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There will be a program on Civil war and tamil poetry called the " BROKEN PARADISE" on BBC Radio 4, on April 7 at 4.30 pm and again on April 13 at 11.30 pm.To mark the fourth anniversary of the ending of Sri Lanka's civil war, in May 2009, translator Lakshmi Holmström introduces some of the most powerful Tamil poetry to emerge from the 26 year long conflict, in which an estimated 70,000 people were killed as militant Tamil Tigers fought to establish a separate Tamil state in the north of the island.Via http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rqhw3