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The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, says he's sending a humanitarian team to northern Sri Lanka. Mr Ban said the mission would be sent immediately to see what it could do for the civilian population. Earlier today, the Sri Lankan government rejected a UN appeal to allow more aid agencies into the war zone. The government estimates that one-hundred-thousand people have fled from the area since a military advance on Monday, in addition to the sixty-thousand who fled in recent months. India
Meanwhile India says it’s unhappy at the continued killing in Sri Lanka and stresses all killing must stop. The Indian governments says that lives of several thousands of innocent civilians remain threatened. The Indian government has decided to send two special emissaries to Sri Lanka to convey its concerns to the government of Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India's frustration with Sri Lanka over Tamils