04/20/2011
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Press Trust of India
Colombo, Apr 20 (PTI) Sri Lanka's main opposition party today asked the government to launch an "internal investigation" into allegations of war crimes committed by Sri Lankan forces during the LTTE war, after a UN report censured it for committing atrocities."Sri Lanka's image has been tarnished by this report.The only way to redeem ourselves as a country is to go into the allegations," United National Party (UNP) spokesman Lakshman Kiriella told reporters in Colombo."We ask the government to start an immediate internal investigation."