'One minute we were on our way home, the next we had to dodge tracer bullets.'
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A Tamil Tiger attack on Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike airport left 300 passengers trapped in crossfire between the separatists and Sinhalese government troops. Many of the 13 Tamils who died committed suicide, while five military personnel were also killed and 13 aircraft destroyed.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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The arrangement
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Bounty hunters are remorseless in seeking out British Asian women who have run away from an arranged marriage, according to Yasmin Ahmed, a British Asian woman using an assumed name who was forced by her parents to marry a Pakistani man whom she had never met before. She tried to prevent him being allowed to enter the UK, but was unsuccessful, and she therefore sought help from a West Yorkshire police programme for Asian runaways in Bradford, England. She is now living with her parents again, but has not yet been able to obtain a divorce.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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Huge rise in forced marriages
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Some observers believe that the decision by the UK government in 1997 to relax immigration regulations has led to a sharp rise in the number of British-born and educated Muslim women being forced to travel abroad, mainly to Pakistan, to marry men they have never met. Some are forced to return to the UK while their new husbands apply for visas. These women often beg the Foreign Office to turn down their husband's application. Women's groups and MPs are now calling on the government to offer more support to Asian women.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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