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Post by Frenchie on May 14, 2009 12:13:32 GMT 1
Fighting in Sri Lanka's war showed no signs of abating on Thursday despite strong words from Barack Obama and the U.N. Security Council, with both sides refusing to budge in the waning days of a 25-year conflict. The Security Council and Obama on Wednesday urged the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to surrender and free tens of thousands of civilians they are holding, and the military to stop shelling people and refrain from using heavy weapons. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said fighting on Thursday had blocked it for a third day from offloading a cargo of relief supplies and ferrying out sick and wounded people. "The situation is becoming desperate with the fighting continuing intensely and uninterrupted," ICRC spokeswoman Sarasi Wijeratne said in Colombo. A Red Cross worker was killed in fighting on Wednesday, the third this year. More >>
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bigstevie
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Post by bigstevie on May 14, 2009 19:41:49 GMT 1
Once again the western countries send in their strongest objections by second-class post, while real people will continue to suffer until this bloody carnage finally lurches to a halt - probably only when there aren't any more people left to kill.
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