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Colombo wages war of the pensions

Wednesday 20 December 1995 00:02 GMT
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Colombo wages war of the pensions

Colombo - In an effort to starve Tamil rebels of funds, the Sri Lankan government will withhold salaries of state employees in rebel-controlled territory. Thousands of pensioners and government workers will go without their money unless they can cross to military-held towns to collect it. AP

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