Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka Attack Wounds U.S. Ambassador

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/2...9557.shtml

(AP) Sri Lankan military helicopters carrying seven foreign envoys came under fire Tuesday from ethnic Tamil rebels, and the U.S. and Italian ambassadors were wounded. The government said it was a deliberate attack but the rebels said they did not know diplomats were on board.

Seven Sri Lankan security personnel also were hurt, but the envoys from Canada, France, Germany and Japan escaped without injury as did a British diplomat. (...)

Deutscher Botschafter nach Beschuss unversehrt

http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldung...F3,00.html

Eine Gruppe von Diplomaten ist im Osten Sri Lankas Ziel eines Angriffs von mutmaßlichen Tamilenrebellen geworden. Dabei wurden die Botschafter der USA und Italiens verletzt, der deutsche Botschafter blieb offenbar unversehrt. Die Delegation wollte Entwicklungsprojekte besuchen. (...)