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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 4621119" data-attributes="member: 92282">German-based Tamils protesting at the Sri Lankan army's crushing of Tamil rebels blocked railway tracks Sunday in Frankfurt Railway Station, one of Germany's main rail hubs. Federal police, charged with keeping transport safe, said they counted 150 protesters who had descended from station platforms and were occupying several tracks, blocking rail operations.Organizers of the demonstration claimed 500 people were taking part.Neither side said anybody had been arrested. The station is a main terminus with 24 platforms that handle inter-city expresses and local trains.Hours earlier, the Sri Lankan government said it had won the war. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels announced they would lay down their arms.The Tamils charge the government with inhumanity to tens of thousands of minority Tamils in the former rebel zone.<a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/269182,tamils-block-railtracks-at-main-german-railway-hub.html" target="_blank">earthtimes</a></blockquote>

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