Three different instances of moral policing involving academicians, politicians and the police have stirred a hornet’s nest.

People are saying this is a test for a Palestinian state. If we continue on this path these people will say we don’t deserve one'

Australian Tamils gather in Sydney to support the Resurgence rallies being staged in Sri Lanka''s Northeast.

‘It is thus an absolutely unique structure with no other temple in the world having similar characteristics’

Anxiety about terrorism is now shaping Britain’s political debate and redefining allegiances.

‘Turkey must recognise genocide’ * Iran denies shift in India ties * Bush expects Iraq violence to rise * US urges calm between Israel, Palestinians * North Korea disarmament ‘underway’

Eighteen nations stand to have $40bn in debt written off initially, while $55bn could be released eventually.

It is unfair and unacceptable to choose one party to the peace talks and penalise it.

Mass protest comes against a backdrop of a protracted delay in peace talks, the non implementation of P-TOMS and demands for troop withdrawals from High Security Zones.

Events were held last week in major towns in the Tamil-dominated Northeast to remember a Tamil hero.

Of the 1350 youths recruited by the Bank of Ceylon and Peoples Bank only 66 have been posted to northeast province. Of these, all but six, are Sinhalese.

Populist manifesto shifts debate to the economy whilst making overtures to Sinhala nationalists.

Tamil parliamentarians accuses the military of engineering violence in the region to justify a heightened presence in the area.

‘As we entered the premises of the Nallur Kandasamy temple we were confronted by a sea of people seated on the white sands under the blazing sun.’