Sri Lankan general behind Tigers defeat may stand for president

" The general who masterminded Sri Lanka’s victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in May resigned from the army yesterday and strongly hinted that he would stand against President Rajapaksa in an election due by...

General Fonseka to be the opposition common candidate?

" November 8, 2009  10:44 am General Sarath Fonseka who returned to the island a few days ago is tipped to be the common candidate of the Opposition Alliance for a future Presidential poll, sources from...

sri lanka army slaughtered 20.000 civilians in may 2009

U.N. again urged for independent investigations for suspected warcrimes and genocide in sri lanka committed by both tamil tigers and the sri lankan armed forces. I think more reliable information is coming from...

Tamil Tiger head Prabhakaran may have fled Sri Lanka - army chief

Successive defeats have badly depleted the rebel tamil tigers's military strength and Sri Lankan Army claims that the LTTE only had 1,000 well-trained fighters left. Government troops also claimed that the...

War-torn Sri Lanka is the last sick man of the region

"Last weekend's carnage underlines the idiocy of pledges to destroy the Tamil Tigers. Peace talks now seem a distant hope. Jonathan Steele The Guardian, Friday May 2 2008 Time is running out for the...

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