Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels — who already have a national flower and flag for their self-proclaimed state in the parts of the island they control—are now on a quest for a catchy national anthem.

斯里兰卡的「塔米尔之虎」反叛军，在他们控制的斯里兰卡岛部份地区自行宣告成立的国家，早已拥有国花和国旗，现在他们徵求一首易于琅琅上口的国歌。

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For the womanhood in a nation is the flower of the civilisation of the state of civilisation in that nation.

因为一个民族，女人的气质是文明之花，是文明国家的国花。

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When the yet-to-be-hired Knight-sponsored fellows have wrapped up their investigations and sit down to draw up those best practices, will they conclude that most of what the Tribune has accomplished can be exported, or is it a flower that can only thrive in the soil of the Lone Star state?

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The country has been invaded, and indeed carved up, so often that the fragile flower of civic responsibility, rooted in respect for state institutions and their servants, has rarely had a chance to grow.

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