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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8991347" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka Tamils concerned over national anthemSri Lanka's Tamils expressed concern on Monday over a media report  suggesting that the government was set to ban singing the national  anthem in their language.The main Tamil party, the Tamil National  Alliance (TNA), said it was seeking clarification from the government,  which is dominated by the majority Sinhalese ethnic group."At a  time when the government is talking about ethnic harmony and national  integration, this national anthem is an unwanted issue," TNA legislator  Suresh Premachandran told AFP."If we can't sing the anthem in Tamil, we will be driven to boycott the anthem."The  Sunday Times newspaper in Colombo reported that the cabinet of  President Mahinda Rajapakse decided last week to order that only Sinhala  should be used for the anthem.The government's information department and the president's office were unable to confirm the report when contacted by AFP.Separatists battled for a homeland for Tamils in the north of the Indian Ocean island for nearly 40 years.Their  violent campaign was finally crushed last year by government forces,  but a legacy of polarisation and mistrust remains between the  communities and Rajapakse made reconciliation a plank of his re-election  campaign in January.Language and discrimination were key issues used by the Tamil Tiger separatists to gain popular support for their campaign.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ilgti3N_F5NnSmNgjX8-SAJ2s0ug?docId=CNG.d17e4b4251cf887af9f26758f0b95e46.891" target="_blank">AFP</a>rata kadan na, jathiwadaya athi karan na balana 'suba angathayak'anduwe kattiya kiwwe demalu apema aya kiyala <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/rolleyes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Rolleyes    :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />dan me monawada karan ne <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/rofl.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL    :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" />Canada's national anthem is in 3 languagesCanada diyunu ratak</blockquote>

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