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U.N.: Sri Lanka Committed War Crimes in 2009 Assault

HeadlineApr 26, 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he lacks the authority to personally order a probe into the mass killings of civilians by the Sri Lankan military in 2009. A U.N. panel says there is evidence that both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers committed war crimes when the Sri Lankan government launched a massive assault on Tamil separatists.

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