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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7655506" data-attributes="member: 92282">India has asked Sri Lanka to devolve power to the Tamil minority in that  country in a bid for reconciliation among various communities at the  end of the decades-long civil war, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. In a letter written to Karunanidhi June 10 that was released to the  media today, Manmohan Singh said: 'I have also urged upon Sri Lankan  President Mahinda Rajapaksa the need for reconciliation among  communities in Sri Lanka and for practical arrangements, including  devolution of powers, to enable all minorities in Sri Lanka, and  particularly the Tamil minority, to lead lives of dignity.' Replying to Karunanidhi's letter dated June 5, Manmohan Singh adds that  the issue of internally displaced people in Sri Lanka was raised with  Rajapaksa. 'He (Rajapaksa) has assured me that the 47,000 Tamils who are still in  camps will be resettled by the end of this year.’ The Sri Lankan President came on a three-day visit to India on June 8. 'We announced a joint initiative to construct 50,000 houses for the  internally displaced persons in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. The  government of India is separately also working on projects and  programmes for resettled families to be in a position to earn their own  livelihood,' Manmohan Singh said.dailymirror</blockquote>

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