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Weekly Review

Ariel Sharon, a known war criminal, was elected prime minister of Israel; Sharon declared that the peace process was dead and that the Palestinians must submit to Israeli domination before…

Prisoner of war

The lure of gunfire and the enemy within

Inventing an Ethnic Rivalry

by Anthony Spaeth,

Sri Lanka’s civil war has political, not historical, roots

The Firewalkers of Udappawa

by Victor Perera,

The najÃ¢-kallu, or cobra stone

by H. Hensoldt,

A peep at the elephant

by Charles Nordhoff,

Editor’s drawer

A home in the Cinnamon Isle

Elephant hunting in Ceylon

Funeral rites in Ceylon

by Thomas Scott Burnell,

Sri Lanka

Weekly Review

Prisoner of war

Inventing an Ethnic Rivalry

The Firewalkers of Udappawa

The najÃ¢-kallu, or cobra stone

A peep at the elephant

Editor’s drawer

A home in the Cinnamon Isle

Elephant hunting in Ceylon

Funeral rites in Ceylon

The garden of flowers

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Weekly Review

Prisoner of war

Inventing an Ethnic Rivalry

The Firewalkers of Udappawa

The najÃ¢-kallu, or cobra stone

A peep at the elephant

Editor’s drawer

A home in the Cinnamon Isle

Elephant hunting in Ceylon

Funeral rites in Ceylon

The garden of flowers

November 1852

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