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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9891102" data-attributes="member: 92282">The United Nations on Monday warned the Sri Lankan government that it  must protect UN staff, after the country's president called for  protests against a UN war crimes report.President Mahinda  Rajapakse has called for this year's May Day rally to be turned into a  "show of our strength" against international calls for a war crimes  investigation."We have made it very, very clear to the government  of Sri Lanka that we take it very seriously that they ensure the  security and safety of UN staff in Sri Lanka," UN deputy spokesman  Farhan Haq said."We have underscored that again and we want to  make sure that regardless of what their positions are on the report that  they abide by their obligations to the security of our staff," Haq told  a press briefing.<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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