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US Urges Sri Lanka to Probe War Crimes in Tamil War

In Sri Lanka, some 4,000 ethnic Tamils have been released from government-run prison camps and cleared to return home. The freed civilians are among some 270,000 Tamils forced into the camps after the Sri Lankan civil war ended with bloody clashes earlier this year. Their release comes as the State Department has called on the Sri Lankan government to investigate what it calls credible allegations of war crimes during the civil wars final months. Between 7,000 and 20,000 Tamil civilians are believed to have died between January and May of this year.