British Tamil community stage protest urging boycott
Demonstrators from both the British Tamil community and its supporters staged a mass rally to Downing Street today to call on the UK...
Sri Lanka besieged by religious conflict
Buoyed by the government’s indifference or perhaps encouragement of violent crimes against the Tamil minority, a militant offshoot of the Sinhalese Buddhist majority is...
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
The Pakistani Taliban Movement, or Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, is an umbrella organization loosely uniting up to 30 groups of Pakistani militants along the tribal areas...
Two charged with murder of Thavisha Peiris,
Two people have been charged with the murder of Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, the 25-year-old student who was stabbed to death last weekend as...
CHOGM politics: does moving the goal posts reset war crimes record?
Political parties in Tamil Nadu want India to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, but the chief minister of...
Why PM must attend CHOGM meet in Colombo
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be travelling to Sri Lanka to attend the 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo (15-17 November)....