Ex-Nazi goes on trial in Germany

" A former member of the Nazi SS has gone on trial in Germany charged with the wartime murder of three civilians in the Netherlands. Heinrich Boere, 88, has previously acknowledged shooting dead three people in...

More than 80 civilians killed in Yemen air raid

Media reports. coming from Yemen says that Air raids on wednesday killed atleasr 80 people. Locals says that most of those killed were women and children. "More than 80 civilians were killed in an air raid which struck a camp of displaced people in northern Yemen, in the...

UK 'must tighten arms controls'

" The government must do more to ensure arms exports are not being used against civilians in war zones, a joint report by four select committees says. The committees on arms export control welcomed Foreign...

End the farse, free doctors

Robert Templer, Asia program director of the International Crisis Group called government of Sri Lanka to alter course, provide a clear timetable to resettle the IDPs,  and release the doctors. An estimated...

IDP Camps in terrible conditions

Sri Lankan government claimed that most to the detainees would be resettled within six months. However, senior military officials told that 80% of the people will be there in a year time. Further, permanent...

Sri Lanka Stops Aids Despite Confirming No Dangerous Intentions

"Sri Lankan authorities Monday ordered a foreign-owned ship carrying aid for Tamil civilians to leave the island without unloading its cargo."This order was given despite accepting there was no ill-intention."Sri...

Free imprisoned Lankan doctors: Medha Patkar

Sri Lanka arrested the doctors who were treating the injured civilians at the war zone claiming they are linked to LTTE. Humanatarians and activists all over the world are asking the sri lankan governmen to...

20,000 Tamils killed on the beach - The Times got evidence

Sri Lanka being guilty of war crimes managed to get majority of countries to block the probe at the UN. For those countries the massacres, shelling on hospitals, concentration camps are all considered as...

Taliban shaving off their beards to escape the army and SWAT

" ISLAMABAD: Taliban are shaving off their beards to escape the army offensive in Swat, the army said on Friday as security forces killed 55 more Taliban. “We have confirmed reports that these Taliban ... after...

LTTE air fleet destroyed: Sri Lankan army

Since there is no more territory to defend, the eelam airforce is completely defunct now. There is not even a remote chance of revival as SLA claimed  that they unearthed  more of the LTTE aircraft...

Over 2,000 Tamil civilians flee LTTE held - Area.

Making major chinks in LTTE terrorist leadership's human shields, reports say that thousands of civilian hostages escaped from the LTTE held strip of land today. Similar to what happened in 20 April, civilians...

Sri Lanka Says LTTE Killed 2,000 Civilians

The Tamil Tigers havecommitted terrorist actsin the past so it is possiblethey shelled their owncivilians. "The Army said the Tigers have positioned their mortars in previously declared "Safe zone" and fired...

Taliban hit in Swat Valley Pakistan with helicopters, warplanes

Taliban fighters were hit in Swat Valley today by Pakistani helicopter gunships and warplanes, but civilians in the area were not allowed to flee due to the curfew. The fighting has continued in this area, this northwestern valley, about 130 km from Islamabad, and is part of...

Sri Lankan Army is just 800 meters away from LTTE leadership

The clock is ticking away for the Eelam. Civilians are waiting to embrace their freedom. LTTE supporters among the Diaspora are thinking what should be the last ditch attempt to save their beloved leadership and...

Human Rights Watch; Sri Lanka's No-Fire zone is not safe at all!!

Civilians in Sri Lanka's no-fire zone are in grave danger. One witness describes an attack thatkilled 13 people who were waiting on line at a food distribution center earlier this week. Eye witness of a shelling at a food distribution center....

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