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Protesters demand Sri Lankan cricketers not to participate in IPL

Members of a pro-government civic group Ravana Balaya, or Ravan Force, shout slogans outside the Sri Lanka Cricket office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Protesters demanded Sri Lankan cricketers not to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the Indian state of Tamil Nadu banned Sri Lankans from playing in the state to protest against alleged wartime atrocities against Sri Lanka?s ethnic minority Tamils. The placard in the center reads “We Don’t want IPL.”

Sri Lankan police officers stand guard as members of a pro-government civic group Ravana Balaya, or Ravan Force, shout slogans outside the Sri Lanka cricket office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. <AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena>

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