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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12345217" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka says it will fight a proposed U.N. resolution calling on the  government to address the deaths of as many as 40,000 civilians during  its civil war.The New York Times says Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is  rallying leaders in Asia, Africa and Latin America to fight the  resolution put forward by the United States. A delegation of more than  70 people was sent to Geneva, Switzerland, where a debate on the  resolution is scheduled Thursday. Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Gamini Peiris, says the resolution is "strikingly divisive and polarizing." Human rights groups accuse the Tamil Tiger rebel group and the Sri  Lankan government of serious abuses during their 25-year conflict. Tens  of thousands of people were killed in 2009 when government forces  defeated Tamil rebels. A U.N. report last year said Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan forces "failed to respect the norm of international law." UPI</blockquote>

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