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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7832039" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka police abort attempt to free UN  workers    Protesters have resumed a blockade of the U.N. offices in Sri Lanka's  capital after police abandoned their efforts to free workers trapped  inside.  Hundreds of protesters, led by the country's housing  minister and Buddhist monks, laid siege to the building Tuesday  demanding an end to U.N. investigations into alleged abuses committed  during the country's civil war.    Police moved in and began  dismantling a stage that blocked a gate to the compound and escorting  staff and their vehicles out.    But forces withdrew after Housing  Minister Wimal Weerawansa ordered them to stop. His supporters  manhandled one officer. Some U.N. staff are still trapped inside the  building.    <img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/ap_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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