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Why A Maximalist Af-Pak Policy Will Not Work

Lionel Beehner | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Let's turn to Afghanistan. There is a weak and corrupt government, little to no standing armed forces, and parts of the country entirely controlled by the Taliban.

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Raj Rajaratnam Sued By Sri Lankan Victims: Galleon Group Portfolio Manager Accused Of Supporting The Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case was sued by victims of violence in Sri Lanka who say h...

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Raja Rajaratnam, Billionaire Hedge Fund Founder, Sued For Allegedly Funding Tamil Tigers

Reuters | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accused billionaire Raja Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, and his family's foundation were sued in a U.S. court on ...

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U.N. Ambassador Kohona: Sri Lanka Refugee Situation Improving

Jim Luce | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

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Fourteen years after the civil war in Rwanda, refugees are still living in mud huts. In Bosnia, following Balkanization, people lacked heat and ...

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The Goldstone Report: Three Strikes and You're Out!

David Harris | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

By the time the Goldstone mission "considered" Israel's entry into Gaza, the result was a foregone conclusion. Context? No way. Balance? Forget about it. The verdict? Already in

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Amnesty International Urges Action on Sri Lankan Detention Camps

Posted 11.15.2009 | Impact

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The Sri Lankan government declared victory back in May when they defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers....

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Sri Lanka Video Shows Executions, Alleges Report

Al Jazeera | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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The Sri Lankan High Commission has denied its forces carried out atrocities against ethnic Tamils after a video apparently showing a man being execu...

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The Graveyards of Sri Lanka's War Zone

Amnesty International | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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New satellite images reveal two new alarming features of an inaccessible Sri Lankan conflict zone: Large gravesites and evidence of mortars used in and around the so-called civilian save zone.

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Selvarasa Pathmanathan, Tamil Tigers New Leader, Arrested By Sri Lanka

AP | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka says that a wanted arms smuggler who recently took over as the new leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has ...

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Our Suicide Bombers: Thoughts on Western Jihad

John Feffer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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We have our suicide bombers -- we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination -- we call it basic training. We kill civilians -- we call it collateral damage.

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A Tamil Tragedy

James Ross | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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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.

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Selvarasa Pathmanathan: New LTTE Chief

The Times of India | PTI 22 July 2009, 06:21pm IST | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

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COLOMBO: Vowing to pursue its campaign for 'Tamil Eelam', the LTTE has named alleged arms smuggler Selvarasa Pathmanathan as its new chief to succeed...

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Sri Lanka Holds Hundreds Of Thousands Of Tamils Captive In Camps

nytimes.com | LYDIA POLGREEN | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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CHEDDIKULAM, Sri Lanka When the piercing whistle and sharp thuds of artillery shells grew faint, S. Theventhran dashed to safety....

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The Saga of Colonel Karuna

Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

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Humanitarian organizations criticized the Sri Lankan government for collaborating with Karuna, a former rebel alleged to have committed war crimes.

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Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium

Jim Luce | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

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With the changing nature of armed conflict, the impact of war on children and young people has become more brutal than ever.

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Maoists Used By Tamil Tigers In India Attacks

The Times of India | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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Key Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Mohammad Umer Madani reportedly motivated and recruited Maoist fighters from Jharkhand and Bihar. ...

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Tamil Tigers To Regroup As Political Body

Al Jazeera English | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

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The few surviving leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have announced that they are transforming the former Sri Lankan rebel movemen...

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In Sri Lanka: The Basics for Americans

Jim Luce | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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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.

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In Sri Lanka: Explaining the Tamil Tigers

Jim Luce | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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The Sri Lankan government has battled the Tamil Tigers on two fronts for almost three decades: on the battlefield and in the arena of world opinion. No one thought they could win militarily, but they did.

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In Sri Lanka: A Look at the Refugee Camp

Jim Luce | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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The Sri Lankan government has moved mountains to accommodate more than a quarter million displaced people since the war ended ten days ago. But they have many more to move.

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In Sri Lanka: Reconciliation and Reconstruction

Jim Luce | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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Sri Lanka is now focused on the "3 R's:" Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation. European leaders need to stop lecturing and start helping.

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In Sri Lanka: A U.S. Congressman Gets It

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.

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In Sri Lanka: On the Streets of Colombo

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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Since the defeat of the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, the streets of Columbo, the capital of Sri Lanka, are alive with euphoria.

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More Than 20,000 Killed In Sri Lanka's Hidden Massacre (VIDEO)

Times Online | Catherine Philp in Colombo | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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More than 20,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final throes of the Sri Lankan civil war, most as a result of government shelling, an investigatio...

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Sri Lanka: The Last Battle

Eric Margolis | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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Standard wisdom has it that conventional armies can't win guerilla wars. But last week's defeat of the Tamil Tigers shows there are important exceptions to this general rule.

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