UN finds cluster bombs in Sri Lanka

By Ravi Nessman | Associated Press

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 A report from a U.N. mine removal expert says unexploded cluster munitions have been found in northern Sri Lanka, appearing to confirm, for the first time, that they were used in that country's long civil war.

The revelation is likely to increase calls for an international investigation into possible war crimes stemming from the bloody final months of fighting in the quarter-century civil war that ended in May 2009. The government has repeatedly denied using cluster munitions during the final months of fighting.

Sri Lankan Muslims strike over Dambulla mosque

BBC News

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 A strike is in force across Muslim areas of eastern Sri Lanka, following threats against a mosque in the central town of Dambulla.

Many public services have shut down, although Muslim-led demonstrations have been halted by the military.