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Tamils, Muslims clash in Sri Lanka

MUTTUR APRIL 18. Muslim and Tamil mobs clashed in eastern Sri Lanka today, witnesses said, as Cabinet Ministers met to solve the latest crisis threatening the island's peace bid ahead of a huge donors' meeting in Tokyo.

Police fired teargas shells to keep the crowds apart in the eastern area of Muttur, 230 km east of Colombo, the site of increased tension between Muslims and mostly Hindu Tamils after the alleged abduction of two youths by the LTTE.

— Reuters

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