Sri Lanka probes claims of ethnic violence that triggered civil war

May 5 (AP/Yahoo) Sri Lanka on Thursday deployed 59 investigators to probe violence against ethnic minority Tamils in riots that triggered the country's civil war more than 20 years ago.

The investigation comes nearly a year after the government agreed to pay about US$7 million in compensation to 939 victims of the anti-Tamil riots, following a recommendation from a three-member Truth Commission on Ethnic Violence.