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Canada detains Lankan ship with 490 refugees

Vancouver, Aug. 13: The Canadian Navy on Thursday intercepted a cargo ship carrying 490 Sri Lankan asylum seekers and prepared to screen them, fearing some belonged to the defeated and banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels.

After days of tracking by the Canadian and US authorities, Canadian Forces and Canada Border Services Agency personnel boarded the MV Sun Sea after it appear

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