Sri Lanka Independence

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“Disagreements between the Sinhalese and Tamil ethnic communities flared up when drawing up the country's first post-independence constitution,” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War). The Civil War finally ended in May 2009 with the Sri Lankan army defeating the Tamil Tigers.
Throughout the course of the Civil War the people, environment and economy of Sri Lanka suffered. Foreign investment in manufacturing and tourism had stagnated?in part because of fears of violence, with negative effects on national?economic growth. There was an estimated 80,000-100,000 people killed during this time, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War). The inhumane tatics adopted by the LTTE officially led to them being branded as a terrorist group by most countries, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War). After decades of war and four attempted peace talks it seemed like all hope was gone. That was until a cease fire was signed in 2002. This ‘peace’ was short ...

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