SRI LANKA: Tamil refugees slowly return from India
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:56 GMT
For Thangamma*, returning to Sri Lanka's once-embattled northern town of Jaffna is nothing short of a pilgrimage. "I waited for two decades to leave India," she said.
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Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:56 GMT
For Thangamma*, returning to Sri Lanka's once-embattled northern town of Jaffna is nothing short of a pilgrimage. "I waited for two decades to leave India," she said.
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