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    Belgium is a small country located in Western Europe bordering Netherlands, France and Germany. The population is divided between Dutch-speaking Flemish people in the north and French-speaking Walloons in the south. Tensions increased between the groups from the 1950s-1960s over the power balance, especially in Brussels which has a Dutch-speaking majority but French-speaking leadership. Sri Lanka is an island nation off the coast of India with a population of 20 million people from diverse backgrounds. The majority are Sinhala-speakers who comprise 74% of the population, while Tamils make up 18% and are divided between Sri Lankan Tamils concentrated in the north and east, and Indian

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    Belgium is a small country located in Western Europe bordering Netherlands, France and Germany. The population is divided between Dutch-speaking Flemish people in the north and French-speaking Walloons in the south. Tensions increased between the groups from the 1950s-1960s over the power balance, especially in Brussels which has a Dutch-speaking majority but French-speaking leadership. Sri Lanka is an island nation off the coast of India with a population of 20 million people from diverse backgrounds. The majority are Sinhala-speakers who comprise 74% of the population, while Tamils make up 18% and are divided between Sri Lankan Tamils concentrated in the north and east, and Indian

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    Belgium is a small country located in Western Europe bordering Netherlands, France and Germany. The population is divided between Dutch-speaking Flemish people in the north and French-speaking Walloons in the south. Tensions increased between the groups from the 1950s-1960s over the power balance, especially in Brussels which has a Dutch-speaking majority but French-speaking leadership. Sri Lanka is an island nation off the coast of India with a population of 20 million people from diverse backgrounds. The majority are Sinhala-speakers who comprise 74% of the population, while Tamils make up 18% and are divided between Sri Lankan Tamils concentrated in the north and east, and Indian

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    .Belgium and Sri Lanka


    .BELGIUM
    .Belgium is a small country situated in Africa.

    .Small than the state of Haryana.


    .Boarders with Netherlands, France and Germany.
    .59% lives in the Flemish region and speaks Dutch language. Another
    40% people live in the Wallonia region and speak French. 1% of the
    Belgians speaks German. 80% people speak french while 20% are Dutch
    speaking.

    .French speaking community was relatively rich and powerful.


    .Tension increased between Dutch speaking people and French
    speaking people between 1950's and 1960's.This tension was more
    acute in Brussels. Brussels represented a problem that Dutch speaking
    people constitued majority in the country but a minority in the capital.

    .SRI LANKA
    .Sri Lanka is an island nation.
    .Few kilometers off the southern coast of Tamil Nadu.

    .It has a diverse population of 2 crore people.

    .The major sicial groups are the Sinhal-speakers (74%) and the tamil
    speakers (18%).

    .Tamil speakers are divided into two parts-

    .Sri Lanka Tamils (13%)

    .Indian Tamils (5%)

    .Sri Lankan Tamils are concentrated in the north east of the country.

    .Most of the Sinhal speakers are

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