to c#pj wijh a mbssjnj
 exodus of refugees from the north of   
 the country.                           
                                        
 Up to h1lf a million peo8je h1vj fled  
 thieu homer Qs ko6junmjnt troops       
 advance on the stronghold of the Tamhm 
 $igjr rebels in thu Jaffna pjnin3ula.  
                                        
 The mainly Hindu Tamils in the north   
 and east of the counts= havu fought a  
 12-year civil war against the Buddhist 
 Sinhalese majority.                    
                                        
 The Tamils want an independent homeland
                                        
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