An arm of the Indian Ocean bordered by Sri Lanka and India on the west, Bangladesh on the north, and Burma and Thailand on the east.

印度洋的一个海湾，西面以斯里兰卡和印度为界，北面以孟加拉国为界，东面以缅甸和泰国为界。

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Several thousand civilians fled fighting in the shrinking patch of northern Sri Lanka controlled by the rebel Tamil Tigers.

在斯里兰卡北部猛虎组织不断被压缩的控制区域，几千名平民逃离战火。

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But the statute is being challenged by the Kurdistan Workers Party in Turkey and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka's defense minister, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, is rejecting the cease-fire declared by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

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But several independent voices in Sri Lanka are backing the calls by the US and the European Union.

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So it proved as they slumped to an 81-run defeat by Sri Lanka at the semi-final stage.

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Access to at least six news websites has been blocked by Sri Lanka in the past few days.

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Land owned by Sri Lanka and India were possibilities because the countries have similar cultures, cuisine and climate as the Maldives.

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