UN panel urges probe of alleged Sri Lankan abuses
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A UN panel has called for a thorough investigation into what it calls credible allegations that war crimes were committed by both sides in Sri Lanka as its decades-old civil war drew to a close nearly two years ago.
A copy of the three-member panel's report was printed Saturday in The Island newspaper. The report called the conduct of the war a "grave assault" on international law and said there were credible allegations that the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels committed serious violations, including some that could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. (AP)
