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August 26, 2013

Sri Lanka army denies involvement in attack on editor
Colombo (AFP) Aug 25, 2013
Sri Lanka's army Sunday denied involvement in an armed robbery at the home of a journalist who has been critical of the government. But it said two military deserters were among those involved in the crime. Five men held the editor at knifepoint and searched her Colombo home in a pre-dawn raid Saturday after saying they wanted to steal jewellery and cash, but police burst in and shot dead one of the intruders. The island's main press freedom organisation, the Free Media Movement, said it sus ... read more

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