Sri Lanka unveils record defense budget as heavy fighting erupts in north (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Yahoo November 7th, 2007Sri Lanka’s president presented the impoverished country’s largest-ever defense budget to Parliament on Wednesday as a fierce battle broke out between troops and Tamil separatists in the country’s north, the military said.
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