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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —Representatives of the six Tamil-speaking political parties, who announced last month their decision to work together to advance the interests of Tamil-speaking people, are scheduled to hold separate meetings on Monday (Aug. 3) with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa The six parties — the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC), the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), t

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — Nineteen years after Sahathevan Nilakshan, a 22-year-old journalist and University of Jaffna student, was shot dead outside his home during a military curfew, no one has been charged in the case. His killing, former classmates and colleagues say, deprived not only Sri Lankan journalism of a promising young journalist but also the Tamil community of a potential future leader. Mr. Nilakshan, a former student of Jaffna Hindu College, was remembered by teachers and fellow studen