Word: colombo
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...COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, FEBRUARY 2000 The government bans GM foods pending further research...
...Tigers looks more and more like wishful thinking. Israel is reported to have recently helped out the government with emergency weapons shipments, and the U.S. has reportedly been sending small numbers of specialists to train the Sri Lankan military since 1994. India, which previously helped the government in Colombo against the rebels but was asked to leave in 1995, is staying out of the conflict, although it has reportedly offered to help evacuate the beleaguered Sri Lankan forces. But right now Colombo's most useful international ally may be Norway, which has returned to play its familiar role of facilitating...