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Article: Friends visit Sri Lanka, urge others to do the same
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- Oakland Tribune
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- June 21, 2006
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FREMONT -- Sri Lanka is sometimes called an island of
contradictions: It has some of the most pristine beaches in the
world, as well as one of the longest ongoing civil wars.
On his first trip to Sri Lanka -- and his first trip outside the
United States, for that matter -- Aldo Zilli of Fremont saw those
contradictions firsthand.
Zilli, an international affairs graduate student at California
State University, Sacramento, marveled at the great rock fortress of
Sigiriya, yet he was unable to travel through parts of the country
because of the deteriorating security situation.
He saw ancient ruins steeped in history, then surveyed the damage
done by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ...