Two Countries Plan to Quit Cease-Fire Mission
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From Times Wire Reports
Finland and Denmark have decided to withdraw their nationals from a European monitoring mission overseeing a shaky cease-fire between the Sri Lankan military and Tamil Tiger rebels because of inadequate security, a spokesman said.
A Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission spokesman said the two countries notified the group that their monitors would withdraw Sept. 1.
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