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Lanka">Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr> <td> <code>{{subst:alert|<b>tt</b>}}</code></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">the Troubles</a></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/The_Troubles" title="Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles">Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles</a></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics/The_Troubles" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics/The Troubles">Wikipedia:Contentious topics/The Troubles</a></td></tr><tr> <td> <code>{{subst:alert|<b>ya</b>}}</code></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Yasuke" title="Yasuke">Yasuke</a></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Yasuke" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Yasuke">Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Yasuke</a></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics/Yasuke" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Yasuke">Wikipedia:Contentious topics/Yasuke</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> 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