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Friday, 2 March 2012 - 10:59 PM SL Time
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Tamil woman to support SL at UNHRC
[ Friday, 02 March 2012, 01:00.43 PM GMT +05:30 ]
SriLankan permanent representative in Geneva Tamara Gunanayagam appointed has the head of the SriLankan representatives at Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
It was revealed Tamara Gunanayagam will monitor all the activities of SriLanka at the UNHRC session till 23rd of March.
By appointing Tamil representative Tamara Gunanayagam government hopes to create good name on SriLanka at the international community.
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Saturday, 3 March 2012 - 8:00 PM SL Time
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Respective country need to pay special attention on holding investigat ions of Human Rights violations of their country: Brad Adams
[ Friday, 02 March 2012, 04:11.08 PM GMT +05:30 ]
Brad Adams Executive Director of the Human Rights Watch for Asian Continent stated time period would not effect to hold investigations on human rights violations.
He also said respective country need to pay special attention on holding investigations of Human Rights violations of their country.
Beginning of war government promised that they would hold investigations on war crime allegations which occurred during the time of war in the country.
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US resolution: Gambit put in motion
Sunday, 4 March 2012 - 5:27 PM SL Time
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The move to raise alleged war crimes and human rights violations by the armed forces during the final war against LTTE terrorists, a gambit put in motion by the US, UK and few other European governments against Sri Lanka, is being getting rejected by a majority of member nations of the UN Human Rights Council currently in sessions at Geneva, diplomatic sources in Colombo say.
The US Assistant Secretary Mario Otero was given a blunt rebuff by the People`s Republic of China on Friday when the chairperson of the sessions was asked how Otero came to be addressing the sessions when the agenda did not include an address by her.
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Russian voters overwhelmingly granted Vladimir V. Putin a six-year term as president
Monday, 5 March 2012 - 3:24 AM SL Time
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MOSCOW Russian voters overwhelmingly granted Vladimir V. Putin a six-year term as president on Sunday, a long-predicted outcome that set the stage for a far more suspenseful post-election confrontation between Mr. Putin and opposition groups.
We have won, Mr. Putin declared to a huge throng of supporters right outside the Kremlin walls, a tear running down his cheek. We have gained a clean victory! He added, We won! Glory to Russia.
Mr. Putin has been Russia`s pre-eminent leader for 12 years, having served two terms as president from 2000 to 2008 before his current term as prime minister. But the opposition groups` calls for more protests, starting with a rally on Monday night in Pushkin Square in central Moscow, threaten to undercut his promise of stability.
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The donkey metamorphosises into an Ant (Kazhuthai theaynthu kadde rumpaana kathai) :)
Tuesday, 6 March 2012 - 4:14 PM SL Time
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Sumanthiran, Sritharan contradict reasoning Geneva absentia
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 March 2012, 00:22 GMT]
In a meeting held by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in Jaffna on Monday, explaining to the public why the TNA opted out canvassing in Geneva, TNA`s Vanni parliamentarian Sritharan and nominated parliamentarian Sumanthiran came out with contrasting reasons. As the TNA has publicly rejected the LLRC recommendations, is there any point in going to Geneva where the resolution is harping on implementation of the recommendations won`t it be strengthening the resolution, asked Sritharan. But, Sumanthiran implied that the resolution comes after TNA conferring with the US State Department four months back and that it won`t be diplomatically beneficial to the sponsors of the move if the TNA is present in Geneva.
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Tamil Nadu demands India to declare Rajapaksa guilty of genocide :)
Tuesday, 6 March 2012 - 11:49 PM SL Time
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Tamil Nadu demands India to declare Rajapaksa guilty of genocide
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 March 2012, 13:07 GMT]
In a pan-Tamil Nadu fasting campaign organised by the Communist Party of India with the support of many major political parties of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, the Government of India was urged to declare Sri Lanka`s President Mahinda Rajapaksa as guilty of genocide. The CPI demand supported by the ruling AIDMK and by political parties MDMK, VCK and Tamil National Communist Party gains much significance against the backdrop of repeated bailouts of the Rajapaksa regime in the international forums by the New Delhi Establishment, political observers in Chennai said. The main fasting campaign, participated by a large number of party activists, took place in front of the Thaamparam divisional secretariat in Chennai
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Seracholan Reporting from Geneva :)
Thursday, 8 March 2012 - 12:10 AM SL Time
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Changes impose in the resolution submit by the United States
[ Wednesday, 07 March 2012, 04:24.48 PM GMT +05:30 ]
According to the diplomatic sources United States government has imposed changes in the resolution submit against the Lankan government at UNHRC session in Geneva.
This decision was taken due to the pressures made by the Indian and international government against US, sources said.
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Interview with Ambassador Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka s Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Thursday, 8 March 2012 - 11:27 PM SL Time
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Excerpts of the interview with Ambassador Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations via News.lk
Question: What is the current situation in the Human Rights Council with regard to the debate on Sri Lanka?
Ambassador Tamara Kunanayakam: The present climate at the Human Rights Council is in Sri Lanka`s favor, but a lot of work still needs to be done. I have great confidence in the value of our arguments.
It is true that thus far we have been able to gather around us a number of developing countries, thanks to the principled stand of President and his Government, the support of our people who have rallied around us, the tireless efforts of our Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, whose new Africa policy and his direct contact with his counterparts and Heads of State in Africa has brought us a number of allies in that continent, and, of course, thanks also to the work of the staff of our Mission, who have been working round the clock to keep the Missions in Geneva informed about developments in our country.
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Prime Minister Rudhrakumaran comment on US resolution
Friday, 9 March 2012 - 1:32 PM SL Time
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Prime Minister of the Transitional Government of the Tamil Eelam V.Rudhrakumaran stated SriLankan government carried out war crime allegations against Tamil people in SriLanka. At present US government has submitted a resolution against Lankan government at the UNHRC session on urging justice for independent international investigations against genocide attacks carried out by the Lankan government against Tamil people in SriLanka.
Speaking this regard Prime Minister went on to say,
Membership nations have power to strengthen and defeat the resolution which is submitted by the US government against SriLanka at UNHRC session in Geneva.
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Tamil Nadu activists caution diaspora of the US-resolution ploy
Saturday, 10 March 2012 - 11:29 PM SL Time
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Tamil Nadu activists caution diaspora of the US-resolution ploy
[TamilNet, Saturday, 10 March 2012, 00:07 GMT]
Diaspora Tamils, who have witnessed several setbacks, are made to believe that they should welcome and promote anything that looks like a buoy to hold on. This is wrong and Diaspora groups should think before being carried away in an imposed trend to welcome such ploys, opined activists from Tamil Nadu belonging to various shades of polity in a flagship programme, Neethiyin Kural (Voice of Justice), in WinTV on Friday, anchored by CR Baskaran. Thoazhar Thiyagu called the resolution as an escape route being offered to Sri Lankan state by the USA. Professor Dheeran said Tamils should not be trapped once again by the joint ploy of the USA, India and Norway. Oaviyar Pukazheanthi said Tamil organisations had attributed much significance to the Geneva sessions without the knowledge of the outcome and now the draft resolution clearly exposes the agenda seeking bailout of the SL state.
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States debate Sri Lanka resolution text
Sunday, 11 March 2012 - 1:34 AM SL Time
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The US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, Eileen Donahoe, chaired today an informal session to introduce their resolution on reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka.
During one of the most dramatic informal consultations with a UN security guard by the doors the Sri Lankan Attorney-General challenged the premise and necessity of this draft, which he categorically rejected and refused to engage in a dialogue on it. He called the consultation a farce, adding that might is not right. He was supported by Egypt on behalf of NAM, Russia, China, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Philippines, Algeria and other NAM countries. They all stressed that they oppose country-specific resolution and that the text will have no effect without the consent of the concerned country. Cuba challenged the US Ambassador by asking her to submit a resolution on Guantanamo if they are so concerned with accountability issues.
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US Trooper kills 16 Afgans-Almost all kids & women
Sunday, 11 March 2012 - 8:46 PM SL Time
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Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan -- A lone American serviceman slipped away from his base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and went on a methodical house-to-house shooting spree in a nearby village, killing 16 people, nearly all of them women and children, according to Afghan officials who visited the scene.
The NATO force confirmed that the assailant was in military custody, and that he had inflicted an unspecified number of casualties during the shooting spree at about 3 a.m. Sunday. The U.S. Embassy called for calm and expressed deep condolences the Taliban referred to the killings as an act of genocide.
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100,000 Iraqi civilians dead, says study
Monday, 12 March 2012 - 12:22 AM SL Time
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100,000 Iraqi civilians dead, says study
Share 84 reddit this Sarah Boseley, health editor
The Guardian, Friday 29 October 2004 00.00 BST Article history About 100,000 Iraqi civilians - half of them women and children - have died in Iraq since the invasion, mostly as a result of airstrikes by coalition forces, according to the first reliable study of the death toll from Iraqi and US public health experts.
The study, which was carried out in 33 randomly-chosen neighbourhoods of Iraq representative of the entire population, shows that violence is now the leading cause of death in Iraq. Before the invasion, most people died of heart attacks, stroke and chronic illness. The risk of a violent death is now 58 times higher than it was before the invasion.
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Burus & the Kazhuthais :)
Monday, 12 March 2012 - 3:45 AM SL Time
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Tamil plaintiffs to appeal ruling on war crimes case against Rajapakse
[TamilNet, Saturday, 10 March 2012, 16:37 GMT]
Bruce Fein, the attorney for the three Tamil plaintiffs who filed war-crimes charges against Sri Lanka`s President Rajapakse, said Saturday that his clients have given consent to file an appeal against the ruling by the District Court of District of Columbia. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said in the Court opinion that she had to dismiss the case because the Obama administration had said Rajapakse was immune from litigation as a foreign head of state. The appeal will be heard by a panel of three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after the notice of appeal is filed within 30 days of the lower court ruling on the case.
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Monday, 12 March 2012 - 11:03 PM SL Time
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India`s stance on US resolution against SL?
[ Monday, 12 March 2012, 03:34.47 PM GMT +05:30 ]
At present India`s stance on Lankan issue at the UN Human Rights Council was the most important topic discuss between the diplomats of various countries.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha Jayaram and the Former Tamil Nadu CM Karunanithi continuously writes letters towards Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to support the resolution submitted by the US government against SriLankan at the UNHRC session in Geneva.
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Guys Just read this gem from Lankasri.com :)
Tuesday, 13 March 2012 - 10:55 PM SL Time
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Tamil people residing all around the world is hoping to watch the second edition of SriLankan killing fields which is to be schedule to air in the channel-4 television.
This video footage contains evidence of war crime allegations carried out by the Lankan forces and also it announce the death of LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakarana. Channel-4 also discuss about the death of Prabhakarana and also about the final stage of war in SriLanka.
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Vaiko Protests.
Wednesday, 14 March 2012 - 11:54 PM SL Time
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Vaiko warns congress on Lankan issue
[ Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 01:33.12 PM GMT +05:30 ]
General Secretary of the MDMK party Vaiko warned congress would be chase away from the Tamil Nadu state if the government fail to support resolution against SriLanka at the UNHRC session.
Speaking to our FM Vaiko went on to say,
Indian which raised its voice on world peace and human rights violations currently maintaining silence on Lankan issue where millions of people were killed by the genocide carried out by the Sinhala government.
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Now THIS IS Carpet Bombing
Sunday, 18 March 2012 - 1:01 AM SL Time
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By Simon Ingram in Laos
Inch by tortuous inch, the bomb clearance team edges its way up the stony hillside.
Each sweep of the electronic detectors produces high-pitched squawks, indicating the presence of metallic objects hidden in the soil.
Just about anywhere else, the objects in question would probably be harmless. But this is the Plain of Jars - the high, remote plateau in north-eastern Laos which, during the Vietnam war, earned the unenviable distinction of being the most heavily-bombed place on earth.
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India supports US resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC
Sunday, 18 March 2012 - 11:12 PM SL Time
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India supports US resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC
[ Sunday, 18 March 2012, 03:29.45 PM GMT +05:30 ]
By implementing changes Indian government decided to support the US resolution submitted against SriLankan government at the UNHRC session in Geneva.
Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh forced to take such decision due to the continuous protest campaign carried out by the Tamil Nadu politicians against the central government of India and also US government has directly urged the support of Indian government o pas the resolution against SriLanka at the UNHRC session in Geneva.
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India may back U.N. resolution on Lanka if it meets its objectives: PM
Monday, 19 March 2012 - 3:18 PM SL Time
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Amidst mounting pressure from ally DMK and other parties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said India was inclined to vote in favour of a resolution on Sri Lanka at the U.N. which meets our objectives with regard to the future of ethnic Tamils.
Responding to strong concerns of political parties, Dr. Singh told the Lok Sabha that India was yet to receive the final text of the draft resolution moved at the UN Human Rights Council.
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Toronto police to hold special discussion s with Tamil people in Canada
Monday, 19 March 2012 - 11:37 PM SL Time
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Toronto police to hold special discussion s with Tamil people in Canada
[ Monday, 19 March 2012, 04:09.55 PM GMT +05:30 ]
Toronto police together with Canadian Human RightsOrganization organized special meeting tomorrow(Tuesday) at 7.00 pm with journalist and Lankan Tamil residing inToronto.
During the time of meeting special attention would be paidtowards creating organization to maintain relationship with police and Tamilpeople of SriLanka and also special attentionwould be paid towards activities of nationalmedia on the struggle of Tamil people ,contribution of youth towards society, sources said.
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Karunanidhi welcomes decision, calls off faht
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 - 2:58 AM SL Time
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Welcoming the Indian government`s decision to back the US sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC, DMK chief M. Karunanidhi today said his party had even decided to pull out its ministers from UPA and extend issue based support to it in the event of its demand not being met.
Karunanidhi, whose party is a key ally of UPA, also called off his proposed one-day fast on March 22 and tomorrow`s high-level meeting in the context of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s statement that India is inclined to vote in favour of the resolution on Sri Lanka. The DMK has 18 members in the Lok Sabha.
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Jayalalithaa blasts New Delhi supporting US-bailout of Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 - 4:36 AM SL Time
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Jayalalithaa blasts New Delhi supporting US-bailout of Sri Lanka
[TamilNet, Monday, 19 March 2012, 19:45 GMT]
Coming hard on Indian Prime Minister`s announcement in the parliament on Monday forenoon that India is inclined to vote in favour of the US-resolution at Geneva UNHRC, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ms Jayalalithaa on Monday evening described the stand as evasive and useless as it is not answering an earlier TN Assembly resolution calling for international investigation on the war crimes and genocide.
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UN urged to probe gang rapes by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 - 8:24 PM SL Time
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UN urged to probe gang rapes by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir
South Asian News Agency (SANA) ⋅ March 20, 2012 ⋅ Share/Save GENEVA,
(SANA): Kashmiri representatives have called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council to constitute an inquiry commission to probe into the allegations of gang rape in occupied Kashmir.
Taking part in the general debate of the 19th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Kashmiri representatives Altaf Hussain Wani and Sardar Amjad Yousaf, urged the UN body to impress upon India to allow UNICEF and other International NGOs, working on child welfare, to visit Kashmir to see for themselves the plight of the children in the territory.
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Karunanidhi flays Jayalalithaa on Sri Lankan issue
Friday, 23 March 2012 - 6:26 PM SL Time
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Continuing the war of words over the Lankan Tamils issue, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Friday slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for initially criticising the Prime Minister for his statement in Parliament on a U.S.-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka and later welcoming India`s stand while claiming credit for herself.
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INDIA- 2010 Human Rights Report -Issued by US Department of State
Friday, 23 March 2012 - 11:34 PM SL Time
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Major human rights problems included reported extrajudicial killings of persons in custody, killings of protesters, and torture and rape by police and other security forces.
Investigations into individual abuses and legal punishment for perpetrators occurred, but for many abuses, a lack of accountability due to weak law enforcement, a lack of trained police, and an overburdened court system created an atmosphere of impunity lengthy court backlogs prolong the latter.
Poor prison conditions and lengthy detentions were significant problems. Unlike in previous years (2008 and 2009), there were no instances of officials using antiterrorism legislation to justify excessive use of force however, indiscriminate use of force by Border Security Forces was a problem.
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UNHRC 18th session - Resolutions & some Voting Results .
Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 3:28 PM SL Time
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The 19th session of UNHCR passed 8 CONDEMNATORY resolutions and 3 NON CONDEMNATORY resolutions.
Details are below:
This council session will conclude with one resolution condemning North Korea one resolution criticizing but also praising Burma (Myanmar) one resolution importantly renewing the mandate of an investigator on Iran but, unlike the UNGA, neither mentioning nor condemning Iran`s violations two resolutions condemning Syria
And FIVE resolutions condemning Israel.
(It is unfortunate that although Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and Kofi Annan before him, urged the council to end its selectivity, 50 percent of this session`s condemnatory resolutions are on Israel.)
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India violates its own Constitution in the treatment of religious minorities
Monday, 26 March 2012 - 12:20 AM SL Time
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Article 15 of the Indian Constitution gives fundamental rights to all Indian citizens against any form of discrimination either by the state or any citizen on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth, or any of thesem. Every Indian is proud about this guarantee without much knowing that the same constitution violates itself on the basis of religion. The Scheduled Caste, known as untouchables or Dalits, have suffered under this violation for 61 years.
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After Sri Lanka now India in trouble,UN asks to repeal AFSPA
Saturday, 31 March 2012 - 8:07 PM SL Time
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After Sri Lanka now India in trouble,UN asks to repeal AFSPA - reportMarch 31, 2012 03:20 pm
It seems that after Sri Lanka, now India has fallen in the hawk eyes of United Nations and the country (India) may face similar kind of situation like Sri Lanka if it does not follow the instruction given by the UN.
Emphasising on the democracy prevailing in the nation, the UN on Saturday, Mar 31 asked India to repeal the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) which empowers Indian military and soldiers to tackle militants with massive power in the terror dominated region in the country especially in Kashmir and in the North-East states of India.
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