Tuesday, 09 February 2010




By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press Writer KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - The vast rice fields of Kilinochchi are overgrown with shrubs. The herds of cattle and goats have disappeared. The tractors and motorcycles are gone. Buildings and homes have been bombed into heaps of concrete rubble. War refugees have found little left of their old lives as they trickle back to their villages in the former Tamil Tiger stronghold eight months after Sri Lankan forces crushed the rebel group. "We are happy to...
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