Sri Lanka arrests astrologer for gloomy predictions


	Sri Lanka arrests astrologer for gloomy predictions

kkcapricorn

6-28-2009 12:02 PM

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The government's popularity is at an all time high after the military crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels who fought for nearly four decades to carve out a separate state for minority Tamils from the majority Sinhalese community.

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