Wedding bells for 53 ex-combatant Sri Lankan couplesSat, May 29, 2010, 07:42 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 29, Colombo:
The love of 53 couples, all former
members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), will culminate in marriage under the auspices of the state they once fought to overthrow.
Rehabilitation Commissioner General Brig. Sudantha Ranasinghe said these lovers are now undergoing rehabilitation and will take each other's hands at a special collective wedding ceremony to be held at Pompemadu rehabilitation center on June 13.
He said the couples will be given the opportunity to start a new life at the Kaithadi collective village, where they are to be settled.
At the same time, the Rehabilitation Authority, the authority designated to rehabilitate and socialize Sri Lanka's child combatants, recently announced that the last batch of rehabilitated child soldiers - 108 boys and 90 girls - have been handed over to their parents.
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