Our intention was to save the Tamil people from the cruel grip of the LTTE.

我们是想把泰米尔人从‘猛虎’组织的残酷控制下解救出来。

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What is more, a military occupation of the country's north and east will require the Tamil people of those regions to live eternally as second-class citizens, deprived of all self-respect.

更加糟糕的是，对国家北部和东部的军事统治将会使那些地区泰米尔人觉得自己永远是被剥夺了自尊的二等公民。

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The vessel is carrying more than 1, 000 people from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.

这艘船只搭载了超过1,000人，从印度南部的泰米尔纳德邦到斯里兰卡首都科伦坡。

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"The legitimate concerns and aspirations of the Tamil people and other minorities must be fully addressed,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

He says it is critical to address the immediate needs of the Tamil people, to work for reintegration and reconstruction of the society and to achieve a sustainable and equitable political solution.

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"You have a very large population of people stuck inside a combat area serving as a buffer between an impending government assault and Tamil Tiger resistance.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Now we control much of the north and east and have access to the Tamil people there.

CNN: 'It Is a Very Critical Time'

The Tamil people will learn to solve their problems not by killing themselves and everybody else off but through democratic dialogue.

CNN: 'It Is a Very Critical Time'

In the third of his big set-piece victory speeches early this month, Mr Rajapaksa asserted that the war had been fought to liberate the Tamil people.

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