Information About Incident 62265-125109-317110 in Mannar Sri Lanka

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Minister of Investment Promotion Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena on March 11 said the groups supporting Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who could not defeat Sri Lanka through war are now trying to attack the country by creating conflicts using international forces.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Sri Lanka
• Matched District: Mannar
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: the groups supporting Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) who could not defeat Sri Lanka through war
• Subject: the country

Context

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Minister of Investment Promotion Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena on March 11 said the groups supporting Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who could not defeat Sri Lanka through war are now trying to attack the country by creating conflicts using international forces. Addressing a public meeting in Colombo the Minister alleged that international forces envious of Sri Lanka's rapid development process are exerting pressure on Sri Lanka and hatching conspiracies to make a regime change in the country. Despite all this, the Sri Lankan Government will not be shaken by such allegations and will instead continue with its policies for the country, the Minister said.

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