Posted AT 12:19 PM EDT on 22/02/07
Monks demand end of ceasefire with Tamil rebels
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Some 8,000 hard-line Buddhist monks and lay supporters paraded the streets of Sri Lanka's capital demanding the government scrap a ceasefire with Tamil rebels on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of its signing.
The Norwegian-brokered cease-fire exists only on paper as more than 3,200 people — guerrillas, soldiers, and civilians — have died in violence that flared in December 2005.
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