Out of the 36,031 employees in the Police , 231 are Tamils and 246 are Muslims.

Normalcy will produce a solution – not the other way round.

The general perception in the Arab world of the Nordic countries as tolerant and generous has suffered a huge blow'

The world is facing an "unprecedented global jobs crisis of mammoth proportions", the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a statement issued for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) taking place in Davos last month.

The Anbar Revolutionaries are here to stay, we need them to protect the people'

If the agreements contradict logic and rights, there are legal measures to be taken ... there are no eternal agreements'

As Sri Lanka’s neighbour, the Indian Air Force is ready to give its fullest support to Sri Lanka because of our cordial relations.'

The World Bank funded North East Housing Reconstruction Programme (NEHRP) has commenced the second phase reconstruction of 13000 houses for the war victim families in the NorthEast.

NEHRP officials have started distributing forms to collect necessary data to select qualified beneficiaries affected by the decades-old war in the province to be included in the second phase, the NEHRP said.

'It appears that a campaign of terror has been unleashed on TRO personnel in the NorthEast.''

The visit was postponed at the eleventh hour following severe opposition in Colombo including a threat by the JVP propaganda secretary Wimal Weerawanse.

The LTTE is not prepared to discuss modifications to the cease-fire or to push the cease-fire aside and waste time talking about a political solution.'

"It is a great honour and a feeling of great responsibility to be sworn in as the 22nd prime minister of Canada"

No leeway for Tamil teachers, Vavuniya traders under fire, USAID funds federalism seminar, SLMC blames police partiality for violence, Plastic containers and bags to be banned and HIV/AIDS under control – minister.

The formidable obstacles to peace and negotiated settlement have been assembled by President Rajapakse himself.