Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Oct 28, 2026 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil farmers fight to reclaim land after civil war

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Tired but resolute, dozens of Tamil cattle farmers have held a round-the-clock vigil for almost three years in eastern Sri Lanka, protesting what they call land "theft". At shift change, farmers exchange news before settling beneath a tarpaulin beside photographs of the bloodied bodies of their dead cows. "They have been shooting our cattle, threatening us, assaulting us, and spraying pesticides or poison on the pasture lands where our cattle gra......

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