Damage to Sri Lanka's wondrous Sigiriya frescoes-5th-century depictions of lovely women with ample and mostly bare breasts-sent President Mahinda Rajapaksa clambering up to the rock fortress that houses them for an anxious look. Yet contemporary portraits of the barely-clad female form offend the eye of Mr Rajapaksa's po-faced regime. Since he was re-elected in a landslide in January, Mr Rajapaksa has sought to make good on a campaign promise to "create a society with good values and ethics". In Colombo, this has meant police tearing down "indecent" posters and flyers.
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