Sri Lankan soldiers and policemen watch as United Nationsofficials visit Menik Farm refugee camp. Photo AFP
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Sri Lankan government will maintain its state of emergency, including sweeping anti-terrorism powers, after the battlefield defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, according to a statement posted online Wednesday.
The state of emergency is necessary to prevent a resurgence of the rebel movement and to protect cities, Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told Parliament on Tuesday. The statement by de Silva, who is also the governing party's legislative leader, was posted on a government Web site.
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