{"id":43133,"date":"2012-05-29T05:46:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T05:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=43133"},"modified":"2012-05-29T05:46:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T05:46:19","slug":"sri-lanka-sends-a-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-sends-a-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Sends A Signal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0R. K. Radhakrishnan \u2013 The Hindu &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43134\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-sends-a-signal\/gl-peiris-colombo-telegraph-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43134\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43134\" title=\"GL-Peiris-colombo telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GL-Peiris-colombo-telegraph1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GL-Peiris-colombo-telegraph1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GL-Peiris-colombo-telegraph1.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Foreign Office summoned the British High Commissioner here on Monday, taking exception to his comments on the \u201cdisproportionately high military presence in north Sri Lanka\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForeign Minister G.L. 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