The government wants to keep aid out of Tiger-controlled areas in the embattled north and east, aid groups charge.

Tamil MPs might feel that only violent and vociferous protests would bring any worthwhile response from this government'

"How can children go to school when their stomach is empty and they are awake from 3 a.m. because of shelling?"

"India’s ambivalence interspersed with gratuitous hostile statements towards the LTTE has closed its option to proactively bring about a settlement of the ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka."

And calls for devolution to restore ethnic harmony.

Three of the defendants hail from Singapore, two are from Indonesia and one from Sri Lanka.

US Secretary of State calls for concerted effort in peace talks.

Relatives post $445,000 bail.

A few have been found dead, but the fate of many is unknown. The police say the claims are "false propaganda" to malign them.

Round up of incidents between September 18 and 30, 2006

Government says reports of disappearances are 'Tamil Tiger propaganda.'

New miltiary restrictions on returning displaced people.

STF troopers transfer bodies from LTTE-controlled area territory into government-controlled one.