Colombo, June 14: Ten thousand protesters gathered today in Sri Lanka's capital to oppose sharing tsunami aid with rebels, prompting police to bolster security around the president's house.
President Chandrika Kumaratunga says she will go ahead with her government's plan for a joint council with the Tamil Tigers to disburse the aid, despite growing protests and threats from her political allies.
Kumaratunga's coalition partner, the Marxist people's liberation front, has threatened to withdraw - possibly causing the government to collapse - if she does not renounce the aid sharing plan by tomorrow night.
The Marxists bused in supporters from outlying villages for the rally at Lipton circus, just three kilometers from the president's house. Shouting slogans and holding banners that said ``how do we share government powers with terrorists?,'' the demonstrators marched through the streets as rifle carrying policemen looked on. <snip>
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