Sri Lanka Protests UN War Crimes Panel

(10 July 10 - RV) A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister today entered the third day of a hunger strike to demand the U.N. halt its investigation into alleged wartime abuses. The protest is seen as a reaction to the U.N.’s appointment of a panel of experts to assess alleged human rights abuses committed as Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war was ending last year. We spoke to the director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, Dr. Jehan Perera, to find out why the Sri Lankan government is opposed to the investigation…