![]() Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. (AFP) |
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga braced Wednesday for the departure from government of a key coalition partner over plans for a tsunami aid sharing deal with Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said.
![]() Sri Lankan plain clothes policemen forcibly carry away Buddhist monk Dambara Amila ending his fast to the death in Colombo, 15 June 2005. (AFP) |
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga braced Wednesday for the departure from government of a key coalition partner over plans for a tsunami aid sharing deal with Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said. Kumaratunga fired a 17-page letter to the Marxist JVP, or People's Liberation Front, rejecting their allegations