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Sri Lankan cricket captain Sangakkara shake hands with Pakistani bus driver Khalil in Colombo
06 Apr 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara (R) shake hands with Pakistani bus driver Mohammad Khalil next to former cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene (C) during a ceremony at the Sri Lankan cricket office in Colombo, April 6, 2009. Khalil from Pakistan drove the team to safety when around a dozen gunmen attacked them with rifles, grenades and rockets on March 3, 2009 near Gaddafi stadium in Lahore. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA SPORT CONFLICT SOCIETY POLITICS)
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