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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10869984" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9015/61690937.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The United States is dispatching a top envoy to Colombo for talks  next week ahead of a crucial UN meeting to discuss alleged war crimes in  Sri Lanka, diplomats said on Friday.US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake will be visiting Sri  Lanka for a second time in four months to discuss alleged war crimes in  the final stages of the conflict that crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels in  2009, diplomats said."He will meet with government officials, civil society  representatives, university students and political leaders while in Sri  Lanka," the US State Department said in a statement.Blake, the top US diplomat for South and Central Asia who also served  as an ambassador to Sri Lanka, has urged President Mahinda Rajapakse's  government to set up a 'credible' system to punish wartime rights  violations in order to escape international censure."He has already made it clear that Sri Lanka risks an international  probe unless it starts a credible internal process to investigate the  allegations," a diplomatic source said.The announcement of Blake's visit came after Rajapakse announced  Thursday that he would scrap draconian emergency laws imposed nearly 30  years ago to deal with the armed Tamil separatist movement.The law allowed detention without trial and sharply curbed other civil liberties.US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said that Thursday's  announcement by Colombo 'sets up a good visit' for Blake, who will  travel to Sri Lanka from August 29 to 31.Government officials said Sri Lanka is keen to avoid a discussion on  its rights record at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council in  September.<img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/afp_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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