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| Canadian Mission Makes Monks Shower, Sri Lanka Upset |
| 2004-10-30 |
| On Monday the Canadian High Commission [in Colombo] was closed because staff mistakenly feared that white powder on one of the monks' passports might be anthrax. The monks, who were seeking visas, had to shower... The Sri Lankan government says the incident has caused "serious concern". Canada denies mistreating the monks. [The powder] later turned out to be talcum powder doubling as insect repellent. |
| Posted by:Old Grouch |