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Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) shakes hands with Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa during a meeting in Colombo November 9, 2009. Australia on Sunday urged Sri Lanka, having defeated the Tamil Tigers in May, to now embrace political reform and reconciliation to stem the flow of asylum seekers leaving the country. Smith met his Sri Lankan counterpart Rohitha Bogollagama in Colombo on Monday amid a standoff in Indonesia involving 78 Tamil asylum seekers, who are refusing to leave an Australian vessel that rescued them last month. REUTERS/Sri Lanka Government/Handout (SRI LANKA POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

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