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had been taken to the safe house to help the Army locate part of the JVP's "treasure", while the search was in progress Herath had pulled out a gun and shot
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Initially identified simply as the "New Left", this group drew on students and unemployed youths from rural areas, most of them in the 16 to 25-year-old range who felt that their economic interests had been neglected by the nation's leftist coalition governments. It became popularly known as the
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examination within seven and a half months, obtaining a distinction, and spent his holidays travelling through the USSR. He also worked during this time as an
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Insurgency – 1971: An Account of the April Insurrection in Sri Lanka
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War & Peace in Sri Lanka, with a Post-accord Report from Jaffna
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