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  <description>Pictures from Toronto and abroad illustrating the crisis in Sri Lanka</description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Editor&#039;s Warning: Some of the images in this gallery contain graphic content and some may find them disturbing.

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    <description><![CDATA[People line the streets of Toronto on Friday January 30, 2009 to protest events in Sri Lanka. CP24 – Maurice Cacho]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Protesters initially gathered at Union Station as well as the intersection of Yonge and Bloor Streets. CP24 – Maurice Cacho]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[They are urging Canada&#039;s government to step in on behalf of an estimated 250,000 civilians trapped in the war-torn north of the Pacific island nation. 
CP24 – Maurice Cacho]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Pedestrians had to snake around protesters chanting &quot;We want justice&quot; and &quot;We want peace.&quot;
CP24 – Maurice Cacho]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Toronto is home to one of the largest Tamil populations outside Sri Lanka, and a number of protests have been staged in recent days.CP24 – Maurice Cacho]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Thousands of people are lining streets in the downtown core as part of a demonstration against the Sri Lankan government.
CP24 – Maurice Cacho]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[They say they are angry about the growing number of civilian deaths in that country during ongoing battles with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers. CP24 – Maurice Cacho]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Protesters ask for Canada&#039;s help in Sri Lanka.

CP24 – Maurice Cacho]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan Human Rights and Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe gestures as he speaks during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged Tamil Tiger rebels to allow civilians leave the northern war zone to safety, but his government ruled out a cease-fire Friday despite reports of heavy casualties among noncombatants. AP Photo - Eranga Jayawardena ]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan police officers are seen as a health worker unloads the bodies of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels, ahead of burying them at a cemetery in Vavuniya, about 230 kilometers 143 miles) north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009. A government health official said Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians were killed in fighting over the past week in northern Sri Lanka and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said no civilians had been killed in the fighting, though some forced to build fortifications by the rebels _ known formally as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam _ might have been wounded in the crossfire. AP Photo - Sanath Priyantha ]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan soldiers of Sinha regiment are seen with their regimental flag in the newly recaptured town of Mullaittivu, about 230 kilometers 143 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A government health official said Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians were killed in fighting over the past week in northern Sri Lanka and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said no civilians had been killed in the fighting, though some forced to build fortifications by the rebels _ known formally as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam _ might have been wounded in the crossfire. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[A Sri Lankan soldiers stands guard in Mullaittivu, some 230 kilometers 143 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A government health official said Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009 that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians were killed in fighting over the past week in northern Sri Lanka and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said no civilians had been killed in the fighting, though some forced to build fortifications by the rebels _ known formally as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam _ might have been wounded in the crossfire. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan Army soldier stands guard in an abandoned building, as the logo of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is seen in the background, in the newly recaptured Tamil rebel-held town of Mullaittivu, about 230 kilometers 144 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A government health official said Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians were killed in fighting over the past week in northern Sri Lanka and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said no civilians had been killed in the fighting, though some forced to build fortifications by the rebels _ known formally as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam _ might have been wounded in the crossfire. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan army soldiers patrol the newly recaptured Tamil rebel-held town of Mullaittivu, about 230 kilometers 144 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A government health official said Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians were killed in fighting over the past week in northern Sri Lanka and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said no civilians had been killed in the fighting, though some forced to build fortifications by the rebels _ known formally as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam _ might have been wounded in the crossfire. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan Army soldiers are seen outside a damaged church in the newly recaptured Tamil rebel held town of Mullaittivu, about 230 kilometers 143 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. A government health official said Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, that witnesses reported 250 to 300 civilians were killed in fighting over the past week in northern Sri Lanka and said hospital records showed that more than 1,100 were wounded. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said no civilians had been killed in the fighting, though some forced to build fortifications by the rebels _ known formally as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam _ might have been wounded in the crossfire. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[A Sri Lankan army soldier patrols in empty Mullaittivu town about 230 kilometers 144 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Sri Lanka has pledged not to launch attacks inside a &quot;safe zone&quot; set up as a place of refuge for hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped by the fierce fighting between the military and Tamil rebels, the government said Wednesday. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sri Lankan Army soldiers rest in the newly recaptured Tamil rebel held town of Mullaittivu, about 230 kilometers 144 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. At least 300 civilians were wounded and scores feared killed by Sri Lankan army artillery shells fired into a designated &quot;safe zone&quot; for ethnic Tamils trapped by fighting between the military and Tamil rebels, a health official alleged Tuesday. On Tuesday journalists were allowed rare access to Mullaittivu, the last town held by the rebels before it fell to the government advance last week. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[A photo journalist wearing a black mask shoots as he participates in a protest rally against attacks on free media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. The Sri Lankan government should do more to ensure the safety of the country&#039;s journalists and their ability to work without restrictions, Amnesty International said Saturday. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Masked Journalists and activists for free media take to a street and protest the attacks on journalists in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. The Sri Lankan government should do more to ensure the safety of the country&#039;s journalists and their ability to work without restrictions, Amnesty International said Saturday. AP Photo - Gemunu Amarasinghe]]></description>
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