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The disaster interior us: Confronting Sri Lanka’s past

At first, the tall, brooding silhouette at her doorstep was unrecognisable. After more than three decades, Sellaiah Manoranjan, an ex-Tamil fighter, has returned to a house in Jaffna where he and his family sought refuge from the Sri Lankan military. He reminds his Sinhalese host of the time she risked her own safety by offering…

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Tens of hundreds of Greeks speak Macedonia name

Athens, Greece – Chants blared through speakers as a crane lifted a massive Greek flag above Syntagma Square, where Greeks converged from across the country to rally against negotiations over a name dispute between Athens and Skopje. Hundreds of busses transported demonstrators from across the country for the « Macedonia is Greek » demonstration. Tens of thousands…

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Cyprus election: Anastasiades ‘leads’ presidential scramble

Nicosia, Cyprus – Nicos Anastasiades is heading for a second five-year term as president of the Republic of Cyprus, initial exit polls have projected. A forecast by state broadcaster CyBC after polls closed on Sunday put support for the incumbent conservative at an average of 56.5 percent, within a range of 54.5 percent to 59.5 percent.…

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Nigeria migrants who escaped Libya restart their lives

Lagos, Nigeria – Life has been challenging for Grace Joshua since she returned to Lagos from Libya, a dangerous transit point many Africans pass through to get to Europe. Joshua, 32, is one of the 6,000 Nigerian migrants the International Organization for Migration (IOM) repatriated to Nigeria on a chartered flight from Libya after reports of endemic abuse…

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Chimamanda Adichie and the burden of illustration

On January 25, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie headlined the Paris edition of the Night of Ideas, a cross-continental initiative run by the French Institute, featuring public discussions on topical issues. Adichie’s conversation with French journalist Caroline Broue was an absorbing exchange themed « power to the imagination ». It went smoothly, except for two moments. In…

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Spain cracks king’s 500-yr-inclined code

Image copyright Radio Television Espanola Image caption The men used « over 200 symbols » to communicate with each other A 500-year-old secret code used in letters between one of Spain’s most famous monarchs and a military commander has been cracked. Ferdinand of Aragon’s letters have tantalised historians for centuries. Constructed using more than 200 special characters,…