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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12963417" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2666/99999099.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The United States today called on Sri  Lanka stop "harassing" media organisations, a day after the police arrested nine employees of a news website.U.S. embassy Colombo statement:The United States Embassy is closely following the case of the Sri  Lanka Mirror and Lankaxnews, including the arrest of nine individuals  associated with those websites. We have raised on several occasions our deep  concern over efforts to suppress independent news media, including the  blocking of news websites, intimidation, and disappearances of  journalists. The  United States believes that an uncensored and independent media  available to all citizens is an indispensable part of any vibrant  democracy and we call for an end to the harassment of these and all  other journalists. </blockquote>

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