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Sri Lankan lawmaker shot dead at Batticaloa Christmas mass
Gunmen killed 71 year old pro rebel legislator Joseph Pararajasingham during midnight mass at St Michael's Church in Batticaloa. His wife and eight others were wounded as bodyguards fought back. The Tamil National Alliance backed by LTTE is amid escalating violence threatening a shaky cease-fire. Nearby, global leaders urged Egypt to free opposition figure Nour amid charges of forged signatures, while Indonesia and Southeast Asia face Christmas terror fears linked to Jemaah Islamiyah. Russia proposed moving Iran’s uranium enrichment to its soil, aiming to restrain Tehran’s program amid U.N. sanctions debates.
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Joseph Pararajasingham
St. Michael's Church
Batticaloa
Sri Lanka
Prasad Samarasinghe
Pararajasingham
Tamil National Alliance
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Russia
Iran
Tehran
U.S
Washington
European Union
U.N. Security Council
China
Gholamreza Aghazadeh
Atamic Organization of Law