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Sunshine pours in through the monastery classroom window as monks in crimson robes lock their gaze in rapt attention at the chalkboard. Their instructor smiles warmly and asks them what they know about the use of a condom.
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Two prison inmates died and ten others were hospitalised in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after they ingested hand sanitiser to get drunk, prompting a ban on alcohol-based sanitising products in all prisons across the country, according to the Department of Prisons.
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Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com
However, when they arrived at the police station on October 1, the officers present refused to record their complaint.
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