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一 |     Colombo, Oct 13 (UNI) Sri Lanka needs to establish a credible truth seeking mechanism vis-a-vis the victims of the Tamil separatist war that ended in 2009, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said in remarks published on Thursday.

Referring to Sri Lanka’s defeat at the UNHRC vote in Geneva, he said he had reiterated Colombo’s unwavering commitment towards advancing, securing and protecting the human rights of its people.

"I must say this, when it comes to war victims in the North, we must establish a credible truth-seeking mechanism within the framework of the constitution," The Island newspaper quoted him as saying.

The contours of the model have to provide relief to the families affected by the war and missing persons’ families, Sabry added.

"Also, it needs to create a platform for war heroes also to present their cases in a fair trial because you can’t put all war heroes into one single pan. Collection of evidence and how it is used in investigation is critically important.

"We must soon develop an indigenous mechanism acceptable to the international community for this purpose.

"What we are going to showcase at the next UNHRC sessions must be free of smoke and mirrors or else we will lose even more votes, and it will have far-reaching negative effects on the country’s credibility in terms of accountability and the obligations assumed by Sri Lanka under international human rights treaties."

Sabry made it clear that Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister was only a marketing guy for Sri Lanka at UNHRC sessions, the Island reported.

"So, I myself or any other Foreign Minister must have a product that we can sell to the international community. How can you market a product that they won’t buy? So let’s create a marketable product without procrastination."

Human rights activists have accused successive Sri Lankan governments of doing little or nothing to bring to justice those in the military accused of killing thousands of innocent Tamils in the war against the Tamil Tigers which ended in May 2009.

Speaking to journalists on a programme telecast on Hiru TV, Sabry -- a former Finance Minister -- said it was good that there was going to be court case on how Sri Lanka's economy came to a grinding halt.

He said the decisions taken to unrealistically hold the exchange rate, the rapid exhaustion of foreign reserves to defend the rupee and the persistent assertion on a home-grown solution to the foreign exchange crisis instead of seeking timely assistance from the IMF led to an almost empty treasury.

Asked about economic decision making at present, he said: "President Ranil Wickramasinghe has extensive macroeconomic prudence and always follows the ratio of any expenditure to Gross Domestic Product and ensures that there is income to provide for any fund allocation.”

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二 |     北京时间8月24日，印第安纳步行者官方微博发布视频，球队领袖哈利伯顿在线征名，希望中国的球迷们为球队取一个新的名字。         “中国球迷们好啊，我正在飞回印第安纳的路上。但我刚刚发现，我们球队在中国的名字叫做步行者？啊，步行？这不对，帮我想个好的名字，在评论区留言吧。

三 | ”哈利伯顿在视频里说道。         事实上，过去多年一直有中国球迷呼吁印第安纳步行者队改名，因为他们的中文译名显然存在问题。球队的英文名字是Pacers，这个词最初来源于溜马比赛（一种马拉着两轮车竞速的比赛）。在比赛中，有Pacer（顺拐）和Trotter（快步）两种马步，他们的跑姿不同。由于Pacers在上世纪60年代建立球队时，主场就在跑马地街对面，而溜马比赛是当时最火爆的比赛之一，所以成为邻居的这支NBA球队就给自己取名Pacers。         与此同时，印城当地颇负盛名的Indy500赛车比赛也和Pacers的名字有渊源，因为印地赛车在起跑圈中会安排一辆领航车（Pace Car），为后面的参赛赛车设置一个初始的起步速度。

四 | 但根据印第安纳资深记者马克·蒙提斯的讲述，Pacers这个名字最初还是从溜马比赛得来的。         今年，在ChinaPacers.com组织的中国球迷聚会上，Pacers篮球事务执行副总裁兼副总经理胡忠健就表示：“我们队在场上的风格就是马不停蹄节奏，这本身就是我们队DNA的一部分。另外呢，我们要打造的是一支冠军之师，'步行'和‘不行’之类的，都不是我们字典里的词汇。”          在球队官方发布的视频下，已经有不少球迷给出了自己的建议，很多人提议改叫“溜马”，也有人提到“先驱者”、“领航者”。

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