News: civilian casualties

04/18/2011 | New York Times
A leaked report by a U.N. panel contradicted the Sri Lankan account of its fight against the Tamil Tigers in May 2009.
06/25/2010 | Foreign Policy in Focus
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, both famous and infamous for his government’s May 2009 military victory over the 25-year Tamil Tiger insurgency, was in India earlier this month. And he promised to resettle the war-displaced Tamils and find a political solution to the ethnic issue – assurances his government gave to the United States two weeks earlier. But will he deliver on his pledge?