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Pope Francis receives a saffron-colored robe from Hindu Kurukkal SivaSri T. Mahadeva during a meeting of representatives of the major faiths on the island at Bandaranaike Memorial International center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Ettore Ferrari, pool)

In Sri Lanka, pope backs search for wartime truth

By Nicole Winfield and Bharatha Mallawarachi

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2007 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside of the United Nations headquarters in New York. Since the U.N. was born from the ashes of World War II, it has grown from 51 members to 193. As it approaches its 70th anniversary next year, the world body is hobbled by bureaucracy, politics and an inability among its five most powerful members to agree on many things. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

GEORGE LANDRITH: The UN protects more terrorists

By George Landrith

Former child soldiers, who were forced by militant Tamil Tigers to fight government forces, attend a lesson at a rehabilitation center in Sri Lanka. The government wants to ensure that the youths don't pick up arms again, offering classes in plumbing, metalwork, sewing and cooking.

GEORGE LANDRITH: When terrorists get sympathy they don’t deserve

By George Landrith

Sri Lankan men stand by their damaged house caused by mudslide at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla district, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) east of Colombo, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

10 dead, over 250 missing in Sri Lanka mudslide

By Eranga Jayawardena - Associated Press