Ongoing news: Sri Lanka authorities say Tamil Tigers (one of the world’s most enduring insurgencies) defeated and leader killed. Rebels respond that they will fight on. Nirmala Rajasingam May 18, 2009 “What has happened to this country? Will the rivers of blood stop? Will not the long shadow of the guns leave us? Life is much more worth than [...]

February 20, 2009 Summary After 25 years, the armed conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) may be nearing its conclusion. But for the quarter of a million civilians trapped or displaced by the fighting, the tragedy has intensified. Since the fall of the LTTE’s administrative center, Kilinochchi, in [...]