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In the streets of Trincomalee and Batticaloa, areas where the majority of the populace speaks, almost exclusively, only Tamil, I, who do not understand Tamil, am still able to recognize and communicate a sense of empathy with my fellow citizens.
Ru Freeman: A Few Peas Short of a Full Pod: Hillary Clinton & Tamil Nadu's Jayalalitha Ru Freeman 2011
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Trucks loaded with relief supplies reached the eastern Ampara and Batticaloa districts Friday.
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“After a while, most youngsters in Batticaloa had acquired certificates which indicated that they had received training in counseling,” noted one Sri Lankan observer.
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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Gen. Ubaya Medawala said it was unclear what triggered the blast in the containers, which were stored at the police station in the Batticaloa district for safety reasons.
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It takes 10 hours to travel 300 kilometers between Batticaloa and Colombo.
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It also is trying to rebuild local-government headquarters in Batticaloa, destroyed in the years of fighting, and has completed a town hall.
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At left, Col. Karuna, right, stood with cadres at the military camp of the rebels in Batticaloa, 135 miles east of Col.mbo, on March 4, 2004.
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One of the biggest towns on the east coast, Batticaloa, was hammered by the tsunami.
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As a 19-year old university student in Batticaloa, he had wanted to be a doctor, but ended up instead commanding thousands of Tamil Tiger rebels in the Eastern Province fighting with their comrades in the north for an independent homeland.
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Still, violence thrives around his former home of Batticaloa, and politics there remains a deadly profession.
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