PRESIDENTT RAJAPAKSA OF SRI LANKA ADDRESSES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS
Mahinda Rajapaksa, president of Sri Lanka, addresses the 61st session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 20,2006 in New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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