Sri Lanka, UN condemns suicide attack on a registration centre

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United nations, 9 February 2009 - Daily Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. The United Nations in Sri Lanka condemns today's suicide attack on a registration centre for displaced people fleeing the conflict zone. The attack killed and wounded many civilians, including children, who had already been forced from their homes by fighting.

View the entire briefing (Real Media, 1 hour and 14 minutes):
http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressbriefing/2009/brief090209.rm

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