"They think the children are poor peoples' sons and daughters," Sritharan said. "The ordinary soldier from the Sinhala south is also from a poor peasant family."
James Ross | Posted 08.29.2009 | World
Holding several hundred thousand civilians under lock and key, the government is keeping the survivors of the fighting from telling their stories to the media and human rights groups.
Jim Luce | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
As I travel through Sri Lanka, covering the nation as it seeks reconciliation among its diverse population after decades of conflict, I am receiving e-mails from my friends at home asking me to review the basics.
Jim Luce | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
Sri Lanka is now focused on the "3 R's:" Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation. European leaders need to stop lecturing and start helping.
Jim Luce | Posted 06.30.2009 | World
Congressman Heath Shuler's visit was the first time I have heard an American elected official seem to understand what has transpired here in Sri Lanka.
Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media
I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.
Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
Since the defeat of the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, the streets of Columbo, the capital of Sri Lanka, are alive with euphoria.
New York Times | Posted 06.20.2009 | World
Sri Lankans were given the day off Wednesday as the government declared a national day to celebrate its victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels....
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 06.18.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending hi...
TEDTalks | Posted 06.13.2009 | Media
The TED Open Translation Project brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world, by offering subtitles, time-coded transcripts, and the ability for volunteers to translate any talk into any language.
Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 06.04.2009 | World
It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows how to handle a Kalashnikov and ...
The Guardian | Gethin Chamberlain, David Pallister and agencies in Colombo | Posted 05.23.2009 | World
Thousands more Tamil civilians were fleeing the rapidly diminishing sliver of rebel-held land in north-east Sri Lanka today as government troops conti...
The Guardian | Randeep Ramesh | Posted 04.23.2009 | World
More than 150,000 people are being shelled daily and are running short of water and medicine in a Sri Lankan-government declared "No Fire Zone", accor...
AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Government artillery attacks and air raids in Sri Lanka's northern war zone killed at least 38 civilians Wednesday and woun...
Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 09.26.2009 | World