Apr 22nd, 2009 - Reuters
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council expressed concern on Wednesday about the humanitarian situation in northern Sri Lanka, where tens of thousands of civilians trapped in rebel territory are in imminent danger.
"The Security Council members, we expressed our deep concern about the humanitarian situation ... and the plight of the civilians trapped within the conflict area," Mexican U.N. Ambassador Claude Heller told reporters after an informal meeting of the 15-nation council on Sri Lanka.
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Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of India's assassinated former PM, Rajiv Gandhi, has called on her country to help Sri Lankan Tamil civilians. She told the BBC that India...
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Sri Lanka: Is this the 'endgame' for the conflict with Tamil Tigers?
Apr 22nd, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
• A daily summary of global reports on security issues. After 26 years of fighting, Asia's longest-running conflict in Sri Lanka has reached what one US official called a "decisive point.
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