UN urges war crimes probe in Sri Lanka

(AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. chief lent credence to the pos-sibility of war crimes in Sri Lanka, saying an international probe is needed to examine the military actions of the govern-ment and defeated Tamil Tiger rebels during the civil war.

Sec'y-General Ban Ki-moon...declined to elaborate on exactly how the inquiry should be done, but he urged an examination of what he said were serious allegations of violations of international humanitarian laws, according to diplomats and U.N. officials who attended.

"Any inquiry, to be meaningful, should be supported by the members of the U.N., and also should be very impartial and objective," Ban told reporters Friday at U.N. headquarters. More>>

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