COLOMBO (Reuters) - The United States has halted some aid to Sri Lanka as human rights abuses rise amid renewed civil war, a top U.S. State Department official said on Thursday.
Wrapping up a three-day visit to the island, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher said Washington was concerned by a spate of abductions and killings blamed on each side during the two-decade conflict.
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