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@ a glance : Is Sri Lanka about to finish the Tamil Tigers?
Written on 26 Jan, 2009 at 10:35 in @ a glance | viewed 283 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Sri Lankan troops kept the heat on the Tamil Tiger separatists on Monday, a day after seizing the last big town held by the rebels, Mullaittivu. The army’s commander, Lieutenant-General Sarath Fonseka, has said the military is close to ending one of Asia’s longest-running wars. Full Story : Reuters….
@ a glance : Sri Lanka accused of shelling ’safe zone’ in north
Written on 22 Jan, 2009 at 11:02 in @ a glance | viewed 284 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The Sri Lankan military shelled a village and a makeshift hospital inside a government-declared “safe zone” for civilians in the north Thursday, killing at least 30 people and injuring scores of others, local health officials and a rebel-linked Web site said. Full Story : AP…..
(Continue reading)@ a glance : Captured rebel land in Sri Lanka deserted
Written on 4 Jan, 2009 at 15:27 in @ a glance, Politics | viewed 146 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The main highway running through what was once Sri Lanka’s rebel heartland was nearly deserted Sunday, except for some stray dogs and abandoned cows. Full Story: AP.com…..
(Continue reading)@ a glance : Sri Lanka pushes ahead with war on rebels
Written on 4 Jan, 2009 at 14:14 in @ a glance, Politics | viewed 263 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Battle tanks rumbled north, attack helicopters flew overheard and artillery fire roared through the jungles as Sri Lankan forces pushed ahead Sunday with an offensive aimed at capturing the Tamil Tigers’ last strongholds and crushing the rebel group. Full Story : AP.com…..
(Continue reading)@ a glance : Tamil Tigers ‘open’ to peace talks
Written on 31 Dec, 2008 at 13:15 in @ a glance, Politics | viewed 208 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers are open to restarting peace talks with the government, a senior official with the separatists has said. Full Story : Aljazeera.net…
(Continue reading)UN faces new sex scandal in Haiti
Written on 30 Mar, 2008 at 20:43 in Politics | viewed 2,716 views times and users have made 4 comments so far
114 Sri Lankan soldiers who were on peace-keeping missions on Haiti are to be charged with sexual exploitation and abuse against children. After an investigation into pending charges against Sri Lankan troops in Haiti, the OIOS, the UN’s investigative arm has concluded that “acts of sexual exploitation and abuse (against children) were frequent and occurred usually at night, and at virtually every location where the contingent personnel were deployed” Virtually all of the 114 troops were repatriated last November on ‘disciplinary grounds’. Virtually all of the 114 troops were repatriated last November on ‘disciplinary grounds’. The repatriation, described as one of the biggest single withdrawals of soldiers from a UN peacekeeping mission,