Sri Lanka denied seat on UN Human Rights Council (Straits Times)
Yahoo May 21st, 2008
UNITED NATIONS - SRI Lanka, under fire for its human rights record, was on Wednesday denied a seat on the UN Human Rights Council while France and Britain edged out Spain to win re-election in a closely-watched contest in the UN General Assembly.
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