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The United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held his post for over a month in what has been a turbulent start under the Trump administration.  As global talks of tariffs, and conflict in Ukraine and Gaza continues, we examine Rubio’s hawkish foreign policy approach and his stance on Sri Lanka. A Republican senator from Florida, Rubio has built his political career on a hardline…

Plight of Sri Lanka's war widows

The BBC's Sinhala service investigates the plight of Sri Lanka's war widows.

East: Anything but 'liberated'

The government says that the 'liberated' east is an example of democracy in action and a model for areas recaptured from the LTTE. The reality is anything but. Killings and abductions are rife, and there is total impunity for horrific abuses.

Behind the muzzled: voices from a troubled Sri Lanka

WHILE the world focuses on the fallout from Mumbai, Sri Lankan government forces are reportedly closing in on the key rebel strongholds of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu.

Will Obama's America stop exporting fear?

The results of the U.S. presidential election this week are more an overwhelming rejection of the way the United States has been run in the recent past, particularly during the Bush administration, than merely a victory for Barack Obama.

Remembering Tamilselvan

On the first anniversary of Tamilselvan’s funeral Tamil Guardian takes a look back at the editorial from last year, 7 November 2007.

Photo exhibition of Vanni IDP's in Norway

The Tamil Youth Organization (TYO) of Bergen, Norway, launched an exhibition titled "No Home – Just Hope" displaying photos depicting the plight of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Vanni, Sri Lanka

Italian Tamils march to raise awareness about Tamils plight in Sri Lanka

Two thousand plus Eelam Tamils marched in Southern Italy urging awarness of the plight of Eelam Tamils in Vanni and wider Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka hardens stand on GSP Plus

Sri Lanka defiantly refused to allow a European Union (EU) investigation into rights abuses callit an "infringement of Sri Lanka's sovereignty, self respect and dignity', and announced plans to support the garment industry financially if existing trade concessions are not renewed by EU.

Time for some introspection

The all-party meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu's (TN) Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on October 14 passed a resolution that MPs from the state would resign if the Centre failed to ensure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka (SL) in two weeks.

Where the different political parties in Tamil Nadu stand on the Tamil national question?

Outline of positions of parties in Tamil Nadu with respect to the Tamil National Question