Wimal ends fast - Photo Essay

(July 10, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) MP Wimal Weerawansa who ended a fast unto death campaign has been removed to the Army hospital, a spokesman for his party said.

Images:President Mahinda Rajapaksa who arrived at the location of the campign front of the UN office offered him a glass of water to bring an end to the fast. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (L) offers a glass of young coconut water to Sri Lankan Housing Minister Wimal Weerawansa (R), who was on a hunger strike, as Weerawansa's daughter (2nd L) looks on outside the United Nations office in Colombo on JuLy 10, 2010. Weerawansa on July 10 signalled the end of his three-day protest fast against the UN Secretary General. UN chief Ban Ki-moon July 9 called on Sri Lanka to 'normalize conditions' around the UN office in Colombo after days of angry demonstrations over a UN war crimes panel. Images courtesy from News agencies