India has agreed to supply a vital drug in short supply in Sri Lanka for post surgery treatment for the injured soldiers, according to media reports.

The Tamils’ security depends on their own efforts - and nothing else.

The Congress led UPA government came under severe criticism from inside and outside of the Parliament, for its continued support for Sri Lanka’s war and for being indifferent to suffering of Tamils in the neighbouring island.

India has changed its stand on Sri Lanka, no longer insisting that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) lay down arms as a pre-condition for negotiations with the Sri Lankan government for a political settlement.

The United States Treasury imposed sanctions on a Tamil foundation in Maryland, accusing it of being part of a support network for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

After not taking up the violence in Sri Lanka in Security Council briefings and avoiding calls for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka, the United Nations on called for a halt to ‘indiscriminate fighting’.

Sri Lanka reacted with fury over Britain’s appointment of a special envoy to the country, labelling the appointment as ‘tantamount to an intrusion into Sri Lanka's internal affairs’ and warning of ‘major repercussions’ for relations with Britain.

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) welcomed the appointment of Des Browne as Special Envoy to Sri Lanka by the British Prime Minister on Thursday, February 12.

The Tamil homeland is witnessing one of the worst human tragedies of the 21st century said the Political Division of the Liberation Tigers in a statement issued in Tamil on Wednesday, February 11.

While world powers look apparently condemning Colombo for its culture of impunity allowing armed forces and other elements to commit human rights violations, some among the very powers are engaged covertly in ensuring international impunity to Colombo's war crimes by dodging discussion on Sri Lanka in the apex international security system.

"There were dead women and children all around, I saw that and I began to strike my cheeks and cry. I won't forget this until the day I die," said Kalaivaani, who had narrowly escaped from the Sri Lankan government’s bombardment of the civilian safety-zone in Vanni.

The Tamil case for genocide has been extensively discussed in a series of articles in this paper among others. We have shown structural similarities between the genocide of the Tamils and other historic genocides including the Nazi and Rwandan examples. For lack of space, we will not repeat our case here.

Shortly after Sri Lanka’s 61st independence day celebrations on February 4 and his rousing speech on the occasion, President Mahinda Rajapakse was photographed intently watching a snake-charmer at an exhibition in Colombo.

THE of media reporting of the grim conflict in Sri Lanka has captured popular imagination, but has overlooked the grisly Sinhalese Buddhist genocide of innocent Hindu or Christian Tamil civilians by a US dual citizen and US green card holder. The two should be investigated and prosecuted in the United States.