Quotes of the Day

mahinda rajapaksa sri lanka president
Friday, Nov. 25, 2011

Open quoteNo government accused by so many credible witnesses of such grave crimes can be relied on to count the number of their own victims.Close quote

  • ALAN KEENAN,
  • senior analyst with International Crisis Group, on the announcement by the Sri Lankan Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa that for the first time it would count how many civilians were slain at the end of its bloody civil war.
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