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`Little Tiger' a winner
Markham star takes title in U.S. 9-year-old fires

four-under 68



Tiger Woods may not be having a great season but Canada's Little Tiger, Gajan Sivabalasingham, is off to a great start on the golf links.

The 9-year-old golfing wonder from Markham became the first Canadian to win a title at the Exxon-BFI Future Tour Championship in Greenville, Miss., when he captured the boys' 8- and 9-year-old division with a sizzling four-under-par 68 during the two-day, 18-hole event. Gajan, whose score equalled two tournament records, won the title by three strokes.

Gajan's score of 33 for the first nine holes of the tournament equalled a mark set the previous year by American Curtis Thompson and his 68 equalled a tournament record set by another American, Matt Ceravalo.

The youngster, who has been representing Canada in international competitions since he was 6, started off the tournament with a birdie on the very first hole — a par-four, 260-yard test — and never looked back.


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• From: lp (@ 65.minneapolis-09rh15rt.mn.dial-access.att.net) on: Sat Jun 21 01:25:01 EDT 2003
  
  AJ, I am really glad to see the achievements of this Tamil kid. However the organization you belong does not care about the well being of Tamil children.
  
  Please speak against LTTE and their child abductions, your story shows how people can excel whey are allowed go grow up in a peaceful environments.
  
  
  Sri Lanka : Child conscription by LTTE continues – Dutch child rights group
  ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka
  Thursday, June 19, 2003, 5:43 pm SL Time
  June 19, Amsterdam: The Dutch Child group, “Kinder Safety” in a report states that the child conscription by the LTTE continues.
  
  The report said that one month ago, at least 18, and possibly 60 or more, young people, according to different villagers’ estimates, were taken off to join the LTTE, one of the most effective secessionist movements in the world. Many of these were young boys and girls, some as young as twelve.
  
  “Kinder safety” report added that some were taken by force, yanked from houses or scooped up along the roadside like found treasure. Others went ‘voluntarily’ to spare their parents after Tiger cadres repeatedly threatened them if they did not supply the movement with a child. They were loaded into tractor-trailers and taken away.
  
  The report further stated: ‘They insist that they no longer have, or accept, children in their ranks. In recent months, they have undertaken the highly publicized releases of 165 children.’
  
  
• From: AJ (@ ip-216-46-68-90.dsl.nyc.megapath.net) on: Sat Jun 21 14:34:24 EDT 2003
  
  "However the organization you belong does not care about the well being of Tamil children."
  
  This is the main problem of Sinhalyas. Anyone disagrees with them or their Sinhala army's attrocities they brand them as tigers, whether it is an innocent Tamil farmer or an internationally trained Tamil scholar. They have been the main reruiters of LTTE. This paranoia of the Sinhalyos alienated the Tamils and destroyed the unity and sense of belonging of ordinary Tamil people and drove them to the LTTE.
  
  
• From: lp (@ 132.minneapolis-09rh16rt.mn.dial-access.att.net) on: Mon Jun 23 02:08:47 EDT 2003
  
  
  LP, when I replace the sinhalaya in your text with LTTE, truth comes out nicely. Thanks for your words.
  
  
  This is the main problem of LTTE. Anyone disagrees with them or their LTTE army's attrocities they brand them as Traitors, whether it is an innocent Tamil farmer or an internationally trained Tamil scholar. They have been the main reruiters of LTTE at gun point. This paranoia of the LTTE alienated the Tamils and destroyed the unity and sense of belonging of ordinary Tamil people.
  
  

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