Srilanka

Police quiz UK diplomat over Sri Lanka president photo

Dec 15 (Reuters) A senior British diplomat was summoned by Sri Lankan police after he photographed a presidential motorcade with his mobile phone, the British High Commission said on Friday, terming it an "innocent mistake". The incident comes in the wake of a raft of new laws imposed to crack down on Tamil Tiger rebels and their supporters as the island's two-decade civil war entered a new, violent phase. more..