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Armed with a 160-year-old Civil War battlefield map and our trusty metal detectors, we set off to explore forgotten sites of American history. What we uncovered blew us away - relics buried for over a ...
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Mass grave in northern Sri Lanka yields 30+ skeletons, including children; families demand justice after decades.
Tamils commemorating loved ones lost or ‘disappeared’ during the civil war are still waiting for answers.
Sri Lanka objects to Tamil genocide monument in Canada, sparking debate on war atrocities and government accountability.
Over the centuries, locals have come up with plenty of ways to make these resources into delicious meals. Grandmas in floral ...
The 26-year-long civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE officially ended in May 2009 after claiming around 70,000 lives and displacing four times as many.
Fifteen years after Sri Lanka's brutal civil war, women are clearing land mines to rebuild their communities. Widows and single mothers are fighting for safety and reconciliation in a country ...
The controversy surrounding this memorial highlights the broader memory wars around the history of Sri Lanka’s civil war: how it is remembered and by whom.
Sri Lanka's Tamil people still live in the shadow of defeat in the civil war that tore the country apart until it ended 15 years ago.
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka — At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, Singaram Soosaimuthu fishes every day with his son, casting nets and reeling them in.