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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8783170" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/media/ALeqM5j-6vD1caV4ykPKbfOVVXXx14D5kg?docId=photo_1290323877168-1-0&size=l" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sri Lanka's government has ordered the International Committee of the  Red Cross (ICRC) to close its offices in the island's former war zone,  the Geneva-based humanitarian agency said Sunday.The government  told the ICRC to move out of two northern towns after the defeat of the  Tamil Tiger rebels in May last year brought about the end of decades of  civil war, spokeswomen Sarasi Wijeratne said."The government has  asked the ICRC to close the Jaffna and Vavuniya offices and operate only  from Colombo," she told AFP, adding that no reason had been given for  the move.Wijeratne said the Jaffna office provided artificial  limbs to war victims while the office in Vavuniya helped families  visiting detained relatives.There was no immediate confirmation  from the government, but Sri Lankan authorities earlier this month  tightened control over local and international non-governmental  organisations.The government information department said there  were 250 international and 1,000 domestic aid agencies working in Sri  Lanka, which would now have to register with the defence ministry  following a change in the law.Sri Lankan authorities have long  been suspicious of aid agencies, which were often seen as sympathising  with the Tamil Tigers during the country's civil war.The conflict ended when the rebels were wiped out in a military offensive that has since triggered allegations of war crimes.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5joGu91BK5_6KLrQCSJGiXbZfLkeQ?docId=CNG.542bc5230d0b13ed79dfd4d5d5e27e42.3b1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/afp_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

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