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2006 Dec, 14

Anton Balasingham

Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English strategist and negotiator (b. 1938)
Anton Balasingham Stanislaus (Tamil: ஆண்டன் பாலசிங்கம் சிடானிசுலாசு, romanized: Āṇṭaṉ Pālaciṅkam Ciṭāṉisulās; 4 March 1938 – 14 December 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist, rebel and chief political strategist and chief negotiator for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.

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