Sri Lankan minister ends UN hunger strike protest President Rajapaksa offers Mr Weerawansa liquid

Sri Lankan minister ends UN hunger strike protest

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A Sri Lankan cabinet minister has ended a hunger strike outside the UN headquarters in Colombo after three days, having earlier threatened to starve himself to death. Wimal Weerawansa was trying to force UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to halt a human rights panel on Sri Lanka.

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