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Some voted against SL to appease superpower:
US resolution in Geneva, a David and Goliath fight – Minister
Samarasinghe
Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda
Samarasinghe, who led the Sri Lankan delegation to the UN Human
Rights Council (HRC) sessions last month, speaking to the media for
the first time since his return to the country, says Sri Lanka faced
a David and Goliath situation against the world’s ‘superpower’ in
Geneva.
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US troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers
The paratroopers had their assignment: Check out
reports that Afghan police had recovered the mangled remains of an
insurgent suicide bomber. Try to get iris scans and fingerprints for
identification.
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Photos prompt condemnation
From the White House to the American Embassy in
Kabul, American officials rushed to distance themselves from the
actions of US soldiers who posed for photographs next to corpses and
body parts of Afghan insurgents.
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