The World - News from May 24, 1985
The Sri Lankan Parliament began a two-day debate on extending the national state of emergency for another month to help cope with violence by Tamil guerrillas. About 500 saffron-robed Buddhist monks sat near Parliament waving flags to protest the killing by guerrillas of about 150 people in the shrine city of Anuradhapura last week, and the main opposition party spokesman called for the resignation of President Junius R. Jayewardene.
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