Posts Tagged ‘Toronto Star’
Tragedy in a tear-shaped country
[Toronto Star] Sri Lanka is the island republic off the coast of southern India. On a map it looks like a teardrop in the Indian Ocean. As well it should. Lord Durham once referred to Canada as “two nations warring in the bosom of a single state.” Tragically, those words resonate deeply as we learn…
Read MoreThousands protest Tamil ‘genocide’
[Toronto Star] Sharannya Mohan looked back and forth on Front St. As far as she could see, Tamils stood shoulder to shoulder denouncing what they call genocide in Sri Lanka. “We can’t all be terrorists,” the 21-year-old York University student said with a twisted smile. Thousands of Tamils from across greater Toronto, a crowd estimated…
Read MoreTamils protest ‘genocide’
[ Toronto Star ] Thousands of Tamils from across Greater Toronto formed a human chain stretching along Front Street and up University Avenue this afternoon to protest against what they call the genocide of the Tamil people in their homeland, Sri Lanka.About 45,000 people took part in the protest throughout the day, according to Staff…
Read MoreA tale of two distant war zones
[Toronto Star] Hundreds of thousands of trapped refugees are cowering under the assault of fighter jets and mortars, with uncounted casualties and warnings of “genocidal” atrocities from human rights activists. Ignoring the pact cobbled together long ago by Norwegian negotiators, the government is using its lopsided military advantage to pummel enemy fighters who shelter in…
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