02/23/2010
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"This is a time. The President will have tremendous opportunity now, President Rajapaksa, if he is willing to do that, if he grasps the depth of Tamil grievances and the radical changes that will be ne..."
"He has said all along that this is a fight to, as he puts it, liberate the Tamils from the LTTE."
"But also expressed concern about the erosion of the rule of law and democracy in Sri Lanka."
"In other words, it is well and good to call upon the governments to do the right thing, but there does not seem to have been the creativity within the government."