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Suicide Terrorism: Why Are Sri Lanka’s Women Blowing Themselves Up?

Posted on September 22, 2008 by shenali waduge — 15 Comments ↓

by Shenali Waduge – Sri Lanka – “While nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer, nothing is more difficult than to understand him” – Mikhailovich Dostovsky The tiny island nation of Sri Lanka has been plagued by terrorism for…

A Different Kind of Birthday Party

Posted on September 1, 2008 by shenali waduge — No Comments ↓

by Shenali Waduge – Sri Lanka – At only a year old, would a child know that she was in front of a cake attempting to blow out something called a candle? When my daughter turned one she was pretty…

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