http://www.newsblog66.com news blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:14:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.newsblog66.com/2009/04/sri-lanka-pledges-to-stop-shelling-air-strikes-of-tamil-rebels/ http://www.newsblog66.com/2009/04/sri-lanka-pledges-to-stop-shelling-air-strikes-of-tamil-rebels/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:53:37 +0000 admin http://www.newsblog66.com/2009/04/sri-lanka-pledges-to-stop-shelling-air-strikes-of-tamil-rebels/ UN’s chief humanitarian official John Holmes expresses concern about civilian deaths, and says previous such commitments by Sri Lankan military were not honored

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